In a perfect world (where only such factors as talent, honesty and creativity would have an impact on a band’s success, while such factors as money, geographical location and connections would be irrelevant), SEPULTURA would not be the the only really big and successful extreme Metal band from the whole South American continent. In that […]
It’s been quite a while since I heard the last sign of life from XECSNOIN, a five piece outfit having its headquarters in the megalopolis of Tokyo. Their last stuff which I was able to have a listen to was their second album "Engraved" from 2009 (the debut was entitled "Xecsplosion" and saw its light […]
DESTROYING DIVINITY from the Czech Republic have released their fourth album entitled "Hollow Dominion" via Lavadome Productions. Modern brutal technical Death Metal is the topic here and these four guys really start this album with a punch in the face. The opening track ‘The Eternal Guardians’ offers all, what fans of the mentioned genre are […]
Two German representations on this EP "The Graveyard Blood” of two unknown bands. The first side cover three songs by GRAVEYARD GHOUL, a band that already has two albums on their counter ("Tomb Of The Moulded Corpses” from 2012 and "The Living Cemetary” from 2014) and prior to that a demo called "Necrocult”. After the […]
The year ends as it began – with some fine Metal of Death. EXIT HUMANITY from Berlin, Germany, are presenting their first output. If my information are correct the five songs were originally released on cassette in March 2014, a classical demo tape. But do not worry if you do not have a tape deck […]
KALOPSIA are rather new to these pages. In fact, they are not really new, but around for fifteen years now. Two albums (“Exquisite Beauty Of The Defiled” in 2003 and “Amongst The Ruins” in 2012) and two demos are in their discography to date. And the guys in the band aren’t blank pages either, since […]
The masters of split 7”es did it again! REVEL IN FLESH released their fourth (!) combined effort in the year 2014. And don’t forget they just unleashed “Death Kult Legions”, their fantastic third full-length. Maybe I should send Haubersson, Maggesson, Herrmannsgard, Gøtzberg and Vøgtssson to a doping test… Just joking! As long as they bring […]
Russian Black Metal act FORGOT just unleashed their 4th album via Assault Records. Since Black Metal is not one of my main interests, I haven’t heard any of their previous releases. But let me tell you, this album displays a perfect example of second generation Black Metal. Production wise, it follows every aspect of the […]
Let’s go back into my youth here. Well, not only just mine, but maybe yours as well. I remember the year 1984, when a 14-year-old kid from a German village came into a well sorted record shop in the big city. As any kid of his age, he didn’t have a lot of money to […]
The scene in Russia still seems to be huge and vast, especially when it comes to Black Metal. So many bands that no one in the Western world hardly ever heard of – to get a little insight, what better opportunity can there be if not a compilation? Well, in the case of “Harvest: Bloody […]