From the looks of it, a crude skull impaled on a stake, and a very Thrash Metal looking logo adorning the cover, one would think AGGRESSIVE MUTILATOR a four-piece band – at the very least, three. Alas no, only one dark soul by the name of Mikael Holm played all the instruments and wrote all […]
I usually try to avoid these one-man project bands ’til the day of the world (this of course, excluding Quorthon and his mighty BATHORY. R.I.P.) but sometimes they turn out to be worth your precious time – just like this La Madeleine, French-based ARMAGEDDON. ARMAGEDDON was started about 10 years ago by a guy named […]
Bordeaux and France. The Helwin brothers and the year 2004. That’s when these 2 brothers put together their band called WITHDRAWN, which in fact, rose from the ashes of another band called DAWN CHAOS. WITHDRAW’s debut full-length studio record ("Skulls Of The Weak") was unleashed in 2009, putting the band firmly on the map of […]
One of my favorite Mexican Thrash Metal combos STRIKEMASTER hit us with their 3rd full-length assault, carrying the title "Majestic Strike". These Mexican fellows have always appealed to me with their aggressive, frenzied and unrelenting Thrash Metal – and on "Majestic Strike" nothing has changed regarding their uncompromising Thrash Metal sound, which makes me happy. […]
Mexicans know how to thrash. Yep, they indeed do. There are more than a fair amount of good examples about Mexican Thrash Metal bands that have managed to stir up Metalheads’ curiosity about them – some better, and some worse. This 4-piece act obeying the name ANCESTHOR, clearly belongs to that better half of Mexican […]
AGGRESSOR is a young melodic Thrash Metal band coming from Ottawa, Canada that has been around well over 6 years. The guys released their debut studio 9-track album, "Rape The Willing" on their own, which gave them some name, especially in their home country Canada. Now – 4 years later, they have also put out […]
Wow, talk about a blast from the past. Norway’s grim Black Metal band ISVIND has returned with their first full-length album and follow-up to 1996’s "Dark Waters Stir". In the past 14 years ISVIND has released 1 split album and a demo. With "Intet Lever" we return to a time when Black Metal was on […]
Anyone who has not the stomach for AUTOPSY, has not the stomach for true Death Metal in its purest form. In stark contrast to bands like MALEVOLENT CREATION, DEICIDE, NOCTURNUS and even DEATH, AUTOPSY were snarlingly creepy because of the sickly lilting doom-like tempos they used. That is not to say that AUTOPSY was never […]
I doubt if most of us get very excited these days when we hear that yet another classic band has reformed to play more shows or release new recordings. After witnessing numerous colossal failures, I am always skeptical of these resurrections. Consequently, I approached the AUTOPSY reunion with a similar skepticism. However, even in this […]
After being loosely added as bonuses on the several reprints of older releases by classic Californian Death Metal gods AUTOPSY, the band’s follow up release to the indescribably fantastic comeback album “Macabre Eternal”, dubbed “All Tomorrow‘s Funerals”, now combines all EP tracks from more than 25 years of churning out the sickest sounds imaginable. But […]