So how much validity can we give to a band which uses this legendary name without its charasmatic leader? Nothing against Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans (the two survivors from TANK mark II) but this is truly senseless to use this bandname without Algy Ward on board and even more with the recruiting of Doogie […]
It has now been more than a year since Quorthon passed away and left a gaping hole in the extreme Metal scene that for many of us is far larger than any other. For some the grief and sense of loss has not lessened even a year later. We will never know the full extent […]
Thanx to Holycaust Records I finally got my hands on this obviously very hard to find debut MCD by Norway’s 1349. Unfortunately it is lacking in the frontcover / booklet, so I can’t really give you much inside information. But after having listened to it a few times now, I can’t really understand why drummer […]
Fast, technical groove-laden Death / Grind which incorporates elements and influences raging from Death Metal, Thrash and traditional Metal through to Jazz! These are the words from their promo-sheet. Well, I think descriptions like “as fast as possible”, “as progressive as possible” and “as melodious as possible” could fit very well, too! While listening to […]
Everybody who has grown up in the greatest Death Metal era will agree to the statement that – nowadays – this once so pure style has been widely mixed and diluted. So a real and honest Death Metal release is a rare occasion and still warmly welcome! Even if I’m a little bit astonished about […]
Out of complete nothingness emerges a totally unknown yet fairly promising band called SYMBIONTIC. Founded in the year 2000 they released their first sign of life with this self-financed CD entitled "BioConstruct". I listened to their album more than several times by now and it is still a real pleasure to do so. SYMBIONTIC have […]
This album musically doesn’t really fit the concept of our magazine, but gets a short mention anyway due to the fact that SWARM consists of no less than three fifths of San Francisco’s legendary Thrashers DEATH ANGEL (vocalist Mark Osegueda, guitarist Rob Cavestany and drummer Andy Galeon), who released three awesome records back in the […]
Already released in 2003 Swedish SVARTSYN’s fourth full-length (the previous ones are "The True Legend" – 1999, "His Majesty" – 2000 and the never separately released "Bloodline", which came out on a DLP with its predecessor also in 2000) is another fine example of first class Swedish Black Metal. With bands like WATAIN, ARMAGEDDA, FUNERAL […]
Osmose Productions started at the forefront of the very late 80s – early 90s scene with some of the most amazing releases ever heard, some of those bands are still around and strong, others just faded into obscurity. I’m not sure if it is just me but listening to the latest releases of this label […]
Throughout the years Nuclear Blast as well as Relapse Records have issued SUFFOCATION’s debut in various editions and formats already. Apart from the ordinary vinyl, there’s also been a picture disc version and a whole bunch of CD (re-)releases… And guess what? Here it is again. Well, I don’t really mind as "Human Waste" is […]