The always confidently tasteful label Caligari Records released a new gem. More than thirty tape releases, and it’s California’s GLOAM who delight us with their first full-length on tape, limited to 175 copies. What does this new band have in store for us listeners? Just good things, of course! “Hex Of Nine Heads” offers us […]
First thoughts about one man Black Metal bands are kinda, let’s say biased. Over the years it turned out to be highly interesting for some people to not be able to play their instruments well, but make a “project” out of those weaknesses. Give it a mystic name and pretend that the dark lord himself […]
How many bands this guy Rogga Johansson is trying to create? Is he seeking for some world-record or something? Hard to tell. The fact is that most of all those bands are in the Death Metal reign and this one is no exception. And to be honest, this is probably some of the best material […]
Years, I tell you! Years it has been since I have heard anything of worth, let alone any serious Thrash Metal barbarity rip from the earth out of Quebec, Canada. "Death And Destruction ", RIOTOR’s debut demo is one of the most promising, most proficient demo / CD recordings that I have had the pleasure […]
"Uneventful“, "…just not as good“, “…the same sound”, are statements you’ll find about “Rusted Throne” on the internet. Maybe those descriptions fit. And maybe, a few different people coming to the same conclusion, means the chance they are right within their judgments might be therefore proportional higher. But maybe, in this case I can certify […]
This is a compilation of all the material made by VALIUM, a band from Portugal, active from 1985 to 1988. During the three years of their existence, the band made some rough sounding, but cool Heavy Metal. Later on, they would abandon the name VALIUM and become CASABLANCA who I assume are much more well […]
There’s something about a scantily clad woman holding a spiked flail that’s undeniably Metal. Lust, chains, spikes, leather: you know this is a record that’s at least worth checking out. At any rate, this isn’t your everyday young kid’s tribute to an old Metal band. This band contains members of LOST BREED, who had Scott […]
The second album by NIGHTFELL from Portland, USA, is entitled "Darkness Evermore" and I could not think of a more fitting title. Because during the 40 minutes playing-time it is getting dark, very dark. The band consists of two musicians, who also used to play in quite some other bands, but with NIGHTFELL they created […]
Norwegian Black Metal horde ORKAN is back with their second full-length after a three year period of silence and it seems that the band opened itself to a more atmospheric and darker soundscape during that time. While the debut “Crimson Canvas” was more Thrash oriented and more energetic, “Livlaus” definitely evokes a lot more eeriness […]
Once again I’ve been living under a rock, and haven’t followed the happenings in the Death Metal world. I had sensed that CUT UP was a new band formed of some seasoned musicians, though who and from where I did not know. I had some strange idea that the band hailed from England, though as […]