I am sure Abbath speaks about the golden path between Motörhead and Immortal, when he titled the debut album of I “Between Two Worlds”. Or perhaps he likes the Uriah Heep album so much that he had to copy and paste that album’s name? Personally I think I is more or less the epic midpaced […]
ULCERATE are one of the recent new signings to the mighty Neurotic Records out of the Netherlands. They are a relatively new band from New Zealand with this being their second release other than a couple of demos. Neurotic Records, to me, is one of those labels that has done no wrong and I always […]
Over the years the German label Black Bards has become in some way a stronghold of the local Pagan Metal scene. For example ADORNED BROOD – one of the first acts of this style – found a save haven for their second musical era and DYRATHOR is another interesting act heading towards Valhalla. The band […]
Besides offering a nicely done layout with an appealing black on black printing and a sleeve carrying the embossed logo of the Norwegian band, musically you will find nothing but quality on this debut release as well! Although this is still a demo CD the fact it was released on a "real" label speaks for […]
This is the first time I am exposed to a DRILLER KILLER full-length (their 7th already for Osmose) and believe me, it caused me a blast into the brain. The kind of music DRILLER KILLER play is (in theory) not my home turf, but I see this album appealing for every Metal fan on this […]
The Dutch band DETONATION was founded in summer 1997 under the name of INFERNAL DREAM which they changed into DETONATION in 1998. January 2000 saw the release of their debut mini CD "Lost Euphoria" and now they recorded this promotional 3-track CD, primarily in order to attract the record companies’ attention. DETONATION are dedicated to […]
The return of DETERIOROT is one of the most surprising events this year for me, and it is as powerful as it is unexpected. Frank’s detailed interview with main man Paul Zevaleta will inform you about the various difficulties and obstacles that lay before the completion of this new album, so I suggest you read […]
Old school Death / Thrash in its purest form serves DEATH HAMMER from Norway with this demo tape as they write on their homepage. 3 songs are on this tape but this is absolutely not my cup of tea. The material has no structure, the band is just blasting through the songs with one or […]
Criticized by many…disregarded as musicians, treated like creators of just pure noise…1988 was a tough year for DEATH and some so called ‘specialized’ press magazines…yet, that only encouraged a more mature Chuck Schuldiner to return with a vengeance (from the grave) with its masterful second album and now a full line-up… The Leprosy…’Evil’ Chuck returns […]
Imagine a heavier FIFTH ANGEL or a more straight-forward version of QUEENSRYCHE mixed with the more recent offerings of JUDAS PRIEST and include with that a John Bush of ARMORED SAINT sound-alike handling the mic. If you can do this, than you have the Heavy Metal Rock entity known as DEAF SYMPHONY from Las Vegas, […]