MORAST are an intense Doom / Sludge band hailing from Germany. “Fentanyl” is their third full-length and their first with the excellent Ván Records. The moment I started to play the first track, I felt a sense of familiarity, MORAST engage with the basics of rotten heavy Sludge Metal and have juxtaposed the spirit of […]
Belgo-Babylonian Doom Metal and hand selected herbal tea, unbelievable! I’m going to go to 2022 when Ván Records sent a copy of a live recording from Roadburn Redux 2021 to my editor, which I happened to pick up. That album was “Her True Nature” by THE NEST. I wrote a huge review for that album […]
ARSGOATIA is a Black Metal band from Austria and “Agitators Of Hysteria” is their second full-length on Ván Records. ARSGOATIA sticks to the simple traditional formula of aggression, madness and speed. The vocals are raw and pierce the room with angst, the drumming is slightly higher in the mix and adds in a sense of […]
HELL MILITIA’s debut album, “Canonisation Of The Foul Spirit”, was originally released back in 2005. It has finally received the reissue it deserves, courtesy of Darkness Shall Rise Productions. This album is a crucial yet often overlooked piece in the French Black Metal scene, reflecting the band’s significant contribution to the genre. Drawing on the […]
Before I spread false hopes here: this is not a new album by Sweden’s best Death Thrash Metal band, even though it’s been quite a while since the latest MERCILESS album saw the light of day. To be more precise, the self-titled album is of legal age all over the world right now, as it […]
KIR are a Black Metal five-piece originating from Poland. Having been active since 2017, the band had not released anything formal until late 2024, debuting with the “L’appel Du Vide” full-length, released through Godz Ov War Productions. “L’appel Du Vide” is five songs spanning just over half an hour of thundering and detail-rich Black Metal, […]
I have already spoken of GAROTA, this Polish Black / Thrash Metal band. This review is about their second album, “Z Mieczem Na Gwiazdy” (“With A Sword To The Stars”), kind of follow-up to their 2022 release “Czarne Wizje” and 2024’s “Czerń Północy” EP (split with SCRÜDA). Picking up where they left off, GAROTA continues […]
AABODE is a French band that recently dropped their first full-length “Neo-Age”, immersed in the realm of Avantgarde Death Metal. For those of you not as familiar with this specific corner of Metal, like myself, here are my impressions: I must admit that I wasn’t sure what to expect going into this album. The genre […]
“Curse Of Khatru”, is the name of this 11 track debut album of the band CURSE OF KHATRU from Koblenz, Germany. I must say that (like the way the band is described by the label), they might take you back to the days when Death Metal was running out for being raw, aggressive and heavy […]
Even though I only owned issue # 2 of Finland’s HAMMER OF DAMNATION zine back in 1992, I still remember it vividly. It was one of the zines I really enjoyed for quite some time and revisited frequently as a result. But if you have a look at the list of interviewed bands in that […]