This is great music, great old school Death Metal. When using the old school term these days it is usually meant that a band draws their influences from Swedish bands (not necessarily… there’s a lot of bands playing old school Death Metal that – for example – are rooted in the US style as well […]
You could call this old school, but I think timeless is a better description. The majestic heaviness of BOLT THROWER quickly emerges as major influence on the first track, ‘Memories Of Battlefield’. A great opener, ‘Memories…’ starts with an atmospheric, rather melancholy intro then smashes on with greater speed. Then ‘Aftermath Curse’ hits the ground […]
As far as I am concerned the debut of British Death Metal masters DESECRATOR is a little underground gem. At least in my humble opinion. This band might be unkown to most of the people out there as "Subconscious Release" got lost somehow in 1991 in the glut of early 90s Death Metal releases. One […]
Remember the old saying "Italians do it better"? Those who invented it must have forgotten to think of music in common and Death Metal in particular. HUMANGLED from Pisa, the town of the Leaning Tower (to use up the clichés), are around for six years now, having reunited after a demo-release in 1996. Up to […]
How can I start here? First off, FETUS STENCH is a Swedish band. That right there should be a huge hint. And they play Death Metal. Still don’t get it? Well, imagine a sound based on the NWOSDM, but faster and more aggressive. It does have a mix of both, the old and new styles. […]
From the band monicker and tracklisting, ROCKING CORPSES are obviously a Death’n’Roll band. And while I don’t care for the genre as a whole, I do like latter-day metallic followers of MOTÖRHEAD. And, as I also happen to be on a VENOM binge as of late (lay down your soul to the gods rock’n’roll) as […]
Indianapolis’ Death Thrashers RADIATION SICKNESS have been making music since the late 80s. They have split up in 1990 after releasing: 2 EP, 2 demos, and 2 splits. In 2010 the band reunited and have finally issued out some new material in the form of “Reflections Of A Psychotic Past”. The album consists of 7 […]
When I think of GRAVE there is one thing that comes to my mind: lava! Okay, they’re kinda faster but they surely destroy everything in their way! This reissue should be more interesting for soon-to-be GRAVE maniacs because the old fans might already have most of the bonus tracks on the "In The Eyes Of […]
"Into The Grave" (1991), one of the masterpieces that’s obligatory when trying to understand this thing called Death Metal (ah!… good old years, for sure!). The band? No other than GRAVE. A Swedish cult act that then, in the following years released other good albums such as "You’ll Never See" (1992) or "Soulless" (1994). Three […]
So how do we start to dig into this… GRAVE? As you should well know the band is legendary and they’ve laid down the foundations of Swedish Death Metal with their first two albums "Into The Grave" and "You’ll Never See". Those are genre classics and still stand the test of time. "Soulless" was a […]