While most bands in Pagan / Viking Metal, obviously influenced by BATHORY’s "Hammerheart"-era, rather tell of deeds long gone and partially deliver marvellous results (just take FALKENBACH or MOONSORROW as two examples), the Norse bands showed at the beginning of the nineties that it is not enough to hail their forefathers with hymns, but that […]
This is my first encounter with this French band, even if I do know their name and their flattering reputation for years. As usual in this case, I can’t comment on their evolution (or lack of) with time passing by. Rumoured to be a "Pagan Metal" band since day one, HIMINBJØRG play a hybridized form […]
French HIMINBJØRG come up with their sixth full-length, "Chants D’Hier, Chants De Guerre, Chants De La Terre". Mainly this is an interesting release, both music and concept wise. Quoting the band’s website "It’s purpose is to sing for the ears of those who hear and to whisper in the ears of those who awaken." In […]
Fuck! Shit! Do you know what happen with the good wines? They usually gain a lot of taste when time passes on them… Something similar can be said about this band. Their old works were not exactly my cup of tea, I listened to them like to whatever other "normal" record you use to hear […]
"If this recording is not up to your absurd production standards then please do not listen" states the minimalistic booklet. Well, if the production would be the only problem, I’d gladly oversee it. Nevertheless I am pretty sure I will hardly ever listen to this again unless I want to show someone what Black Metal […]
This is beauty your mum really wouldn’t like to experience! These guys are from Magdeburg, Germany (far away from East Frisia, unbelievable…) attracted my attention at a powerful gig opening for THE AWAKENING, DAEMONS EMBRACE, OF TREES AND ORCHIDS and NAGELFAR (by the way: all those bands are worth checking out – take a look […]
Oh dear – what shall I say about this? I bet that HELL ICON don’t give a shit about views of others anyway – but still keep on sending stuff to receive reactions concerning their efforts to create something unique. This is ridiculous I think. HELL ICON obviously felt inspired by acts such as ABRUPTUM, […]
A split CD is a very suitable form for underground bands to present their releases to a wider audience. But also a risky business due to the fact that both bands are more less competing against each other. So even if we are talking about ‘old’ demo releases / tracks you can find a lot […]
Coming from France, this is my first encounter with this band, as this is already their third album. The drummer at one point used to play with MUTIILATION, so I was kind of expecting a similar style of Black Metal. But no, they are quite different. I would say it is a melodic form of […]
I could easily copy most parts of my review on HATE ETERNAL’s previous full-length "King Of All Kings" and re-use it here, with only very little differences… The band’s line-up has changed a bit ever since (Randy Piro replaced Jared Anderson on bass) and the new coverart, even if it may not have those HAMMERFALL […]