I got sucked into the universe of the Maltese steaming freight train BEHEADED back in 2000 when they released their mini-CD "Resurgence Of Oblivion" on the Danish label Mighty Music. A crushing EP of 5 tracks of brutal and technical Death Metal, not leaving any prisoners behind. The band released their sophomore and great full-length […]
Melodic and Thrash-tinged Finnish Death Metal act DEAD SAMARITAN started out as THE BEAUTY IN DYING in 2001, by releasing a couple of demos prior to changing the band’s name to the current name, DEAD SAMARITAN. This 5-piece act’s 2nd 4-track demo, titled "Counting The Body Toll", that was released in 2010 by the band’s […]
Argh!! What a blast!! An absolute infernal and merciless Death Metal onslaught. DIRA MORTIS is one of the best acts I have been able to check out lately and probably one of the best kept secrets in the Polish underground. Even the band has been around since 1998 (incl. a hiatus I suppose) "Euphoric Convulsions" […]
These Mexican sickos are the newest addition to the superb roster of the horror infested US based label Razorback Records. This album comes directly from beyond the graves where zombies and other creatures dwell and reign surpeme. The trio from Reynosa offers you eight macabre tales full of horrific, repulsive and ghastly content. It should […]
Darkened, Thrash-tinged and extremely well-executed Power / Heavy Metal from the land of original Santa Claus, Finland… anyone? This 5-piece Finnish act was formed in 2008, and since then they have released one demo and a couple of EPs on their own – their latest one being this 3-track effort called "Under The Spell". Vocalist […]
Old school, heavy and murky Death Metal from the Ukraine, song titles written and sung completely in Latin? That’s quite an extraordinary concept, isn’t it? As the label’s info kit enlightens us about the band name that also came along with the band’s promotional CD titled "Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum", it says roughly "the name RATTENFÄNGER […]
A year ago or so, I had the Polish band DEEP DESOLATION on my desk, it were the band’s two first releases, their debut full-length and a split with two other bands from their area. Back then I felt the band was struggling a tad to find their own style and focal point. The worksome […]
VITAL REMAINS need no introduction. For 24 years, the Providence (how fitting), Rhode Island, band has savaged listening ears with firmly anti-christian, blasphemous, Death Metal. I can scarcely believe it, but “Dechristianize,” the band’s 5th studio album, hit stores 10 years ago! It was, for VITAL REMAINS at least, a different album: Glen Benton of […]
Every now and then, you may get somewhat pleasingly surprised by some new stuff that is thrown on your way. This time, this trick was done to me by a new Finnish extreme Metal act known as RAWAGE that mixes some tasteful ingredients from Death Metal, Black Metal and Thrash Metal on the band’s 2nd […]
The phenomenon of so-called "super-groups" is not so uncommon in classic Rock music, but as far as Death Metal is concerned, it still is some kind of sensation. Here we have a new case of a band that can be concerned a super-group. GRAND SUPREME BLOOD COURT is more or less a reunion of the […]