D.R.I., S.O.D., CRUMBSUCKERS, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and SLAYER… these aforementioned six names undoubtedly have a lot in common with this Austin, Texas based trio named BIRTH A.D., who just almost recently got their debut album out on a sub-label of Dark Descent Records, Unspeakable Axe Records. Indeed, this 18-track effort from BIRTH A.D. brings […]
Brutal Death Metal, anybody? Then keep an eye on France. PSYCHOBOLIA, from the city of love (a.k.a. Paris), is a four-piece that’s not a bit influenced by the atmosphere of their hometown. Around for a decade now, "Delightful Carnage" marks their second full-length album to date, following "Fisting You All" (what a title!) from 2008 […]
Eerie, obscure and evil Death Metal. This description fits perfectly to MASADA’s 2 song demo tape. With such names as Craig Smilowski on drums and Cazz Grant on vocals (shame on you if you don’t know these legends of the underground) along Matt Dwyer on bass and Chris Milewski on guitar, MASADA is what it […]
MASADA got my attention because former IMMOLATION & GOREAPHOBIA drummer Craig Smilowski played on the “Suffer Mental Decay” demo from 2011. Meanwhile Craig left the band and vocalist Cazz Grant (CRUCIFIER, GRAND BELIAL’S KEY) took place behind the drum kit. I really liked the complex but raw sounding dose of Death Metal of that demo […]
Hell yeah… I always said that the underground scene in Chile is fucking brilliant and that the emission of outstanding bands from that South American country is just unbelievable. Here we have another proof for my thesis and the next gem from there: PRAISE THE FLAME. With "Profane Cult" those demons deliver a overwhelming piece […]
The blood-covered Finns in MÖRBID VOMIT are back with another 4-track CD-EP, and this time they are breathing hell more than ever. MÖRBID VOMIT released their debut 4-tracker last year, and back then already, I sincerely was predicting some label would snap them real soon. Well, undoubtedly some offers were thrown on the table by […]
A one-man Black Metal band from Poland? After some "not very good" experiences, I would have had good reasons to run away as fast as I could. But it wouldn’t be fair to judge Cracows NAGUAL just from these bad experiences and fuckin’ prejudices. NAGUAL is not one of these wannabe Epic Black Metal projects, […]
A new Dutch Death squadron has emerged from the netherworlds, with a lot of rumors going on who is hiding behind the different instruments. People who are or have been roaming in bands as PENTACLE, DESTROYER 666 and MALICIOUS DREAM have been on the table, without anything getting confirmed. Not that it matters who is […]
Legendary British Thrashers ONSLAUGHT decided to name their 6th studio album simply as "VI". Since the band’s excellent previous album, "Sounds Of Violence", Steve Grice left ONSLAUGHT to pursue his career in THE SANITY DAYS, which also features some ex – ONSLAUGHT members, including Steve Grimmett who sang on the band’s most commercial "In Search […]
Wow… what a highly explosive package of Thrash Metal (with a hint of proto Death Metal) has arrived to my location. BESIEGED, this Winnipeg based trio that was formed back in 2003 already, tried to get their 9-track debut album called "Visions Of Pain", released on a small Dichotic label but unfortunately it was never […]