If I hadn’t known it before that this band hails from the United Arab Emirates then I would either bet on Sweden or Finland. After the indulgence of their debut EP "Ancient Skies" I was really stunned by their music and I automatically pressed the repeat button of my CD player. These youngsters (one girl […]
Spain is one of the few European countries where it’s more than difficult for me to name at least five Black Metal bands and so it’s no real surprise that I never heard of EMPTY. The band is existing since 1995 and after releasing a demo and their debut in 2001 they released their second […]
Hellcome the Death Metal underground’s underground! Yes, there are still bands producing tapes these days. No idea how old or new this tape is, but we received it only recently. Limited to 500 copies, the tape is still available for 3,- Euro. I don’t know whether this includes the postage, just ask the band. What […]
Already released in 1997 and 1999 EMBALMED SOULS offer their 2 earliest demos together on one CD-R. The band is a quite active band in the underground and still offers their old demos on CD. By the way, you can get their "Temple Of Bizarre Cult" demo (see review elsewhere here on Voices) on CD […]
A magnificent triumph of a debut for band and label alike, "Fear In A Handful Of Dust", by ELITIST, a band from Portland, Oregon, a city with a laudable Hardcore and Metal scene, proves not only that Portland is a city to watch, it also demonstrates that Season Of Mist have a sweet tooth for […]
When I got in touch with guitarist Ed Hildebrandt, I thought EBULLITION is a new band that tries to make a name in the scene, but to my biggest surprise, this four piece already exists for 20 years. EBULLITION released a four track demo in 1992, that was reviewed in Blood-Shed ‘zine # 4. Nothing […]
Well, as I stated in the EAR TERROR 2002 review, this is a GOREZONE side project: fun Grindcore. A strange mixture of professionalism and dilettantism. Why professionalism? Because they went to the Art Temple Studio! Why dilettantism? Because of everything else! Honestly, I remember the first time I had a tape recorder I would talk […]
"…drunken scum Punkrock for fans of G.G. ALLIN and very early VENOM… it’s rumoured that they’re members of ABSCESS and VON…" That’s probably the two most importent quotes from the label info regarding this release and they already sum up "Wet Slit & A Bottle Of Whiskey" perfectly. The overall sound and sick sense of […]
Even though I used to like their "Unchain The Wolves" album pretty much back when it originally got released I never really cared to follow the career of DESTROYER 666 (don’t ask me why…) and therefore missed out on all of their releases afterwards. Well, if they were of a similar class as this new […]
Live albums… I have hear, witnessed and even been part of a few of them… I wanted it or not… Live albums as any live shows are an essential part of the Heavy Metal world. 20 years ago for a Heavy Metal band to release a live album was a big deal. It was something […]