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 […]
They call their style Thrash / Hardcore Metal. For this Argentinian band this is their first album, and the description they give is quite spot on. They sound a lot like what SEPULTURA is doing since the “Chaos AD” album. It is a very well recorded output, with heavy guitars, and with some EXODUS / […]
This is the third album from this Russian Folk Metal band. In fact this is really Folk / Rock music with some Heavy Metal influences. Well produced and recorded, this is to me more like a Flute Metal band than anything else. The vocals are handled in a small part with a female vocalist and […]
With AZAVATAR, we have one more solo project, in this case the one of Azavatar, who teamed up with three other musicians active in the underground scene of Munich. The musical direction seems to be clear just by reading the title of the opening track ‘Kvlt’. Yet, the classic Black Metal cliché won’t bite here. […]
They have a little Italy in New York, placed in Manhattan. So, how much NYHC has emerged from there? Probably not much, though I doubt they have a little New York in Milano, Italy, even though the guys in V-ANGER are quite fond of New York Hardcore, as well as the "Arise" and "Chaos AD" […]
You’re a fan of Death and Doom Metal and bored of the typical cut and paste zines, with lots of skulls, guts and monsters or the high glossy ones with faceless computer layout? And you’re able to understand the German language? Well, then FROM BEYOND… might be an option for you to check out. Issue […]
THE OATH from France are active for 15 years by now and “Consequences” is the fourth full-length. The characteristic feature of the band’s music is a mix between Gothic and Black Metal with the sometimes heavy use of synthesizers / keyboards. Maybe some people know AGATHODAIMON from Germany, a band which used to play the […]