I approach most tribute albums with caution. What are they really for? Pay homage to a band or show a version from another one? That will always be the mystery… truth is that tribute albums tend to be a mixed bag. Some good versions, some so-so and some awful. Well, at least talking about the […]
Back in 2009 I was able to get ahold of a few copies of a new band from Bulgaria. I was blown away by the quality of that release. "Dystopia" was the name of that album, and it showed a wicked, melodic and at ties epic kind of Black Metal with many Death Metal elements. […]
Split releases are few nowadays. Although it might be a good way to get to know many bands in one release, I think that split albums must have some sort of connection between the bands to create something memorable, thus making a split release something more. In this case we get a Black Metal split […]
Finding out that the main member of the band comes from Iran (but now located in Norway) and that this EP is preceded by 3 full-length albums is quite something. Well, this is actually Black Metal with a raw production, maybe some BURZUM and BATHORY sounds can be found here and there, probably the slower […]
Nope, I do not know what the album title means.This is the debut album of this Russian band formed back in 1999, that on first listen sounds like a symphonic Black Metal band, not far away from early EMPEROR or DIMMU BORGIR (less symphonic maybe). The use of keyboards is all over the place, yet […]
CURSUS BELLUM is a pretty new Death Metal band from Malmö in Sweden, the EP “Accusing The Dead” that’s running on my stereo right now is their first offering. And if you think that the keywords “Death Metal” and “Sweden” are sufficient to describe that EP, you’re barking up the wrong tree. CURSUS BELLUM are […]
More than during the ’90s, the explosion of the old school Death Metal revival brought us a lot of bands infected by the AUTOPSY sound, a virus of the songwriting that distinguish the style of a band more than other influences in the same genre. SLAUGHTERDAY from Leer, Germany, is surely one of those bands. […]
The time has finally arrived for a new slab of material from Barcelona’s Death Metal machine GRAVEYARD! The band’s last album of new material was 2013’s "The Sea Grave" and 2015’s "The Coffin Year’s" tied us over with some good covers and rarities just to keep our appetite satisfied. Usually during this long of a […]
A German Thrash band from the 80s, that disappeared after some demos, some EPs and one album got released is not really an outstanding phenomenon, is it? Moreover – even though MINOTAUR was formed in 1983, when so many demo bands were heavily inspired by the evil / Satanic madness of VENOM, the LP in […]
It’s not much more than a year ago that I had a tape version of this release on my plate. This release means the demo tape of a still too unknown band from France named OSSUAIRE. Originally released in 2005, this demo recording still sounded forcing and convincing when I heard them for the first […]