Vinyl collectors beware! This 7" was already pretty much sold out at the label directly before it even got released, so obviously there must be something special about it. And it is! After the rather cool CHARON 7", Sepulchral Voice Records returns with an even stronger follow-up now: a split EP of the two very […]
This young band from Denmark creates powerful, driving Death Metal remembering me of Swedish SOULREAPER since influences from "Covenant" phase MORBID ANGEL get mixed with the straightness and melodic feel of Scandinavian Death Metal acts. Whereas USIPIAN’s previous release, the MCD "Human Spirit Massacre", was a lot more technical than "Clouded Restrainment", the quintet focuses […]
This was actually already part of the first bunch of Century Media’s re-releases, but due to the fact that we received it now, it ends up here… The album’s title got printed with a different font and reduced a bit in its size. The front-cover turned out a lot clearer and you can see the […]
This is an easy one. Killer late ’80s Speed Metal; well played, classic Thrash Metal style production, cult artwork, great NWN layout. Cool stuff; don’t miss it. Charles Keller
Nuclear War Now does it again. I remember thinking in 1987 when I started my (very) short-lived fanzine "The Black Mark", that I would never be able to review all the albums being released in those days. At the time I worked in a local record store as the Metal / import records buyer (yeah, […]
While other Black Metal bands come up with hard and evil phrases, shitty and wimpy CDs which are passionless thrown onto the market, some others such as WINTERBLUT release really individual stuff, silently but constantly, sometimes as a demo, sometimes as a complete full-length album. The demo tape we deal with here is called "Das […]
Lately the VFTD contributors received an email titled “Poland strikes back”, announcing a bunch of bands from Germany’s eastern neighbor. And if you take a look on recent reviews you will discover a lot of fine Polish Black Metal releases. CIEŃ (the Polish word for shadow) are no exception, although the approach is aiming beyond […]
During the first listening session of this debut by EERIE from Poland I was a little bit doubting. Doubting if there is a need of another Black Metal outfit with a rather traditional and oft quoted approach. But every day this album grew stronger and stronger. Although there are just four songs with a running […]
ORDER TO RUIN from Munster in Germany and their mastermind Denis Pfeffer are restless in following their musical preference, which is called 90s melodic Death Metal from Gothenburg. "The Book Of Nemesis" is already their album number four within three years. Of course, releasing so much material in such a short period of time bears […]
AU-DESSUS from Vilnius, Lithuania are a newcomer and have just released their first self-titled EP "Au-Dessus" via Witching Hour Productions from Poland, who once again show their good taste for underground bands. The five songs simply called ‘I’ to ‘V’ are Black Metal or Avangarde Black Metal / Post Black Metal on a very high […]