VIOLENT ATTACK is a band from Paraguay, formed in 2001, that plays Thrash Metal. They released four demos and we have the 2003 one. The tape contains four songs which are well played. I would call it Thrash Metal. The band not only plays full speed but also put some slower headbanging parts to their […]
So how long back in time your Thrash Metal nostalgia reaches? Do you think bands like VIOLENT FORCE, PROTECTOR, MINOTAUR or METALUCIFER were criminally underrated and should’ve had become a primary force in Speed / Thrash Metal? If so, then you will definitely enjoy this demo of italian infernal Thrashers VIOLENT ASSAULT. It consists of […]
VIDSYN from Norway pretty much consists of one man alone: Nattsjel. Founded in 1999 the band went through quite a few line-up changes until the recording of this EP. Once again, Nattsjel had to find session members and he found some big names willing to help him out. So we’re not tortured by a plastic […]
Danish act VICTIMIZER used to operate below my radar so far, but their new 5-track EP "Resurrected Abominations" makes me actually wonder: why? Blending traditional Thrash / Speed Metal elements with raw vokills that rather fit a Death or Black / Thrash band plus high-quality songwriting mounts in ass-kicking yell-a-long hymns that are consumed ideally […]
Another fine slab of old school Death Metal these fine gentleman from Sweden are presenting again in this morbid cooperation between Belgium/UK labels in a fine 7" vinyl EP. This time with a more morbid sounding band, which recalls the Swedish sound, but that more in the vein of TOXAEMIA, CREMATORY and GROTESQUE. The recording […]
Late last year VETERNUS announced its existence with the demo tape, "Perpetual Insanity". Barring the fact that there are two pressings of the demo, copies are scarce. Nevertheless, they did well enough to attract attention from Detest Records, one of the youngest, and best, labels for Death Metal today. Continuing where they left off on […]
Pointing fingers is never polite, but someone – or something – deserves the credit for starting the new wave of Swedish Death Metal. I place the thanks squarely on Daniel Ekeroth for bringing Sweden’s dark past to our attention again. He and REPUGNANT and KAAMOS, it appears, championed Swedish Death Metal like no others. Since […]
VERY WICKED managed to impress quite a few people at EAR TERROR 2002 with their mixture of old school Death Metal and modern brutality. All this is captured on this CD. Unfortunately, the sound destroys a lot of the good impression the songs make.Very often albums become boring after a little while as the only […]
It’s uncommon that the hype boiling around a forthcoming release is unexaggerated. Typically people work themselves into a fever pitch, wherein no amount of artistry can match their inflated expectations. But this band – VASAELETH – made such an impression with their 2009 demo, and an equally forceful follow up with their EP, that their […]
Norwegian Black Metal isn’t something unusual, and VARULV being a sideproject isn’t something unusual either. Starting in 2005 the 2 UNSPOKEN-members Kent and Julian decided to show us their misanthropy in form of this radical form of musical expression. Well, that being just my fantasy, the misanthropy-issue here. Usually I don’t care about all this […]