MAJSTER KAT from Slovakia are active since 2001 and "Memento…" is the second album, the debut "Sväta Zvrhlost" was released seven years ago, quite a time ago. The reason for this rather slow-paced approach is unknown to me, but it does not effect the music. To the contrary, this album is by no means a […]
Let your imagination run wild a little bit. Six musicians from all over the world come together, all of them experienced, all of them played in more or less obscure Doom Metal bands of every colour, some in Post or Black Metal bands as well. These six put all their passion, all their energy and […]
Thinking of THAW, there’s the song of this title by the incredible SEPTIC DEATH coming to my mind immediately. So, I put some hope in this band from Sosnowiec in the Silesian area of Poland. THAW is around for a few years now, having released another album, two split releases and a compilation of their […]
It’s twenty years ago now that an 18-year old guy from Gamleby in Sweden named Roger along with some friends started a band called TERMINAL GRIP. This band lasted for three years, released two demos before splitting up. Immediately after that, they started again under a new name with the two guitar players Andreas and […]
Interestingly this album was already released in August 2013, nearly a year and a half later it made its way to blow my speakers. Early IRON MAIDEN anyone? Mixed with 1990s PANTERA ("Cowboys From Hell" and "Vulgar Display Of Power")? If so, take a listen to the second album by US based 44MAG. Although this […]
Well, this review was some kind of hard work for me. Because the music is not easy accessible. Like most of Funeral Doom or Depressive Suicide Black Metal stuff the listener has to be in a certain mood or the circumstances of the listening session must be fitting. My first try with this album was […]
Honestly, I am not amused. Normally it takes several years and some kind of reputation and prominence until a band releases a compilation with songs taken from the first demos. So I do not know if this output is really something the underground has been waiting for. The first sign of life by Polish based […]
Well, to put things in perspective, I’m not the biggest fan of Pagan Black Metal, far from it, and when there is flute involved in Metal you better count me out right away. But as with everything, there are exceptions, and let me tell you – KAWIR is an exceptional exception! First of all, they […]
"Gloom Immemorial" is not the new album of these Finnish Death / Doom Metallers as we could expect, but a compilation of their rare recordings. The CD (or CD box, as you can get such version as well), includes eleven songs taken from "The Eyeless Horde" demo, the "Live Evil" compilation, the split releases with […]
A rotten Swedish entity has seen the dark of night, NEKROSITY is a fairly new band, formed in 2009, though has just recently released their first sound of decomposed Death Metal, in form of the tape "Return From The Crypt". We are talking dirty and raw old school Swedish Death Metal, as at the end […]