Germany’s number one in playing the Gothenburg styled melodic Death Metal, ORDER TO RUIN have just self-released their album number five. As mentioned in my previous reviews, their fast speed in releasing new albums bears always the risk to release unproper material but the two guys Denis and Mike really are so straight and focused […]
The Swedes know their Metal. They really do. They don’t fuck around. And when it comes to Thrash, WARFECT have it down pat, I’ve said it many many times. We listen to Metal to bang our heads, to feel the fury boil within us, from beginning of each album to the end. No sound effects […]
Hell yeah, bring on these compilations! This one is from the old school oriented Metal On Metal Records showcasing a great slap of Metal. We are getting 14 tracks from 13 bands, only British ARKHAM WITCH is featured with two, two tracks that don’t really hit me. Though there are lot of other bands on […]
After a quite interesting demo released back in 2014, GORGOSAUR returned from the grave to doom the earth with "Lurking Among Corpses" in 2016. The duo decided to re-record all three tracks of said demo with slightly different arrangements and keep the album rather short with its total of 30 minutes playing-time. Something I really […]
I’m no fan of IUVENES and I could not care less about this band – not to be mixed with the ancient US band – which appears to feature members of the aforementioned polish BATHORY-worshippers. Primitive raw Black / Thrash with a drum computer is a little too much for me, but despite being a […]
Finally there’s some news from the netherworld; after 3 years of silence, the wait for the successor to "Odori Sepulcroru" has come to an end. The more or less negative aspect "Endless Pilgrimage" just being another EP instead of a full-length, isn’t that negative at all. At least it’s stuffed with 5 tracks and a […]
We all know that the 1980s were the most interesting and influential decade of Metal music. So many great bands started their (often too short) careers, so many fantastic albums were released. The development of Metal was simply breath-taking, from the early days of the NWOBHM to the pioneering deeds of Death Metal at the […]
Few countries can be proud of their own Death Metal scene like Finland. Also a chief of state like Barack Obama has confirmed it! If you have attended the Finnish Death Metal Maniacs Festival you have another proof of what I’m saying. In fact, during the last years, many young bands followed the steps of […]
VUOLLA are from Finland and play a kind of heavily atmospheric depressive Metal, slow and very melodic, at times minimalistic, to the point of just a guitar or bass being heard, and beautiful innocent sounding female vocals alternating with Death / Doom guttural vocals (a "beauty and the beast" mixture we can say almost traditional […]
Every band, it seems, is experiencing a renaissance, regardless of whether or not they’re active. Since it’s generally agreed upon that the old guard still outstrips most of the young bucks kicking around, there shouldn’t be much of a problem with these 3-4 CD retrospective box sets. In the case of ARMOROS, it’s perfect. Canadian […]