Let’s take a lesson in the history of Metal! One of the earliest so called exotic countries with a vivid and developing Metal scene was Brazil. The first bands already started in the beginning of the 1980s, with NESS being one of the first in 1981. One year later, this band renamed itself to DORSAL […]
This is one of these times when two is better than one. Having one of the best Swedish old school Death Metal bands of this era, DEMONICAL, Martin and Sverker decided to bring the the now revered (but totally overlooked back in the day) CENTINEX back from the grave. “Redeeming Filth” starts with ‘Bodies Are […]
Finally a re-issue of one of the best Thrash Metal albums to come out from Brazil. DORSAL ATLÂNTICA is a beast on their own. They do play a style of Metal that is obviously Thrash, but there is also some slight touches of Hardcore / Crossover (especially in the vocals) but they can play in […]
My exposition with Chinese bands is rather low. Metal is a form of communication that will reach any place and China will be no exception. This time we are talking about Thrash Metal in the Bay Area style, very much in the vein of VIO-LENCE, FORBIDDEN, early METALLICA, DEFIANCE, EXODUS… Well, you know the game. […]
For a couple of people, if a band was created back in the 80s or 90s and have some obscure hard to find recording, demo or album, it instantly qualifies that as cult. I can testify that back in those days, things were harder than today, being it communication of any form, and the means […]
Do you like music of any kind? Well, then NEW YORK AGAINST THE BELZEBU is not for you! You like the sound of a traffic accident? Then you might like “Esfiha Bombs”. But I ain’t sure, since a traffic accident surely has a better production… Some facts: NEW YORK AGAINST THE BELZEBU are from Brazil, […]
When you listen to a Metal band from Poland, maybe BEHEMOTH, VADER and DECAPITATED comes to your mind. It is obvious that Poland has had some of the best musical contributions in the Metal history, especially on the extreme side. Well, let me present you a new force called SERPENT SEED. This young band from […]
“Lords Of Chaos – The Bloody Rise Of The Satanic Metal Underground” is the title of the original edition of this Black Metal documentation, which was published for the first time in the US in 1998. It took the authors whole four years to put out the German edition of the book I’m holding in […]
This third issue of Chile’s utterly cool COMPILATION OF DEATH zine has raised the bar so high that probably no other fanzine around will ever (!) manage to top it! In all honesty, "The Third Coming" (as their editors, Gabriel and Joseph, decided to subtitle it) should not even be considered a fanzine anymore, because […]
What? Four different labels for one release? Yes, that’s true! In best Punk spirit, these four labels joint forces to release the first CD from the Northfrisian Deathers HYPNOTIC. I think this is a really laudable idea to support young and idealistic underground bands. And HYPNOTIC are one of those bands for sure. Even though […]