Yes, they still exist. Those four song demos, recorded in one day. Only the fact that there are now three different versions is due to modern times. Originally the demo was released by the band on CD and digital, now Nigredo Productions are in charge for another digital and CD version, this time enhanced by […]
Ok, I can understand some artists wanting to do the “right” thing when re-recording an album, getting a better sound, doing a better performance… But, let me tell you, 99.99% of the time it is a total failure. When a musician records something, not only the tape captures the music, it also captures the essence […]
Back in the day, getting something a few years later was still considered recent… The fellow group of Metal heads where I was living, received this album along SEPULTURA’s “Morbid Visions” at the same time. And the popular opinion back then was that INCUBUS won every time. Yeah, you read right, INCUBUS. The fact that […]
So, I don’t know about you all in the Metal world, I have moods and moments in my listening time. I just don’t play the same thing. There is a time and place for different aspects of Metal depending on where I am, how I feel and what fits my disposition at that particular moment. […]
Various Artists splits are always rootsy and give out the explorer sense especially if the participants are not very well known. The trends set by Earache with “Gods Of Grind” or even “In The Eyes Of Death” from Century Media still rule and keeping the traditions active, Great Dane Records now releasing this little split […]
Ususally I’m not a friend of using too many superlatives, but the second full-length recording of this one-man project from Germany is an absolutely great piece of blackened Heavy Metal! Not more but not less either! It picks up the raw power and anger-energy of very early Thrash and Speed Metal when this style still […]
During the last ten years French based Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions has become one of the most interesting and notable labels when it comes to Black Metal. Most of the past and present roster came also from France, but I do not know if this the case with ASET, since the artists want to […]
Let me start by summarizing this review in one word: Wow! DISTASTE is an Austrian mean Death / Grind machine. I really enjoyed their second album, “Black Age Of Nihil”. Their third full-length “Deibel” flew under my radar. But luckily I get to do this review of their new release “Der Erbtraeger Und Das Fleisch” […]
I remember, back in my trading days, that the Italian Death Metal scene was rather small but amazingly good. I never understood why some bands were not as known as they should’ve been. My best guess? The underground’s focus turned to the blooming NWOSDM and Florida / NY scenes. Anyway, for years I have been […]
When you are a grizzled Metal veteran such as me, you tend to become kinda jaded about things and you look for other aspects to grab you. Be it the sound, the imagery, or even the message the band puts across. Even when I write these reviews, I look for these things and I tend […]