Following the release of CRAFT’s second album "Terror Propaganda" comes the reissue of their debut, which suffered from very limited distribution provided by the now gone label The Black Hand. This version, according to the info sheet, comes with improved artwork which looks quite reminiscent to older DARKTHRONE cover shots (two grim Black Metal warriors […]
If you judge this band just by its band name then you would probably think CRACK ADDICT are a type of Metalcore band. But you would be completely wrong here because this five piece outfit from Tokoshima City / Japan delivers a cool dose of (Satanic) Death Metal. Their four songs on this simply entitled […]
The latest releases in the Florida Death Metal scene – HATE ETERNAL’s second album and the INTERNECINE debut – were great releases as long as you point the focus only on brutality and technical finesse. But the most important factors in my opinion: the song structures, their memorability and the entertaining effect suffered from these […]
After their very well received debut "The Secret Around Us", which is said of having sold about 5.000 copies in Europe alone, Slovakia’s CONTEMPT finally return to the scene with their follow-up full-length "When Angels Begin To Cry". And I gotta admit that (despite the usual facts of a lot of musical deja vus) it […]
This band hails from Slovakia and play a brutal form of Death Metal, how surprising! More seriously, this first full-length (after numerous demos, some of them having been issued under the moniker of DESECRATOR back in the 90s) will certainly give a chill to the most demanding of the extreme Death Metal fanatics. In fact, […]
CONTEMPT from Slovakia, formed as DESECRATOR in 1990, released two albums already on Empire Records, and probably caused some brain / ear damage by some of you already in their 20 years of existence. As I was told, the situation about Empire Records is unclear at the moment and "Blasphemy" was forced to be released […]
Phew, this disc somehow disappeared while I was moving just to resurface after months lying in wait… rightfully claiming a review because the stuff is actually quite good. When I first read the band name of this Japanese three-piece I thought it might be an abbreviation of "alcohol" and therefore expected some dirty Thrash Metal […]
The second release of the Norwegian / British project CODE is in some way like a drug – I can’t get away from it. The band – currently on European tour with SOLSTAFIR and SECRETS OF THE MOON – has recorded an album which perfectly builds a bridge between the true and ugly face of […]
Founded in 1992 veteran Southern German Thrashers COCKROACH now come up with their fourth album. Embedded in a powerful production they deliver twelve tracks of crunching Thrash Metal, strongly influenced by the big names of the Bay Area sound and other stars of the 80s US Thrash scene. They successfully strive for variety in songwriting, […]
When I received this CD not too long ago, I originally didn’t really expect to get blown away by it for one reason or another… Sometimes I simply have a certain feeling whether I will like something or not already right from the moment I open an envelope – but in COCKROACH’s case this luckily […]