There are a lot of live shows that I wish to have been a part of, sometimes your hear the good stories and episodes from gigs told, or you hear a live recording, official or not, a recording that kicks in your teeth and give you goosebumbs all the way down your back. After a […]
If someone thinks that Heavy Metal and all of its incarnations are a very limited and narrow form of musical expression, then that individual knows nothing about music. The fact that the main core of a Rock or Metal band is the same since a few decades, does not means that it can be added […]
Italy has always been known to have a small, but pretty progressive and fine Metal scene with bands like BULLDOZER, ADRAMELCH or SADIST. Now ACROSS THE SWARM from Bologna are here to add their part to Italian Metal history. After three (to me unknown) demos under the name of LACERATED resp. LACERATER, the four piece […]
Anyone into Dark Ambient Metal? This one might be for you, if you’re a masochist as well. THE NIGHTSTALKER is a one-man project from Belgium, run by Serpent of SERCATI, supported by his band mate Yannick on drums. “The Chronicles Of Natural City” marks the debut of this band. So much for the facts… Musically, […]
Long running and highly influential Death Metal act INCANTATION has returned with its new album “Dirges Of Elysium”, which already raised my expectations to maximum just by gazing at the stunning cover by Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT). From the tension of its instrumental title-track over the storming ‘Debauchery’, Death / Doom monuments like ‘Carrion Prophecy’ or […]
FUNERAL SUTRA from Tokyo, Japan are active since 2011 and present their first self-released output in form of "Meditations". This four track EP is a really interesting output. They took three years for practicing and songwriting and present a well thought first sign with an interesting lyrical concept, handling a four-part circle of life. Their […]
Being that I really enjoy the pre – MORRIGAN band MAYHEMIC TRUTH and the first MORRIGAN record, I like to check back from time to time to see how their latest stuff sounds. While, in my opinion, they haven’t put out music as awesome as those albums, MORRIGAN is still a worthy band. This split […]
A new DESASTER release, which somehow isn’t thaaaat new anymore, but still interesting enough to get a mention here. This four song vinyl exclusive marks Occulto’s farewell as DESASTER unfortunately had to continue on without him, which is rather sad because this guy really had a unique extreme voice. But it seems the band already […]
I usually like DVDs that combine a full live show of a certain band with a documentary about their history. But unfortunately a lot of them have proven to be a big disappointment in the past, due to various different reasons. Luckily "A Desasterous Meeting", the first full-length video from Germany’s blackened Thrashers DESASTER, is […]
Now that’s an ultimate re-issue! Maybe these two aren’t the most rare VIRGIN STEELE albums, and both were re-issued several times already, but it’s the first time when both parts of this Epic Metal masterpiece – or two separate masterpieces, if you prefer – are released together in one package. Again, both albums were originally […]