NWOBHM, er, I mean NWOFHM lives! That’s the New Wave of Finnish Heavy Metal, of course. HEATHEN HOOF is one of the strangest bands I’ve heard in a while. They worship the NWOBHM scene, specifically bands like BLITZKRIEG, CLOVEN HOOF (hmmm), WITCHFYNDE, SATAN, AVENGER… and IRON MAIDEN (with Paul, they point out). I suppose it’s […]
Formed back in 2004, this is the second album of this German band. All of their lyrics and album titles on their releases are done in German, giving them an approach to an essence usually found in Eastern European countries. Musically speaking, they are a blackened Death Metal band, and the lyrics are more of […]
This is a fine gem for all Dan Swanö fans that are collecting more or less everything from him. This nicely packed 7" EP includes two unreleased songs, one from each band, both recorded and offering the perfect Unisound Studio sound. The INFESTDEAD song included here is called ‘Dead Earth’ and was recorded back in […]
Ok, so it’s not the most happening Death Metal album. But rather than trying to be symphonic Death Metal, brutal Death Metal, true Death Metal, Egyptian Death Metal, European or American Death Metal, Incantation has always played Death Metal… and that’s basically it. Of course the band has developed speaking of musical skills, but this […]
I have to admit; even as IN AETERNUM exists already since 1992 I have never heard any of their releases so far. Well, to correct me, it’s BEHEMOTH which started in 1992, but as this ominous Polish band with the same name existed before them they changed their name to IN AETERNUM. I’m not that […]
Fans of Brazilian Black / Death Metal probably already know IMPURITY from their 1993 album "The Lamb’s Fury." "Guests Of The Infernal Pit" was recorded in 1991 for the now defunct Maggot Records, and is probably one of the worst sounding 7" EPs in recent memory. For a band like IMPURITY, this is a very […]
This is the first time IMMOLATION released an MCD and in my humble opinion it’s a strange label tactic to release it nearly at the same time the new full-length came out, isn’t it? And I’m wondering why these three songs did not appear on the album. This would expand the playing time of "Shadows […]
Whose band name was better associated with Mausoleum back then than KILLER? None! Through the course of three albums, this Belgium powerhouse act forged their name into Metal history. Starting with the ’79 album "Ready For Hell" (coupled with "Wall Of Sound" here), where KILLER were nothing more than a very average Heavy Rock outfit […]
Wow, these guys really managed to impress me with this 2 track 7" EP! Never heard of KARNARIUM before, but through my "investigations" I found out that this Swedish horde already released two demos ("Demo # 1" in January 2000 and "Breaking The Manakles Of Malkuth" in November 2000) as well as a split tape […]
Kansas City based LIGEIA originally started out as NEPENTHE in the early 90s, at the time still consisting of Chris Overton (drums), Patrick Brown (guitars), Alex Blume (bass) and a vocalist named Joe. This line-up recorded a 3 song demo in 1993 ("The Conqueror Worm"), which they didn’t spread much. Shortly after the recordings Joe […]