The PROTECTOR re-issue series on I Hate Records finally continues with "Ominous Message Of Brutality"… You are a worshipper of classic German Thrash Metal, but aren’t familiar with this PROTECTOR release yet? Well, never mind, cause it never came out under this title before. Just like its 2003 predecessor "Echoes From The Past" (which featured […]
Not since the days when ABSU was actively pursuing the underworld with their "Temples Of Offal" and bands like ORDER FROM CHAOS, INCANTATION, GOREAPHOBIA and NECROSION were hot on the tongues of the avid U/G fiend, has an actual brand new band from the States emerged with such a filthy and violent first demo tape! […]
Wow… it’s not everyday that you come across such brilliance in the more doomy side of the Metal spectre. Some people say Doom Metal is boring to death, tired or even not relevant to Metal history but PROCESSION can slap you in the face with their monumental debut "The Cult Of Disease". These Chilean guys […]
The 2nd release of Indian label Diabolical Conquest Records (DCR) is the 3rd album of Polish Death Metallers in PRELUDIUM. Haven’t heard any older release from this band before, never ever read something about them. By judging this release I wonder about myself and the Metal media as the quality of PRELUDIUM is really amazing […]
A traditional Heavy Metal band existing since 1995, re-releasing their debut album on a Chinese label… wow… well, I can only appreciate these efforts from Area Death to dig this obscure Heavy Metal bands which is a lot better than rehashing plastic Thrash Metal bands. PRELLUDE on this record sounds like a mixture of Hard […]
POSTHUM is another newcomer out of the northern woods of Norway who is trying to add their share to what once was defined as true Norwegian art. And there are for sure far worst examples for the third generation of Black Metal combos from Norway. But it seems that the band is still searching their […]
Brazilian Death Metal is rising, definitely. Along with names such as HEADHUNTER D.C., EMBALMED SOULS or IMPETUOUS RAGE (by the way, 3/4 in POISONOUS play in IMPETUOUS RAGE, too), POISONOUS is another spawn of the rising Death Metal family from sunny Brazil. POISONOUS’ demo CD is a nice appetizer with just 2 songs and an […]
Grindcore is for sure no music… for the weak. PHOBIA are still around to torment the Grindcore community with their next assault easily called "22 Random Acts Of Violence". If we are taking only the mere facts into account every song should be around 1:19 minutes and nobody will expect anything else than the purest […]
PESTHAUCH seems to be a new Black Metal outfit from Austria and their debut album "Sacrifice At Dawn" is a first sign of life. The music itself is normal Black Metal without any highlights. The sound is clear and PESTHAUCH’s technical skills are really not bad, but the whole album definitely lacks of mysticism and […]
Honestly I don’t know why I got hands on this CD if I have a look on how much Frank, our chief-editor, praised CRAFT and ARMAGEDDA. Because compared to at least ARMAGEDDA’s debut-album, this is even the better choice – a good album of total DARKTHRONE-worship, in this case concentrating on the albums "Under A […]