In 2011, a young man left Istanbul and moved to Germany, Hamburg to be precise. The name of this young man is Onur Burgaz, and in Turkey, he played bass for the quite well known Black Metal band MORIBUND OBLIVION and the Prog Metal band ALTONA. His plans for a project of his own never […]
In times when the old school Death Metal genre is already shitloaded with bands acting in a similar way it’s getting more and more important for even long running artists to get a more individual and characteristic style instead of doing the tribute thing. Dutch ENTRAPMENT did it the right way on their second longplayer. […]
Ohio’s infamous trio BLACK BLOOD STIGMATA, formed in 2002, has tried to get their debut album released for the past couple of years, but due to some unfortunate and unpredictable setbacks coming nearly constantly on their way, it seemed to take an eternity to get their debut full-length released eventually. "Deviant Deities And Perverse Prophets", […]
The divination of the dead! NECROMANTIA, an ancient Greek band that has delivered quite some good music throughout the years, a band I’ve followed closely, a band which music I have been listening quite a lot to, since I stumbled across “Scarlet Evil Witching Black” back in the days, though wasn’t totally convinced until the […]
Fourth album from this Brazilian Death / Black Metal machine. I know this band since their debut album in 2002, and the band has evolved from a DARK FUNERAL type of high speed Black Metal to a more Death Metallic touch, similar to BEHEMOTH, which again is like a mixture between early MORBID ANGEL and […]
When I received this 3 song demo cassette by Swedish five-piece PORTRAIT, I immediately figured they would play raw Black Metal or at least something necro as NIFELHEIM for instance… Reasons for my assumption were the individual member shots inside the demo-cover that showcase a band that looks very Metal and old school with all […]
Three years after giving the world the brilliant "Crimen Laesae Majestatis Divinae" album, Swedish Heavy Metallers PORTRAIT are back with a new album entitled "Crossroads". Dark and spooky atmosphere? Awesome riffs? Amazing vocals? The old school spirit and the MERCYFUL FATE and KING DIAMOND echoes all around? Yes, it’s still there. From time to time […]
Yet another act looks to the Cthulu mythos for inspiration (Mr. Lovecraft’s photograph even appears in this band’s line-up!). This time, it is a French band playing a very expansive and well-produced blend of Black Metal and Post Metal. Imagine a mixture of BLUT AUS NORD style disharmony blended with the wide-open atmospherics of Post […]
Everyone of us loves Lemmy and MOTÖRHEAD, right? So does this Chinese trio named TRACTOR that plays very straightforward, unpolished and rocking, Punk influenced Heavy Rock that clearly borrows its main source of musical inspiration from Lemmy and co. On a sketch paper TRACTOR would definitely work as some sort of tribute act of MOTÖRHEAD, […]
THE METAPHOR from Beijing, China, might as well be the country’s hottest and most intensive sounding band out of all Thrash Metal acts nowadays that you can find crawling out from the Chinese underground Metal scene. In fact, the band sounds even better – more brutal and vicious live than on a studio record. THE […]