"HOD does not stand for anything, it is the anglicized version on the god HODR, the blind god of darkness and winter"… that’s what HOD guitarist Carl "Lord Necron" Snyder told me, when I asked him about the meaning of the band’s name. I personally had expected it to be some sort of abbreviation and […]
HOD are not unknown to these pages, having already released an album entitled "Serpent" in 2009 and another demo, "Cry And Piss Yourself" two years earlier. Their name derives from the blind god Hodur from Norse mythology, the son of Odin, who was tricked by Loki and shot a mistletoe arrow, which killed his otherwise […]
Hailing from the darkest depths of the Mexican underground, BLACKTHORN can be considered as one of the pioneers and better acts from the Mexican underground Death Metal scene of the early 90s – together with cult acts like the mighty SHUB NIGGURATH or MORTUARY. Their one and only album "The Rotten Ways Of Human Misery" […]
The Spanish Death Metal four-piece was founded in autumn 1998 and now after almost five years in the underground they come up with their debut-MCD "Entangled In Hate", which was completed in 2002. Musically SCENT OF DEATH orientate on complex, modern Death Metal à la DYING FETUS, GORGASM with screaming guitars here and there, twisted […]
Second album from this band from Spain. My first thought was "Wow, a Tech-Death Metal band that is neither endless guitar wankery nor a drum fill fest or a bunch of riffs glued together." This band showcases an affinity with other exceptions to the "rule" such as (old) ATHEIST, AEON OF HORUS and SUFFOCATION. The […]
Yes! An album of Swedish TORMENTED is always something to look forward to. People who are familiar with their debut "Rotten Death" from 2009 and two EPs ("Graveyard Lust" and the split with BOMBS OF HADES, both from last year) know what to expect… Heavy Swedish Death Metal in the vein of DISMEMBER, BASTARD PRIEST […]
This band from Monterrey, Mexico is around for several years now. In 2006, they started as an OPETH cover band under the more simple name ADVENT. Not the typical choice to start a musical career, I think, but a very brave one. The five-piece released an EP before they changed their name in 2012 and […]
I might be the worst person on planet Earth to put on reviewing ABOMINATION or MASTER, as you might already have read several times, I am addicted to the old records of these two very bands. Now the Czech label Doomentia has released the first mentioned band’s two demos from 1988 and 1989, on CD […]
After their last full-length "Entering The Diabolic Trinity" SATHANAS are now back again with this mini-album. Six tracks in the typical old school Thrash / Black Metal style they always used to play. But sadly this output can not keep the level of the previous release. No energy, powerless sound, no inspiring song-writing. After I […]
Don’t let yourself fool by the ridiculous band picture at Metal Archives: "Ghostleader", the second full-length album by this four piece from the cozy East Friesian area of Northern Germany, easily blows away the majority of releases that came out the last couple of years! No, I’m definitely not exaggerating here, cause WEAK ASIDE most […]