Ok… I’m not going to mince words here. Five seconds into CASKET’s debut demo "Ghouls Of Filth" and I was in love with it. Everything I want out of raw, lo-fi Death Metal is a part of this release. From the hand-drawn cover (I love these types of covers), to the old school style of […]
With the Finnish SEPULCHRAL CURSE we have the first personal tip of the new year. The five piece from Turku delivers their second EP after 2014’s “A Birth In Death” that already featured fine D-Beat infiltrated Death Metal with hints on country mates like DEMILICH, FUNEBRE or DEMIGOD. That first EP was a nice start, […]
With the 1000’s of bands out nowadays, to the countless labels, even though there might be 99 bands out of a hundred that suck, there is always one or 2 that deliver the goods and make my head bang or raise my fist in the air or even play air drums. This is not that […]
In the last, I’d say, 5 years I must have reviewed many more Black Metal than I have ever had in all my years in the underground. Now I am not the biggest Black Metal fan, but in saying that, when Black Metal is done and played the right way it can be a deadly […]
I’ve never been that impressed by HELHEIM. I have given their 2 first releases "Jormundgand" and "Av Norrøn Ætt" a good deal of spins during the years, though got over the band when I gave "Yersinia Pestis" too many spins when I had to review it back in 2003. That was a boring and quite […]
Norwegian based HELHEIM are active since 1992 and they are amongst the very few bands that still stick to traditional Viking Metal. No booze ridden slapstick comedy or excessive use of medieval instruments like flutes, lutes or bagpipes. The band started around the same time as ENLSAVED but somehow never got the same attention, although, […]
Speed Metal is alive and doing good, at least when legendary RAZOR is kicking it on stage – the old geezers still have what it takes to take on nowadays Metal scene and tear it a new asshole. Not many new bands are delivering as much intensity on stage as the Canadians. The band has […]
F.D.A. Records has been churning out some great Death Metal music for the last few years and also picking up some solid talent on their roster. One of the label’s standouts is Germany’s WOUND who have an old school sounding style of Death Metal. The band’s debut album, 2013’s "Inhale the Void", caught the ear […]
Apart from the band’s name, I totally missed out SARKOM from Norway, who are active now for over sixteen years. Partly I like Norwegian Black Metal but mostly it was simply to rough and monotonous for me. So SARKOM was a nice surprise again as their current material is quite varying with a lot of […]
"Remnants…" is the second album from the American RUDE. This band was formed in 2008 and was active untill 2010. From then the band continued under the moniker FORSAKER. In this period they released the demo "Forsaker". In 2011 they decided to proceed under RUDE again and in 2013 released the demo "Haunted". Followed in […]