A lot of you reading this will probably accuse me of being an ignorant fool, if I tell you that the original BLACK SABBATH line-up with Ozzy never did anything to me… I simply couldn’t stand the vocals (a fact that quickly changed when Ozzy started to release solo records, which I do like a […]
Doing reissues of CARCASS and AT THE GATES in the year of their big reunion shows is actually the most logical thing Earache can do businesswise and taking a serious look at their 90s releases roster they have quite a lot of treasures with a sort of timeless sale capacity in their bunker. As far […]
A feedback noise leads us to the sad and slow tune of the beginng of ARGHOSLENT’s contribution to this split that turns into raw uptempo Death Metal with various riff changes and spiced with some traditional Metal elements, evident for example in the soloing. Check out the reviews of both albums here, then you will […]
Ever since the split-up of ORDER FROM CHAOS, guitarist Chuck Keller was keeping himself quite busy. Apart from writing music and / or lyrics for other bands (PENTACLE, BARBATOS etc.), contributing reviews to our zine and working on his own project VULPECULA, him and ORDER FROM CHAOS drummer Mike Miller also got ARES KINGDOM off […]
The rather small yet upcoming underground label Carnal Records which also released e.g. the last ARCKANUM 7" and the split EP with CONTAMINO brings us its first CD release and wow… it is nothing less than an excellent debut! Featuring two long-time active Black Metal hordes from Sweden the chances for a success of this […]
Some people might wonder that ARCH ENEMY already decided to release an official live-album after only three regular studio records and seemingly not too much live-presence in the Metal circuit. Then again the story starts to make sense if you consider that ARCH ENEMY are the probably biggest extreme (Death) Metal band these days in […]
Generally speaking, splits don’t often achieve the kind of appreciation demos or albums enjoy regularly. Naturally there are exceptions, and its perfectly sound to hope that this particular one remains in circulation. ANTACID hail from Malyasia, HATRED from South America, and both are healthy participants in the globaly revitalized Thrash scene. Normally it’s best to […]
AFTER OBLIVION hail from Bosnia, and you would never know that, as they sound wickedly identical to that of SACRIFICE from Canada! During the "Soldier Of Misfortune" era, and for those without their copy of that particular CD, you’ll thus be reminded of that particular disc as being laden with well played, technical Thrash / […]
Does it really make sense to write another review of AFTER DEATH’s "Retronomicon" compilation as the LP-version carries the same songs on it as the CD-version? Probably not, but I don’t care, for one single reason: this band fuckin’ rules! I had the opportunity to watch them (AFTER DEATH / NOCTURNUS) live last week and […]
2009 and 2010 have been fantastic years for the Dutch Death Metal masters ASPHYX and their loyal fanbase. First of all there was of course the great new album "Death… The Brutal Way", then the re-releases of their old classics (with lots of bonus tracks), the incredible "Abomination Echoes" 7" EP boxset and now the […]