Epic War Death Metal can be described as a new genre, started and pavemented by the great BOLT THROWER and followed some years later by the supergroup HAIL OF BULLETS, of course you will mention SODOM whenever you are talking about war influenced Metal, and to that small amount of bands there’s a special room in the heavy heart […]
"The Next Offensive" is the 3rd album from Germany’s WEAK ASIDE and their statement is clear from the get go – solid, no frills Death Metal in the old school Swedish way (??? – Frank). The band was started in 2006 and their debut album "Fire At Will" was a heavy and honest tribute to BOLT […]
BODDICKER from Detroit, MI is another underground outfit worshipping the chaos in form of a sick mixture of Death Metal, Grindcore, Crust and Death’n’Roll or even Sludge. The Band slashes through the provided twelve tracks with only twenty-one minutes running time like an express train. What surprised me is the fact, that they manage to […]
Facts, facts, facts: INHARMONIC are from Joensuu in North Karelia, Finland. The five-piece rose from the ashes of a band called LETHARGY in 2007 and up to now released two self-financed EPs. “Ugly” saw the light of day in 2011 and now it’s a “Flesh Inferno” haunting your house. So much for the facts. What […]
PLAGUE from Greece totally took me by surprise. Recommended by a friend I ordered their debut CD EP “Abyssdiver” and I totally love both tracks of that EP. PLAGUE’s Death Metal is very similar to the “Leprosy” / ”Spiritual Healing” era of mighty DEATH, especially the guitar work. Nothing too spectacular and nothing too original […]
Chile has a damn fine Death Metal scene with very strong, unique bands and countless amazing releases. KNELL is another remarkable band and after ten years of existence and three demos Australis Records just released KNELL’s debut full-length “Zero Hour”. And this is also a high quality release. Versatility and variedness are the first words […]
Two extreme Japanese bands are gathered on this new split album from Obliteration Records. Both bands are extreme in their own way. The first one are EVIL which is a Black / Thrash horde from Tokyo. These four evil warriors are able to capture perfectly the ancient feeling of the first wave of Black / […]
This one here is quite interesting. "Crypts Of Dissimulation" is the debut full-length by FRAGARAK, an Indian outfit hailing from the capital New Delhi. Despite the huge population of the country India isn’t that well known for providing tons of Metal bands. Thus the scene there lies somehow still in obscurity. Basically the horde plays […]
We are getting used to the fact that Century Media Records are doing these huge boxes and discographies. At times, this is a good way to get ahold of full catalogues for a good price. But then again, we get a couple of good songs and pure garbage on crap rehearsal- or bad live-recordings of […]
25 years of THE CROWN (OF THORNS). The band is back to celebrate their 25th anniversary with three of four original members. I remember very well spinning their debut output “The Burning” back in 1995 a dozen times and followed the band more or less since than. Their last output “Doomsday King” was only average […]