I first ran into BLACKHORNED when Atziluth began to record his infamous demos back in the beginning of the 00s. I had been following the beginning of RAVISHING, the Death Metal band where he at the time handled the drums, while he in the dark was fiddling with his inner desires and black recollections, that […]
Quite an interesting split CD has reached our hands, EMPHERIS and CRYPTIC RITES…both Polish Black Metal bands, in alliance with the growing label, Psycho Records. Musically speaking, this split CD is an opus of fast furious traditional Black Metal, both bands are into the same line however with differences between each other, but overall, the […]
EBONY LAKE hails from West Yorkshire, UK. The band features two friends – Ophelius and Mass, whose twisted musical incarnation EBONY LAKE is. The guys’ debut album, titled "On The Eve Of The Grimly Inventive" was released on the famous Cacophonous Records in 1999 – and the record received a fair amount of critic, both […]
The inventors of porno Grind (and later on purveyors of sleazy Grind’n’Roll) DEAD return to the stage with a new album "Hardnaked… But Dead". Confusing title? Wait till you hear the music! My biggest issue with DEAD is this: I like their concept of having filthy pornographic humour as the lyrical content more than I […]
This just arrived on my desk today: A brand-new follow-up 3-track demo release from Finland’s heavily grooving Metallers FREEDOMINATION, who must feel pretty good about their 2nd offering – and not only because they assumable are somewhat happy with the final outcome of this particular release in question but also because they have got one […]
I don’t know… An album title like “True Metal Victory” may work like a real turn-off for some people, but then again it would be very foolish if one let some album title alone keeping your fingers away from some records. The Chilean BATTLERAGE may be fighting for their ‘True Metal’ with the taste of […]
Rising like a Phoenix out from the ashes of SARGANAS, French technical Death Metallers 7TH NEMESIS have gone a long way since the band was put together back in 2001. "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow" (woah, that’s quite an album title indeed, isn’t it?) is already the band’s 3rd album in order within 10 years (first for […]
German blackened Thrash Metal act OUTRAGE obviously enjoys some sort of ‘cult’ status among the underground circles – especially in their home country Germany, as it can be assumed. Namely the band was formed almost 30 years ago already (in 1983 precisely); they split up in 1988 – and reformed again in 2004. The band […]
I’ve had a soft spot for the Brazilian brothers in arms in KRISIUN ever since I first laid ears on them when they released their third album "Conquerors Of Armageddon" in 2000. Their apocalyptic, blazingly fast and over the top relentless and brutal Death Metal spoke to me, and I haven’t looked back since. I […]
After their debut EP, BLOODSPOT releases their full-length entitled "Embraced The End" via Finest Noise Records from Germany. And it is as surprising as it is new. Their album features a great Death Metal base with tasty Thrash Metal touches here and there. Their songs have that "hook" that most bands lack; a huge plus […]