Back in the first half of the 90s, MIGHTIEST rose as one of the most promising bands along with NAGELFAR, NORDLYS, SECRETS OF THE MOON etc. within the German Black Metal scene. This double CD features MIGHTIEST’s three official releases so far: "The Recreation Of The Shadowlands" demo from 1995, "Eden’s Fall" demo from 1999 […]
When listening to a release like this, I know what the world needs more of, the world needs more maniacal South American Metal. RITO PROFANATORIO is, like a great deal of bands before them, delivering an all out attack of mad thrashing riffs mixed into a vortex of Death and Black Metal with a Speed […]
German outfit MIGHTIEST started the Black Metal scene back in 1994. After a demo and an EP, they had some line-up changes and entered a small hiatus. Come 2003 and they managed to release another demo tape and an EP with the new recruits. It is not until now, 2016, via Cyclone Empire Records that […]
I always liked DEW-SCENTED a lot and writing this review brings back some memories of the shows, I have seen from them, especially the tour in 1996 with EDGE OF SANITY comes into my mind, so needless to say that DEW-SCENTED is a constant in the German Metal scene and do not need to hide […]
At the risk of repeating myself: the contemporary Black Metal scene has a lot of interesting bands to offer. The German APOTHEOSIS OMEGA from Aachen is the next band that adds their name to the growing list of great bands who play blackened Metal with class. The five guys are around as a band for […]
This Spanish band’s self-released two track release "Dawn Of Kezef" (which saw the dawn of light last year, when it was released as a digital ‘single’) has now been re-released by Equinox Discos on cassette and 7" EP, not long before SUSPIRAL’s debut full-length ("Delve Into The Mysteries Of Transcendence") will hit us, which I, […]
Malaysian Death – that’s exactly what REPUTDEATH are. Consisting of three horror obsessed deadheads this demo worships the likes of Romero and Fulci as well as NIHILIST / early ENTOMBED and IMPETIGO. This third demo of REPUTDEATH comes on tape and features 6(66) tracks barely surpassing the 2:30min mark. With a sample of Fulci’s “Zombie” […]
We all know it: sometimes life isn’t fair. And this goes for music in particular. There are so many bands that didn’t get the attention they should have. Sometimes great bands disband too soon. Sometimes great bands did not even get the chance to record a full album. The reasons for that are pretty diverse. […]
It’s not that long ago that I reviewed a Finnish band here that was dug out by the still underrated tape label Caligari. And it seems like they made another great find in the land of the thousand lakes. SCUMRIPPER are from Karelia like their label mates OBDUKTIO, yet from the Southern part of this […]
MEGASCAVENGER from Sweden is one of the dozen projects Rogga Johansson runs parallel together with his often used drummer Brynjar Helgetun. So the main direction should be clear. The guys seem to be active since 2012 under this moniker and with "As Dystopia Beckons" they reveal their third full-length album already containing nine tracks and […]