I would be hard pressed to find at least one positive comment about UNBURIED, well, maybe the sound is chunky and fat, with heavy bottom bass / drum action. Would you listen to a record because it sounds alright? Well, you decide, because musically UNBURIED is as dull and boring as you can imagine. They […]
Hailing from San Pablo, PATHOGEN is, as far as I know, one of the best known bands from the Philippines. "Miscreants Of Bloodlusting Aberrations" is not the follow-up to last year’s "Forged In The Crucible Of Death", but a re-release of its forerunner. Originally released in 2010 only on tape by the completely unknown label […]
Hell yeah – there it is: "Unending Degradation", the long awaited debut full-length by one of the most promising new Death Metal bands. My expectations were rather high and those young Finnish ghouls delivered exactly that unholy Death Metal masterpiece I expected. When I first listened to their grandiose debut demo "Open The Crypt" from […]
Let’s see… have you heard all PAGANIZER, RIBSPREADER, DEMIURG, THE GROTESQUERY, BONE GNAWER, REVOLTING, BANISHED FROM INFERNO, BLOODGUT, PUTREVORE, SWARMING, 11TH HOUR and CARVE albums? All mighty cool bands, you say, yet how often do you actually listen to them and which one album is better than the other? What that has got to do […]
While all the sub-genres of Metal mainly serve for jackoffs like myself writing reviews, I must say that the taxonomy tends to come in handy when I’m planning on going to a show. Death Metal will only get you so far; is it the angry youngsters that I need to watch out for? The aging […]
I guess most of you are aware of Joel Grind’s TOXIC HOLOCAUST band. Joel never hide his obsession with Punk music and primitive Thrash, the combination Quorthon experimented thirty years ago. That leads us to the Grind’s pet project, YELLOWGOAT. Fans of BATHORY will catch the pun immediately to make the connection with the first pressing […]
After their amazing demo this is (as far as I know) the 2nd output from Swedisch Deathers TRIBULATION. I’m not sure if they are aware of the fact, that there already existed another band called TRIBULATION in the early 90s which was located in Sweden, too. From the musical side both bands don’t have to […]
Don’t judge a book by its cover – generally I agree with this motto, but after taking a short look on the cover of this four-track demo-tape and realizing the origin of TRIBULATION, there was no misunderstanding possible. Swedish old school Death Metal. The only point to prove was the quality. And what should I […]
When the first tone on a Death Metal album immediately reminds you of THE DOORS (!) and the cover art resembles BLACK WIDOW’s "Sacrifice" in terms of colouring, lettering you’d better expect the unexpected. Sweden’s TRIBULATION’s second album "The Formulas Of Death" is such a case. Not only is it more than twice as long […]
I’m all for the blurring of national identity in favor of one planet under Metal, but typically if I ever find myself in a musical identity crisis, I’m most likely listening to an French Avant-garde Metal band. I want to clarify that I mean this in the best way possible; I can be a real […]