Along with Chile’s COMPILATION OF DEATH, Colombia’s BELLS OF ACHERON is probably my favorite zine from South America these days. It is done in a very professional way (layout, printing quality etc.), yet totally rooted in the old school black and white fanzine style of the late 80s / early 90s. Typical skull and bones […]
I actually could make it quite short here because "Operational Hazard", the debut by New Jersey’s furious Thrash commando CONDITION CRITICAL, is an absolute killer of an album. Founded back in 2010 the band immediately started to gather a loyal local fan base due to their high energy laden live shows. The hard work logically […]
Although BATTLEAXE never became huge, the demand for their music seems big enough nowadays and this reissue provides the answers to both "why didn’t they make it past the mid 80s, like so many other NWOBHM bands?" and "why does this album still have a following to this day?". Well, I guess “because fuck you!” […]
NUCLEAR SALVATION (a kinda hilarious band name if you ask me) is a somewhat young Swedish Thrash / Death Metal act that has put 2 albums out thus far. The band’s debut "The Beginning Of The End" saw the light of day in 2011, undoubtedly kicking some doors down in front of them to become […]
Evil Spell Records…weird that by the name I already feel something good from this one man band from Germany. Evil Spell Records is a sub label for Undercover Records, a label known for quality Black Metal releases. And in this case we are not that far from a Black Metal approach, although this is more […]
Metal can be such a diverse kind of music… Italians DEMENTIA SENEX proves it, with a style hard to define or even to compare. On this 3 song EP they prove that music can still recall horrors, something very few bands can achieve without falling into the ridicule. Whilst there are very few bursts of […]
When I heard about the resuscitation of Finnish cult commando CONVULSE – whose massive debut album “World Without God” remains a classic of the country’s incredible output of dark, often doomy yet also constantly quite brutal Death Metal – a wave of nostalgia-driven excitement rushed over me like a flood of warm blood. However, as […]
A big surprise for me is the new and second album of German hopefuls in melodic / gothic Death Metal NAILED TO OBSCURITY from Esens / Lower Saxony. Perfect for Autumn time the 9 tracks take you on a depressed and dark trip. The opener ‘Innerme’ is a strong melodic mix reminding me of newer […]
First off, hands up those of you who have heard about this Polish symphonic Black Metallers ENTHYMION before? Secondly, hands up those of you who don’t turn your backs right away for such a word monster as ‘symphonic Black Metal’, thinking immediately of something ridiculously commercial like DIMMU BORGIR for example? Good, good… "Arcana Of […]
Uh… this appears to be a pretty tough release to review. Ukrainian SLAUGHTER BRUTE play the kind of brutal Death Metal that ain’t easy to digest at all. The band’s overly technical, partly jazzy and progressive Death Metal drops down into the same pool where bands like NECROPHAGIST, OBSCURA, PSYCROPTIC and such names, suck in […]