VOIDKUSH are a band from Spain with members of Black / Thrash act INSULTERS. The sound here leans more towards the Doomy side, meaning the kind of sound CATHEDRAL went on to develop after their debut; I guess it would be called Stoner these days. I am not particularly into Stoner bands, although I revere their […]
HELL(BRINGER’s second full-length) AWAITS! I guess this short introduction should give you all the information you need to get a picture of what this record is all about. Delivering their second LP “Awakened From The Abyss”, HELLBRINGER excessively worship SLAYER 1985 and thereby create one of the Thrash highlights of 2016. The record starts off […]
I’ve recently written about the debut full-length of THE DEAD GOATS, "All Of Them Witches", and I’m now discovering a new Polish band that, like their fellow coutrymen, are achieving a good reputation in the Death Metal community. ETERITUS, coming from the city of Toruń are a new project, in fact they started in 2013 […]
SERPENT SPELLS is a trio hailing from Dhaka in Bangladesh. Active since 2014, these guys play blackend Death Metal and have just released their first four track EP “Mantras Within Ascending Fire” via Godz Ov War Productions. The oOpener ‘Prism Of Flesh (Entrance)’ starts with acoustic guitars and choral elements but is a bit lame […]
The Russian composer Modest Mussorgski, who lived and died in the 19th century, was one of the most influential composers of his era. In modern music, he left big footsteps either, since the British Prog Rock trio EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER recorded an absolutely fantastic Rock adaptation of his best known opus “Pictures At An […]
Ahh, a good fucking band and one that lovers of old school Death Metal should not miss. Throughout these 8 crushers (plus instrumental and intro), ONIRICIOUS play tenebrous and thrashy Death with a stench of early POSSESSED and, by proxy, SADISTIC INTENT. No blasts are present, however, a great portion of the music is played […]
How to begin? Maybe this way: the best song is the bonus track ‘Ouverture Ambitieuse’, played with a pure orchestral instrumentation. Definitively not a good sign, because all other songs are supposed to be Metal songs. Or, to be more specific, with typical Metal instruments. After a dozen listens I am still not able to […]
Eleven years after their last release (the by now legendary split 7"EP with California’s Death Metal masters SADISTIC INTENT) Germany’s UNGOD have finally returned to the scene with some brandnew music. Unlike many other reunions these guys luckily managed to stay completely true to their roots and as a result still deliver their grim Metal […]
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the biggest Black Metal fan in the world (personally I’m more of a Death Metaler), so I found it hard going to get round to reviewing this UNGOD / MORT split (as Frank will tell you! ; -)). However, I was hoping that by reviewing this […]
How many bands that have made a comeback that do NOT put their legacy to shame can you name? I surely wouldn’t be able to come up with a single Thrash band that fits this criteria, and in general – there aren’t many of them in any genre. UNGOD is one of those few exceptions […]