The underground is full of Black Metal, I tell ya! Nearly every day, there’s a new band to come from out of the black nowhere, it seems. I think it must already be hard work for Black Metal enthusiasts to keep track of all those bands. For an only part-time Black Metal listener like me, […]
The earth has been shaken by the third strike of this rolling Death Metal tank machine known as DESECRESY. They come directly as descendants of the killer band SLUGATHOR and do have the same vibe and aura of darkness and despair. Death Metal as only the cold lands of Finland can erupt. Recalling the sound […]
This release was supposedly released back in 2012, though sent this way earlier this year, and have since then gotten a good deal of spins on my turntable, a limited run of 500 pieces of clear red vinyl cut in 45 rpm for our listening pleasure, that’s a good start. TERRÖRHAMMER hails from Serbia and […]
When it comes to the so-called Viking or Pagan Metal genre, I am very often not really enthusiastic. Musically it is more often pretty mediocre, the lyrics are all about war, honor, pride, fighting, traveling by ship, traveling by horse and suchlike. And from time to time a women appears on the cover and… damn, […]
Once upon a time we had a great French band named MASSACRA, they released two legendary albums in 1990 and 1991, entitled "Final Holocaust" and "Enjoy The Violence" and then their third album in 1992 "Signs Of The Decline", the album that was my first enocunter with the band, so it has a special place […]
Anyone out there still into Pagan Folk and Viking Metal? Then you might check out this one from the heart of Swedish nowhere. GRIMNER arose from the ashes of the widely unknown band MORTUM HATRED in 2008 and added traditional instruments like bagpipes, mandola (a kind of mandolin) and flute to grow into a six-piece. […]
The collective of FOLKEARTH is quite productive, as this is their 14th album in 10 years. That’s quite impressive, though as the band is a collective with collaborators over most of the world, which counted 32 when it peaked and around 17 now I think. There are some to write new songs and come up […]
BLEEDING UTOPIA started in 2003 as the side project OPERATION SIDEFFECT and then changed name to DELICIOUS DEFORMED before being put on hold in 2004. In 2009, mastermind Andreas Moren brought back the band and recorded a promo release in 2010 and that led to their debut album under Wormhole Records. And now they have […]
The good guys from Iron Pegasus Records reissued another classic: PENTACLE’s terrific debut album "…Rides The Moonstorm". Both the label and the band needs no special introduction to old underground Metal maniacs, but as there is a chance some younger Metal worshippers will read this as well, few words, just for the record. "…Rides The […]
It’s actually hard to find bad or boring Hells Headbangers’ releases, as these guys somehow manage to release top class stuff only, but with this 7" split release, they probably achieved an even higher level of awesomeness. First of all, yes, these 4 tracks are spooky, you can easily use them as the soundtrack of […]