This is the best Death / Thrash album since HYPNOSIA’s "Extreme Hatred", period. Having accidentally stumbled across this Chilean band a few years ago, it was obvious that these young people have all the talent, passion, honesty and skills than the majority of other 2000’s of Thrash bands taken together don’t have. What would happen […]
It’s been a while since I heard from this Austrian duo. The last EP, "Rites Of Prehistoric Darkness", was good and I really liked the band’s exploration of prehistoric themes. Not a lot of bands take that route, although a recent example is Canada’s ANTEDILUVIAN. This EP is less about primordial ooze and tackles a […]
The name is program. DOOMSTER REICH from Lodz in Poland came together, to create their own interpretation of Heavy Rock music in vein of BLACK SABBATH, HAWKWIND or ELECTRIC WIZZARD. Especially Ozzy and his band mates during their "Paranoid" period seem to be the biggest influence for these Polish rockers.The presented six songs have already […]
Lima, Peru’s MORTEM, also known as The True MORTEM just to set the record straight, are in my opinion, one of the most killer Death Metal bands on the planet. Since 1986, this legendary South American horde has tormented the underground with obscure, savage Death Metal based on dark superstitions. Released in 2005, the album […]
ACT OF IMPALEMENT is a pretty new trio from Nashville, Tennessee. Around since 2012 only, these guys have released four demos already in their short time of existence. It was Caligari Records’ job to release the latest two of them, last year’s “Hyperborean Altar” and the newest one entitled “Echoes Of War” on one tape. […]
POPPY SEED GRINDER – honestly! A pretty strange name. Poppy seed is an oilseed obtained from the opium poppy and can be used as ingredients for many foods, like poppy seed rolls or poppy seed cake. Some kind of Botanic or Food Grindcore? Or is the band referring to the use of opium? There are […]
It was just a few days ago that I had to write a few words of criticism on AGGRESSIVE MUTILATOR and their latest demo “Curse Of The Outlaw”. The usually very fine ultra raw Black Thrash of the very productive Swedish duo was spoiled by a thin and too powerless production on that tape. But […]
The Swedish three piece NECROPHOR already rose some attention last year with their first free demo “Verbum Vexillifer”. This refreshing mix of Death and Black Metal with some well dosed Thrash elements was really enjoyable stuff for the armies of the blood hungry maniacs. Now NECROPHOR are back with another three song demo, entitled “The […]
After leaving ASPHYX, bassist / vocalist Wannes Gubbels managed to lay down some new tunes with his own band PENTACLE which were loooong overdue considering the fact the Dutch Deather’s last album dates back to 2005 (!!!). Now, Iron Pegasus present us with a kick ass EP consisting of five tracks total recorded in 2012, […]
Release machine NAZGHOR from Uppsala, Sweden have just unleashed their third full-length album upon mankind within only one year. This fact made me very sceptic, as normally bands need a lot longer time for songwriting, rehearsing material and recording and these facts seem to be very easy for these guys to manage. Still I had […]