I’ve lost count of the amount of times this album has spun in my player – that could be both a good and a bad sign – in this case, I’m not sure my mind is made up, until the last word of this review is written. I’ve had a quite ambivalent relationship with SINISTER […]
History lessons are usually great and informative, also when it comes to lessons in Metal! THRASHER DEATH is a Polish band that roamed in the mid-80s and later on transformed into PSYCHOTRON, a band that searched out a different approach than the raw Speed Metal and early Thrashing sound that THRASHER DEATH was dwelling in. […]
I didn’t know the Chinese label AreaDeath until I received this release, it seems like they have specialized themselves in digging up long lost and forgotten demos by underground bands around the globe, and giving them a proper release – and some of the praise and glory they never received back in their heydays. Take […]
I was thrilled when I laid ears upon the first RIBSPREADER album "Bolted To The Cross" back in 2004, a well delivered punch to the face in form of good old school Death Metal, topped with Rogga Johansson’s insanely great growl, and guitars by one of the deities of Swedish Death Metal, Dan Swanö. The […]
It’s been a good while since I’ve been following the Mexican Death Metal scene, I haven’t listened much to new Mexican Metal since my friend Joel from American Line Recordings stopped sending me his releases back in the days. Back then most Mexican Death Metal was about CARCASS worship or darker than dark occult Death […]
MASSEMORD hails from Poland and delivers here on their 3rd full-length album with the toungebreaking title "The Madness Tongue Devouring Juices Of Livid Hope", one track running 35 minutes – 35 minutes of utter darkness and despair. A bleak slow droning guitarriff begins the journey through madness and desperation. The rhythm is mostly slowpaced and […]
Why do a good part of the South American hordes have to use tonguebreaking and insanely long titles on their albums? This is not the first time I’ve asked myself the question, and will probably not be the last, as I in some weird way are drawn towards such bands and albums! DEFORMITY BR is […]
The new household name on the dark scene of Norwegian thrashing madness is THE BATALLION. A band consisting of members that have roamed and roam bands as OLD FUNERAL, GRIMFIST, DEATHCON, BORKNAGAR, TAAKE, CULT OF CATHARSIS and AMOK. How does such a bunch end up playing fastpaced dark Thrash Metal with a good deal of […]
For those who prefer their Metal keeping its direct link and inspiration all the way to the glory ’80s, CIANIDE is one of the most obvious answers. Man, these stubborn Ill-Noize bastards are the equivalent of the fuckin Berlin Wall when it comes to Death Metal, as you damn well know where you stand in […]
Mission completed! With his “The Return… Of Svensk Dödsmetall” Nicola finally managed to create the ultimate work to represent the moniker “Encyclopdia”. Where the first edition was already amazing and almost complete I dare to say that with this 2nd edition the editor created a complete overview of the Swedish Death Metal scene between 1988 […]