I am sure not many of our readers are familiar with this blasphemous horde which has been already active since 1994. Hailing from Mexico,"Todos Moriran Hoy" is already the third effort by ANTON. The two previous releases were thrown on the market in 1996 "Creador Del Dolor" and in 1998 "En El Umbral Del Chaos". […]
The first thing that struck me about this new ANNIHILATOR record is the high level of aggression. "Waking The Fury" is probably the heaviest album in their career ever. Being the little wimp that I am I first didn’t like this development at all and started to search for non-ANNIHILATOR elements to find out why […]
Powerful Heavy Metal with gruff vocals is what you get from Serbia’s ancient (since ’82, beginning in former Yugoslavia) Metal band ANNATHEMA. Originally recorded in 1997, this re-issue is mostly mid paced with good rocking riffs and occasional sections when the heavy drummer lets the double-bass roll out like MOTÖRHEAD’s ‘Overkill’. That this band has […]
So tired am I by the current Black Metal carnival that I delayed this review beyond reason, expecting once again a goofy record to talk about. Well, my apologies to the band, since "Recipere Ferum" has proved itself an excellent album. ANIMUS HERILIS claim their foundation as soon as in 1993 (I am a little […]
The info sheet that came along with ANIMA DAMNATA’s second full-length after a demo in 2001 and the re-release of their debut "Suicidal Allegiance Upon The Sacrificial Altar…" as a split album with THRONEUM told me something about Death / Black, but this is a little misleading because most people associate bands like IN AETERNUM […]
ANGER AS ART seems to be the rather new venture of several old dogs of the underground Thrash scene of the US that graced us during the gold era of Metal (80s of course) with several outstanding gems of the genre. The band is fronted by none other than Steve Gaines of Pagan War Machine, […]
There are a handful of bands which, summarizing all their releases (and in the case of ANDRAS we are talking about 5 full CDs plus several demo / live tapes), constantly recreating their style during their career. If I think about them nearly a decade ago my first connection was the song ‘Die Vorboten’ (from […]
Since their fantastic debut album "Massacre, Corruption, Destruction" in 2000 these four maniacs has kept the banner of violent Thrash Metal high. Founded 1998 in Sao Paulo ANDRALLS releases with "Inner Trauma" on Marquee Records already their third studio album (there’s also a live album entitled "Fastrash Live 2003") and they can be considered as […]
This surely is a heart-warming, old-schoolish and non-compromising Thrash attack leaving no prisoners behind. ANDRALLS apparently dedicate all their energies to the heritage of acts such as KREATOR, JUDAS PRIEST, EXODUS, SLAYER. These maniacs revel in the good old 80s and digest this influence and passion in their music. The result are homages to this […]
Since the day I discovered this Swedish band, with their second album "Dreams Of Death And Dismay", I never stopped being amazed by how they managed to create incredibly technical and at the same time original music without falling into the typical standards of Death Metal. The previous album marked a change in their style, […]