DOWNWIND from Kiev in the Ukraine are already active in the underground since 2008 and have released four singles and finally this EP back in 2013 independently. This material gets now re-relased by the small Polish label Goressimo Records and this is not a bad idea, as the material is quite fine. The band plays […]
What can you expect from a recording which was mastered at Sunlight Studios, Stockholm by the hands of Mr. Tomas Skogsberg? Guess what? Could it be old school Death Metal? 100 of 100 possible points, guys. TORTURERAMA’s first release, their demo CD "Left As Remains", has this sticker on it and therefore I can only […]
With “Close Encounters Of The Morbid Kind”, Belgiums own TORTURERAMA present us their first full-length after two EPs, last year’s “It Begins At Birth” initially released as a tape. Packaged in a tasty artwork by Juanjo Castellano, “Close Encounters Of The Morbid Kind” takes no prisoners from the first guitar riffs of the opener ‘Bonesawer’. […]
Them Danes DEUS OTIOSUS are back again. The year 2015 saw them enter the studio to record two new songs. Once more the five piece shows how very close Death and Thrash Metal can be connected. Thus the two new songs ‘Greater Horror’ and ‘Seperatio Leprosorum’ can be seen as the essence of the band’s […]
If you ever believed that there’s only extreme or sick music coming from Finland, you might not be too wrong. The land of the thousand lakes offers a variety of strange sounds, yet there’s also a lot of bands that are more clinging to traditional musical values. WOLFSHEAD from Oulu is one of them. The […]
First time that I heard this band. I never thought that this style of Metal also exists in Argentina. I was stuck for their Heavy Metal and Death Metal scene and I can say that this band really sounds like PANTERA, SHADOWS FALL and LAMB OF GOD etc. (correct me if I’m wrong). This album was released last […]
I must say VICIOUS RUMORS’s previous album, "Warball" had been a great surprise for me considering how weak the VICIOUS RUMORS albums had been once the great late Carl Albert passed away. Influenced by ‘modern’ Metal, the Bay Area bunch had considerably distanced from their original approach with this pathetic modern stuff but "Warball" with […]
VIETAH is a one man band from Belarus. Antarctis is the sole member and composer behind it, and so far 4 albums have been released. "Czornaja Cvil" (roughly translated as "Black Mold") is his last output, released via Possession Productions and Stygian Crypt Productions and limited to 1000 copies. These 4 songs, clocking at almost […]
When a Death Metal bands comes from Sweden, at least in my case I am in for something good. The style will surely fall in the AT THE GATES or ENTOMBED area… most of the time. But once in a while it is good to have a Death Metal band that sounds not like it […]
DESERT CRONE is a Doom / Stoner / Dread Metal band from Sweden if I am not wrong. This is a 3 song demo tape of really heavy, slow paced and sorrowful sounding Metal that takes elements from bands like CROWBAR, BLACK SABBATH, VENOM and early CATHEDRAL to name a few. And with a very […]