I was enthusiastic regarding the first AZARATH masterpiece, and I am extremely pleased to report that this new one from the Polish outfit follows the same path in terms of brilliance and musical excellence. To cut it short, "Infernal Blasting" is a must-have in any serious record collection; that said, you can stop reading this […]
THE AUSTRASIAN GOAT is a French one man “band” that was founded by SHALLNOTKILL guitarist / vocalist Julien Louvet, who also runs his own label D.I.Y. 213 Records. Other than that I have no real backing info, so we can focus on the self-titled THE AUSTRASIAN GOAT debut (?) album exclusively here. Musically the featured […]
So here you have the missing review of the great bands I happened to experience live some time ago supporting NAGELFAR and OF TREES AND ORCHIDS (now INGURGITATING OBLIVION), namely the aforementioned bands, DAEMONS EMBRACE and HIDDEN IN THE FOG. Optically, the face painting of their singer was very original: white with red “scratches” over […]
Sweden – at least I suggest that these four guys derive from Sweden although I actually don’t know where Sävelund is and more information is not to be taken from the infosheet – and what to be expected from Sweden? Of course Swedish Death Metal. Even if I didn’t know anything about this band I’d […]
Do not confuse this band with the infamous trendy Swedish band of the same name. We’re talking about the one and only ARCHENEMY here which used to devastate the L.A area back in the early / mid ’80s with the likes of BLOODCUM and F.C.D.N. TORMENTOR. Back in the day with just a rehearsal tape […]
I have been fooled by the band name and the album cover art in the first place, because I thought I was dealing with a gothic / ambient outfit. Well, the reality is more complex than that. If you can find some gothic elements in "Advent", these are mixed with some Black and Death metal […]
Somehow I always knew that Sauron didn’t die in Mordor in ancient times. Now there is evidence that he went to Malta. As the one ring was destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom, Sauron founded a symphonic Black Metal project in 1993 called APOTHEOSIS and this time his attempt to spread evil all over […]
Finally, some new material from German Death heads APOPHIS. A bit short, but in contrast to other bands, APOPHIS insist on selling "I Am Your Blindness" for a special price. I saw these guys live at the Protzen Open Air a couple of years ago (review still online under "Specials") and was quite impressed. Brutal […]
That the US underground Black and Death Metal scene is raging at the moment has been proved by the latest releases by BLACK WITCHERY, GRAND BELIAL’s KEY, THORNSPAWN or WIND OF THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, just to name a few. Now ANWYL – a malicious Black / Death / Thrash three-piece heading from Hutchinson, Kansas – […]
This Mexican Death Black Metal band offers a quite twisted album with ”Todos Moriran Hoy”. Whereas some tracks sound pretty old school like, others are sounding too modern and even hardcore – influenced. The opener is nothing but a MACHINE HEAD – like song trimmed to Death Metal. Such elements mixed together with their Death […]