GENITAL GRINDER from Italy (not to be mistaken with a few other bands of the same name) are one of the oldest European extreme Death Metal / Grindcore bands. Originally formed under the moniker MASS SLAUGHTER in the year 1990 and although an interruption of eight years (1994 – 2002) surprisingly "Abduction" is the debut […]
A few days ago, a nice little parcel from Weedhunter Records hit my mail box at home. Unpacking it, I found a tape. Yes, one of these old fashioned sound carriers that were very popular in the 1970s and 1980s. And this one was a demo tape, another popular medium for unsigned bands in the […]
The amount of tracks considering the running time already gives a hint, what kind of style this project might be playing. This sick one-man project from Thessaloniki in Greece is addicted to Goregrind. For me, "Succumbed To Infection" is the right soundtrack for cruising in the car during the summer time. The 25 sick tracks […]
There were and still are loads of Pagan Black Metal bands around. And to be honest, most of them are absolutely unimportant. So, what will German FRIGORIS add to the genre? Well, nothing new, but they are doing well in what they do. “Wind” is the second album of the quartet, and it’s already two […]
The Dutch extreme Metal scene is known for a lot of good to fantastic bands. And still there’s no end in sight, taking into concern how many old bands reunited or restarted in the last years. Of course there are newer bands as well. KHAOZ from Amersfoort is one of these fairly new bands. The […]
Hmm… this EP is a rather controversial one… just have a look at its playing time and you already know that the two featured live tracks ‘Revelation Of Doom’ (the opening track off "Under The Sign Of Hell") and ‘Ritual’ (from GORGOROTH’s debut full-length "Pentagram") would’ve better been saved as bonus material for an upcoming […]
Like MARDUK, GORGOROTH is a long-running Black Metal band with just one original member composing (most) all of the music. And in my opinion, one guy can only keep writing good stuff for so long (with some rare exceptions). I love early GORGOROTH albums, and even some of their music with the overrated Gaahl, but […]
Oh man, it took the band ages to come up with their highly anticipated third output. I almost thought I would never be able to hold this piece of great Metal art in my hands. Almost seven years have passed by since the New Zealand Death / Thrash force unleashed their last album "Carved And […]
POSSESSION is a rather new Belgian horde, risen out of the ashes of DAWN OF CRUCIFIXION, a blackened thrashing monster that released a couple of cool demos before an untimely demise, as screamer V. Viriakh left the band to get a little more into the pit of Black Metal with POSSESSION. Bassist / guitarist I. […]
The first mistake of this re-release is the title. There is only one EP ("In Decandence", 2006) plus a demo called "All We Believed In" from the year 2002. The second and more serious fault is simply the fact that the music is mostly uninteresting. Melodic Death Doom Metal in its most needless form. Of […]