AOSOTH is a dark female force in the pantheon of the Order of the Nine Angles, hence the name for these 3 Frenchmen´s pure evil-reeking entity. "III", as the album title already suggests, is AOSOTH’s 3rd full-length album in order, has 6 songs that have been sliced into six Roman numeric titles. Since this is […]
Back in 1998, there was a little Chilean band releasing an album called “The Primigeni Xul (I Condemned My Enemies)” which turned out to be a real gem for early INCANTATION, IMMOLATION worshippers, unfortunately the band’s line-up disintegrated shortly afterwards and personally, I thought, MELEKTAUS (who released a fantastic album in ’04) and to some […]
Anybody who knows a little bit about Finnish Death Metal should have this album by short-lived act PURTENANCE in his collection – either as the original release on Drowned Productions (1992) or the ’09 The Crypt vinyl version. Now, Xtreem Music have done a proper CD re-release, just like they did for FUNEBRE, DEMIGOD as […]
Italian FORGOTTEN TOMB is a totally new band in my books, this being the very first time for me to actually hear the band, so I cannot be so sure whether I can do enough justice for their latest release or not, without having any reference points to any of their early material, I mean. […]
GENIUS ULTOR is a Black Metal side-project put together by Polish infamous Deathsters STILLBORN, featuring 3 members of the current line-up of the band. Musically the band’s 17-track debut album, "Dzien Nocy" takes slices from early IMPALED NAZARENE and ANGELCORPSE, keeping things securely on the better side of fast-paced, raw and straight forward Black Metal, […]
Started out as a Thrash Metal band – and having been released 5 demos altogether so far, off which their latest demo, titled "Short On Ammo", also brings a switch of this band’s musical style from Thrash to Death Metal. This Finnish quintet is called REFUSAL, and just like so many other thousands and thousands […]
The debut MCD “Rituals Of The Grotesque” by BURIAL INVOCATION was truly a brilliant piece of darkened old school Death Metal and so I was really looking forward to listen to new stuff from this Turkish band. And hell-yes, the new song ‘Obliterated In An Ignominious Grave’ is worth the wait. This is old school […]
TT = TÚRIN TURAMBAR. First off, as some sort of a little package of background information for starters, in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, Túrin Turambar was a Man of Middle-earth, who became a tragic hero (or Anti-hero) of the First Age in the tale called Narn i Chîn Húrin ("The Tale of the Children […]
So, Finland’s GODLESSON wants to shoot down the legendary CA-Thrashers SLAYER from their gigantic-sized Thrash-throne, by releasing their own 10-track “Reign In Blood”. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Well, don’t hold your breath any more by sheer excitement because that’s really not the case with this 4-piece Finnish Thrash Metal act’s debut […]
To date BEYOND has released two demos, though under a different name: SHAPELESS. I gave SHAPELESS high praise for their magnificent second demo, “Repellent Ascent Of The Abhorrent". Now, with a new name, new logo, and I think a new line-up as well, BEYOND (once SHAPELESS, now come from Beyond! – sorry) incant phrases, vomit […]