Haven’t heard from REVEAL before and I thought this time I try not to give a fuck about stories, history or whatever which you can read about bands in the internet and use those anecdotes for the review. REVEAL’s first full-length vinyl release "Nocturne Of Eyes And Teeth" came to me like a big surprise […]
Ghosts dance through the streets of Swedish town Uppsala, their shadowy figures gather at times between piles of bones, rotten wood and shimmering candles to summon musical magick that is as otherworldly as it is entertaining and “Nocturne Of Eyes And Teeth”, the formidable debut album by REVEAL is indeed a minor revelation. Originally formed […]
It’s been a bit up and down with RITUAL. The Californian band delivered a good debut full-length back in 1995, if you haven’t checked out "The Summoning" yet, get to it! Though the music haven’t always been that interesting and focused since then, and the same can be said about the line-up, there have been […]
VERMIVORE is a 4-piece technical Death Metal (with slight Thrash Metal overtones) band from the northern part of Finland, Oulu. The band started out just in 2012 as a duo of the Haipus bros. (featuring guitarist Jari Haipus and bassist Juha Haipus) but evolved into a full band within a relatively short time. VERMIVORE’s debut […]
Originally put out through High Roller Records on vinyl, this debut by Sweden’s REVEAL has recently been licensed by Invictus to be released on CD format. In their promo information, it is revealed (ha) that the band will be doing some shows with NEGATIVE PLANE, and I honestly hear echoes of the New York Black […]
"Stab Me" is the debut album of the British Black / Doom duo LEGIONS OF CROWS, consisting of guitar- / bassplayer Herod and vocalist / keyboardplayer Attila (not the MAYHEM namesake). The drums are programmed (as you might have guessed) but it’s no problem here. Actually, the programming is one of the highlights of this […]
I wasn’t sure what to make of NEXHYMN at first since they appear to inhabit the burp-vocals (courtesy of a lady named Holly Wedel – Frank) and hyper-fast blasting of so-called “brutal” Death Metal. But judging a book by its cover rarely, if ever, benefits the judge and indeed NEXHYMN surprise me with solid, intense riffs. There’s something […]
Already released in 2011 and featuring the same line-up that recorded 2009’s “Filipino Antichrist”, DEIPHAGO offer a 7” with the re-recording of a demo originally from 1993 titled “XCIII”. After the short ‘Intro: Damnation’ which sounds like a speech of Aleister Crowley played backwards, ‘Backmask Prayer’, begins with a slow rumbling bass line and a […]
San Francisco’s WARHEAD pays homage to their hometown with a mid paced Thrash Metal debut, "The End Is Here". There are EXCITER and RAZOR overtones, mainly due to the vocals from the also guitarist Max Pitner, who could try to add more bite to his performance. Production wise, the sound is a little thin. I […]
Brutal Death Metal, ordinary brutal Death Metal! That’s what I thought at the first listen of SANGUIS IMPEREM’s MCD "The Stagnation Of Centuries". It’s pretty strange that for some reasons the quality and the detailed songwriting appears not directly at the first time you hear the songs. In the case of this MCD it took […]