What we have here is some brutal Thrash from the land of Hellas, Greece. Thrash bands are a dime a dozen and it’s uncommon to encounter a young Thrash band that can grab your attention but this one does. For one thing, bass solos! The bassist is so damn talented the band had him solo […]
I was first introduced to TORTURE PULSE through the debut full-length "Plague Poetry". I remember it was a bit of a pain (at least for me) to find this record in LP format, but I wanted to appreciate the whole cover of the album that way. I heard some great things about this band, first […]
Being a big fan of MASACRE’s early material (especially the debut album "Reqviem" and the "Ola De Violencia" EP), I must admit that I’ve never bothered to check out their later material. I had that gut feeling that it’s probably not as good and isn’t worth wasting time on. Hand on heart – how many […]
Xtreem Music from Spain resurrected another Death Metal memento. Being active only for four years, from 1990 to 1994, SACROPHOBIA released two demo tapes ("Only Death Is Irreversible" and "Demo #2") and two tracks on a split CD called "Dead Flesh" together with AVULSED, FERMENTO, ANTROPOMORFIA and SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. Furthermore five songs, recorded live in […]
Usually, the “brutal Death Metal” tag waves me off completely, because I am pretty sure what to expect sound-wise. Sure I can name a few bands that I worship, such as SUFFOCATION, CRYPTOPSY, PYREXIA, DEEDS OF FLESH and SEPSISM. But those were Death Metal bands back in the day. Come the new millennium bringing along […]
It’s been six years now since the Finnish Death Metal old hands NECROPSY raised their ugly head again in 2009. The resurrection was followed by the band’s first full-length “Bloodwork” in 2011 and the EP “Psychpoath Next Door” two years later as the debut for their new label Xtreem Music. The same year saw the […]
Mr. Stöver gave me that album and mentioned that this surely would please me 110%. Hell-yeah, Frank, that is 120% correct. NAR MATTARU is an awesome band and delivers exactly that kind of Death Metal I prefer. I absolutely love all the stuff these Chilean warriors of unholy and occult darkness released so far, and […]
Usually, a band with a name or a cover art like this and titles like ‘I Love Kittens’, ‘Candy Crust Saga’ or the fabuluos ‘Under A Funeral Muffin’ (or ‘Panzer Division Muffin’) I approach with caution and of course humor. Well, I was right. This is a very funny form of Grindcore performed by a […]
As some of you might have noticed, forgotten Spanish Thrash Metal pioneers FUCK OFF have resurrected in 2010. After a re-release of their first album “Another Sacrifice”, re-named to “A Different Sacrifice”, in 2012 and their mediocre comeback album “Smile As You Kill” a year later, their label Xtreem Music now re-releases the band’s second […]
Coming form Italy this is the debut recording of this brutal Death Metal band. Five original songs and a cover of the mighty CREMATORY (the Swedish one of corpse!). Still, although brutal and with a quite personal sounding production, a bit muddy, but quite appropriate for the style, I think that the band still needs […]