The Brazilian Deathsters ESCARNIUM come back with their second album, four years after the previous one, titled "Excruciating Existence", a good debut full-length that confirmed the same Death Metal style as on the first demo "Covered In Decadence" and on the EP "Rex Verminorum". Active since 2008, this band keeps on developing an obscure, nihilist […]
HEIMDALLS WACHT is a Pagan Black Metal horde from Germany, active since 2004 already and with “Geisterseher” they are ready to release their seventh album, this time via Trollzorn Records. What is to expect from the seventh album of a band with seven extra long tracks? The opener ‘Spökenkieker’ delivers some normal solid melodic Black […]
Batu Cetin (among others: CENOTAPH, DRAIN OF IMPURITY…) newest band GROTESQUE CEREMONIUM is a dark, heavy and slow old school Death Metal project. I wouldn’t call this Doom Death because there are plenty of faster mid-tempo parts and the music has not that apocalyptic atmosphere. If you are into bands such as INCANTATION, AUTOPSY or […]
When I recognized that I had to deal with a Greek one man Black / Death band with a drum machine I was not thrilled about it… fortunately “Nocturnal Hymns To The Fallen” is not that bad at all. I really dig the Death Metal parts and I like the Death Metal grunts, but his […]
I remember reading about the old Death Metal act CERECLOTH from the UK in fanzines back in the day, but those guys are long gone and this homonymous band is recent and from Sweden. “This Temple Is A Grave” is their debut demo, released on tape in a mere 100 copies edition and featuring 3 […]
Another band that was totally unknown to me. COMATOSE from the Philippines already exists since 2003 and “The Ultimate Revenge” is their debut album. Don’t really know what to tell you about this release after listening to it again and again. This is just a rather inconsequential album and the thunderstorm intro is the most […]
The album starts with a short quote from “Rosemary’s Baby”: “God is dead – Satan lives” and it clearly states that you shouldn’t expect Christian gospels here but in your face Death Metal. I have to admit that I never heard of those Brazilians before although they exist since 1992 and released plenty of demos, […]
BESTIAL DEFORM was founded back in 1990 and this is the band’s fifth full-length album. So I guess this is definitely not the most productive band on this planet, but who cares as long as the music is that good. And in this case the music is truly excellent. I have to admit that I’m […]
Death Metal reigns supreme! A release like this one proves that! This awesome piece of double vinyl is another perfect example of Death Metal the way it should be. GODLESS from Chile follow the tradition of those names as INCANTATION, IMMOLATION, MORBID ANGEL or even some SADISTIC INTENT here and there – just to mention […]
The first SODOM record I ever bought was the "Mortal Way Of Live“ double album back in 1988 when I was 14 – for two reasons: one, it was 2 records in one for a good price. And two, the cover was "censored" by a black piece of cardboard because it was deemed obscene. Me, […]