The wheel of time is turning and if it comes to the German newcomer WHEEL it’s turning heavily back in time to the good old times of traditional Doom Metal – yes the times when the one & only Metal god BLACK SABBATH was ruling the northern and southern hemisphere. Northern Silence including their sublabel […]
Despite their German monicker and the fact there’s an American (which changed name already) and a Swedish WELTSCHMERZ, this is the Dutch one and hail from Amersfoort. More important, they’re good at their game performing Black Metal in the well-known Norwegian style. The bandpicture shows these Guys are pretty young, but sound pretty mature. Everything […]
Although the band’s name might suggest a relation to NS-ideology, WELTMACHT are definitely not a bunch of Black Metal Nazis, at least as far as I know, because I can’t read minds, right? They obviously took their Nietzsche lessons, but do not consist of kids, that try their best to be provocative, but serious members […]
From the very first riff I could relate this to the early Hardcore / Thrash L.A. scene. And I was right when I found out that WEAPON 13 consists of people that have been into Metal for more than 20 years with bands as HIRAX and WARGOD. In fact this band is actually COLD BLOOD […]
It seems to become a small tradition that at the end of each year Canada is sending out their best bands to conquer the various Metal thrones. Last year the resurrected SACRIFICE impressed a lot of Metal heads with their comeback release “The Ones I Condemn” and in 2010 this honorable slot is given to […]
Though I doubt that Black Metal has actually been reborn through WATAIN, their highly anticipated and stunning new album “Lawless Darkness” can easily be entitled the definition of Black Metal in 2010 and a sonic, lyrical and visual manifest of all that was, is and forever should be the essence of this genre. WATAIN have […]
It seems the Lord of Darkness himself has spoken through this unholy trio delivering a real masterpiece of Swedish Black Metal blending the epic melodies and riffing of DISSECTION, the raw aggression of DARKTHRONE / old MAYHEM with a unique talent in creating morbid, sacrilegious moods. Whereas a lot of Swedish bands abandoned the left […]
Oh, a new DYING FETUS release!? No. But that’s the first thought when listening to WASTEFORM, who can’t deny certain parallels to the present spearhead of Hardcore-influenced Death / Grind, although their Hardcore influence is much more distinct. On eight songs (plus acoustic instrumental and outro) WASTEFORM frequently vary from extreme Death Metal blasts to […]
This is the reunion from Hell! Apparently singer Volker “Iron Lung” Frerich decided to dig WARHAMMER back from the grave and give out another dose of Necro Doom Death Metal of Apocalypse to all old school maniacs out there. And you don’t have to worry, new guitarist Kevin “Lord” Wittek doesn’t mean a change in […]
Doom Metal releases are sometimes not as easy to review as their Death / Black brothers and if the discussion comes to THE WANDERING MIDGET the status must be changed from easy to difficult. The Finnish band is another newcomer to the Doom family and after their 2007 MCD (“I Am The Gate”) via Eyes […]