Ah, experiencing and being a part of the heydays of the past underground Speed / Thrash Metal scene is something which – at least some of us, will remember for the rest of our lifes. With ‘we’, I mean us – the old farts when we were at our twenties or something – and got […]
SADIZTIK IMPALER is a fine, diabolic Black Metal horde from Singapore and already around for ten years now. After two EPs and one CD they present their new hellish output on vinyl format on Iron, Blood & Death Corporation. After an intro, sounding like an advert to the new episodes of Game Of Thrones, this […]
Whenever I am seeing this terminology ‘Progressive Melodic Death Metal’ used for describing some certain band’s music, sort of automatically it’s OPETH’s name that pops up out of the blue. Well, probably because OPETH have always done their proggy Death Metal thing so well within their stuff, pushing some certain musical boundaries further and further […]
Project bands – or side projects, put together with some friends and fellow musicians, are always something that may catch your immediate attention, depending on which musicians are involved with them – and whether there’s even some known names behind them, right? MAGENTA HARVEST is such a project act (or side project, whatever) that made […]
It’s been a good while since I’ve come across a new German Black Metal band, though the day dawned not long ago, as I was handed an album by a band called EYSENBREY and that is more or less what I know about the band and album. Eysenbrey, an old German surname, where parts of […]
When it comes to French old school Death Metal (and extreme Metal in general) this four piece outfit from Mulhouse belongs to my personal favourites besides their country mates MASSACRA. In my humble opinion their first two albums "Abjected Offerings" (1992) and "Coloured Funeral" (1993) have some cult potential and I always give them a […]
I wasn’t surprised by the music that barraged my conscious when checking out Denver, Colorado’s WEAPÖNIZER. Their debut 9-song effort is in line with my preconceptions based upon their band name, the b/w apocalyptic warrior cover art and their record label, Mexico’s Iron, Blood & Death Corporation. What you get in less than a half-hour […]
Mixing melodic Death Metal with symphonic sounding Black Metal can be done well and convincingly… and this Russian 5-piece band, NIMPHAION, surely ain’t any rookies at impressing people quite a bit by their skills and talent just for that. During the times of "Flame Of Faith", I guess it should be mentioned that there were […]
Russia is known for its vast and often quality Black Metal scene – and if this 2-piece Russian Black Metal horde BLACK SHADOW is anything to go by, then using the word ‘quality’ can be highlighted perhaps teeny-weeny more in this act’s case. "Война – Негасимое Бездны Пламя!", translated as "War – Undying Flame Of […]
Here is another fine release from a very fine label. Caligari Records presents us two rookies from the old continent with their first demo recordings. From Northern France, right at the border to Belgium, comes the duo SKELETHAL, that consists of two members from the quite established Thrash Metal act INFINITE TRANSLATION, who released two […]