While thinking of Dutch Death Metal, there are bands like ASPHYX, PESTILENCE, GOREFEST and SINISTER coming to the mind of most people all of a sudden I guess. Others like maybe PENTACLE, DISSECT and especially ETERNAL SOLSTICE are still way too underrated and have never been able to step out of the shadow of their, […]
The English Tolkien devotees ORCRYPT are around for quite a while now. Yet their only release up to now was a demo called “The Mirkwood Massacre” in 2010. Five years on, they unleashed their first album “Mercenaries Of Mordor”. And after listening to it, I can’t imagine that someone really waited for this. Medium paced […]
Sometimes there are reunions that no one really expected. A.R.G. from Kuusamo in Finland didn’t really blow up dust in their first period of existence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Asides from a bunch of demo tapes, they released three EPs and two albums on the local Megamania label. The better known second […]
Wow, heavy stuff from this Canadian 2-piece outfit. If I get it right the demo was recorded without bass, but luckily you don’t hear that (the early MANTAS / DEATH stuff was also recorded without a bass and still became classic – Frank). This does not mean that the sound is weak here, actually I […]
Another disturbing sign of pure Black Metal madness from that arcane Helvetic Underground Committee. While celebrating their misanthropic incantations in Zürich (Switzerland), this pack constantly releases one amazing record after another. It’s frighting with which implicitness they ignite their mephitic torches, blaze their trail towards your stereo system, leave their symbols and burn it down. […]
Any Lord Of The Rings fans out there? Every time I listened to the debut by LIK from Sweden I felt like Theoden, King of Rohan, when the elves arrived at Helm’s Deep. How is this possible? But in my case no anemic elve brigade caused my amazement. Out of nowhere LIK have taken up […]
HAIDUK is a solo project by Luka Milojica. He hails from Canada and under the moniker HAIDUK he released one demo tape in 2010, the debut "Spellbook" was spawned 2012 and now it is time for "Demonicon". What strikes first is the almost complete lack of vocals. There are deep grunts, but very sparsely delivered. […]
After having a brisk and live-affirming breakfast to which “Interdimensional Extinction” was my background melody, I can’t say more besides this is a descent Death Metal record. It contains a pool of nice ideas. But it doesn’t go anywhere into unexplored waters. You pretty much get what you expect. Deep atmosphere, dissonant melodies, a rolling […]
Alright, before I talk about this album, I have to clear something up. I am not a paid agent of Dark Descent Records. They don’t compensate Dick Osmond for unanimously positive reviews! Even though I do rave about many titles in their catalog, I assure you my praise is genuine. Anyway, what a goddamn sick […]
In 2012 two thirds of NIRVANA 2002 started plunging into Death Metal again with a new band called UNDER THE CHURCH. One demo and an EP later the band is now ready for its first rabid, oozing and putrid full-length debut “Rabid Armageddon” which is a continuation of what happened on “Demo 2013” and “Under […]