Maybe its a little exaggeration but Voices From The Darkside is in some way one of the last shrines of the once brave heroes of extreme Metal. Heroes who fought their battles in the early 80 / 90s without nearly any support from big record labels or massive internet campaigns. But even if these times […]
Ahhh yes CANNIBAL CORPSE is back finally with another release. First I must say this: Along the way CANNIBAL CORPSE has lost something, and I think its due to the critics. Ask any band that is the most popular in their respective genre and they’ll tell you that some critics go out of their way […]
Phoenix, Arizona based three piece CALABRESE were total strangers to me until I stumbled upon their myspace profile not too long ago. Their whole presentation immediately caught my attention, so I checked out some of the sound files they had on offer there… and was hooked right away! Ok, if you’re a narrow minded Death […]
Judging this album only by its layout and title could be a very deceptive experience, because you could be rightfully led to think that CADEVERIA is a Dark / Goth outfit, or a Black Metal one. The reality reveals itself far more complex than that. CADAVERIA (the band) is none other than the new project […]
The “warning” slogan on the backside of this promo CD (“Underground sound for underground maniacs only!”) already makes perfectly clear that you shouldn’t expect a proper production here… But the sound on “Fixed By The Devil” is even worse than I expected it to be and in my opinion by no means justifies a CD […]
Raw Gore Grind from Japan! BUTCHER ABC were formed back in 1994 and split up in 1996 without any recordings. Six years later they joined forces again and after some promotional demos and appearances on compilations they have now released their debut MCD. The four-piece consisting of "Analtoshit" (Axe grind and vomit), "Barbequeen" (Bolt throw […]
East Frisian Thrashers BUGENHAGEN return with their second MiniCD – and not much has changed. Perhaps the real Heavy Metal-ingredients have been reduced in favour of a more thrashy approach and the songs don’t seem to be as catchy during the first listen like the songs on "Unbag The Cudgel". However I think it is […]
Every so often an album comes along that is so pleasing, so destructive, so powerful, it becomes impossible to overstate how great they are. BROKEN BONES, ladies and germs, is old school to the bone. This is thrashing, D-Beat, Hardcore Punk, strictly not for wimps. Certainly nothing the average BEHEMOTH fan would appreciate. Expect everything […]
About a year after Cleveland Metal legend BREAKER had been formed, they were offered to play on Wmms’ prestigious "Coffee Break Concert" radio show in July 1983 reaching most of northern Ohio, parts of Canada, Pennsylvania and Michigan live in the afternoon. Crazy crowd, 13 classic BREAKER songs plus the SMALL FACES cover ‘All Or […]
Two hungry and rotten bands who have more in common than their slightly similar names, namely performing brutal and heavy music! BONE GNAWER, which takes care of the first half, will be familiar by most of you by now. If not, in short: this is a Swedish Death Metal band featuring two well known figures […]