Another USA Black Metal band formed way back in 1998, releasing their debut album 11 years after its conception. One would think that all that time would make them to at least have a different approach to what has been done over and over. But that is not exactly the case here. Yes it is […]
Indiana-based NECRODEMON is a quite odd bird in the big Metal tree. The band has been around since 1998 (after LORDES WERE called it quits) and managed to release a bunch of releases on their own label Reaper Records. The band’s latest 6-track EP, titled “Reclamation Of The Stygian Throne” was already released in 2009, […]
This is like a history lesson in how the Death / Thrash movement in Central Europe actually started in the late 80s. I must say that I’ve never been the biggest fan of Dutch THANATOS, although there’s no doubt that they have been active mainly close or even longer than ASPHYX or PESTILENCE and their […]
MORBID MACABRE are no strangers to the extreme Metal. Founding member Alex Oquendo is the brains behind cult Colombian Death Metal legends MASACRE, so they’ve definitely got the know-how of executing highly competent riffage. Genre-wise, they’re akin to "INRI" – era SARCÓFAGO but with more of a focus on the Death Metal part of aforementioned […]
Reformed in 2009 again, the Finnish Death Metal murder patrol, NECROPSY – may I even somewhat sarcastically say, have finally got their 1st ever studio album released on their own label, Tritonus Records. The band was active during the years 1987-1994, putting out heaploads of demos. But perhaps most people remember them best from a […]
As some of you may know already, guitarist Jim Nickles was in the early day line-up of the Floridian Deathsters MALEVOLENT CREATION. He, Brett (Hoffman) and Phil Fasciana used to arrange band practices at Nick’s house every day for the first 10 months or so after teaming up with each other, and having an intention […]
Peru is probably one of the few countries that back in the early 80s didn’t have a band as strong in name and reputation as some of some other South American countries, like Brazil, Chile or Colombia. Yet, there have always been great bands there like the mighty MORTEM (which in any case would be […]
There’s something alluring about eastern European Metal. It’s the sort of country notorious in our day and age for keeping the 80s spirit alive; where fans are more die-hard, more dedicated to the bands they love. NADIMAC do their part to enforce this (positive, I think) stereotype by playing one of the 1980s many briefly […]
One-man force LORD FOUL from Kentucky delivered some catchy lo-fi Black Metal back in the mid ‘90s. The pace and style of this band is pretty good but the performances (drums) are dodgy at times. That’s not to say the performances are not impassioned (even the drums), nor that the primitive recording isn’t effective at […]
Sprawling and debauched epic Black Metal from the U.S. with undulating wave-like riffs and relentless hell blasting, Ugh! This is satisfying right out of the gate, I must admit. If not original sounding in any way, it is finely realized. The production is ideal. The mid-range bark of the snare and the crisp and present […]