This Portuguese / Brazilian Black Metal union brings us a really short album called "Satanik Annihilation Kommando". On this 28 minutes long compact disk you will get ordinary fast Black Metal. As usual, the atmosphere is based on raging aggression and fast played instruments, which usually means there is no real atmosphere besides aggression. If […]
The Gdansk area is a fertile ground for class Death Metal acts, and DARK LEGION is another proof of this statement. This Polish four piece comes out of nowhere yet to deliver a true masterpiece, a captivating album from the beginning to the end. The ten tracks on offer here are faultless, be it structurally […]
Revisiting this album brings both good and bad memories for me. Good, in the sense this was DARK ANGEL at its climax both musically and popularity-wise. Bad, because even though they left the scene on a high note their avid fans at the time (me included) got pretty frustrated by seeing one of the most […]
I have a lot of respect for DAMNATION. Over the past couple of years they never ever jumped on any bandwagon to appeal to a larger crowd. And they are still practicing what they preached from the very beginning, which is nothing but brutal Death Metal. But somehow I was still expecting a little more […]
In case you missed the Gothenburg scene at the beginning of the nineties, DAEMUSINEM could make your day. Right from the start these Italians bring back in mind one of the most seminal bands of the melodic and technical Death Metal genre that are first era AT THE GATES. And indeed "Daemusinem Domine Empire" bears […]
No Comatose Music release without an intro? Is it like this? Don’t know, but I know that this 2009 debut release from Texas-based band ENGAGED IN MUTILATING features with ‘Steady Decline To Population Zero’ an intro not really necessary, though acceptable with its playing time of 1:25 minutes. Already with the 2nd song ‘Process Of […]
Before I start telling you my opinion on THE CROWN’s newest effort I’d like to make a statement concerning Metal Blade’s/the band’s new idea of copy protection that made reviewing this CD definitely no fun. To prevent members of press and media from making new CD’s downloadable in filesharing programs, each song on “Possessed 13” […]
Phew! What a hateful piece of noise! CRYFEMAL from Spain play quite some bizarre Black Metal. This duo works with a drum computer that surprisingly doesn’t get on my nerves. Some of the songs are arranged rather conservative the way most of us know Black Metal. ‘Malicia Immortal’, for example, but they also create unusual […]
You wanna know what’s the worst thing about this CD? Its length!!! 26 minutes of cheesy, slimy "Hammerheart", "Blood On Ice" era BATHORY worship are far more than I can take. Where Quorthon’s songs manage to create an intense Viking-atmosphere even though Quorthon can not sing, Crom, who does all on "The Fallen Beauty" except […]
This record is the last out of four new releases that I received from Empire Records lately and once more a good proof for the overall very impressing quality that the label offers with every band they’re putting out. While many underground labels often tend to come up with poor packaging, cheap production or lack […]