If nice melodies, undistorted vocals and understandable song structures are a must for you, I recommend to stop reading here. If you don’t like musicians obviously being influenced by stimulants, whether legal or illegal, that create art that leave the impression you should try these stimulants as well to completely comprehend the album, then see […]
CEPHALIC from Austria play fast technical Death Metal that reminds me of NILE without that Middle East aspect every now and then, especially the vocals. Brutal and sick to the max. Luckily, the sickos don’t belong to those hordes of faceless faster-harder-louder clowns I’m getting sick and tired of at the moment. CEPHALIC know how […]
Though this quintet from the London area might provoke the hastily exclamation "CATHEDRAL – copy"; with ‘Devil Disciple’ – the catchy, driving opener of their debut album – you should not rate this band by the first song on this fantastic album. CENTURIONS GHOST are way more filthy sounding and they have way more gloom […]
The Swiss trio CENSORED was founded in 1994 and "System Disease" is their second release and contains an interesting mixture of well-crafted modern US-style Death Metal à la DYING FETUS with slight Thrash and Hardcore elements and a raw yet powerful production. The vocals are mainly aggressive screams that add an additional individual note to […]
If you’re following the evolution of the pure Death Metal underground for quite a while now, you probably have come across Mexico’s CENOTAPH in one way or another at one time. These guys formed back in 1989 and released their first official demo "Rise Of Excruciation" the same year already. The four original songs of […]
Surprisingly twisted, fresh and individual sounding brutal Death deliver CENOTAPH from Turkey on their third album "Pseudo Verminal Cadaverium", which has now been released by well-known extreme music label United Guttural. The band was formed already in the mid-90s and one can definitely hear the experience CENOTAPH have in terms of musicianship and songwriting in […]
The glamour band KISS is for sure not a very frequent guest on our website but this time I need their assistance. Nearly 30 years ago they composed a song for their great "Destroyer" album called ‘Great Expectations’ and if it comes to the latest CEMETERY OF SCREAM release I feel in some way like […]
Anybody here who loves Teutonic Thrash Metal in the good ol’ DESTRUCTION, early KREATOR vein? If yes, then mark down this band on your "to-buy" list! With Swedish act CELESTIAL PAIN Iron Fist have discovered a true pearl of German-style Thrash Metal, that is razor-sharp sounding, musically a hellish crossfire of total destruction. Though this […]
I really had high hopes in this release as we received it from Poland’s Agonia Records along with the new URGEHAL, ARMAGEDDA and BULLET records – and if you read the reviews on those three somewhere else on our website, you will already be aware of the fact that it was all first class material […]
The once so crowded family residence of Holy Records is today a deserted place and nearly all family members -ELEND, NIGHTFALL, ORPHANDED LAND and several other remarkable acts – have left towards other shores. But what remains of the once so influential French label is their special musical focus and dedication – the young generation […]