I remember that the so-called "Black Thrash" sound was very popular some years ago and a considerable number of bands appeared defending the spirit of early VENOM, SODOM, DESTRUCTION, HELLHAMMER and POISON (to name a few). Some of them were extremely ridiculous while others have been actually persuasive. One of the latter was – and […]
I gotta confess that I missed out on a lot of releases by Norway’s blackened Thrashers AURA NOIR ever since their cool "Dreams Like Deserts" EP from 1995, but all of the songs that I did manage to hear every now and then still sounded pretty good to me… That also goes for this live […]
I already wrote a review about ANNIHILATE’s latest release "Forgotten Rites" from 2009 and they asked me to review their first demo "My Soul Demands Annihilation" from 2006, too. For sure I will write that review though talking about a recording which is already 4 years old isn’t that objective anymore. Nevertheless as the guys […]
I already told you my detailed opinion about Brazil’s APOCALYPTIC RAIDS in the other review which is featured somewhere else on this page, so I can keep it short this time. "Only Death Is Real" is the band’s first full-length album and it features Ÿ of the songs that already appeared on the band’s 1999 […]
300 years ago the North Sea was a dark place crowed by ruthless pirates… – all right these times are definitely gone and the Metal pirates ALESTORM are not exactly a modern version of their evil Scottish ancestors. The band which is presenting with the "Leviathan" MCD a kind of warm up to their second […]
“And then again I saw, and behold” a new seal of the UKs purest avantgardist duo. After their essential previous stereo drawings namely “The Ichneumond Method – And Less Welcome Techniques” here they come again with the violent stinch of twitching terror wrapped in half an hour of a nightmare suspension. Cause here is their […]
This is one of the most ambitious venture I’ve seen coming from a real underground label like Moribund Cult. First and foremost because of the musical aspect and for taking the risk of releasing a double album of a band like AZRAEL which is in fact not easy to swallow. Not many labels would back […]
A band with "alcohol" in its name must know how to have fun like TANKARD. Unfortunately, this isn’t quite TANKARD. In fact, it’s not TANKARD at all. The only resemblance it bears to TANKARD is the alcohol theme. But there are plenty of other ways ALCOHOLIC FORCE can sound good. They sound a lot like […]
A strong, but lengthy, intro deceptively pitches the album as an enjoyable listen. Perhaps it is to a minority of Metal fans out there, but for the rest of us, excessive breakdowns will remain distasteful. While this record has a discordant amount of breakdown, there is a strong second wave Black Metal influence that announces […]
"Bestial Machinery" is a collection of rare material that AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED recorded prior to their Relapse Records debut "Honky Reduction". It consists of contributions from split-records, 7-inches and some previously unreleased stuff. The fact, that 136 tracks (the term "song" wouldn’t really fit those outbursts that often don’t last longer than a few seconds) are […]