The Polish have a distinguished history in the Metal world. PEK is but one of the latest additions to that history, and their much discussed debut, "Preaching Evil", released on Nuclear War Now! Productions is sure to help continue it. "Vomit Upon The Priest" is the band’s third demo released initially in 2006, but pressed […]
It is sometimes unbelievable to witness how much some bands become trendy thanks to a good promotional campaign. Add to this loud and controversial statements and the success is assured for otherwise run of the mill artists. Meanwhile, not so fortunate musicians reach the border of excellence without being noticed at all. I bet the […]
What we’ve got here is a collection of tracks that is going to be released in different formats later this year, as split-singles or 7″es by labels as Hell’s Headbangers and Iron Pegasus, as well as a complete collection on CD by Atolinga Records. If you’re familiar with this act around the infamous Devil Lee […]
Gosh, how shall I start this review? Ok, first of all I can state that OSH definitely don’ t play the kind of music I like. But that’s beside the point I guess. The thing is just that it’s hard to stay objective and informative in front of such a background. Anyway, I’ll try my […]
It has been quite some time since this original act from Israel has released their last recording – seven years, to be exact. ORPHANED LAND have certainly been among the first bands to incorporate local Middle Eastern musical influences and instruments as it can be heard already on their 1994 debut album "Sahara". Now the […]
I reckon it’s rather unprofessional to start a review by stating that the output one analyses is – quite simply – ingenious. Well, I can’t help it… with “Deliverance” OPETH have created a unique and bewitchingly fascinating album. So let me undertake the risky procedure now to tendentiously explain to you why I judge this […]
No motivation to review this… Well, what we’ve got here is a band that obviously wants to become MISERY INDEX when they’ve grown up. Funny thing about it is that they could very well succeed, since they definitely have a knack for writing catchy tunes by mixing blast-beat aggression with Hardcore grooves and straight forward […]
There had been a wonderful time when the Swedish Metal scene was not completely dominated by the new way of Swedish Death Metal (IN FLAMES, SOILWORK) and bands like KATATONIA, OPHTHALAMIA (with additional Black Metal influences) and also OCTOBER TIDE could show the Metal world that melancholy wasn’t completely restricted to the rainy Britannia. So […]
Finland doesn’t have a middle ground, they choose the melodic and happy Metal style on which a lot of bands jumped these last years, or better take the most absolute melancholy and darkness. Don’t worry, it is the last case we are dealing with in the case of OCTOBER FALLS, who present their third official […]
Before the great summer break nearly all record labels are focused – as usual – far more on pure quantity than quality and just in the moment when I’m starting to wonder (not for the first time in the last couple of years!) when one of the four riders of the Apocalypse will finally knock […]