This album, the second by A WINTER LOST, is somehow confusing. It’s mainly the fact that this trio sings a lot of their songs in German, even though they come from Canada (and the USA), and no band member has German roots. But all band members have studied the language and therefore they use German, […]
If you read the title and name of the band, see the cover art, then you will have an idea of what this sounds like… demented blackened Speed / Thrash Metal, with a quite Brazilian flavor that suits them very good. They reminded me of MX and early SEPULTURA with the obvious SLAYER touch, and […]
At this time, you either know DECAYED or you just do not give a damn about them. I am afraid that a lot will fall in the latter category. The Portuguese blasphemy squad has always being lurking in the shadows and due to line-up cages, small labels and mainly not fitting anyway, they are not […]
Most of the members of this band played before in another similar outfit DRACKO, which also plays in a very similar style which can be defined as Heavy / Power Metal with some slight Thrash Metal touches. For once this is very well played and executed, as most of the musicians of this Mexican band […]
"Rites Of Torturers" is the second album of the French Black Metallers EXCRUCIATE 666. A band that has been active since 1994 with a decent discography, already spreading three demos: "Cutters Up Of Carcass" (1996), "And Die In Listening… Dark Symphonies" (1997) and "Warblood" (2001). Four splits: one with PHOBOS in 2003, one with WARAGE in […]
The band name is the Latin word for “murder of Székelys” and stands for a massacre committed against a Romanian minority in 1764 under Maria Theresa, the female ruler of the Habsburg dominions (Austria, Hungary, Croatia and some more). It is quite an interesting story, but this is not the History Channel (or at least […]
French Black Metal, as is true of the rest of the world now, has two primary styles. First there’s the insufferably boring “depressive” genre, where the focus is on “mournful,” and “suicidal” feelings and stark, bleak, dreary landscapes borrowed entirely from BURZUM. The bands which comprised the Black Legions (LLN) like MUTIILATION are routinely cited […]
This is a release that has been out in the sun for a couple of years, though as the band has signed the dotted line with Abyss Records and soon should be ready with their first full-length release, a little noise before that could be useful. That is quite alright, as I seem to have […]
Ukrainian extreme Metal troops SCREAMING FOREST label themselves as Nuclear Black Metal but to me they – despite their corpsepaints and stuff, sound more like a raw, old school Death Metal band that loves to play fast, want to use blast beats occasionally – and trust they are able to make some worthwhile extreme Metal […]
I’m not and never was that much into Death Metal live recordings, but I have to admit that there are some pretty fine live albums around. One of those is definitely "Brazilian Deathkult Live Violence…", previously released on cassette format in 2002 via French Eternal Fire. This recording captures a wild and energetic show from […]