For those of us that can remember and that have lived in the “good ol days” of tape trading, mail order for music and reading photo-copied zines, this is how we would find and discover all the new and the latest. If you were lucky enough to have a record store to carry the more […]
When I was asked to review this album, I initially thought it was the Polish Black Metal band from the ’90s. However, it turns out that this band is more current and hails from Belgium. I knew nothing about them, so I began researching and listening to their previous work. They have a demo, a […]
Finnish Doom Metal purveyors CARDINALS FOLLY have returned with a new album after three years of a hiatus. The band has kept a bit busy releasing a split EP, a boxed set, and two compilation albums in those three years, but alas we get new material this time around. Playing traditional Doom with certain parts […]
When I deal with an unknown outfit, the band photo is always of a certain importance. Not because of the length of hair or suchlike, but because of the band shirts worn by the musicians. Since these are a reference and hint of inspiration. And, in time before the world wide web, always a good […]
Nordic Black Metal at its finest! In the last years, although Black Metal still remains underground, we are surrounded by a lot of releases. Lots of bands, lots of labels, lots of subgenres. Stated that this is such a vibrant moment for Black Metal, we also have to admit that it became more difficult not […]
One of the reasons for the great immediate success of AMON / DEICIDE is that their demos, “Sacrificial” and “Feasting The Beast” had a very good sound, a very good recording, especially “Sacrificial”, recorded by Scott Burns at Morrisound studios back in 1989. Many compilations of these demos have been published over the years, the […]
IMMORTAL is a band that needs no introduction, having established themselves as one of the greatest and most formidable Black Metal bands in the genre’s history. Having formed in Norway in 1991 and producing a prestigious output consisting of ten instantly recognizable full-lengths across over 30 years, “The Northern Upir’s Death”, the newest compilation of […]
This new work of the Death / Doom Metal combo contains not only two new songs and a GOATLORD cover, but also includes all the material they ever recorded, which is their previous two demos. OSSUARY plays an old school type of Death Metal, very similar to AUTOPSY, ASPHYX and older PARADISE LOST, and although […]
Back in the day, when I had the chance to listen to this demo, I always thought that the band was German. I mean, the sound, production and way of playing was screaming teutonic steel in the early ASSASSIN, KREATOR or SODOM vein, with obvious references to early SLAYER, EXODUS and METALLICA. For the sound […]
LE MORTE is a two piece Death / Doom band from Richmond, Virginia. The band sounds interesting, a mix of traditional Doom coupled with punkish touches of Black Metal. Do you remember that sound of DARKTHRONE with a Punk edge? Tone that down by adding layers of raw vocals and heavy distortion and we’ve got […]