Though a long-time active US Black Metal band, ABAZAGORATH were rather slow in releasing material. The fantastic debut album "Tenebrarum Cadent Exsurgemus" was put out in 1997 on Elegy Records and seven years (!!!) had to pass before the band’s second strike finally was delivered. Ok, some EP releases appeared since 2002, but the slow […]
I’ve come to the same conclusion with this new movement of old school Death Metal that I did with the recent glut of new school Thrash bands. That is, I’m largely unimpressed. With few exceptions (bands like DEAD CONGREGATION or TORMENTED), I’d much rather listen to the originators. Why listen to WARBRINGER if you can […]
The new kids on every block keep the Thrash Metal resurgence strongly going on – and this time it’s this relentless Norwegian trio under the NEKROMANTHEON moniker that wants to spend some time in this very same limelight for the name of furious and hellish sounding blackened Thrash Metal. So, what can these Norwegians offer […]
The Swedish Death Metallers MIASMAL have roamed the underground for a few years, and have 2 praised selftitled releases under their belt, which makes this album the third selftitled release from them. The two first releases, a demo and a 7" EP are both included on this debut full-length CD, quite a gesture for us […]
With the advent of a new, and blessedly brief, Thrash revival, a number of old hats flew out of the dusty closet where they once lay forgotten. Some reunions were like old heroes, come home from a long absence. Others perplexed, leaving us to scratch our heads with wonder. “Why did they come back?” I […]
"Decade Of Perdition" is a DVD containing 3 chapters. The first one shows a concert in Budapest which was the band’s 10 years anniversary show on February, 22nd 2004. Ten songs which lead through SEAR BLISS’ whole musical creations and which show that these guys are, besides being creative and innovative (especially the incorporated trumpet […]
This legendary and occult band is haunting the scene for over three decades (!!) already and that makes them even older than SLAYER, dear boys and girls. Still they only released 5 official (as far as I know) and 2 unofficial / independent ones. Since March the 13th 2010 we can add this DVD to […]
I personally discovered New Jersey Thrashers OVERKILL around the time when their self-titled EP on Azra / Metal Storm Records came out sometime back in 1984 / ’85. And even though I grew up with the music of those guys, I was never really aware of the fact that the driving force behind them was […]
At the time when "Seen Between The Lines" originally got released on VHS (back in 1991), I temporarely had already lost my interest in TESTAMENT and therefore didn’t feel the need to check it out anymore… But over the years TESTAMENT’s songwriting luckily had changed for the better again, so this time the re-release on […]
Here are Chicago’s finest Doom Metal dealers TROUBLE with their first official DVD, which was recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on November 29, 2003 at a show with CANDLEMASS and FORCE OF EVIL. Eyes and ears are pleased with a crystal-clear picture, a flashing light show, an excellently heavy sound (especially the guitars roar like thunder!) […]