It’s been a long time ago a new Norwegian Black Metal band has done anything for me. That has changed as the fairly new unit GRAVLUND has been blasting me back in my chair the last few weeks. The EP has been released on the likewise Norwegian label Unborn Productions which is starting to become […]
From Aosta, Italy, come ILLOGICIST whose 3rd studio album in order, "The Unconsciousness Of Living", is – to put it simple, just amazing. Actually you don’t have to read this review any further than this. Just do yourself a favor and order this record from somewhere as it’s definitely one of those records that’s truly […]
In the time since AHBORROT first appeared on the scene in 2008, the band has released a respectable series of demo tapes. This year, however, marks a change for ABHORROT: not only is “Rites Of Prehistoric Darkness” the band’s first 7-inch, I believe it also shows them exploring a new theme that fits both them […]
USA’s Death Metal machine EXMORTIS have returned from their decade plus hibernation. The band was formed in 1987, released several demos and an EP along the way, then suddenly disappeared by the beginning of the new millennium. "Darkened Path Revealed" is an all-in-one compilation that includes the "Descent Into Chaos" demo, "Immortality’s End" demo, "Fade […]
New Jersey’s masters of martial arts, DIM MAK are back, releasing their 4th full-length studio album through the US-Metal label Willotip; specialized pretty much in extreme styles of Heavy Metal. "The Emergence Of Reptilian Altars", which is the album title of DIM MAK’s latest record in 6 years (their 3rd album, "Knives Of Ice", was […]
DEGRADTION is one of these new and hungry bands out there which keep the good old Thrash Metal spirit alive. Getting their main influences from the glorious ’80s it sounds quite easy for this horde to revive the good old times. "Juggernaut" is the debut album of this Chicago based outfit after having released a […]
Californian long-term, sort of semi-Death Metal pioneers (or veterans) VILE, have always counted on their uncompromisingly murky and heavy Death Metal – keeping it tight in one form, and not allowing any popular trends of heavier music to have an influence on their sound over the past years. And that’s been great about them; staying […]
I don’t know what’s worse, the overplayed Tolkien theme or the fact that ambient electronic albums induce yawning fits. That these two tiresome elements wed together on URUK-HAI’s “Cirith Ungol” means boredom in the extreme. URUK-HAI is, as far as I can tell, a one-man band not unlike DROWNING THE LIGHT and other “bedroom” bands […]
Costa Rican technical Death Metal heads CATARSIS INCARNE, have just released their debut album called “Katharma”, a self released work that shows one of the biggest surprises ever emerged from such exotic lands. Packed with a killer cover artwork and superb design… everything professionally done, “Katharma” opens from the very first second setting clear expectations […]
This is the 4th release of a new born label, the Norwegian Unborn Productions. The tape (limited to 200 copies) is entitled "Hässelby 2008 – 2010" and contains the first two demos of NECROMANCY, a young Swedish band coming from Hässelby. The 1st demo "Rites Of Necromancy" demo #1 09 (released by the band in […]