It feels like they released their last album "Walk Through Fire" yesterday, but the truth is it’s already been five years! "ExtermiNation" is RAVEN’s album # 13 (not counting live albums, compilations, singles and so on), and includes 15 new songs. And guess what: we won’t find anything new here. We all heard it before. […]
After a demo tape in 2013, the debut album from Mexico’s DEMONIC MANIFESTATION is out via Dan’s Crypt Records. They play a twisted brand of Death Metal influenced by the NWOSDM. After a first listen, I was instantly drawn to early 90s lesser known bands such as EXCRUCIATE, CONVULSE and GOREMENT. Even the overall production […]
With MORDENIAL we have another Death Metal band from Sweden. And another band with a pretty high profiled name in its ranks, because Matthias Fiebig of PAGANIZER (and more) fame is the drummer and even the vocalist of MORDENIAL. He was joined by Kjetil Lynghaug on guitar and a guy named Wilson on bass. This […]
In the second half of the 1980s, the British Metal scene definitely lost its pioneering status it had in times of the NWOBHM. It was the time when Thrash Metal reigned and the first wave of Death Metal was just around the corner, with Britain regaining its pioneering status. But the first wave of Thrash […]
Some may know that these Metalheads released 2 demo tapes under the monicker STURMTRUPPEN. After a change of the old bandname into TRUPPENSTURM, they come up with this selftitled 7" EP. 5 songs of "directly into the face" War Metal. Most primitive riffing, high speed but also rhythmic drumming and high pitched screams filled up […]
Strap on your boots and lock and load, war is approaching, and these two German bands have started to soften the enemy with a blitzkrieg of 10 tracks of blackened Death Metal. TRUPPENSTURM starts out with a frenzy of of chainsaw riffing, galopping drums and a reverbed growl, intense and tense Death Metal with a […]
INSEPULTO is another fine horde hailing from Costa Rica’s underground, worshipping the good old days of Death Metal. This three-men horde is already active since 1993, so no newcomers at work and even though this is only their second output, you can hear from the first tunes of their current output "The Necrodex", that these […]
At first sight a strange output. Why re-releasing two nearly 30 years old demo tapes on CD by a Swedish band which split-up after these demos? But at second sight it really makes sense. First of all there is the historical aspect. At the time the demos "Megalomania" and "The Puzzle" were recorded (in the […]
There are a few demos out there that already are considered classic and left a brutal mark in the extreme music scene. Names like NECROVORE, VADER, NECROPHOBIC, MORBID ANGEL and many more will surely come to mind. Oh, did I mention MORBID ANGEL? Well, then there is no surprise this demo with musicians that once […]
The latest Schwarzdorn releases had been everything else than essential but with this album the German label is starting more than impressive into the Metal year 2010. It does not take long to realize the extreme potential of this act from Iceland – just listen to the first two tracks and cold, snow covered mountains […]