I know that cover-track albums are a love-it-or-hate-it type of thing and especially with the long announced SIX FEET UNDER “Graveyard Classics” record, I wasn’t really sure how much sense this output is gonna make. Then again the album is the band’s pretty honest tribute to their favorite old tracks and comes up with the […]
Since the issuing of their first MCD (“Labyrinth To The Gods “, reviewed elsewhere on this site), Australian Thrashers SITHLORD have refined their recipe for power to the point of perfection. One year ago, I already strongly advised you to keep an eye on this promising band, and I am happy to report that my […]
Not exactly a new release as it was issued in Australia back in 2000, but due to the fact that the band is currently putting the final touches to their forthcoming album (on Barbarian Wrath Records in Germany) and considering the quality of the music, I had no choice but to write about this one. […]
SIRIUS hail from sunny Portugal but their excellent Black Metal is cold as space! Strongly influenced by EMPEROR they even managed to get three of their idols for guest appearances on “Spectral Transition – Dimension Sirius”, namely ex-EMPEROR drummer Faust, Samoth (EMPEROR / ZYKLON) and Daemon (LIMBONIC ART / ZYKLON). This album is variable in […]
The weapons of modern Metal mass destruction are a spreading illness and these days nobody seem to be frightened of mixing all kinds of influences into one big Metal melding pot. Especially DIMMU BORGIR – with their keyboard supported and clinical sound – have established a platform for this style and the Hungarian band SIN […]
My old Italian love SINOATH is back again with a new album. All of you who read the interview that I did with them for Voices From The Darkside should know how much I love this band. So, what can we expect from “Under The Ashes”? Is it my expected mix between “Forged In Blood” […]
It’s been quite a while since I’ve been so much impressed by a self financed release! SINNERS BLEED are hailing from Berlin / Germany, have been around since 1997 and already released two demos previously to this debut full-length (“Awakening” in 1999 and “Restless” in 2000). Unfortunately I missed out on both of them (as […]
I like slogans, such as, “this will be our most melodic, most aggressive, most technical, most what the hell kind of album” etc. Nowadays, bands have to sell their records somehow, but in most cases the descriptions just seem to be exaggeration. A month ago one of the earliest brutal Dutch Death Metal bands SINISTER […]
By all accounts, SINISTER have improved steadily since “Savage Or Grace” in 2003. As it is with most great bands, their best material will likely never be equaled, but that does not mean they cannot come close to re-kindling old flames. SINISTER employ all of their old chops on “The Silent Howling”. The deep, driving […]
I think that, like every fan of the band, we didn’t know very well what to expect from this new SINISTER album after a nearly three-year hiatus, especially with a completely new line-up where only Aad is the only original member but not as the drummer anymore, just as the vocalist. So there’s not even […]