Atmospheric Black Metal never was my favorite genre (except for a few bands) and this release will not change my preferences. Although I must admit French based CEPHEIDE did a very good job. At its best moments the two tracks on the "Respire" EP are able to create an absorbing mood. A mood which can […]
This is hard to understand. They call it Drone / Doom / Death Metal. The Drone thing, is a repetitive almost industrial sounding trance-inducing music, mixed with a chaotic style of noisy Death Metal. I can hardly sense any Doom Metal here, but Doom is the only thing one can feel while listening to this […]
I remember when I first started to get into Metal, the big thing were tape compilations, from here and there. I remember getting some great ones compiled in Eastern Europe, perhaps not always the best quality, nor with the acceptance from the different bands and labels. Though a really great way to get into new […]
Post Black Metal is what this Hungarian band is describing themselves as, though what it Post Black Metal? I don’t really know, I think one of the first times I encountered the expression, was in the press-sheet for DØDHEIMSGARD’s "666 International" around ’99 I think, and that release didn’t sound like ÝGFAN at all. I […]
This is well produced and well played Black Metal by an Italian band that seems to be much influenced by the Swedish scene. Some guitar work bears the distinct mark of bands like DISSECTION and DARK FUNERAL, mainly when you have one guitar playing a more basic riff and the other playing a more artistic […]
One man band EGO DEPTHS returns with a new slab of material that is certain to keep you filled with Funeral Doom. Stigmatheist is the mastermind behind this concept and has been hard at work churning out 3 albums in 3 years! The latest is his follow up to 2014’s "Oligoria Blodd" and he doesn’t […]
Only two years after the brilliant debut “Raising The Corpse” RIPPER are back with their second onslaught entitled “Experiment Of Existence” which is quite surprising since it’s not that common to release records at such a fast pace anymore while maintaining such high quality. “Raising The Corpse” was beyond great, a killer Death / Thrash […]
Some things in life were not meant to be understood. Or at least I stopped thinking about them. Why is a demo tape officially re-released? If the band is active for years or decades and has established a solid fan base I totally agree with re-releasing old demos. But PYROMANCER are a new formed band. […]
Choosing the name HELLSPAWN after that MORBID ANGEL song is a sign of good taste. Thus it’s no wonder that there are some bands who chose that moniker. This Polish quartet from Wieluń is probably the best known of them all since “There Has Never Been A Son Of Me” already is their third full-length […]
HEMOTOXIN – "A substance, especially one produced by a bacterium, that destroys red blood cells." A suitable definition for this technical Thrash band from Pittsburgh, California. Much like cobra venom, this band will slip into your bloodstream and infect you with the thrashing, thriving Metal this band is known for. Let me first start off […]