From the very first moment I started researching about this band, I liked them for reasons not musical. TERRORIST are from El Paso, Texas, the home state of former US president George "Double-Fuck-You" Bush, who always said his aim is to fight terrorism (despite being a terrorist himself). I’m pretty sure these guys were one […]
When it comes to Metal in Norway you immediately think of all those unholy forces our Northern neighbours has spread over the globe since the early 90s. But you must be aware that there are still some other hordes around operating in other genres of our beloved music. How about a lethal dose of Speed […]
VOIVOD has always been a strange size, in more than one way. Sci-fi Thrash Metal when the world really wasn’t ready for it, when they became ready the Canadians shifted to a more progressive way to deliver their music, as it wasn’t far enough out there from the beginning, and then it has been a […]
What we have here is another compilation CD and that’s not a bad thing, as some of the tracks were originally on stuff that is no longer available. If you’re a fan of ABSCESS then you will like this release (in detail it features ABSCESS material from their split releases with POPULATION REDUCTION, BONESAW and EAT […]
During the last years, there were lots of new Thrash Metal bands seeing to light of day. Most of them are irrelevant in my eyes, since they didn’t even come near to the class the old heroes of the 1980s have now or even had in their glory days. Just a few albums sounded at […]
Californian Thrashers FUELED BY FIRE return with a violently storming monster of a new album that is also the band’s 3rd full-length album, titled "Trapped In Perdition". Thrash Metal – the old school kind, has been the name of the game for these 4 lads ever since they put the band together back in 2002. […]
Along with the new AUTOPSY record, "The Fleshland" gets ‘album cover art of the year’ so far. Fucking gruesome and elaborate for all of us with morbid delectation! Anyway, COFFIN’s Relapse debut is just what you would expect from these Japanese murderers: savage and raw pounding Death Metal with a dominant HELLHAMMER influence (peppered with […]
I never heard any tone from IMPIOUS HAVOC before, even though this Finnish band is around for more than a decade now and released five albums and a few EPs to date. But their latest offering before this one is already six years old, so "Infidels" might be seen as a comeback album more or […]
The re-release mania seems to produce strange effects. "Gods…" is the only recording AGONIZED from Lahti in Finland ever did before they broke up and the band members disappeared from the scene. In 1991, "Gods…" was released as a demo tape only. But during the last year, it was already republished twice, first as a […]
The gongs and guitar rags in the intro herald ‘Epitomized Evil’ are quite promising. This track starts off easy but imminent until the tempo is pushed up. The atmosphere is ok with a bit disorderly and woolly production. The sound reminded of a Dutch demo from the 90s. The control of instruments is ok with […]