This is not exactly a compilation album, but a four-way split EP that originally even was meant to become a 7". But as time went on it finally turned into a 10" with a pretty impressive packaging (the main title on the front-cover got printed in embossed black letters, the subtitle in silver letters, the […]
This compilation series quickly turned into one of my favorites, due to the impressive quality of the bands included. If you aren’t familiar with it yet (you’re definitely missing out on something special then!), let me tell you that "Face Your Underground" is a compilation series from DeathMetal.be, that is focused on the Belgium underground […]
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft died in October 2004 after serving as the longest serving BBC DJ. In 1967 he started working for their Radio 1 and set up his own show: The Peel Sessions. In those times there was limited time in airplay for bands. So to cleverly extend this time, John invited bands, he […]
Poland’s Metal Mania Festival has a long history by now… Its first edition was setup way back in 1986 already and since then the festival took place ever fuckin’ year! As far as I know this is the first time though that a DVD was released in support of it, and considering the great quality […]
As the title already reveals, this is the highly anticipated (at least by me) follow-up to last year’s first "Monsters Of Death" compilation DVD. Just like its predecessor also Vol.2 comes as a fat double DVD set, yet lacks the same number of bands / clips or its playing time. While Vol.1 still had 59 […]
This double DVD set gets promoted as "The ultimate Death Metal compilation"… and you know what? This is nothing but the truth for a change! Or do you know of any other Death Metal DVD that consists of no less than 59 video clips? See, me neither… So, all hail to Nuclear Blast for compiling […]
Svensk Döds Metal… Swedish Death Metal… the place where for some of us it started all into the most extreme sounds on earth. Yes, there is surely A LOT to be praised in many other regions… USA and South America had plenty of extreme Metal bands, and some even have an identity of their own. […]
The Finnish underground Metal crusade continues… probably even more destructive and victoriously than ever before. The old underground Finnish Metal fanatic known just by his nickname ‘Immu’ (WITCHTIGER, ex – SLUGATHOR, ex – EVOKED CURSE, etc.), has once again put together another compilation CD on his own Metal Warning label – this time a double […]
New, young and talented Metal bands seem to be popping up like mushrooms after a hard acid rain. This particular sextet known as CREINIUM, has only been around less than 2 years, and they have already released a couple of demos ("Modern World Tyranny" in 2013 as self-released) and now this 5-track EP called "Project […]
The Italian trio BARBARIAN is quite a puzzling band. Expectations range from truest Power Metal (looking at the cover) to blackest Thrash Metal (looking at the image and the song titles). All this just to find out that the truth is exactly in between. But let’s start from the beginning. BARBARIAN started in 2009 in […]