The name TEMPLE OF BAAL was saved under the file Black Metal, but obviously the French band changed during the last releases more and more into the Death Metal direction. A former Black Metal band playing occult Death Metal, well that sounds pretty common. Since the band released their first demo back in 1999 and […]
Hell, what a name! After the numerous listening sessions I now can say TYRANT GOATGALDRAKONA without a hitch! This is a Hungarian duo going by the names of Hellfire Commander of Eternal War and Pain (vocals / drums) and Grave Desecration and Necrosodomy (guitars / bass). "Horns In The Dark" is their debut album, originally […]
New bands are always welcome in the extreme Metal scene, especially those with a cover artwork like the one REPULSIVE AGGRESSION from Oslo used for their second album “Preachers Of Death”. Eye-catching black/white pictures with details as well as some clichés are my kind of art for a record jacket. So I put some hopes […]
Black Metal. Nowadays, that tag encompasses hundreds of variations based on different musical, lyrical and aesthetical approaches. It has become a complex genre in itself. Ergo, finding a band that offers something different became a mission, at least for me. Add to it that I am not a huge Black Metal fan and there you […]
I do like my CANDLEMASS, just as well as the Australians in LUCIFER’S FALL like theirs. The band is a quite new entity, just ready with their first full-length on Hammerheart Records. 7 slabs of traditional Doom Metal, greatly inspired by the atmosphere and delivery of the Swedish masters of Epic Doom. That written, LUCIFER’S […]
This is a truly impressive release of atmospheric, dark and blackened Death Metal, although I’m not sure if I completely understand it. The three own songs are very challenging, twisted, technical, brutal, chaotic and obscure compositions with hoarse demonic vocals. INEXORABLE creates a very unique, obscure and vicious atmosphere and this makes those Germans very […]
After the demise of MACHETAZO, Dopi (drums / vocals) found a new home in BODYBAG and so I guess you know what’s to expect here. Yeeeeeah, raw, brutal old fashioned Death / Grind the way this kinda music was meant to be. Nothing new, nothing spectacular and nothing you haven’t heard before. BUT “Predominance Of […]
REGARDE LES HOMMES TOMBER from Nantes in France release their second full-length album called “Exile” within only four years of band history punctually for the start of the suicidal season. Their vision of Black Metal is very dark and menacing and a mixture of several genres. The main topic of course is Avangarde Black Metal […]
Ok, so MOONREICH are one example of a band that I was turned off by the corny name initially, but who grew to dig after listening. To me, the name MOONREICH either sounds like some goofy teenagers going from SLIPKNOT to their Black Metal phase, or some half-baked NSBM moron shit. But, it turns out […]
The French label Les Acteurs De L’Ombre seems to have a sure feeling for Black Metal bands that diverge from the norm. Their French country mates DELUGE are one of them. Filing themselves under “Untrve French Black Metal” on their Facebook site, it’s up to DELUGE to supply the evidence. “Æther” is the first full-length […]