When I was a young Death Metal lunatic MORGOTH was one of my favorite bands. Their early 90s live performances were so overwhelming, fucking intense and brutal like hell and I also absolutely love the first two MLPs “Resurrection Absurd” and “Eternal Fall”. The debut album “Cursed” was cool, too but I didn’t like the […]
Chile is mostly well known for its superb extreme Metal squadrons but it can produce some excellent classic Heavy Metal as well. The best example for this fact are METAL GRAVE, a four piece outfit from the shore of Valparaiso. The band, established in 2010, plays raw occult Heavy Metal with lyrical themes based on […]
Germany’s Black Metal institution DARK FORTRESS are back with their seventh output and I was curious to hear, what can be expected from them nowadays, as their outputs were always far from being middle-rated. Reviewing this album as a whole was a difficult challenge, as each track seems to have a different direction and normally […]
Last years “Damnati” EP from ORDO INFERUS was one of the fine moments that proved that the contemporary Death Metal scene is alive and well. Even more, merited valiants start off with new bands, like in this case of unswerving devotion to the Metal of Death. Somehow depicted as a supergroup, ORDO INFERUS needed just […]
The Norwegian Black Metal outfit with a new album… to be honest I cannot recall that much of this band although I am sure I have heard at least one album from them. And this new one, I am afraid, does not change the fact that it’s not really memorable. Basically we are dealing with […]
With MOSS UPON THE SKULL from the Belgium capital Brussels, we have a brand new band. No information can be gathered except for their geographical origin (drummer Jense Philips used to be in brutal Death Metallers ORB OF TORTURE – Frank). And, of course, the fact that they now have released their first musical offering. “Imperial Summoning” is […]
Well, to some the name HEAVYDEATH may sound a little silly, at least extremely pithy. I have to admit that I thought the latter, too. But after listening to them, I have to admit that the name fits like chalk and cheese. The Swedish three-piece consists of experienced guys who are around in the scene […]
No misspelling, the band is actually named BUNKER 66. Of course everyone has the number of the beast in mind, but the trio from Italy decided to leave it that way. I have no idea what the band name points to, but that question may be totally dispensable, even for the band. Founded back in […]
Ok, the sound could be better here, but that’s actually the only negative thing I can find on this 3 track demo CD of newcomers CRUCIFYRE. Did I write "newcomers"? Can you dare to call a band gathering former musicians of AFFLICTED, CREMATORY, CONCRETE SLEEP and mighty MORBID newcomers? I would say no. Anyway, formed […]
Pulverized Records, from Singapore, is known to sign up mostly quality extreme Metal acts. Impressive to say the least. And Sweden’s CRUCIFYRE is a nice addition to that roster. Formed in 2006 and with a demo tape and a previous album under their (bullet) belts, the style the band plays is far from copying the […]