Within the last bunch of years High Roller Records displayed not only to focus on NWOBHM re-issues anymore but also to having their eyes on the 80s Thrash scene. After mainly going through the classics by EXODUS, POSSESSED, NUCLEAR ASSAULT or DARK ANGEL it’s now time for something I would call a C-League release, but […]
When it comes to writing songs about battles, crusades or medieval warfare, you usually think of bands with five or six members, playing various instruments and creating a thick layer of bellowing vocals and barbaric musical might. But occasionally you find that one man can do the job just fine. Hell, Rob Darken pulled us […]
Since the release of their 5-track demo “Scenting The Prey” back in 2012, WILDHUNT definitely substantiated to be one of the more serious Austrian Heavy Metal bands among a sea of clowns. Metal On Metal Records seemed to share that believe and therefore signed the Carinthian trio for a full-length CD output which was released […]
This new Greek band is ready with their debut full-length, which I also think is their first real release, please correct me if I am wrong though. Ten tracks of ritualistic occult Death Metal delivered with quite some ambience and conviction. The Greeks are travelling in the footprints of the already established scene of dark […]
They know how to make heavy Death Metal in California. And when they want a notch down on the heaviness, they go to Greg Wilkerson and his Earhammer Studios, which is a mecca for brutal and relentless heaviness. MORTUOUS is a quite new band, made up of some of the old boys of the scene. […]
CADAVERIC POISON is a project consisting of Felix and Seegel from Germany’s Thrash horde WITCHBURNER and the MASTER himself, Paul Speckmann. After a 7inch release in 2014, they finally release their self-titled debut via Metal On Metal Records. After the instrumental intro ‘Cadaveric’ with some intense chords, the band unleashes their beast in form of […]
When I had to review this album, I had a vague recollection of not being that much into SVARTTJERN, though after checking up on the Norwegian Black Metal band’s previous efforts, I had to eat that recollection, as the music actually was quite good, which takes us to the new album from the guys, "Dødsskrik". […]
This split tape featuring the Hungarian band PRINCEPS DAEMONUM and longtime running Dutch HELL ICON offers two sides of rituals, dark droning noisy Black Metal, summoning the beasts from below and within. Especially the music from HELL ICON is ritual. Ambient soundscapes made with distortion and feedback from the guitars, and percussion-like drumming, laying the […]
The two Dutch Death Metal killing machines MASSIVE ASSAULT and ENTRAPMENT are meeting up on this split 7" EP, to mess you and me up, with two tracks each, two tracks of mean Death Metal, done the classic Dutch way, with a great touch of Swedish Death Metal done the olden way. MASSIVE ASSAULT delivers […]
An excellent blend of INCANTATION, VADER and a dozen other brutal bands is what awaits you on the latest STILLBORN record. As I’ve said many times, there is no dishonor in copying so long as it is done with as much zest and zeal as possible. How many times have we heard the blast beat? […]