Any time a new record comes out on the Forever Plagued roster, it attracts my attention. After all, this is the label that gave us the excellent material from INCURSUS and the new, completely desecrating album from DEMONCY. “Womb Of Primeval Darkness”, from the two-piece Ukrainian DO SKONU, was initially released on Omega Productions with […]
There’s always some demand for a hysteric and aggressive metallic Hardcore / Thrash, right? I mean, whenever your emotional side gets possessed by some wicked inner demons that command you to get your head pounded against a heavy brick wall for whatever reasons. WORTH THE PAIN, this 5-piece act from the eastern part of Finland, […]
After nearly a year of preparation, it’s now finally officially released: the long awaited split of the American band AFTER DEATH and the Chilean UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN. Every underground freak probably knows that AFTER DEATH is the ‘new’ band of Mike Browning, the man who – long ago – sang and played drums in MORBID ANGEL […]
NEPHELIUM has its roots in the UAE and rose from the desert sands of Dubai. Brought to life in the late 90s by Alan Madhavan (he used to play as session drummer in NERVECELL as well) and Alex Zubair to create their own blend of Death Metal merging elements from the occident and orient to […]
Let me take a deep breath… usually the words "symphonic" and "Black Metal" are in nowadays exactly the same meaning as a "big failure and done thousands times before with better results". Add to the formula the "All star" and "Norwegian" words and I am about to puke. Really. I do not care who is […]
For a band formed in 1994, this is actually the first time I ever hear an entire album of them. Although I did know the name from probably a few years after their formation, the name itself was something to keep me away from listening to the music. And flooded by thousands of releases nowadays, […]
VUOHIVASARA ("Goathammer" in English) come from a cold and dark Nordic land – not from Norway this time but Finland instead. Finland has also had some traditions for noteworthy Black Metal acts over the many years – and everyone surely knows such names from the Finnish underground Black Metal scene nowadays as BEHERIT, ARCHGOAT, BARATHRUM, […]
From Seattle, Washington comes this ominous and violent bunch known as BLACK BREATH who released their well received debut album, titled "Heavy Breathing", in 2010. The band’s follow-up record, "Sentenced To Life", follows basically from the same bomb holes where they left off on "Heavy Breathing" – even if they sound even a tad heavier, […]
If a band decides to incorporate Folk influences into their music, that usually signals that the band in question is more or less a total Folk Metal band, brutality and darkness chucked out the window for often cringe-worthy cheesiness. Now in fairness my experience with Folk Metal is limited (for a reason) so when I […]
How often do you lean back in your favorite chair with a good glass of whisky and 80s Speed Metal blasting at full volume in your headphones? Hopefully often, as not much music has glowed more in the dark, than that specific genre in that specific decade. There were a good bunch of American bands […]