When we talk about the early Polish Black Metal scene names like Graveland and Behemoth immediately come to mind, acts that would be considered as the forefathers of the Polish Black Metal (necro)sound. But not many people remember that another obscure act existed sowing the seeds of evilness and storming near the Baltic those days […]
Another difficult review to write… How I hate this kind of record! It is musically ok for sure, but I wonder about the life span of such an album. If you remember well my recent TRAUMA review, I stated then that a good mastering of the instruments and the quality of a production can’t make […]
It seems YYRKOON has reviewed their choices since the issue of their previous effort (“Occult Medicine”) since “Unhealthy Opera” sounds more focused and a little less clinical. A sort of Lovecraftian concept unifies the thirteen songs on offer here, and that maybe helped the band to come up with a more cohesive album than it […]
This first effort from YATTERING was discontinued for a long time until French label Season of Mist has got the good idea to give it a new chance, following their release of “Murder’s Concept”. This new edition is enhanced by improved artwork and some bonus tracks, that are two cover versions (of BRUTAL TRUTH and […]
Imagine a person "A". When this person starts a band at the beginning of the 90s, for being able to distinguish between the bands he’s part of, we call this band "M". This band plays Death Metal à la DEICIDE. When the big Death Metal-boom however collapses, he realizes that Black Metal will be the […]
Fuck, this is a great one!!! ZYKLON is a new "all-star" band hailing from Norway, consisting of EMPEROR’s Samoth (now naming himself Zamoth – on guitar / bass) and Trym (on drums), MYRKSKOG’s Destructhor (on guitar) and LIMBONIC ART’s Daemon (on vocals). ZYKLON has nothing to do with Zamoth’s old project ZYKLON-B and is musically […]
This relatively young band (named after a vodka brand yet with an additional “s”) hails from Toulouse in France and delivers a very convincing mixture of modern slam- and blast-ridden Death Metal, psychotic Metal Core and twisted Math Core arrangements… if you like that style, that is. No idea about the lyrics here – from […]
On their debut album these French newcomers blend various styles of aggressive music: from Death Metal and Grindcore to Metal- and Noisecore. The complex songs stagger between brutal blasts, Hardcore-typical breakdown orgies, experimental noise-parts and a few Swedish Death Metal melodies. Despite this variety of influences ZUBROWSKA manage to keep their songs dynamic and powerful, […]
I follow this German horde since their very first album and I can only say their evolution has been really impressive. From raw Black Metal, going to a more thrashy style and finally aquiring some Swedish influences on their previous EP, "Contempt", recorded at Necromorbus Studios in Sweden, and which included a great cover of […]
This mini – album is the follow up to ZARATHUSTRA’S last full – length from 2003 "Perpetual Black Force". And "Contempt" is a strong output from these German (Black) Metallers. You get the full fist of traditional Black Metal mixed with Death and Thrash Metal parts directly into your face. Usually I am not a […]