Norway may never be widely known for its Death Metal thanks to the unintended commerciality of certain acts committed by certain individuals in the 1990s, of whom, I’m sure, we are all aware. However, Norwegian Death Metal, and by extension a wider variety of Norwegian Metal, has gradually built a name for itself in recent […]
"The Best Of Morgoth" is – as the title already says – a compilation-album with the so-called ‘best’ material of good old MORGOTH. Each release is represented on the first CD by three songs. This way, you can easily hear the big musical evolution the band went through in only seven years… from rather primitive […]
I wouldn’t really consider myself a big fan of reunions, especially not when bands split-up at one point in their career, simply because they lose interest (for whatever reasons) in the music they originally created. And reunions in the Thrash and Death Metal genre are even harder for me to swallow, since the uncompromising aggression […]
Four track album of steeply downtuned Death Doom from Washington state. Guitar distortion sounds like icebergs breaking up. Mechanical churning sections with double bass drums matching low pedaled, palm-muted guitar notes. Single-foot blasts are present but will not snap your neck off or lead to some other such chaotic scene with their conservative tempo. They […]
I cannot really tell since when I know this band… many, many years ago… and yes, I have heard many songs by them… and most of the time, I always felt they lack identity; neither they were a real Power Metal band, nor a Hardrock band, but they tried hard to be both. And also, […]
Yet a VIRGIN STEELE goodiebag to dig into. This time the ‘93 album "Life Among Ruins" has been boosted with bonus material and is back on the street, as a testosterone explosion about to happen. "Life Among The Ruins" is perhaps VIRGIN STEELE’s least appreciated album as its Blues rockin’ attitude after the rocking epic […]
I refused listening to this band due to their name. Yes, it sounded to me like an easy rip off, reminding people they were a Thrash Metal band by taking the album title of one of those albums that marked my life. I considered it an insult. Do not ask me why, but that was it. […]
Italy is not just a fine place for pizza and pasta you can also find some fine Death Metal bands there. One of them is doubtlessly VALGRIND, which already exists since 1993 (born from the ashes of a band called NECROSPELL) but only released a bunch of demos, yet. Now after almost 20 years of […]
This is what I call "perfect Death Metal"! Dark and brutal riffs à la IMMOLATION, MORBID ANGEL, INCANTATION, deep vocals comparable to good old Craig Pillard (ex – INCANTATION, DISCIPLES OF MOCKERY), driving tempo and an overall sinister atmosphere, that makes you feel like sitting in a crypt surrounded by the carcasses of young women, […]
Aaaarrrrggghhhhh… I’ve been waiting for this album so eagerly since their last opus "Merciless Hammer Of Lucifer" was released five years ago. In 2011 they released the fantastic EP "Conquerors Of Sodom" which was a really worthy appetizer and my expectations grew higher and higher. Finally Nuclear Winter Records unleashed this new masterpiece upon mankind […]