One look at the cover art and nothing makes sense. Then the label that is releasing this, Sepulchral Voice Records, responsible for such heavy weights like NECROS CHRISTOS or NECROVATION… not to mention the name of the band. Add to that a previous EP with a cat, yes an adorable orange cat on the cover… so, […]
Up to now, F.D.A. Records is nearly exclusively known for Death Metal releases of the finest. But even Rico knows that there is more than Death. So, here we have the most untypical F.D.A. release to date: the second album from IRON BASTARDS, hailing from Strasbourg in France. Their mission is to keep the music […]
I know the leader of this band from the time he played in the Power Metal band CONCEPTION. It was no secret he had a Black Metal band where he was expressing more the music he wanted. Well, nowadays although the term Black Metal still can be used to define the band, it does belong […]
ARATRON is the spirit of Saturn, capable of turning everything into stone and basically manipulating a strong magic based on Alchemy. In the Metal realm, this is a band coming from The Netherlands, formed by ex – OBTRUNCATION members, a band I remember by their debut album “The Callous Concept” from 1997, a good album […]
Quoting their label Dark Descent’s bandcamp page, "Nox Formulae is an emanation of the well of N.O.X, the darkest aspect of the Draconian / Typhonian Principle which applies to the mystical Black Magical Formula of XONOX”. I have no idea of what that means, but it certainly is strange and that’s exactly how the music […]
KARG from Austria are in its tenth year of existence back with full-length number five. Four (split) EPs and one demo are completing the band’s discography. Quite a high output, especially if you have in mind the founder of this one man project is as well active in HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY, running a second […]
BLOOD INCANTATION’s lyrical themes on metal-archives.com are listed as Anunnaki mythos and astral death. I can honestly say I’ve never seen that description for a Metal band before. Denver, Colorado has spewed out Death Metal that’s both fresh and old school at the same time. BLOOD INCANTATION delivers their first full-length… a five-song eruption of […]
Until I got this release, I have not heard anything by NEBIRAS before. So I did my homework, listened to their demo material chronologically and realized why this band was considered one of Malasya’s premier Black Metal outfits (the band’s status is unknown at the time of writing, by the way). "The Great Rites", their […]
Boston Death Metal band ZEALOTRY’s second full-length "The Last Witness" is a testimony to Death Metal with a little technical meandering mixed in. R. Temin (vocals), P. Tougas on guitar and vocals and drummer Alex Zalatan deliver a solid album that crunches in places, rises and falls in bass noodling and walks a crooked path […]
BEYOND MORTAL DREAMS from Australia just released a compilation entitled “As Death, We Shall Walk” via Lavadome Productions. I have never heard of this band before which made me eager to listen to what kind of unearthly perversions they are able to conjure. ‘Lamia’, the opener starts with swirling mid 90s Death Metal riffs combined […]