From the vaults, High Roller Records have put together a compilation of raw-sounding ASSASSIN songs, some originally intended for the “Interstellar Experience” album, others recorded at band rehearsals and a live show in Lambsheim, Germany, in 1987. These songs perfectly capture the energy of one of Germany’s finest Thrash bands of the 1980s, and one […]
Obscure. An obscure bass. What better way to introduce oneself to the world than with a bass that gallops towards the darkness in its opening notes. Because that is how the first track of this debut EP by the Germans INFERNAL PRESENCE, titled “Fiery Paths”, begins: with an obscure bass that grows and evolves into […]
OZ is a traditional Metal band from Finland. “Fire In The Brain” is their second album, which originally was released in 1983 on Tyfon Grammofon (and Combat Records in the US). OZ plays traditional Heavy Metal and their music is pretty straight forward. ‘Fortune’ has a cool passage around the guitar solo which makes it […]
This is the first time that I listen to this band and I couldn’t find any information on them other than their Visceral Circuitry Records label. But PEASANT GOD’s music is very heavy with guttural vocals. It’s kind of Sludge-ish. I think this is the type of music that a serial killer would listen to […]
There are bands that never disappointed me through the years. SLAUGHTERDAY is one of them. Over a span of nearly ten years, they released four damn fine albums and two and a half either great EPs. These releases showed us a band that stayed true to their roots in the old school of doomy and […]
“Death Saturnalia” is the second album from this Slovenian band of furious Death / Black Metal, which has a strong connection with early MORBID ANGEL, a few NIFELHEIM and EMPEROR touches, and to add fire to the mix some early SEPULTURA as well. The final result is a very good album with many memorable riffs, […]
IN AETERNUM was originally founded in 1992 under the name BEHEMOTH. They didn’t release their first album until 1999 and were part of the first wave of Swedish Death / Black Metal bands that, alongside bands like DISSECTION, DAWN or MÖRK GRYNING, created a very specific form of Metal of Death. With elements from melodic […]
“Demonic Sceptre” is the first full-length album by the German Black / Speed Metal act NUCTEMERON, a killer entity coming from Trier in the Rhineland-Palatinate state. The band is active since 2014 and plays an uncompromising mixture of Black Metal and Speed / Thrash Metal, something very reminiscent of the legendary teutonic scene from the […]
The good folks over at Steamhammer Records / SPV have decided to reissue EVILDEAD’s first two albums “Annihilation Of Civilization” and “The Underworld” on digital, CD and vinyl formats for 2026. These two epic Thrash Metal albums have not been reissued since 2014 under the End Of Light banner and it’s a welcome to anyone […]
If there is one album that perfectly embodies the aesthetics, sound and paranoia of the late 1980s, it is EVILDEAD’s “Annihilation Of Civilisation”. Originally released in 1989, this record has always been considered a cult gem, perhaps overshadowed by the giants of the Bay Area, but revered by true connoisseurs. Now, in 2026, Steamhammer / […]