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 […]
The Punk Rock Metal infused powerhouse BRODY’S MILITIA out of Kentucky, now residing in Ohio, has always been quite active and has during the years unleashed a ton of releases, a lot of them containing a covertune or two. Paying homage to the inspirations for the band and their music, has always been an important […]
Originally released way back in 1995 by Brainticket Records, owned by one of the SOLITUDE AETERNUS guys, this obscure gem of Doom Metal resurrects again for those who missed it the first time. Lucky me I still have that CD (for some strange reason though the RAINBOW cover ‘Stargazer’ isn’t included on this re-release, but […]
I’ve heard many shitty demos and albums in my time, but this one is the worst of them all. It sounds as if recorded on Walkman with one of those PC mikes they sell for 2 dollars. Or maybe even without any mikes. It’s a waste of energy and time even to write about it. […]
Sometimes things are better left untouched. Sometimes. When a band decides to have another chance at their early material, in the way of having a good mastering or mixing slightly again (rather than doing full re-recordings which most of the time turn out to be a big pile of crap) things can turn out to […]
The Netherlands aren’t known for a major deliverance of Black Metal bands. Apart from the more known bands like CARACH ANGREN, SLECHTVALK and of course HERETIC and BESTIAL SUMMONING, we got lesser known ones like SAMMATH, KJELD and NOORDELINGEN. And let these three be responsibe for KÆCK. I’m not sure if this is a real […]
Another really nice surprise for me is the first album of underground hopefuls INVOKATION from south-western Germany. The material for “Ascending From Aeons Passed” was already recorded in late 2013 but due to problems with their now defunct former label, the album finally will be released via CCP Records from Austria in Autumn 2015. Formed […]