DOOMSDAY from Chicago is a project of members and former members of NACHTMYSTIUM, GOATWHORE, BONES and THE GATES OF SLUMBER. So not really a newcomer at all considering the musical history of the members. Also the material is already from 2011 and was released on Disorder Recordings in 2012.The self-titled debut is a big surprise […]
To be honest I thought THORNSPAWN was dead and gone, as I haven’t been hearing anything from them since their second full-length "Wrath Of War" from 2002, but I guess that’s completely my own fault, as they have been quite productive since, with a lot of split releases and a third full-length, damn me. I […]
This video was already released on DVD in Europe via SPV back in 2007, but now it gets re-released (on DVD and for the first time also on Blu-Ray) via Eagle Vision with a slightly changed front cover and additional bonus material. What you’re about to see is the last gig on the HEAVEN & […]
Fresh stuff for the black masses. HOKEDUN is a duo from Warwick, deep in the heart of old England. Their name derives from old Armenian language and means "Spiritual house", according to my research on Wikipedia. With their demo EP "Vanished Away In Tranquillity" they show their first sign of life. And they do not […]
How would and should classic Swedish melodic Death Metal sound like, if the scene hadn’t been divided into thousand fragments, where some took it darker and violent, others utterly brutal and others again progressive and lighter, how would it have sounded if the style had progressed nicely and slow since its inception in the mid […]
This young Finnish melodic Death Metal outfit uses the following slogan about themselves: "Bad feeling(-s) at its best…", whatever strange associations each of us might draw out of it for ourselves. Anyways, this 5-piece act sounds well rehearsed on their debut 3-track EP titled "One". Most of the time the guys rely on up ‘n’ […]
HELLGHAST is a quite obscure but absolute deadly old school Death Metal force. Dwelling in the deepest abyss of Singaporean Hell this outfit fits perfectly into our zine. "Acrimony" is the band’s second full-length, following its predecessor "The Epoch Of Subjugation" from 2007. The first steps of the band dating back to 1998 and soon […]
Looking for well-crafted atmospheric, pompous and especially symphonic Black / Death Metal? Then look no further. The Floridian IMMANIFEST cuts your desperate hunt for those kind of bands, for now at least. IMMANIFEST was formed just about 5-6 years ago, and the band’s first recording, which happens to be this 3-track EP titled "Qliptonic", followed […]
A fantastic surprise to say the least! It was by sheer chance that I "discovered" the existence of HATESPAWN after reading about their "plans" to prepare a split release with my countrymen DEAD CONGREGATION. Needless to say that I was curious to find out more since I already started having some reasonable expectations knowing Anastasis’ […]
There are very few bands which play in a style so defined that are not affected by what is going on around them. Like if they are in their own world. And those are the worthy ones that will preserve certain traditions for generations to come. In the case of Death Metal we have many […]