Hungarian old school Death Metal… and a brutal and guttural way is what AGE OF AGONY offers shitloads of against each of our faces on their 2nd album, titled "Follow The Way Of Hate". I don’t know (or actually care) what they have done differently on their newest slab musically, compared to their debut album […]
This MCD contains an unreleased 3 song 7" from 1998, a cover version of ‘Kneel To The Cross’ by SOL INVICTUS and an exclusive neo-classical piece by Breyer. AGALLOCH sometimes is kinda Black Metal (vocals) with acoustic parts (guitar, piano, keyboards) and some sort of Epic Metal electric guitar parts (a bit like LORDIAN GUARD, […]
Of all the bands out in the void that is the underground at this moment, it is surprising to me that Brian Slagel owner of Metal Blade Records would "OK" a DEICIDE knockoff to his roster. Granted Metal Blade has been signing some real shit in the past few years… SPOCK’S BEARD, ENGINEER, IF HOPE […]
In their best moments ADVENT from Italy sound a bit like a happy, sunny version of PRIMORDIAL. But for my taste there is too much of a Gothic influence on here. Happy Melodic Gothic Black Metal, or what? Actually, there ARE parts that make me wanna listen until they switch over to something I’d call […]
This four piece from France offer us a really enjoyable first full-length. With two ex-MUTILATED members within their ranks, it is clear right from the start that they are up to play old school Death Metal which is not very frequent these days, I am sure you will agree. Musically wise, ACT OF GODS remind […]
I sometimes think that this Thrash Metal revival sometimes is not that good. Over saturated, pro-tools enhanced and sometimes very dull. Very few bands are doing something that really stands apart from the millions of releases that just re-hash the riffs, lyrical themes and image of what was once done 20 years or so ago. […]
The sky has turned black and it’s so good that after so many years again a Norwegian star is the reason for a further nightside eclipse. Think of times when the term "to own" a record has become much more important than "to feel" it and the words "Black Metal is more than music" are […]
There are now at least three big so-called returns to old styles of Metal. First, the shortly lived Thrash scene, only a small fraction of which went on to record anything good. Second, the Death Metal revival (in my view, this scene in particular may boast to having the highest volume of good bands). And […]
Well, Finnish Death Metal has something really special, ‘though you definitely can’t say that there is a typical Finnish sound like there is a typical Swedish sound. Finnish Death Metal bands are just dark and brutal and almost all of them are brilliant. I’m talking about legends such as DEMILICH, DEMIGOD, mid 90s heroes such […]
Well, another Norwegian-sounding Black Metal-band from France? Yes, but unlike some oh-so-cult-bands, this is more quality-stuff like NEHEMAH or SVEST rather than the completely overrated MUTIILATION when we compare it to French bands. Despite the vocals – which I don’t like that much as they seem to have much of a computerized effect on them […]