Holy crap, what the singer from ISTIDRAJ delivers here makes even Mika Luttinen’s performance seem like tender children’s singing. Lord Arian Inferno, that’s the name of the daredevil, grunts, screams, chokes and wheezes his way through the songs as if there is no tomorrow, at some moments he actually really tries to perform vocals lines. […]
There are probably more than a few people who have definitive ideas about what Black Metal should sound like. Granted in the first and second wave of the scene the sound or types were much more defined. As the years have passed some bands have come and gone and others have taken hold of the […]
PENTAGRAM are definitely among the pioneering extreme Metal bands not only in South America but worldwide. The quartet has been around for nearly four decades, since 1985, to be precise, but always remained deep in the underground, mainly because they broke up in 1992 to return in 2009. This long break also is the reason […]
This German band has been going on since 1990, and I’m pretty sure that I have heard them before one way or another, as this is already their ninth album. So far, the only original member is vocalist Karsten Jäger, who was the replacement for Marc Grewe on the last album of Death Metal legends […]
At first, the sound of MORGUL BLADE seems to be hard to grasp: elements of Thrash and Heavy Metal are combined, varying from song to song. Whereas the singer’s raspy voice is more on the extreme side, the sound in general can be described with different labels such as “old school” or extreme, epic or […]
I hope this won’t sound arrogant, but surprising this old fart with new music is kinda hard. It takes a certain “thing” to get me on the edge of my seat although I can always find interesting bits here and there, at the very least. And then sometimes… With scarce info, Indonesian band NOKTURNAL have […]
“Atmospheric, high-quality Death Metal from Uppsala.” This is how Daniel Ekeroth described SARCASM’s style in his 2006 book “Swedish Death Metal”. And even though the band had not yet recorded a full album at that time – the debut took place in 2016 with “Burial Dimensions” – this description still fits pretty well. Originally formed […]
I am convinced, 20 Buck Spin can do no wrong! Canada’s ATRÆ BILIS’s second full-length “Aumicide” scratches all my various itches for technical Death Metal. The band employs a very simple approach, they want to engulf your senses in a layer of disgustingly fast, impressive, heavy riffs. This album has endless riffs one after the […]
This is an interesting sound! This is the first time I’m listening to TERMINAL NATION and right from the start, the band’s sound is an infusion of old school Death Metal with modern twists. I doubt if the modern twist I’m thinking of is Hardcore or if it is just the adoption of the tone […]
Germany’s old school Death Metal crusaders EVOKED have returned after five years from devastating the world with the release of their debut “Ravenous Compulsion”. The band brings forth “Immoral Arts”, a five song EP album to help quench the thirsts of its followers until the next full-length can be unleashed on the world. Let’s dive […]