Yeah, I know that this release is already pretty dated by now (it already came out in 1998), but due to the fact that the nice people at Scarlet Records have kindly supplied me with a copy of it just most recently, I’ll return the favor by giving it a mention here. The recordings are […]
Hell, why have most of the most genious / ground breaking / off the wall Metal acts been largely ignored over the years? May it be ATHEIST, NASTY SAVAGE, INSANITY, BEYOND (Canada), CYNIC or Canada’s OBLIVEON, they all suffered from the same fate, massive ignorance and indifferance towards their unusual approach. Canada has also always […]
It is not everyday that you cross your path with a band just worthy to get merchandise of or even sit for a while and listen to their stuff. Well, OATH TO VANQUISH is one of those very rare occassions in which I feel compelled to actually sit back, relax and deeply enjoy what is […]
The reason why Thrash Metal lost a lot of its popularity to Death Metal years ago was mainly because the whole genre became so predictable, polished and repetitive. Every band either turned into a TESTAMENT or KREATOR clone or went for a more melodic approach (you may blame it on METALLICA’s major breakthrough) rather than […]
NYKTALGIA’s self-titled debut was greeted with thunderous applause four years ago. This second album, "Peisithanatos", is a continuation of that formula. Normally, depressive Black Metal does anything but depress. The likes of XASTHUR and the world wide army of MUTIILATION worshippers have, instead, crafted some of the cheesiest, most boring music the Metal world has […]
It’s unbelievable how much stuff already appeared on various different labels by these guys throughout the last couple of years (for a more detailed list make sure to click here) – but it didn’t hurt them in any way and NUNSLAUGHTER is still a highly respected underground act. Kinda weird, cause if each release would […]
NUNSLAUGHTER’s legendary appearance at the WRUM radio station in Cleveland, Ohio (April 27, 2000) musically definitely was a feast for every fan of old school blackend Death Metal. The band used to play a full set of 22 songs (including a cover of VENOM’s ‘Hellchild’), which ended up being released on CD as "Radio Damnation" […]
NUNSLAUGHTER plays Devil Metal exclusively but in my humble opinion they play nothing but pure fuckin’ old school killer straight up Death Metal, pretty catchy and very infectious. They definitely have their strongest moments when they play slow or mid paced. There are more releases in the history of NUNSLAUGHTER than pimples on Andi’s ass, […]
This CD released by Sepulchral Music serves as a kind of anthology of NUCTEMRON from Singapore. Featured here are all tracks from their demo tapes released in 1988, respectively 1990, plus two promo tracks recorded in 1991. Those tapes quickly gained the band some kind of underground notoriety. As one could deduce from the name, […]
I just remember the notice… the bass player of ANTHRAX, Danny Lilker left the band to get into a heavier and more extreme Metal band. Wow! That was just enough for me to follow his deeds. I mean, he was basically the guy who was the ‘extreme’ one of the aforementioned NY band. The fact […]