Ireland is only a small green island but musical wise it is the fatherland of a handful of great bands with enormous influence on the European scene for years. If it comes to name two Irish bands I really doubt that neither REBIRTH OF NEFAST nor SLIDHR will be mentioned – even if the presented […]
This Canadian outfit delivers us ‘Samurai Crushing Metal’ and I have to say they do their job quite good here. Their metallic assault is riff laden, heavy midtempo Thrash / Heavy Metal with excellent guitar work. This CD-R (like the HUTT stuff also released as tape only) includes five tracks of the band’s album "Incinerator […]
This split CD released on Japan’s Amputated Vein Records will surely make some heads turn, or better said simply cut off, that is. The home of PSYCHOFAGIST is Novara, located in the north west of Italy. According to the info sheet they used to play Thrash / Death Metal under the name of BEDEVILED – […]
First of all, the band PEST we deal with here is the one from Germany, just because many bands are active under the monicker PEST by now as we all might know. "Vado Mori" is the band’s 3rd full-length album after one demo-tape and 2 albums. PEST have attracted me already with their demo "Schwarze […]
Finland has always provided excellent and captivating Black Metal and PEST are no exception. This full-length is actually the compilation of all the tracks PEST recorded from their inception in 1999 until their demise (?) last year (2003, question mark again), in demo and 7" formats. In a time when it becomes extremely difficult to […]
It seems to me, that after all these years Chile’s number one cult act PENTAGRAM is finally getting the treatment they would’ve deserved back in the 80s already. Following the essential self-titled demo compilation CD from 2000, here’s another CD release of Anton & the boys. "Reborn 2001" is a live album which features the […]
The title says it all. "Gothic" was the second album by PARADISE LOST, released in 1991. It was a bold move, both in music and image. Before "Gothic", PARADISE LOST recorded and released their debut "Lost Paradise", and their much famed demos. These latter recordings are pure, unaltered Death Metal, the music that had won […]
Both bands are from Belgium and both bands play Black Metal, so this output may give you a small survey of the Belgian Black Metal scene. First up is PANCHRYSIA, a band which is active for several years by now and the three studio and one live song really surprised me. One main influence is […]
Alright, so here’s a split for misanthropic people who don’t like sunshine very much. Each band presents 3 tracks and Sweden’s OLD BONES start ceremonies off with the primitive Death / Black Metal heavily inspred by HELLHAMMER and WINTER. I like their raw yet thunderous sound, especially the drums, but music wise this is mediocre […]
On this time and age, are split recordings really a necessity or just another tool for the Metal masses to know more than one band in a recording? Hell knows…I mean, it is the dreaded internet era… you just create a myspace thing and then everyone can know of you. Or, on the other hand, […]