Italy’s HORRID have been around for quite some time already (since 1989 to be exact) and released three demos and a 7" ever since. But as I didn’t know the band before, I neither managed nor cared to hear any of those mentioned items. I guess you should know that I even had some (unjustified…) […]
Just because I never got hold of HORRID before doesn’t mean they are not veterans of the scene. They are around for twenty five years now, but never really managed to be more than an insider tip yet. And I must say, it’s a pity I never heard of them before. Their third album "Sacrilegious […]
Among many EXHUMATION’s plaguing Death / Black Metal underworld this one comes from exotic Indonesia. And that’s probably the only exotic factor about this one. Sometimes label’s PR blurbs really make me laugh, like in this instance. This is how Dunkelheit Produktionen describes it: "Rolling, balanced Death Metal with just about the right amount of […]
Californian Metallers EXMORTUS have gone a long way since the early demo days of the band, numerous line-up changes, etc. Now, in 2014, after growing as a band as well as musicians, EXMORTUS have come to that point in their career, in which they can honestly say to sound as their own band – and […]
Greece, once known for philosophy, democracy and of course mathematics (the theorems of Pythagoras and Tales, do you remember?). Nowadays better known for insolvency and fraudulent bankruptcy and it is quite amazing that such a lilliputian (regarding the economic strength) country is able to lead whole Europe to a political and economical downfall. Thinking about […]
Here we have a two track 7” EP from these Italian Speed dealers. The music is fast generally, in a killer war-like Black Metal style. I’d say the old South American and particularly Brazilian scenes are clear influences here in the manic pacing and frenetic energy. I also hear some classic era MARDUK in the primitive […]
An outbreak of pounding Black Metal darkness from these Czech Hell troops. There is a good mix of tempos and rocking parts in these six original songs to induce next day neck pain in the Thrash susceptible listener. Black Metal freaks especially who crave to hear a new group that harkens the ghost of the […]
I am a firm believer that there is something going on with the water in the land down under. A lot of the Australian bands I’ve heard since the late 80s share one thing: they are absolutely awesome. And when you thought they could not come up with yet another one, CONTAMINATED’s debut demo "Pestilential […]
Greek outfit BURIAL HORDES was formed in 2001. Since then, they have been steadily releasing material with 4 demos, 3 splits, an EP and 2 albums. Just released in 2014, their latest (and third) full-length "Incendium" came out on Hellthrasher Productions. And these guys are a perfect example of the high quality music that Greece […]
It’s time for some Swedish Death Metal. Yes, again! But PUTRIFIED is not a "typical" band of this dear loved genre. In fact, this is not even a band in its classical meaning, since PUTRIFIED is just one person. A guy called A. Death, who did anything on the first PUTRIFIED EP by himself, including […]