Being a CD addicted, I would of course have preferred to see "Crusaders Of Blasphemy" being re-issued on compact disc as well, but at the end of the day a tape version is still better than not having the featured material at all. Originally this used to be a five song promo CD, recorded at […]
Well, if you are really looking for something to make you feel miserable, weary and desperately in the need to shot yorself in the head to untie the bonds that keep you chained to this godforsaken world, then this CD would be the perfect background music for your last goodbye! All the qualities DODSFERD is […]
This is a little off topic way to start the review, but I need to get it off my chest: I hate when bands use the same name as other bands! Besides this little pet peeve, I was very impressed with "One Way Get Away" which was my first exposure to the Canadian Thrashers. This […]
DIRTY THIRTY… cool band name! I suppose the band got the idea for the band name from the fact that all members are aged over thirty. Great! The band’s members are no newcomers in the music business as all of them have a long musical background. Tomohiro and Satoru for example played in a great […]
Hmmm, I will divide this review – as usual – into two dimensions. That is, a descriptive and a prescriptive element. DESENSITISED are from the Netherlands and play sort of old school, underground, down-tuned Death Metal with some Hardcore elements in the sound. The songs are rather mediocre, no interesting twists – just elemental speed-attacks […]
This is a rather typical release for all crazy die hard underground lunatics: a split CD that features live recordings of Japan’s SABBAT and Germany’s DESASTER (both very dedicated acts for many years), with a black and white packaging and (of course) limited to 666 handnumbered copies. Unlike many of these type of releases, this […]
It took some time, but this split between Germany’s Death / Grind underground masters DEPRESSION and the Swedish bosses of Death Metal with Crust influences, PAGANIZER is finally out. On one side we have ten new songs from the Germans plus an intro and outro, and from the Swedes a compilation of ten tracks of […]
Greeks Dead Congregation master speedy Death Metal, rending you into a ponderous mental state of furious and relentless agonies. Choppy beat switch-ups and dismal dark riffing incite the nauseating sickness of real Death Metal played by real players who relish, amongst other sundry oppressive qualities in their sound, the odd-felt pinch-harmonic bends of some classic […]
"Heartwork" is Earache’s second CARCASS re-issue in the current dual disc series and it easily blows away the "Necroticism" re-release. Not only because "Heartwork" was musically the way better album (no, to me the band had definitely NOT sold out with it!), but also because of the very impressive extra stuff that comes along with […]
If you’re a die hard CARCASS fan and you’ve bought everything by these guys in the past already, there’s absolutely no need for you to consider a purchase of this re-release as it features previously already available material exclusively. The only difference between the original "Wake Up And Smell The Carcass" release and this new […]