Indiana’s GORGASM, led by Damian Leski who nowadays also gurgles hard for BROKEN HOPE – where he unfortunately did not add the variable and astonishingly comprehensible approach known from his 1994 formed main act – have a new album out, hell yeah! Easily one of the few remaining brutal Death acts I still care about […]
Finally, Ace is back! August 15th will mark the return of the original Spaceman. With or without the make-up, the fancy costume and platform boots, the Space Ace is making no prisoners in 2014. There are almost no weak moments to register on his latest output “Space Invader”. After the really good comeback album “Anomaly” […]
The true great joy of exploring the depths of the underground is the rare discovery of a brilliant band. The one-in-a-thousand chance to stumble upon an unknown marvel makes wading through the endless swamp of mediocrity all worth it. DYING SUN is one of those precious few prodigies, and thus I’m shocked that they are […]
MORBID FLESH are already active since 2007, but have been working under the monicker UNDERTAKER before since 2002. After their first full-length in 2011, which I sadly have missed, they return now with a fulminant EP called "Embedded In The Ossuary". This hellish piece of old school Death Metal is a real wrecking ball. After […]
Sometimes the cover art itself will give you an idea of what you are about to listen… and in this case, the word “cold” is the only one that comes, yet it also shows “calm". Add to that the quite very good intro with acoustic guitar and chilling wind sounds in the background and then […]
There is very little info on this Russian band. It seems this is a compilation of some songs they did in the 90s. Must be said that 3 of the 4 members of this band are now dead, which is quite a tragic thing, but at least they had this recordings as their last testament. […]
Sometimes you don’t need to be a full band to create a monstrous, crushing and damn fuckin’ tight sound. Aside from BÖLZER, North German band MANTAR is a perfect example for this hypothesis. The duo gets on without a bass player, and when you listen to their first album “Death By Burning”, you don’t even […]
BRUTALITY are back! In the last years, a lot of the very early Death Metal bands have been resurrected and some of them have released some proper material like CARCASS or CONVULSE. You can start to blame them all as money grabbers, but if you are not AT THE GATES or CARCASS, there is not […]
25 years is a very long time for many bands to keep their sound, image, and still keep going. MYSTIFIER have been such a band, hailing from the depths of Brazil and bringing the verbal rituals since 1989 these guys are true pioneers of Black Metal. Raging through 4 full-length albums, their early material is […]
‘In the midnight hour, when the moon shines bright, from the witches’ coven we raise from hell to fight’, that’s how the titletrack starts off, together with a hellish and catchy guitar riff straight from the good old days of NWOBHM, and just as dirty as when the darker and occult oriented bands started to […]