The five song MCD "Primitive Horde" is already the third demo release of this French four piece, but the first to actually see the light of day on CD(R). Their previous outputs "The Nocturnal Moan Of The Fallen Angel" (from 1997) and "Dionysos Contre Le Crucifié" (1998), which still got spread around in the good […]
As a rule, most splits go under-appreciated, usually for good reason. Sometimes there are exceptions like, the BEHEXEN split with HORNA or, more famously, the split between PURULENCE and AMayMON in the early 90s. The stricter among you may want to avoid this one if you’re easily deterred. The BLOODTHRIST tracks consist of two orginals, […]
I can’t help but think fans of ORIGIN and BEHEMOTH won’t experience any difficulty connecting with this, and fans of less showy Death Metal will hate it to their dying days. That’s the sort of album BLOODBATH have released. They’re slowly becoming what GORGUTS and CRYPTOPSY were for people in the early 1990s. A band […]
I still remember BLOODBATH’s "Breeding Death" debut EP (2000) very well, a great mixture between Swedish and American old school Death Metal that really was a bright spot at that time. Now the murderous Swedish Metal allstar-bunch featuring Dan Swanö (EDGE OF SANITY, INFESTDEAD, drums), Jonas Renske (KATATONIA, bass), Anders Nyström (KATATONIA, guitar) and last […]
Satanic US Death Metal horde BLOOD RITUAL is back! By releasing their second full-length in their around 13 years long career after letting the fans of the debut "At The Mountains Of Madness" (Moribund, 1994) wait a whole decade the big question is how "Black Grimoire" can continue where the debut left off and overcome […]
Short release, short review: Italy’s BLASPHEMER who released a solid slab of technical brutal Death with 2008’s “On The Inexistence Of God” have put out a new EP which contains a 4 new tracks plus a BROKEN HOPE cover. Musically it’s more or less a prime example of the sort of brutal Death I’m tired […]
Well, I’d never thought that I would review a genre mix like that! The French five-piece mix elements of Power, Thrash and Progressive Metal, make use of doublebass attacks like in contemporary Power Metal à la HAMMERFALL, STORMWARRIOR, add keyboards, acoustic guitar play, clean vocals and SOILWORK, IN FLAMES like raw shouting. In my opinion […]
Emerging from the Crust scene in Chicago, 2006 founded BLACK SEPTEMBER are a well-hidden pearl that I’d like to throw before you lusty swines now. Female fronted Death Metal that not necessarily sounds like ARCH ENEMY is a rarity! Fortunately, "The Forbidden Gates Beyond" sounds like a furious piece of old school Death uniting BOLT […]
This is not a new record as it came out in September 2003 (more than one year ago then), but I acquired it only very recently, and I simply can’t miss the opportunity to review this masterpiece for VFTD. This album you can shelve next to "The Return…" and "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" without any […]
Six years after its demise in 1999, BLACK FUNERAL raises its ugly head again. But now this project led by the sick mind of Michael Ford appears in a slightly mutated form, both musically and lyrically, even if the fundaments of BLACK FUNERAL are still easily recognizable. Certainly because his involvement in some Industrial / […]