Ok, this blew me away! This is a project of Herr Ra, mastermind and vocalist behind NECROS CHRISTOS and DROWNED. But, this is much darker and deeper than both of these bands combined. And, believe me, this burrows in the underground of the occult soul to the very possible end. Trance-inducing, hypnotic, estatic – it […]
Shortly after Craig Pillard, Ronny Deo and Jim Roe left INCANTATION they formed WOMB and recorded a five track demo which has never been released until now because of the disbandment of this new project. WOMB was a Doom / Death band with deep vocals, two basses and no guitars. So you could imagine that […]
The first studio release from the Belgian Goregrinders on the Rotten To The Core label brings us a nice EP. And yes, it’s a blast. You get 6 tracks smashed right into your face in about 12 minutes and as soon as it’s started, it’s already over again. The songs are well played with nice […]
WITHOUT END is the new home of the two former HEADLOCK members Adam Tranquilli (guitar & vocals) and Adam Kiefer (drums & backing vocals) who hooked up with Tom Lorenzo (on bass & backing vocals) for this project here in 2001. Considering the long musical experiences of both, Tranquilli and Kiefer (who already had payed […]
These days it’s more than difficult to differ between simple black coal on one side and the raw diamonds of our scene on the other one. But even if I nearly missed this MCD – the album arrived together with a handful of fully established bands – the decision where to locate this rising Swedish […]
Without any biography or info sheet I received this release from High-Roller-Records. I only checked out their myspace page for at least a little news around them. According to this little information I have this is WITCHGRAVE’s first release. The reason why I wonder about that is the overall original and outstanding approach this 2-piece […]
Sweden, bloody fuckin’ Sweden… always churning out tons of killer Metal acts under our watchful eyes that simply scream to be liked and adored. WITCHGRAVE, this 2-piece act from Växjö, Sweden, features members from two other Swedish Metal bands – ANTICHRIST (Thrash Metal) and Eviscerated (Death Metal), and the band has chosen a path to be […]
I think most people out there already know that WITCHBURNER meanwhile turned into the band the legendary DESTRUCTION used to be in the 80s. Their 2002 MCD / MLP "German Thrashing War" is the best prove for that. WITCHBURNER do not fuck around with modern sounds or 08/15 Abyss productions like DESTRUCTION did on their […]
"Die Asche meines Lebens" is Wigrid’s second effort, but since I do not have their first album nor did I ever listen to it, I am not able to make any comparisons. This German band however draws a lot of influences from later BURZUM or other Black Metal, that nowadays would be labelled depressive. Four […]
WEIRD FATE is a German Black / Dark Metal outfit formed in 2001 and is now presenting their first demo-CD called "Seelenmacht". This band is a good example that taking time for development is a very positive circumstance. This is really talented, as far as musicianship is concerned as well as in songwriting-matters. "Seelenmacht" offers […]