Well, before you’re going to read this review, there are two facts you should be aware of. First, ZAO are genuine Hardcore, no Metal here. And second, ZAO originate from the Christian Hardcore scene. So if you are allergic of those two facts, better stop reading to avoid an anaphylactic shock. The biography of this […]
There’s not that many compilations around that I would personally consider as essential from an underground-fan’s point of view. Well, "True Kings Of Norway", "Projections Of A Stained Mind" and the (infamous) "Seraphic Decay Compilation" come to my mind right away and then it’s getting quite difficult already… But now I can definitely add this […]
Aaaaaaaaaah, goose bumps! Does anyone of you remember how it was 15 years ago to unpack a packet and find a 7" EP like "Into Infinite Obscurity" of DISSECTION inside? If you can remember you will know how I felt when receiving this lovely piece of vinyl! This is like in the early nineties when […]
I always wonder who is doing the packaging of those label-compilations. If I only had a look on the cover I would have never ever bought that CD when I saw it in a shop. And I also would declare it rather clever not to mention the last songs on the compilation on the backcover […]
Tribute-albums overkill! I personally wouldn’t say that "bigger" names necessarily need to appear on a tribute album to make it appealing to the customer but at least the quality of the versions should be included! Some tributes these days just smell like cheap cash-in and this would also be the case with "Demonic Plague – […]
Even though this tribute compilation was certainly a lot more justified than many of the other ones that are circulating these days, I still don’t completely get into it. And my biggest problem is: I don’t even exactly know why, cause everything seems to fit. From the totally CARCASS typical cover design, to the selection […]
This is nothing really important, unless you have missed out on all the goodies that the Dutch label The Plague released throughout the last year. Thirteen tracks are featured on this compilation here, all taken from the band’s latest releases, except for ‘Taking Down The Descender’ by SEVERE TORTURE, which is a previously unreleased track. […]
"Hellbangers started in 1996 when the local Metalheads from the Mosel area met the guys (Desaster and friends) from the Koblenz area and we thought we could gather all the local Metalheads from all the small villages in the area under one flag. Originally it was only Hellbangers "Moselfranken" and around 10 years later some […]
Another tribute album coming from Dwell Records. The featured band is MORBID ANGEL. And in my eyes "Scream Forth Blasphemy" is a really dignified and quality tribute album. On one hand we have one of the greatest and most influential Death Metal bands which created a lot of immortal hymns and on the other hand […]
I know that volume 5 of this compilation series is already out by now and that we just had reviewed it yesterday, but as Gordon at Relapse was nice enough to send us a copy of this one as well, I think we shouldn’t ignore it, no matter how "dated" it may be… And the […]