It is extremely difficult to be objective when talking about a band you totally worship. Especially when you happen to "know" the people behind the band and you loyally follow every single footstep of theirs. It might sound naïve, stupid or whatever and I certainly don’t care, but the truth remains that PENTACLE is the […]
Raw and aggressive old style Thrash Metal from the true Mosquito Coast, the Muslim infested wastelands of the Philippines. Recorded live so there is no excuse for studio effects by any grime fingered producer or some such other gremlin finding a way to fuck up PAGANFIRE’s recorded works. "Tasteless Revenge" is easily some of the […]
Tales from France are told in black. Or should I say "colorless" for that would describe the nihility of OVERMARS second album much better. "Born Again" – from pain? To die again? Yeah, dark, slow, gloomy, sinister, crushing and experimentally hypnotizing are all adjecitves that suit well to this monstrous band. Thank God that they […]
A corn field fully grown in a late summer evening somewhere in the northern hemisphere before the inner eye of Ben Corkhill (only member/master of this band) and the last three FALKENBACH releases in his side pocket could be the first "unserious" approach to this release from England’s new Pagan Metal hope OAKENSHIELD. So many […]
It seems that the reincarnation of NECROPHAGIA has set some old Death Metal fanatics hearts aflame. What with the release of their most recent album "Holocausto…" and the constant resurrecting of demos, live tracks and what else have you. NECROPHAGIA seem intent on letting us all know that they have been there, done that, worn […]
This is insane how much Brazil produces one class act after another these days! Maybe the Brazilians have settled Death Metal breeding farms somewhere in their country, I don’t know… Take NEPHASTH for an example: this foursome from Porto Alegre offer us an amazing album, utterly perfect. I was hooked at once by one track […]
Metal from the Czech countries (NADIMAC hail from Serbien – Frank) usually sounds schizophrenic; that is, just barely held together by whatever demented geniuses are at work within each respective band. NADIMAC is no exception to this tradition begun by MASTER’S HAMMER and ROOT. A number of flaws mar this album (muffled production being one […]
According to their bio Italy’s MYSTICAL FULLMOON originally started out in 1994 as MORBID ENTITY, back then still playing a grim form of Death / Black in the old vein. A year later they changed their moniker into MYSTICAL FULLMOON and finally completed their line-up which also lead to a change of direction into a […]
By the cover art, lyrical content of this CD and the MASTER-ish logo of MALAS (an interesting side note, this band MALAS also call Chicago home) you would be under the impression this was going to be some srt of Metal hybrid of HAMMERFALL meets MASTER and you wouldn’t be half wrong! What then is […]
Originally released on CD in 1992 through the Polish label Digiton Records now officially released for the first time on vinyl through Blood Harvest Records comes this Death / Thrash jewel from the Polish chains & leather freaks MAGNUS. As far as I know Reaper Metal Records re-released “Scarlet Slaughterer” on CD, but I have […]