Out of the dark frost-ridden woods of Colombia came OPVS LEVIATHAN, preaching about heathendom and darkness. Honestly, if I didn’t know where this one-man-band comes from, I would have never supposed anything further than 50 miles away from the area of permafrost. But now we have a South American band sounding as Scandinavian as a […]
It’s been a good while since I last checked up on the Swedish hell brigade KILL, I think it was when they released "Inverted Funeral" or perhaps the album after that. The music of KILL never kicked in my teeth, even though they’ve done some good tunes now and then. We are now writing 2012 […]
Do you remember NONEXIST from Sweden, who released their debut CD "Deus Deceptor" in 2002 via Century Media / New Hawen Records? If you missed this release 10 years ago, here is your 2nd chance. This powerful joint venture is featuring Death Metal veteran Johan Liiva (former CARNAGE, FURBOWL, ARCH ENEMY and today active in […]
Sometimes I just hate myself for being a reviewer of some certain bands, Metal music styles, whatever. I mean, it’s of course somewhat nice to receive new music in the mail but it has its downsides as well. You get a CD from a completely unknown artist, without any type of info kit attached to […]
Spanish Black Metal has always been a funny size, not that many bands making a lot of noise, though a good deal trying to. The ones getting through the loop at the labels and getting released have usually been mediocre copies of Scandinavian styled furious and melodic Black Metal, where the dirty and mean, with […]
The intro ‘Suite Argentum’ gives you a good hint where this band is from: Argentina. After this, ‘To The End’ unleashes some technical Death Metal. Although this isn’t my favorite genre – some elements that usually turn me off are present here – "Beyond The Flesh" is full of either elements that make this a […]
Just in case you haven’t heard yet: DEW-SCENTED are back again with a new album. For some people these news are enough information right now to reach out and get this album. Just in case you haven’t heard about them yet: DEW-SCENTED is a Thrash Metal band from Northern Germany, who originally started 20 years […]
Another new, but still old release from Areadeath – these guys are very active at the moment! This time, they bring us a double-CD containing the complete legacy of Chicago’s NATAS, who were raging through the extreme Metal and Hardcore underground at the end of the 1980s. NATAS released two demo tapes (both are featued […]
The Chinese label AreaDeath Productions is quite busy in the moment (re-)releasing stuff of Japans cult one-man Black Metal band BARBATOS of Yasuyuki Suzuki of ABIGAIL fame. This time, we have a re-release of their (or better: his) first album, epicly titled: "War! Speed And Power". Compared to the recently released live album "Street Metal […]
When I put on this record for the first time I actually had to look twice since though being recorded in this day and age it takes us on a straight trip back to 1991 when American Death Metal was inseparably connected to the mighty Morrisound studio where Scott Burns and Tom Morris forged a […]