TORMENTED is out to commence carnage, the quartet consisting of Robberth Karlsson, Jocke Ölund, Claes Holmberg and Andreas ‘Dread’ Axelson, where the first and last mentioned might be the most known in this line-up, both with a long and glorious path inside Metal since the late 80s / early 90s, no bands mentioned no bands […]
When I discovered a note about this particular book on VOIVOD’s homepage (www.voivod.com and www.voivodbook.com) about two years ago, I was hooked immediately. A book by and about one of my all time faves from my early adolescence? This gave me nothing but shivers. All the more as I totally regret from time to time […]
If a band is daring to do a release over 2 hours long, they must be: a) very confident in what they are doing or: b) they do not care what other say. In this case, DØDSENGEL, the Norwegian Angel of Death, seems to have both reasons to create “Imperator”. Although they started more or […]
It is really a challenge for any old school Metal fan when a masterpiece like this is handed for a review, feels like the words are pretty much fixed long before even typing the damn thing. IMPETIGO needs no introduction because anybody with a minimum of decent taste should have heard about what the band […]
Finnish Death / Thrash outfit DE LIRIUM’S ORDER have gone a long way since they were formed in 1998, 14 years ago. This bunch’s two previous albums – the debut "Victim No. 52" (2004) and its follow-up record "Diagnosis" (2007), were both relatively decent releases in their own legions – flagging for somewhat strong instrumental […]
Thanks to the guys at Razorback Records, here we have "Beyond The Cursed Tombs". For those of you that haven’t heard this band (shame on you, by the way), DECREPITAPH plays Death Metal the way is has always been meant to be played: dark, evil and raw. Since DISMA’s great demo debut, I haven’t heard […]
After the very enjoyable "Beyond The Cursed Tombs" from 2010, this sinister duo from the US, consisting of Sinworm on vocals, guitar & bass and Elektrokutioner on drums & bass presents us their latest effort. If you’re not familiar with the bands impressive discography, DECREPITAPH executes some top notch headbangable heavy Death Metal with Doom […]
Colombian newcomers KING’s debut album "Forged By Satan’s Doctrine" is one intense piece of slab released by Deathgasm Records. A label that has been putting out top quality acts for some time now. Upon the first listen, the undeniable Southamerican brutality is all over the place. But not as in nowadays "Brutal Death Metal" but […]
Formed in 2004, and having released 4 demos thus far, it was about time for this 4-piece modern sounding Death / Thrash Metal act CURIMUS, to get their debut full-length studio outing released. The album’s name is "Realization", and it’s packed with aggression, hatred, talent – and with a twist to link them to a […]
AVENGER is quite an underrated band, one of those purveyors of stable releases all making an imprint on the listener, leaving one in a vortex of darkness, after the music has stopped playing, not really knowing what to do and where to go, making one ending up pressing play again so the mesmerizing and enchanting […]