It`s been quite a long time since this Japanese trio released its debut album, a felt eternity if you ask me. It was 2008 when their solid eight track long player “黎” (Rei) hit the stores. A marvelous Metal disk which was able to convince me in every aspect. So I was extremely excited how […]
Spain’s COME BACK FROM THE DEAD were formed back in 2008 and present here their debut album. For some reason the name of the band reminds me of a song from the album “Rotten Death” from the mighty Swedish band TORMENTED, in fact an album so great that it is amongst my top 10 Death […]
Spain’s BALMOG have been creating horrifying Black Metal since 2003, and this is their second album. The cover art sets the tone for the album quite good. The Black Metal style of the band is actually more akin to Finnish Black Betal bands, similar to BEHEXEN, SARGEIST or HORNA just to name a reference, although […]
Sometimes, once in a time, a band that is supposed to be hated by your truly, surprises me with something. It is hard to understand what and how it works. That is the reason I like bands like GWAR, ATLAS LOSING GRIP or AVALANCH no matter how far they are from my usual Death / […]
Do I really still have to introduce California’s INSANITY to the VOICES readers? Oh well… These guys started out back in the mid 80s and quickly established themselves as a highly intense, deathly Thrash Metal force. Musically they could almost be labeled as a highspeed version of early POSSESSED yet with an even more aggressive […]
Here we have another album from High Roller Records that honours the old Metal Punk legend WARFARE and makes their demo recordings available to the public. If you’re a little familiar with the band, you’ll easily find out that “Pure Filth: From The Vaults Of Rabid Metal” refers to the first WARFARE album “Pure Filth”, […]
Back in the glory days of the NWOBHM, the Metal scene was loosely connected to the Punk scene in the UK. Thus people like Algy Ward of TANK fame or a certain Paul Evans played in Punk bands before they started something in the Metal scene. That certain Paul Evans, far better known under his […]
PRIMIGENIUM from Madrid was one of the first Black Metal bands to come from Spain as I learned now. They have released their first demo back in 1994 and after this another three full-length albums. They now contribute their track ‘Gregarious’ to this split EP as a taster for their upcoming EP. Their style is […]
For those of you who don’t know INSANITY (shame on you), they are a pioneering Death / Thrash outfit from San Francisco, California. Starting back in 1985 and after a bunch of demos and rehearsals that built a cult following at the time, their debut album was released in 1994 by M.B.R. Records. Sadly, a […]
UK’s WARFARE started out in the early 80s with a classic three piece line-up, consisting of drummer / vocalist Evo (a former member of ANGELIC UPSTARTS and MAJOR ACCIDENT), guitarist Gunner and bassist Falken. Musically the band combined the best of early VENOM with some TANK and MOTÖRHEAD elements and spiced it all with a […]