I received this promo pack directly from the band. Unfortunately every single track is cut after one or two minutes. Extremely annoying! So my first impulse was not to review this at all but as the material is really strong I’ll give you a rough overview of the music on here. First of all there […]
VIOLENT ATTACK from Paraguay and HELLISH CROSSFIRE from Germany join forces under Proselytism Records’ flag to release this demo compilation. Included are VIOLENT ATTACK’s "A Demo Of Violence" from 2002 and their "Rehearsal 2003" plus a SABBAT cover (recorded live in 2007). Also HELLISH CROSFIRE’s "Unholy Tyranny" 2004 rehearsal and "Unofficial" rehearsal tape (from 2005) […]
VENOM’s "Black Metal" has turned into an alltime classic for a whole generation of extreme Metal fans around the globe and even gave birth to a whole new genre of the same name… The funny thing is, that VENOM originally labeled their own style as Power Metal and not Black Metal ("VENOM Metal = Power […]
Truthfully the only aspect of this split CD release that I found of any interest was the booklet layout. Not the graphics per se but the esthetic style of it all. Sort of digi-pack but not really, kind of difficult to explain but I like it and it cleverly takes care of all that one […]
What is the reason for bands to play a cover-version? Maybe they want to pay tribute to their sources of inspiration, maybe they cover the songs they personally like, maybe songs that they are used to play on gigs or in the rehearsal-room. Or maybe a song challenges them, which is pretty far away from […]
From Antwerp, Belgium known the world over for its diamond agencies (and featured in such contemporary films as "Snatch") than any other commodity, also too from this gem capital hail a brutal Death Metal horde known as SUHRIM. "The Cunt Collector" is the second album installment in the discography of SUHRIM and what a follow-up […]
Years after its initial release on CD this awesome split gets a vinyl treatment by American based Bird Of Ill Omen Recordings. As mentioned in the review for the original CD edition released by Singaporean Dies Irae Productions in 1999, STARGAZER offer a unique blend of ferocious Death and Thrash Metal with Black Metal overtones, […]
Even though I’m usually not the type of guy who likes split releases too much, this one by the two Australian underdogs STARGAZER and INVOCATION is definitely a worthy investment. I still remember the name STARGAZER from a feature in TALES OF THE MACABRE zine and with that Costa once more had proved his good […]
D.O.G. Productions returns with another release of unholy blackness (limited to 300 copies), after their successful and now rare collector’s edition Impiety 7" ep of a couple of years ago. There are two words to describe this split-CD; totally cult. Sacrilegious Torment kicks things off with a parade of six tracks of purest Profanatica worship, […]
IMPUREZA, who kick this split CD-R off very impressively, are hailing from France, they play brutal, quite technical Death Metal, have two vocalists in their ranks and their lyrics are written in Spanish (!!). Ooops! But if you already tend to consider this a quite weird combination, then please tell me what you think of […]