The first two releases by Death / Grind-with-a-drum-computer originators MORTICIAN now have been reissued and are an excellent opportunity for people who do not already own these CDs. "Mortal Massacre" even features a human drummer and since it is more Death Metal than primitive Death / Grind it is one of the more interesting releases […]
If you ask me MORTICIAN always have been one of those love it / hate it things, although I really can’t understand people who worship this trite mixture of ultra low growls, primitive severly detuned guitar riffs and the frequent use of a drum computer which just sucks. The best part of MORTICIAN are always […]
Earache seem to have inked a license deal with Willowtip Records for Europe, as there’s a bunch of their releases coming up via Earache in the next couple of months (CAPHARNAUM, WATCHMAKER, CROWPATH…). One of them also is the classic MISERY INDEX / COMMIT SUICIDE split CD, which originally came out in the summer of […]
In recent years (2005 – 2010) besides the retro Thrash Metal trend, the international scene has been hit by the revival of the classic SweDeath sound. An endless number of bands have been taking the "template", so to speak, of the originators, eg. Carnage, Dismember and Grave to name a few. For most of the […]
The original, self-financed version of this CD was limited to 500 copies only and had 17 songs in total. Kinda strange that a re-issue offers less (usually it’s the opposite), but I suppose the idea of dropping the entire "Legions Of Evil" demo from 1984 is based on the fact that Marquee Records already used […]
It’s always great to see re-issues that are done with class and dedication, especially nowadays when there’s so many cheaply done bootlegs of 80s Metal classics flooding the market. Luckily INTRUDER’s excellent, yet very hard to find debut offering "Live To Die" (which originally came out on the small but fine cult label Azra / […]
If you read our interview with HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH mastermind Peter Hobbs, you will already have been aware of the plans for the release of this CD. But now it’s finally here, and it turned out even greater as expected! Well ok, "Hobbs’ Satan’s Crusade" unfortunately ain’t a new album by one of Australia’s […]
This ain’t a split-album of two different bands, but an anthology release of Seattle’s HELD UNDER who originally started out under the name DISCOVERY in 1884, but changed their moniker along the way because of various line-up changes. Even though they did a whole bunch of very promising sounding recordings (including a full-length album "Dying […]
Back in 1992, when GOREMENT’s classic "Into Shadows" EP originally came out on Germany’s Poserslaughter Records I certainly considered them as another typical (yet extremely cool!) Swedish Death Metal act in the tradition of everything that had been put down to tape at the famous Sunlight Studio previously at the time. Two years later, on […]
Usually I would say there’s no need to re-issue GOREFEST’s debut from 1991 as you can easily still find it almost everywhere these days. But if you’re a fan of the band or generally worship straight ahead old school Death Metal you should get your hands on this version nevertheless. As the title already reveals, […]