Set for release in April, Germany’s F.D.A. Records have picked another potent merchant of pure, uncompromising Death Metal with Spanish act DECAPITATED CHRIST who instantly blew away my somewhat disappointed reactions on the albums by MORFIN and DEROGATORY. While unleashing nothing revolutionary upon mankind, this vigorous and vicious blend of compact, straight-forward Death Metal musically […]
Released in 2013 already, missed by many (at least by me), obligatory for all. Well, for all who love their daily brew of Black Metal TAAKEish, DEN SAAKALDTEish, LJÅish or even old TULUSish. And I can assure you that DJEVEL are on the very same high level as the aforementioned acts. Supreme Nordic Art. The […]
The relocation of TARTHARIA from Russia to Finnland seems to have a good impact on their sound. After some chaotic releases where mastermind Antti Ihalainen tried to find the right sound for his project and tested several genres, he finally seems to have succeeded. "Bleeding For The Devil" is a modern Metal album with influences […]
Combining successfully different sub-genres of Metal, is always a somewhat hard task to achieve – at least the way that it would be make a pleasing enough wholeness for everyone. New Danish Metal act BLOOD LABEL (that features members from such Danish names as HATESPHERE, DAWN OF DEMISE and THE BURNING) have not only chosen […]
Another anniversary, another compilation! The Swedish hordes NOMINON left hell twenty years ago (twenty one now, to be honest) and take this opportunity to release a retrospect on their raging on earth. One song from each of the five albums Juha Sulasalmi and his varying allies released to date are on this compilation, plus four […]
The background of TARTHARIA seems quite weird to me. As far as I found out, the band hails from St. Petersburg, the residential city of the Russian czars, but is now re-located to Finland. According to the glorious Metal Archives, the band consists only of Igor Anokhin (formerly in PRIME EVIL and INSIDE) right now. […]
In case you haven’t recognized yet: REVEL IN FLESH are featured on no less than three split EPs in the past few weeks. Now the German premium Death Metal act have unleashed the third (and best) part of them three, which they share with the Swedish Death Metal hopefuls FERAL. The song REVEL IN FLESH […]
Some of you, especially the vinyl junkies, might have heard about the “Imperial Anthems” series of split 7”es from Cyclone Empire. For those who haven’t: these 7”es combine two bands that have something in common and unleash exclusive material on mankind. For the thirteenth part of the “Imperial Anthems”, the Swedish Death Metal traditionalists PUTERAEON […]
For Odin’s sake, it’s MANILLA ROAD! Writing reviews of their classic albums, such as "Crystal Logic", "Open The Gates", "The Deluge" or "Mystification", should be prohibited by international law – as these are monuments and ultimate masterpieces of what we call Epic / Classic Heavy Metal. But as Shadow Kingdom Records is going to reissue […]
So, you’re missing early VENOM? You know, this one from "Black Metal" or "Welcome To Hell"? Good. Then buy this album as actually you will find here more of the old and classic VENOM, than on the current VENOM releases. These Germans recorded 10 songs (guess what, of course they couldn’t refuse and they recorded […]