Doom. Doom… and doom again. Doom Metal can be a special kind of music. Most will take Doom for “slow” and which this might be true in a sense, real DOOM is more than that. It feels like a weight on your shoulder, like a dark evil shadow in a room, like a pain from […]
Great, they are back: the in-official successors of TERRORIZER and they’re still reigning supreme!!! Two years ago I was blown away by their debut CD which was in my eyes the best try so far (forget all copycats) to repeat the class of “World Downfall” (the record)! WORLD DOWNFALL (the band) is a German band, […]
Over 10 years ago the Austrian label CCP Records discovered such influential bands like RIGER or DORNENREICH and my expectations had not been too low if it comes to their latest discovery WOODLAND from Lübeck / Germany. But these days you have to expect the unexpected and the outcome of this hour of torment is […]
In war as in battle there is only one definite question – victory or dead? The debut of this American band which has been released earlier this year via Iron Age Records is certainly not leading to a big party in Valhalla. WOLVES OF HATE are combining harsh Death Metal with a lot of BATHORY […]
The majestic and the wondrous; these are the staples of the so called “Epic Black Metal” genre, yet another sub-category. The kind of Black Metal a band plays should hardly determine who listens to them, but sometimes differences are pronounced enough to warrant some recognition of a dividing line, even if it is only imaginary. […]
Ah, another gem defying a sound definition, haha. WOBURN HOUSE, the newest band / project with musicians from ISLAND, KLABUATAMANN, VALBOR and ORBO has been taken under the wings of Paradigms Recordings, known for releasing avantgardish and unique acts such as AMBER ASYLUM, WRAITHS or JARBOE (!) in nicely packaged limited editions. “Message…” is a […]
Where are all the IN FLAMES clones everybody is so concerned about? Most of the Melodic Death albums I get for a review sound quite unique, so what’s all that noise about?! WITHERING SURFACE are a little slower than their country mates (does this word exist?) and they’re less straight forward, some rhythms might even […]
I don’t know what is going on with Pagan Records for the moment, because each of their CDs is painfully hard to get. They have to do something very fast otherwise such gems as this sophomore release from the Polish maniacs of WITCHMASMER could miss its audience, and that would be a shame. Well, for […]
Young German Black Thrash headache maniacs WITCHING HOUR solicit the horns from those with the addiction to old Thrash Black Metal. The very name WITCHING HOUR absolutely conjures what you will get: sodden, principally German-styled acidic early Black / Thrash madness delivered with skull-hammering beats, roaring oaths, yelping cries, and wet-brained screams. “Rise Of The […]
I’m sure the ones who like classical Doom Metal in the pure BLACK SABBATH way don’t need any introduction when it comes to such a cult band as WITCHFINDER GENERAL, a band which didn’t get so much attention as others like PENTAGRAM, SAINT VITUS or COUNT RAVEN, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t deserve it. […]