One-man Death Metal act from Finland named DESPONDENT SOUL, run solely by S.J., has got his first positively rotten fruit out titled "Conspiracy Of Torture"; an 8-track affair that pretty much counts on some of those vital yet important ingredients that make old school Death Metal in particular, such a lovable form of music among […]
It is pure chance that I found out about the band ZÜGELLOS from Wikon in Switzerland. I downloaded their first and up to now only album "Goathymns" for free from their bandcamp site and was absolutely blasted by these nine short songs. ZÜGELLOS (means "rampant" or better "free of reins") is a one-man band, but […]
Some new hopefuls are here. WITCHES’ CHAULDRON from my (and Frank’s) cosy little hometown Bremen are a young quartet, that started as a mere coverband in 2010, but soon began to write some own material. After a few line-up changes they went to record and release three of them as a demo for those who […]
North American outfit REALMBUILDER releases its latest album via I Hate Records from Sweden. The title off their 3rd output, "Blue Flame Cavalry", encompasses the whole concept into which they dwell: Epic Doom Metal. And yes, with such a sub-genre tag, REALMBUILDER is indeed a strange band in itself. I have always related Doom Metal […]
Austrian longtime melodic Death Metallers DARKSIDE’s 6th studio album has been recorded, titled "Inferno" – and it’s a concept album that needs to be explained a bit what it is all about. To put it shortly, "Inferno" is monothematical and features an adaption of the true story of Madeleine de la Palud. The events occurred […]
Up to now, I never heard of GUERRA TOTAL (Spanish for "Total War") from the Colombian capital Bogotá, even though the band seems to be one of the most active bands on this planet. After more than ten years of rehearsing and finding the right line-up and the right name, the year 2008 saw the […]
This came straight from the darkest bushes to me… WHORION, a new 5-piece act from Finland that was formed just in 2009, and who chose a musical style for themselves that necessarily ain’t one of those easiest ones to digest at all: symphonic Death Metal. Yes, even as a term symphonic Death Metal must sound […]
DEATHQUINTET from Norrköping are already around for 15 years, started as the Black Metal band SARGATANAS REIGN with help and contribution of some well known musicians like Devo Andersson. Several musical and line-up changes later, they present their self-financed new album "Godwork", again with a little help of some well known friends. The opener ‘For […]
SUICIDAL ANGELS are worried about us humans, as we act inhumanly against each other on this dying planet. Lyrically, these Greeks want to reflect the horrors of our everyday lives on "Divide And Conquer", which is the band’s 5th full-length in a chronological order, too. Much like on SUICIDAL ANGELS’ previous album, "Bloodbath", these Greek […]
INSANIAC hailed from New Jersey and released four official demos between 1985 and 1990. I’m sure they had dreams of being picked up by a nationally distributed label and touring the world like their idols, but those opportunities eluded the quartet and with the changing of musical tides the group decided to call it a […]