Anyone out there into brutal technical Death Metal? Good! Because THRESHOLD END from the Colombian capital Bogotá are exactly for you. Started as a six-piece in 1998, the band has unleashed three small releases yet (an EP, a digital single and a demo) and shrunk to a quartet over the years. “In The Jaws Of […]
Wow, I had no idea TYRANNY were still around and jamming. Their last release was the well received 2005 album "Tides Of Awakening" and I thought for sure that was going to be their last effort. Luckily Dark Descent Records was able to awaken the beast from its slumber and a decade later we get […]
INVINCIBLE FORCE is yet another great band spawned from Chile, a country that, in the last 6-7 years, has experienced a revamping in their underground scene, with lots of great bands; too many to mention here. These guys started back in 2007 and have been releasing material steadily since then. I had only heard their […]
This band from San Diego already caught my attention with their split EP shared with the Italian Doom Deathers INTO DARKNESS. Like them, GHOULGOTHA are one of those new bands that mix Doom and Death Metal in a way of their own. Now, after a two song demo and one and a falf 7”es, it […]
Wolfsburg in German Lower Saxony is by now mainly known for cars, faked exhaust values and a football club that is pretty successful, thanks to those cars… But there’s hope for the town. This hope is a young Death Metal three piece with the moniker CRYPTIC BROOD. The year 2013 saw not only the formation […]
Meet your Doom Metal with CRYPT SERMON from Philadelphia. This fairly new five piece consists of musicians who are or were around in various not that well known local extreme Metal bands like TRENCHROT or UNREST, to name just a few. In 2013, they joint forces to play out their fascination for Doom Metal. After […]
“Codex Perfida” is a demo I’m aware of since its release almost one year ago but I somehow never really understood its content because of simply not paying as much attention to it as required. After hearing all kinds of praising on the internet after its release I checked it out on Bandcamp but wasn’t […]
In the middle of 2011 "Never After – The Complete Recordings” was released by To The Death Records where the six demos of this late talented Swedish band were featured. These were "Fleshwaste” (1992), "In Hate…” (1992), "Soul Enchantment” (1992), "Dark” (1993), "Demo 1993” (1993) and "A Touch Of The Burning Red Sunset” (Demo 1994). […]
With the deluge of dark and occult Death Metal growing more intense by the day, it is refreshing to find a band that adheres to a simple philosophy of a pure indulgence in death and sickness. Having released an extraordinarily competent demo last year on Detest Records, Finland’s SWALLOWED have moved forward in their morbid […]
In the context of contemporary Metal (and music in general for that matter) it has become increasingly rare to hear something that stands out as truly unique and distinctive. Too often the blame for this is placed upon the bands that flood the scene with their derivative drivel that in no way serves to advance […]