If you have checked out our massive interview feature on this classic 80s Thrash act from New Jersey you should already be aware of every little detail concerning BLOOD FEAST’s history, so we can exclusively focus on this eleven song release here. Unfortunately "Remnants: The Last Remains" is not a new studio album by the […]
It’s quite easy to say what makes an album a good album. Good songs, atmosphere, variety, good production, great guitar riffs, a good vocalist, maybe musical skills. But what makes it a successful album? To be honest I don’t know it. Arizona based Thrash Metal band ATROPHY is a fine example of a totally underrated […]
Victory in battle is the highest principle of every Pagan heart – but it seems that not all Pagan Metal bands are properly prepared for the heat of a live battle. A lot of bands are offering quite complex music on their records but during a live concert everything is falling apart. But the re-release […]
The year 2008 had seen a lot of great releases and especially the booming Pagan Metal sector must admit that their scene is a very productive place for a wide range of bands. What makes this scene still so interesting – even if there is an enormous flood of releases with less and / or […]
Just in case some of you wonder about what happened to these techno Deathsters, here are the news: the band is currently shopping for a deal after their dismissal from the Listenable Records roster for (to me at least) obscure reasons. The two first SYMBYOSIS releases ("The Fluid" MCD and the full-length "Crisis") showed a […]
Despite my hopes, this unfortunately is not a new SUN OF THE SLEEPLESS – recording, but old, yet not or no longer available material. However, five out of six songs here were already in my possession and therefore were able to grow. The six songs featured (among them a cover of BURZUM’s ‘Dunkelheit’ and DARKTHRONE’s […]
Already mentioned with their debut album "Satanas El Grande Era" in Voices From The Darkside Polish STILLBORN are about to release their 2nd CD called "Manifiesto De Blasfemia Era" again through Pagan Records. Although I have the highest opinion about the Polish Death Metal scene with such great and outstanding bands as mighty BEHEMOTH, restless […]
This is how I like my symphonic Black Metal. The keyboards are actually supporting the songs! If I had to compare Austria’s STERNENSTAUB with one of the bigger Black Metal acts, I’d probably say DIMMU BORGIR but this doesn’t really hit the nail on its head. STERNENSTAUB have a lighter, more fragile structure and they […]
The Swedish Metal scene is amazing. Sweden has approx. 9.000.000 inhabitants, but probably 1.000.000 Metal bands and at least 1.000 of them are great. On one side you have a band like KATATONIA with their great melancholy, LAKE OF TEARS with their great melodies, OPETH for being just unique, then you have bands like NECROPHOBIC […]
I don’t want to give wrong impressions here, because this album demands all your attention and I can’t spoil this review because of a bad choice of words. For example, if I tell you that this French two-piece offers experimental music, I am sure a lot of you will flee away from this album thinking […]