ZEALOT CULT from Limerick / Ireland released a self-titled demo in 2010 which already was a decent first sign of life. So I knew that this band is rather promising but I really did not expect such a huge step forward. The "Karmenian Crypt" is their second release and it is a killer EP. This […]
The German label Ván Records earned a very respected name in the last few years. It’s not that they released largely selling albums or detected the next big things in Metal. Instead, the bands that get signed by Ván are unique and dedicated bands who have a distinct dark spirituality. In addition, both vinyl and […]
I guess it’s safe to say that any band, that is being honoured with a tribute album, could be considered a big inspiration on a whole scene and influenced several bands that followed. Brazil’s HEADHUNTER D.C. is definitely one of those bands! Not only because their origin dates back to 1987 already, but first and […]
HAIL SPIRIT NOIR from Thessaloniki in Greece are active since 2010 and present their third full-length already in form of "Mayhem In Blue". Their style is a weird mixture of Psychedelic Rock, 70s Prog Rock, Dark Metal and Black Metal. Their music can be described as a Metal version of the soundtrack of the old […]
With Norwegian bands, you never really know what you’re going to get. And that’s not a bad thing. Sure, there are plenty of DARKTHRONE followers recording raw Black Metal with songs about traipsing through the woods. But there’s so much more than that. With SLEGEST’s second full-length "Vidsyn", you get something a little uncommon in […]
One of the best known bands in South American extreme Metal are MORTEM, The True MORTEM from Peru of course, not the ones from Argentina or Colombia. The status of the band in the circles of those who know can only be called “legendary”, due to their demo recordings and especially the four albums MORTEM […]
For some reason I have heard this band before… a really aggressive Thrash Metal band from Japan, formed back in 2002 and this is already their fourth album. The production values are absolutely great and also the musical performance is very good. Music-wise the band plays a very fast kind of Thrash / Speed Metal, […]
In the last about twenty years, the situation for new bands changed a lot in comparison to the days of yore, i.e. the 1980s. Thanks to the medium CD and the internet, it is very easy to release music on your own. Additionally, there are a felt bazillion of labels so that a new band […]
I can make this review real quick. SORCERY’s "Garden Of Bones" is soooooo good. Really. That’s all you need to know. But I guess I should give more than that. Three years after Sweden’s Death Metallers’ "Arrival At Six", "Garden Of Bones" swarms in with buzzing electricity sure to shake the foundation of old school […]
It was a long period of silence since the last IN AETERNUM release, the EP ”Curse Of Devastation” from 2007 (the BEHEMOTH period demo compliation from 2014 not counted, due to irrelevance here)… and that was a pretty cool release. Therefore curiosity what these guys were up to almost a decade later was sincere. Four tracks fill […]