First off: everyone who still thinks it’s funny to use terms as kult and true in order to show that they’ve outgrown Black Metal, please die. But before you do so, attach those stupid words to the last record of Hungary’s very own TYMAH, it definitely deserves it. They label themselves "True Carpathian Black Metal", […]
Hmmm, this one is not to be categorized the easy way. According to the info sheet this English four piece combines "elements of Black, Death, Thrash and Gothic". The ingredients are undeniably the aforementioned ones but what sounds cheesy and pretentious actually works surprisingly well. This record has quite a bit of old Thrash Metal […]
This is an exercise in eclectic music if ever there was one. Beginning with a bizarre techno track, the band then launches into what can only be described as the the strangest parts of DORNENREICH, PAN.THY.MONIUM and SPASTIC INK wedded together with the fury of CARPATHIAN FOREST thrown in as a bonus. A bizarre carnival […]
Bottom line… Poland is a Death Metal machine. This country churns out quality Death Metal bands like no other country on the planet. You can make arguments for Brazil, Sweden, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany and the US but to me no other country takes their craft as seriously as Poland does. The thing is most […]
Beginning an album with a piece of piano music is by no means unheard of in Metal, but it certainly is uncommon. AMORPHIS had a beautiful introductory song on "Tales From The Thousand Lakes", along with many others. Transiency begin this, their first album, with a hypnotic and intriguing piano composition, followed by a standardly […]
DENIAL’s leadguitarist Urique Quinones a.k.a. Hatemaster presents us with TOXIC HATE his sideproject, musically not that far away from his main band. The first output is a two track demo CD including an intro with a playing time of little more than 9 minutes. What’s Hatemaster offering us with this new band? It’s Death Metal […]
TOXIC BONKERS from Poland play a straightforward, brute blend of old school Death Metal and raw Crust- / Grindcore. "Blindness" is their second album, which was originally released in 1998. None of the 17 irate songs will ever win a prize for inventiveness but it is for sure that the lively kick-ass approach stimulates the […]
Yes, we know there is life after BRUTAL TRUTH. Danny Lilker went down the slimy abyss of pure underground with bands like THE RAVENOUS and HEMLOCK, ex-singer Kevin Sharp tries to destroy the world with new formed VENOMOUS CONCEPT and drummer Rich Hoak reappeared with his wrecking crew TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION. I have to admit […]
Following an EP named "Terror Kingdom" in 1987, this album by the Texas Thrash Metal outfit TORTURE has originally been released outside the USA in 1989. For some strange reasons it has never been available in the USA officially before. But now that the band has reunited after over 15 years, "Storm Alert" is officially […]
I was totally excited when I got the news not too long ago that Sweden’s TORCH (one of my alltime favorite early 80s Metal bands) is active again after approximately 25 years of silence… From the original line-up unfortunately only singer Dan Dark is still around these days, but after having listened to this brand […]