For some, it’s simply a matter of time, of finally focusing and blossoming into a fully functioning unit. Such was the case for MORTAL FUNGUS, a band that amazingly formed in 1991 and released nothing except a demo tape in 1999, eight years after the band formed. Since then the band released a split with […]
If you are convinced the once mighty Quorthon would be better now taking some rest in a sanitarium, and that the future of BATHORY lies in the past, I have the perfect band for you in the shape of MORRIGAN. This German outfit walks on the steps of the ancient Swedish God of Black Metal, […]
Over the last decade a lot of old cool demo compilation releases have been released (not bootleg ones included in this list), among others by bands such as AUTOPSY, MASSACRE, NIHILIST / ENTOMBED, PENTAGRAM (Chile), FATAL, DR. SHRINKER and VON, and some labels like Nuclear War Now! and Necroharmonic have done an excellent job in […]
Twenty-one years after the "Power Of Darkness" album, a cult classic, MINOTAUR have returned, as full of spirit as any aged band worth their salt can hope to be. They remember who they were, and where they come from: the beastly Black Thrash trenches that came astonishingly close to Death Metal. Perhaps they are a […]
Sometimes the layout of an album could be very deceptive. Indeed MINDRIPPER seem to be at first glance a brutal Death Metal band, judging only from the look of the musicians and the drawing of the cover. In fact, the music of this French four piece tends to sound Black Metal more than anything else […]
This is it! This is the real deal for anyone who still worships the good ol’ Swedish Death Metal from the late 80s / early 90s when ENTOMBED were just about to release "Left Hand Path" through Earache Records, DISMEMBER returned to the scene with the impressive "Reborn In Blasphemy" demo, CARNAGE delivered their massive […]
"…and it is written in the book of rock: beware of side-projects, they suck." Please excuse my pathetic attempt at poetry here, but MERCILESS CRUCIFIXION made me do it. These three wedding singers from Greece usually waste their time in over-hyped combos such as ENSHADOWED, BURIAL HORDES or VOMIT CHURCH and obviously saw fit to […]
As soon as I had found out that Chile’s MELEKTAUS was still around after all those years of silence and that they had even finished their first full-length album in the meantime, I expected nothing but a masterpiece! And those expectations were fullfilled completely! Forget about cheesy melodies, forget about the dogbarking style that became […]
What would you expect of a band, that has released such intellectual offerings as "Violence Against Feminist Cunts" or "Fuck Frenzy"??? Well, nothing but total perversion and political anti-correctness that’s almost beyond description, but I try it anyway: "Sniper At The Fag Parade" is dedicated to all "Proud Bitch Fucking Heterosexuals" and is the MEAT […]
Swedeath from Finland with a recognizable Finnish touch: not too melodic, with sort of disharmonic (?) guitars culminating in a chorus that has this melodic melancholy reminding me of SENTENCED a lot. Mid paced with quite a hysteric singer one has to get used to first. The second song sounds a bit more original – […]