There has been quite much going on in the camp of Dutch purveyors of unstoppable aggression and infamous brutality LEGION OF THE DAMNED, whose previous album, "Descent Into Chaos", didn’t quite hit the nail deep in most of our skulls, I guess. Since that album the LEGION OF THE DAMNED’s main 6-string shredder was changed […]
The Bay Area Thrash Metal rules – and each and everyone of us surely knows that already, right? So do these Slovenian Thrashers named PANIKK whose debut album titled "Unbearable Conditions" pretty much follows some of those strong traditions that bands like FORBIDDEN, DEATH ANGEL, HEATHEN, EXODUS and especially VIO-LENCE, started well over 25 years […]
Schizophrenic chaotic noise of death, merged with powerful chords of Death Metal drenched in an eerie obscure and darker than the night atmosphere of evil, is what the five tracks on "Transcend Into Oblivion" leave you with. And what a painting album title, a title that sums up your state of mind, after the blasting […]
After 2 EPs Finnland’s Death Metal horde CORPSESSED will unleash their first full-length over us in February 2014 via Dark Descent Records, who once again proof their brilliant taste in underground music. I am very impressed with this material. Dark gloomy Finnish old school Death Metal in modern sound interpretation. After a short typical intro, […]
I was impressed with DEAKON’s demos so I looked forward to hearing this, one of two that DEAKON released this year. The first demo was a total Death / Black affair and remains my favorite. The second demo was great but also marked an early shift in direction. The gap between the first two was […]
There are things in life you really can rely on. One of them is that Brazil will always come up with bestial hordes which keep its glorious Metal past and tradition alive when bands like SEXTRASH, SARCOFAGO, VULCANO, EXPULSER or CHAKAL ruled the land. The honour of releasing "Born From The Darkest Entrails" goes to […]
It is a fact that the Eastern European Metal scene in general and the Russian in particular is somehow like a bottomless pit. Legions of bands and projects are around, lots of them never really become known. Maybe GROND from Moscow will not share this fate. The three-piece is around for more than a decade […]
The first fact I read about HAMMERCULT from Israel is that they won the Wacken Metal Battle in 2011. And I wasn’t really sure wether this is a good omen or not. After hearing their second full-length album "Steelcrusher", I am pretty sure that it wasn’t… The artwork and the introducing ‘Hymn To The Steel’ […]
This album collects two demos: "The Portrait", released in 2007, and "Corrupt My Soul By Means Of The Senses", released in 2008. "The Portrait" demo has a poisonous sound, always going to an interesting place and avoiding pitfalls like dragging things out too far and boring the listener, although the song ‘Red’ could be said […]
The band name NEBELWERFER literally means smoke mortar. This term describes a weapon that was initially developed to fire smoke grenades for the purpose to take the enemies sight. But during World War II the German army at the Eastern Front get to know the (in)famous Red Army rocket launcher "Katjuscha" (also known under the […]