Sweden sweet Sweden… It’s somewhat incredible how the Swedish Metal scene can constantly produce such highly talented bands, just like these Swedish technical Power-Thrashers MACHINERY prove it so loud and clear. MACHINERY that consists of obviously five really motivated and pro-musicians, have recorded a really powerful debut album of theirs that truly stands out in […]
This release is already a bit dated and Poland’s WITCHMASTER have a new album out in the meantime ("Masochistic Devil Worship"), but due to the fact that we never gave "Violence & Blasphemy" a mention previously and Dark Realm Records just re-issued it in the US, it was definitely about time to do so after […]
Israel has always been an obscure and even a bit mystery-filled country to me when it comes to Heavy Metal. Over the years I have become familiar with only a small bunch of bands from that country (shame on me!), SALEM, ORPHANED LAND, BISHOP OF HEXEN and MELECHESH (the true GODZ!!) coming to my mind […]
Although this 5-Track CD is not an official release you will be able to buy someday, it is still worth to be reviewed, because it draws attention on one of Sweden’s best Black Metal bands right now – WATAIN. The blackhearted four-piece was thrown out of the womb of Satan’s whore Babalon in 1998 and […]
The expectations concerning this release had not been extremely high but you should first hunt down your prey before you can really judge about its qualities. WALDSCHEIN are a further young German band which is releasing their debut release via Asatru Klangwerke and any interested listener can find far more light than darkness on "Verborgene […]
To capture the essence of mother nature and combine it with the rough Black Metal cult is a basic idea since at least 15 years – but only a handful of bands really achieved their aim. Without a doubt ULVER or EMPYRIUM are bands which should not be introduced to any real Black Metal fan.The […]
Kill. Murder. Corpse mutilation. Skulls blown to pieces by a pump-action Remington 870 shotgun. Finland’s murder patrol, CASKET, loves killing – especially on their releases. CASKET that was formed well over 6 years ago, has got their 4th demo released, titled "Generation Kill", which pretty much also sums up what they are all about musically. […]
Two years after their "Mindcrimes" album was released, French Thrashers LYZANXIA (founded in 1996 out of the residues of an act called OVERLOAD) come up with their next effort "Unsu". Generally speaking one can say that LYZANXIA combine quite melodious Death Metal riffs suggesting old IN FLAMES and SOILWORK influences with aspects from the realm […]
"Antichristian War Propaganda" reveals what the title already promises. Lyrically you get the typical "war, satan, death" phrases and musically it is in the typical fast raw Black Metal vein with some thrashy influences. Really nothing more to say about this album. Too typical to leave some remembrance, too uncreative to cause emotions. www.ketzer-records.de, www.luxferre.kom.pt […]
This CD was released in the first place on Pagan Records from Poland but has now been re-issued by British Golden Lake. I doubt that this was necessary. LUNA AD NOCTUM are another band performing what I’d like to call Neo Black Metal, but what probably other would call Symphonic Black Metal. From the intro […]