SUBCONSCIOUS from Ludwigshafen, Germany seem to be quite the old stagers in the (Metal) music business: formed in 1990 as a Thrash / Death Metal band, they released one demo in 1992 and two studio albums in 1993 and 1995. In 1997 they split up and were put on hold for five years. After their […]
Hailing from Nova Scotia, Canada, this Canadian quintet known as STYGIAN SKY, did take me by quite a surprise indeed. This 4-track demo that they recorded in 2008 already, is actually more than a solid interplay between the band members’ true musical abilities to kick ass as a tight yet talented unit. STYGIAN SKY borrow […]
STYGIA, from Peru, keeps up with the South American tradition of Death Metal. A warning first: purists please stay away from this. “Anthems” features a raw production. There are no triggers, no sampling or ridiculously compressed mastering. And even though every instrument is clear and natural, the mix lacks heaviness. Also, sometimes the execution may […]
Recently I met Cornelius of SOLEFALD and he described the third attack of his side project STURMGEIST as “easy listening Black Metal” – a description which I thought would never be applicable for this band without borders. Everybody who knows STURMGEIST from their first two releases via Season of Mist will expect everything – in […]
To make me completely unpopular with the band STRYCHNOS I have to write that the first one and a half minutes of the opening track ‘B.A.T.H.O.R.I.’ have a similar feeling as the first moments of GOREFEST’s ‘For The Masses’ from their “La Muerte” comeback album. This is no joke and I don’t want to joke […]
It’s been a while since I stumbled across a Heavy / Power Metal recording that really catches my attention. STRIKER hails from Canadian lands and it has been a breath of fresh air for the berserk of Death / Black Metal releases coming out from everywhere during the last few years. STRIKER is a band […]
Northern Silence are introducing STRIDSMENN with the words that the spirit of the mid 90s is missing in today’s armada of new Black Metal releases especially if it comes to the new generation of Norwegian bands – a statement which I would sign with my own blood. STRIDSMENN are heading from Norske and the band […]
According to the info I received this is the first album released by a Thrash Metal band from Israel. I find that a bit hard to believe, I remember the band NAIL WITHIN releasing their debut album in 2003, and although they had also some melodic Death touches, they were Thrash (how the hell could […]
And again STRIBORG, a term which really fits due to alone seven re-releases of old material in 2007 (plus 1 DVD) but this time Displeased Records is in the position to offer new material in form of STRIBORG’s latest release “Autumnal Melancholy”. If I confirm that nothing changed more or less the core message has […]
STRIBORG have since their creation more or less been a love/hate-thing. This will most likely not change with the new album. When I had been introduced to this band by a friend from Tasmania at the end of the 1990s, I would have never thought that this band would attract the attention it later did. […]