I really love the "Morbidious Pathology" demo / EP (1990) and the "Omen Of Masochism" EP (’91) / MCD (’93) but didn’t like anything GOREAPHOBIA has released after their hiatus. "Apocalyptic Necromancy" is their second full-length and somehow I was really curious how they would sound this time. Mainly because Dark Descend is a killer […]
There was a time when it wasn’t seen as a good thing to release demos, rehearsals, lives etc as an official release by the bands considering all mattered was to get a real album out. Times have changed considering that a bunch of bands from back in the day who never managed to sign that […]
If you take a look at the list of rather ‘new’ old school Swedish Death Metal bands (MIASMAL, ZOMBIEFICATION, …) or ‘old’ bands who give it a second try (INTERMENT, EVOCATION, …), it’s really remarkable how mighty Sweden still seems to manage to deliver the goods like no other country. ENTRAILS managed to impress me […]
COBRA is the newest one shot at glory sensation of the Peruvian Metal underground. These guys have been forging their path since 2005, releasing a couple of demos and splits plus a compilation and it looks like it took them good 6 years to present this debut full-length in full form. Have all these years […]
This is the 2nd book in my collection with a foreword (one of seven) from Chris Reifert and whereas “Swedish Death Metal” (the first book with a foreword from him) was a revelation, a bible when talking about Death Metal, the Swedish one, “The Slayer Mag Diaries” is something completely different. When buying this book […]
Does anybody still remember such releases as “Evilness & Darkness Prevails” (1993) or a little Mexican Black / Death masterpiece titled “The Kinglike Celebration” (1997)? If your answer is yes then you might rejoice as these devoted disciples of the Cthulhu cult have returned with a new album continuing entirely in the tradition of old. […]
As some of you may know already, FORGOTTEN HORROR is a creation of Tuomas Karhunen; the guy who who plays guitar in Finnish Death / Thrash Metal band DEATHCHAIN under an alias name Cult. Having also Corpse and Kassara from DEATHCHAIN to complete the line-up of FORGOTTEN HORROR, the band is ready to give us […]
Stavanger. Norway. THE KONSORTIUM. Sounds like a combination either for a grim Black or old school Death Metal, doesn’t it? Let me tell all of you at first, Teloch, who’s the mastermind behind this Norwegian force of all evil, ain’t any green rookie as a musician. He’s already been a hired gun live for such […]
If you like MASTER, then it follows that you also like DEATH STRIKE. They’re practically the same band, fronted by the immutable Paul Speckmann. Frankly I think it’s impossible not to enjoy “Fuckin’ Death”, an album that easily matches any MASTER LP in direct influence on the scene. However, as history would have it, “Fuckin’ […]
All you underground dwellers with a taste for brain splattering brutal Death done US style shoud’ve come across of the previous NEUROMA split CD with DAWN OF CHAOS called "Northern Discomfort" released back in 2009. Now two years later NEUROMA has cooked up a full-length slab of pummelling brutality called "Extremophile" and it’s a name […]