This is the third album of this necro Black Metal band from Sweden, a kind of band that usually sticks to release things on tape in limited quantities so for people to know about them is quite hard. Yet, here it is done on CD. This is the kind of Black Metal that has that […]
Live albums, to me, are always a good way to feel the power of a live show without being there… to see if the band can deliver live as well as in the studio. Some bands’ live albums are a culmination of various nights, catching the best performances out of all of them, then combining […]
FRA WAURTHS seems to be a one man Black Metal band from somewhere in the Netherlands, that just released their first album “For Celestial Glory”. This is all the information I have gathered about this band or guy who loves to stay anonymous. So let the music do the talking. Sadly the music on the […]
From the Greek town of Thessaloniki, a new doom has risen. THE TEMPLE is a four piece of passionate Doom Metal devotees, who sold their soul to the music of slow suffering. Even though they started in 2005 already, “Forevermourn” is their first album after a demo in 2007 and last year’s EP with recordings […]
ENDARKER was one of the many projects in the early Death Metal underground in Sweden, which also perished in the mass of releases and rising bands and their most famous member Magnus ‘Devo’ Anderson later joined MARDUK to record their debut “Dark Endless” with them. He was joined by a guy called Peter Härje on […]
DYSYLUMN is a duo from Lyon, formed by the vocalist / guitarist / bassist Sébastien Besson and the drummer Oliver Kaah. "Conceptarium" is their official debut (self-released in digipak CD format, limited to 100 copies, while Solar Asceticists Productions released it on tape), it’s also the only work of their discography since they started in […]
The first time I noticed the name DEATH’S FORSAKEN was on the "Best Of 2015" list of chief editor Frank Stöver. And if you know his excellent taste regarding Death Metal this placement is some kind of award or knightly accolade. But since there are so many brilliant bands out there and due to my […]
Libraries have been filled with legends about THE TRUE MAYHEM in general, and about "Live In Leipzig" in particular. To some, it is a barely listenable live album, while to others, it is one of the defining documents of Black Metal. The truth, as usual, is somewhere in between. "Live In Leipzig" was originally released […]
When labels are starting the merchandise engine to promote upcoming records, it often sounds as if, with this record we eventually will be redeemed. “Highly anticipated”, “long awaited”, “probably their the best” and so on. Mostly, I neither nervously wait for records nor adjectivate the shit out of my desires. I am a more balanced […]
I actually think this is the first time I am going to review a band from Uruguay. Why that country isn’t more established on the Metal scene, I don’t know. The country borders Brazil in the North, and if any country from South America is established on the Metal scene it is Brazil, even though […]