The band’s name and title of the second full-length by this outfit from Italy may be misleading. No clowny Grindcore but serious Death Metal. The only funny aspect are song-titles like ‘Funeral Rites Made To Exceed The Speed Of Sound’ whereas the music offers diversified and solemn Death Metal. The band knows the ropes of […]
DAWNRIDER rises up from Portugal and "The Third Crusade" is already their 3rd album. Haven’t heard them before, although I try to keep up with what’s going on in this scene, so I was curious about this release. The simplest way to describe them is Doom Metal with heavy leanings on the Stoner Rock and […]
The US Metal movement of the 1980s still is a fountain that never seems to run dry of bands and music to be discovered. So many bands released albums in editions so limited that it isn’t even funny for collectors. Sometimes there are debates whether some bands are US Metal or not. Yet there is […]
It should be no secret that the German Thrash scene of the 1980s consisted of more than the (meanwhile) so called “Teutonic Big 4”. Besides the big names, there was a second line of very good bands like DEATHROW, DARKNESS, ASSASSIN or EXUMER who reached a little bit of attention as well. These bands released […]
Anatolij Onoprijenko, born in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, was arrested in 1996 after he slaughtered 52 people within a period of seven years. This rate made him, besides one of the worst mass murderer in modern history, the perfect subject for a Goregrind band like CANNIBE. Never noticed this outfit from Italy, although they have a discography […]
There are two problems regarding this EP by KARBONSOUL from Portugal. The first and most severe one is the music. Gothic or Dark Metal with female vocals without any remarkable trademarks. There are a few atmospheric and musically noteworthy moments, but after listening a dozen times to "3Logy" only the female vocals lingered in my […]
Here we have an old school Heavy Metal band from the UK. "The Root Of All Evil" is their debut full-length, which includes 11 songs of technical and simple riffs, that make an interesting and enjoyable album. One of the album’s highlights is ‘King Of The Night’, a well structured song influenced without a doubt by […]
DAMAGE SOURCE is a German Thrash Metal outfit. Since their first demo tape, "Raise Hell" from 2013, is available on bandcamp, I gave it a listen so I could have a point of comparison. One song off the original release is missing, but it doesn’t matter. These 3 songs showcase a decent production and a […]
Here we have BLOODLUST, a duo hailing from Perth, Australia with their first full-length entitled “Cultus Diaboli”. Being active since 2011, the band so far has released two demos and a single prior to this year’s output. The whole aesthetics this band parades already reveals that this is pure blackened Thrash Metal, nothing more and […]
Two friends decide to team up and jam around a bit. Fine, it’s always fun to hang with friends and play some music, cover a few songs and maybe come up with some nice ideas on your own. But just because the booze and the ecstasy of friendship tells you your shit fucking rocks, doesn’t […]