GODLESS is a Death Metal horde from India. And to be honest, this is the first time I’ve heard a band from that country. So, I wasn’t really sure about what to expect after doing my usual research. Well, I was pleasantly surprised. Released by the up and coming (and also Indian based) Transcending Obscurity […]
In the history of Thrash Metal, there were some great bands whose names started with the prefix “EX-”… You know: EXODUS, EXUMER, EXHORDER… So, a name like EXALTER seems to be a promise for at least fine Thrash stuff. And “Obituary For The Living” keeps that (unmade) promise. From the first riff, EXALTER from Bangladesh […]
BLACKHOUR is a Pakistani (!) Metal band which recently released their second full-length via Transcending Obscurity Distribution from India. So this is quite an exotic release here. Something that really amazed me was that you actually don’t hear that they come from a part of the world where Heavy Metal music is not as openly […]
"Bringers Of Delusion" is an interesting split album from two really good Costarican bands, released by Symbol Of Domination Productions. ASSAILANT has been active since 2010. They also released a demo tape back in 2012. Their side of this split includes 4 songs. The first time I listened to this, it reminded me of DEATH […]
Death Metal from India is coming into its own these days. And WIRED ANXIETY is proof of this. With no full-lengths under their belt, their second EP burns with a fury of a thousand jackals. From opening riffs traveling the speed of sound, ‘Test Subject Human’ blasts into our ears with sudden clarity. This band […]
Sometimes hopeful careers are ended before they even begun. Well, I’m not sure if the career of HATECROWNED might have been great. But judging from their first (and only) album “Newborn Serpent”, the duo from Tripoli, Lebanon, is a loss for the Black Metal scene. It’s not that the band re-invented or revolutionized the genre […]
With the first album of FIMBULVINTER from Saint Petersburg, Russia, we have a good example for an overhasty and therefore unimportant release. Well, “overhasty” is maybe the wrong term for a band active for seven years now, but the Pagan Black Metal we hear on “Начертаны Резы Древних Заклятий” leads to a conclusion like this. […]
One year ago, while on tour with KHAOTIKA, WORMREICH lost two members in a car accident. Like the founder Vulk once said, "This is not the end of WORMREICH" and they are kicking off this four-way split release. The first track ‘Feeding The Ouroboros’ is a well-done occult Black Metal assault, somewhat chaotic in the […]
Another case of a band that’s around for a long time, but never crossed my way before. And after listening to the third album of Poland’s MANIPULATION, I wished they haven’t cross my path at all. Their current album “Ecstasy” just evokes the opposite while I listened to it. The five piece blends brutal Death […]
Out of nowhere MISSA MORTVM released a brilliant Black Metal album. The band from Chile was founded in 2011 and they have not released any outputs prior to "Et Lux Perpetua Luceat Eis…". The atmosphere of the five songs is raw and eerie (some may call it occult), reminding me of what Black Metal once […]