I still don’t really get into rough and "primitive" Black Metal (which is what Last Episode seemed to concentrate on for quite a while) and therefore I always thought BELPHEGOR wouldn’t be my cup of tea at all. The latest output of these Austrian fellows, "Necrodaemon Terrorsatan" (Gee, what a bad title!) has now finally […]
Honestly I have simply overseen most Irish bands, but since I know pagan Black gods PRIMORDIAL my interest in the Irish underground grows and BELINUS are the best example that this scene definitely deserves more attention. "Battlechants", their self-financed CD debut demo, features five folk-influenced Black Metal songs from the Celtic heart (including one instrumental), […]
I’m not very much into extreme high speed Black Metal because usually those bands seem to be only concerned about how fast they can be and therefore don’t realize that it needs more than speed to play good music. It’s the same with BELFEGOR. They’re good at what they’re doing and fans of MARDUK, IMMORTAL […]
BEHEXEN is a name that has crossed my path at least twice during my Metal scene involvement but for some reason has failed to make a remarkable impression up to know. If my memory does not betray me, I think I’ve checked some of their albums prior to this, their latest. I must confess that […]
I gotta admit that the last record I actually heard from Poland’s BEHEMOTH was their 1996 release "Grom"… Quite some time already, indeed… and from what I’ve read it seems the band has not only grown immensely as musicians ever since, but also changed completely from their grim Black Metal roots towards crushing Death Metal. […]
Have you ever heard of a country named China? It’s supposed to be pretty big and thanks to an endless supply of minimum wage workers is said to flood the globalised market with ultra-cheap cloned products, thus reaching Weltherrschaft within a few years. Nothing and nobody seems to be safe, not even the most decadent […]
The underground scene in Israel is one of the most neglected scenes I think, even though the country’s small but fine underground movement already puked out several high quality acts in different genres in the past. The infernal horde of BARTHOLOMEUS NIGHT is no exception here and releases with "Theosophia Pneumatica" a first class blasphemous […]
Tora! Tora! Tora! This is already the second shabu – fueled kamikaze attack of the ABIGAIL side project BARBATOS (which also features a japanese WW II fighter plane in its logo, by the way) lead by – yes, main man Barbatos. For the porpose of recording this slab of dirty 1 – 2 – 3 […]
This 3-way split CD entitled "Blood Beyond The Sand" is the first release from the new Italian label Goregorecords (great name!). It features altogether 13 songs by three native underground Death Metal bands, which slightly differ in their styles. It starts off with 5 songs of straight forward Death Metal by BARATRO. They mix up […]
Founded in the winter of 2001 this exotic young band from Indonesia dedicated themselves to raw Black Metal inspired by the likes of EMPEROR, SATYRICON and now comes up with their first MCD. Over here in Europe we are satiated with acts like this and to be honest in terms of production and songwriting BALTHAZOR […]