Records that hit the ground running like this one are always fun. Sounding a bit like EXODUS on “Force Of Habit”, and any one of a number of NWOBHM comeback albums, UNDERTOW is energetic, but their music is too late in coming; the Nu-Metal age is over and done with (thankfully). That is not to […]
Let’s start this review with a small riddle! Please find the connection within the following band constellation – VINTERLAND, MÖRK GRYNING and VARGAVINTER – the only possible answer is Swedish Black Metal from Germany. But far more people will connect UNDER THAT SPELL with guitar player Dionysos former band HELRUNAR even if my small riddle […]
If you ever thought that there somehow was a release missing in the musical evolution from HELLHAMMER’s “Apocalyptic Raids” to CELTIC FROST’s “Morbid Tales”, this might be the record you were looking for. With “Rise Of The Ancient Kings” Canada’s UNDERLORD have delivered ten very cool compositions in the raw and simple sounding tradition of […]
UNDER EDEN bring “together elements of American Thrash and Scandinavian blackened Death… Thrash-oriented guitars combined with furious Death Metal drumming and Metalcore attitude” – end of quote from the info sheet. Frankly said, this is one of the most useless promos I have received in a long time: half-assed generic melodic Scandinavian Gothenburg boredom (yes, […]
This is the 4th chapter and current release from UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN which I got from the band. Don’t exactly know why “Wake Up In The Night Of Walpurgis” was chapter III and “People Of The Monolith” is chapter IV as I read that they had 3 demos / releases before this which would mean that […]
I heard a lot about this Chilenian outfit but the strange thing was that I hardly could find anything about them on the internet. They have no homepage, not even a myspace-account so everything what I heard were rumours or news entries in fanzines and internet forums. Yeah folks, that’s how it was in the […]
This Czech project band was formed in 2000 by members of the Black Metal act STINY PLAMENU and the doomsters QUERCUS and did only recordings available on the net so far. They label their style as “Gray Metal” as, according to the info, this “highly original Metal project” claims to be influenced by the likes […]
ULFHETHNAR are neither hailing from Scandinavia nor are they a kind of Viking Metal band. Of course the band’s name is taken from the Norse history as Ulfhethnar were viking warriors who dressed up in wolves coats and only lived for their thirst of blood. And this outfit thirsts for your blood! The band itself […]
I didn’t believe this stuff would still be this great after all these years! The remastering is just wonderful and done by Mike Wead (guitarist; KING DIAMOND / MERCYFUL FATE, CANDLEMASS, HEXENHAUS e.a.) and simply blew me away, but most importantly, EVERYTHING on this release is so great that it’s as fresh and shredding as […]
“Warrior” is no longer a digipak, a different font was used for the album- and songtitles and unlike with all the other re-releases, the quality of the frontcover turned out for the better (brighter and more clear now). The booklet is similar to the original version, a foldout, but layouted differently and another picture. I […]