The rousing history of the Czech Black Metal bands started on the brink of the communist regime with the Heavy Metal tapes of the ’80s like MOTÖRHEAD, VENOM, SLAYER, MERCYFUL FATE, etc. and fanzines finding their way into the country. Czechoslovakian youth founded more and more amateur, underground bands to play their music as loud […]
Time warp back to 1994. Even though Black Metal is just starting to gain some more attention to the wider Metal audience, some musicians of that scene were already bored by its borders and started to do some experimental stuff. As Industrial was huge in that era of the ’90s and bands like SEPULTURA and […]
The Costa Rican INSEPULTO (Spanish for: “Unburied”) is one of those long running underground acts from all over the world that keep the Death Metal scene alive and well. Started thirty years ago already, the band took a serious restart after a longer hiatus in 2008 and recorded two albums since then. This year sees […]
Sometimes with different things in life, we need a change of pace. Something that acts like a palette cleanser so to speak. I guess there can be those people who eat / listen / do the same exact thing day after day and truly enjoy it. I for one become numb. I now enjoy the […]
BULLETSIZE is a Swedish band devoted to a combination of old school Thrash and modern Death Metal, despite their beginning as a Thrash Metal band. The mastermind and carrier of the whole project is Andreas Persson, the last member of the original line-up. This is their fifth studio album although this is a hybrid release […]
“DetoNation” marks the first new effort in over a decade by Germany’s ENDSTILLE, the last record coming back in 2013 in the form of the “Kapitulation 2013” full-length. The Ván Records released effort combines both the furious and aggressive with a pall of melancholy, creating an atmosphere of triumph, militancy and desolation, utilizing both fast […]
After 25 years of being out of print the rebels at The Devil’s Elixirs have re-released this legendary three song EP from one of Norway’s elder Black Metal statesmen KAMPFAR. Originally released in 1998 off the heels of 1997’s “Mellom Skogkledde Aaser” album this little EP was a nice touch to help tie things over […]
Three years after their last full-length album HYPNOS returns with a six song EP to stoke the fires of their fans and to commemorate the band’s 24th anniversary. Hailing from the great country of the Czech Republic the band is made up of Bruno (bass / vocals), Vlasa (guitars), Canni (guitars) and new drummer Sataroth. […]
Some may be forgiven for thinking many of the bands hailing from the South American region are all similar in sound. All are sorta just primal, dark and oozing with a more of primitive evil old school approach to Death Metal. All it takes is just one listen to MANIACO from Oserno, Chile and your […]
Grindcore über alles! Hard to believe that NECROMORPH started in 1995 as a Black Metal band, considering the grinding attack that “World’s Disgrace” gives to our ears. The cover artwork is a statement: multinational corporations’ logo, fighter plane, guns, anti-gas mask! The similarity to “Scum” by NAPALM DEATH is evident and when you start listening […]