Emerging from the depths of the Spanish underground, BLACKSHROUD’s debut EP “The Archaic Horrors”, released by the Mexican label Dark Recollections Productions on CD, arrives as a testament to the enduring spirit of Death / Doom Metal. This six-track offering, released in September 2024, showcases the collective experience of its members, who have cut their […]
GOREBRINGER, from the United Kingdom, delivers their third full-length album, “Condemned To Suffer”, released via Great Dane Records. The band continues to push the boundaries of melodic Death Metal, combining aggression with atmospheric melodies across eight tracks. The album opens with ‘Under The Full Moon’s Pale Light’, a ferocious track that immediately sets the tone […]
Quality German Speed Metal? Say no more! INTÖXICATED’s newest EP titled “Under The Sign Of The Red Light” released on Diabolic Might Records is a lot of fun. First and foremost, like all German bands, INTÖXICATED plays quality Metal music. Considering they stick to one of the best sub-genres of Metal music, INTÖXICATED manage to […]
How many of you remember one of the best French Death Metal EPs titled “In The Maze Of Kadath”, put out by the legendary CATACOMB? Well, Mick, the man behind the one-man-project TIME LURKER, is the nephew of two members of CATACOMB! The name of the project is in fact inspired by a song by […]
PERSECUTORY are a Black / Death Metal band of Turkish origin, “The Glorious Persecution” represents their newest EP release, issued through Godz Ov War Productions. Totaling three tracks at slightly over 20 minutes in length, PERSECUTORY deliver a combination of speed, melodicism and dynamics in this follow-up to 2022’s “Summoning The Lawless Legions.” ‘Infernal Gateways […]
“Losing Faith” is the third full-length album of the German Thrash Metal band PYRACANDA from the area of Rhineland-Palatinate. A total of ten tracks for 45 minutes released by FHM Records. An album that comes out five years after the 2020 reunion and 32 years after the band’s break-up in 1992. These guys are a […]
It was nearly forty years ago that teenage me learned about the band NASTY SAVAGE from Tampa, Florida, USA for the first time. I heard the song ‘The Morgue’ from their eponymous first album on the radio in 1985 and got swept off my feet. This song was absolutely unique, a Thrash Metal tune that […]
When I heard the band name my first thought was that it must be a Thrash Metal band. And already the first notes of the Greeks’ second album ”Progressive Obsoletion” make clear where the journey is heading. However the instrumental opener ‘Into Trepidation’ sounds more like SLAYER in the times of “Seasons In The Abyss”, […]
When it comes to the Chilean extreme Metal scene, the names PENTAGRAM CHILE, INVOCATION and UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN are often the most thrown about. Within its rich underground, there are dozens of other acts that haven’t quite reached international notoriety, one of them being ONSLAUGHT KOMMAND. ONSLAUGHT KOMMAND play old school Death Metal, harking back to […]
I didn’t know anything about this Colombian group, but the surprise was very pleasant, especially because it took me back to my earliest childhood, when Heavy Metal was purer than now and there weren’t so many artifices in the music. This is Heavy / Speed Metal as it should be. Sharp riffs, raspy and sharp […]