On their new MCD TRANSGRESSION once again show their qualities. That is: brutal old school Death / Grind with a strong scent of CANNIBAL CORPSE as a major influence. No big surprises on here as long as you don’t consider being truly good a big surprise for a German Death Metal band. No “kindergarten-riffs” on […]
Strange, weird, bizarre… that may be the right words to describe this album. If you do not call yourself an open-minded person you better stop reading, because “Four Scissors” really demands flexibility within your mind. The music features all kinds of different genres… from Gothic Metal to Power Metal, Industrial Noise to Dark Wave. And […]
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, a well known formula delivering the final blow to all human beings (as long as there are Christians!) and TRANCELIKE VOID are presenting with “Destroying Something Beautiful” the perfect soundtrack to our final destination. The band is calling their style Depressive Black Metal and making music in line with […]
Absolute brutal early-mid ’90s era Death Metal mixed with the same period tempered Grindcore, from Groningen, Holland appears this crushing new band to the international scene TOXOCARA. Formed on the cusp of ’03-’04 and out of the ashes of several promising Dutch acts as PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT, SEIZURE, SANGUINARY, THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT and EREBUS, it is […]
Beginning with an intro mixing Bathory’s ‘Revelation Of Doom’ and Venom’s ‘Witching Hour’, Toxic Holocaust deliver a half hour’s dose of Witchburner-ish neo-classic Thrash Metal in the vein of Kreator and Exumer – but with throaty Norsk style Black Metal vocals. Nothing groundbreaking or original here, but quite respectable when you consider Toxic Holocaust is […]
Its a remarkable feat for any old band to sound even the slightest bit as spirited as their young counterparts. In TOTAL TERROR’s case, time has been kind. Originally formed in 1993 as a side project of Dan Swano’s, TOTAL TERROR folded after one demo, probably because Swano was busy with EDGE OF SANITY at […]
I should clarify before beginning this review that I spend relatively little time wallowing in that most emo of all Metal sub-genres, Suicidal Black Metal. Once in a while, however, I do find myself in the mood for it, and when it is performed effectively, it can produce profound results. Initially, I expected to be […]
This new band from Germany is presenting their scene debut with this EP, and even if it’s only a limited amount of 3 songs the impression is quite positive. TOTAL NEGATION in person of Wiedergaenger is playing Suicide Black Metal / Funeral Doom and talking about a self produced demo with the normal sound problems […]
I often find myself trying to describe the cover of some Black Metal album to a friend and finding I lack the ability to distinguish it: “You know, the one with the black and white cover” or “that one with the guy in the forest wearing corpsepaint” or “the one with the nature scene on […]
The Swarm is gone, Chris Barnes is gone, Metal Blade is gone but one thing remains – the Finnish Death Metal institution TORTURE KILLER are still haunted by the ghost of the former leading act SIX FEET UNDER. There will be for sure not a single review of “Sewers” which can avoid mentioning their American […]