IMHOTEP is not only one of the longest running zines hailing from Norway, it has always been a good address for high quality reading in general already. But with this 11th issue editor Roy once more surprises with a totally unique idea of zine making. Instead of filling the pages with a bunch of band […]
High Roller recently put out some yet unreleased (not that big of a fan of the band to be 100% sure) WARFARE material including lost demos as well as some pre-production recordings of “Pure Filth” as well as “Metal Anarchy”. As you might already have noticed this review deals with the release that features the […]
The end of the year draws near and the second full-length by NOCTERNITY from Greece is, besides the countless VARDAN outputs, one of the hottest candidates for "most boring / uninspired Black Metal album of the year". Creating music is a little bit more than just the ability to play instruments and making the whole […]
This re-release makes sense for all worshipers of LUNAR AURORA who are missing the fifth full-length by the Bavarian horde in their collection. Or if you just got the CD without the four songs which were only published on the double LP back in 2001. Just in case you are not familiar with one of […]
Raging orthodox Black Metal. Tremolo riffing, galloping drums, mid paced sections and chanting screams. Spanish three piece BALMOG released “Necroangels’ Revelations” originally 2009 as a split tape with ABORIORTH. Now it’s been re-issued by BlackSeed Productions on CD. No doubt, BALMOG are doing a lot of things right and entertaining. They have a goal and […]
Hailing from Down Under, OCEAN OF ZERO is not what you usually expect when it comes to Aussie Metal. That small continent is famous for uncompromising Black / Thrash / War Metal like DESTRÖYER 666 and GOSPEL OF THE HORNS on the one hand and such obscure and even weird stuff like ALCHEMIST, CRUCIFORM, DISEMBOWELMENT […]
Reclined with a tumbler of strong bourbon, staring into the crackling flames, surrounded by a cold wall of dark fir trees… This is the ideal time to listen to this latest record from HELHEIM. To put it more succinctly, the 8th full-length by these Norwegian Viking Metal grampas is a stately and atmospheric listen. Following […]
Italy’s WHISKEY RITUAL were floating beyond my radar, apparently these dirty dogs have released two albums before this one, so they’ve been around, and this was supposed to be just a side project which soon mutated into a full-time band. Their intention here is pretty clear – get wasted, make noise! Imagine later age DARKTHRONE […]
MANIAC is that sort of band you need to witness in a small, fully packed venue. Airless. Sweat dripping of the ceiling. Huge pupils, small beer prizes. Alternatively on a Sunday noon in a backyard at Leipzig Stockartstrasse. Already covered in foreign beverages. Fighting waves of fiends trying to drag you into a serious drug […]
We are getting close to the end of 2015, lots of things have happened this year, from chaotic events to hopeful better days. During the first quarter of the year, Century Media announced the closing of their US headquarters (moving the stock to the new owner and partner in crime Sony Music), so lots of […]