I always admired the overall attitude of Norway’s SATYRICON as they not only more or less stayed true to their roots, they are also one of the few, rare exceptions that didn’t musically sell out to the mainstream market like most of their (once) like-minded countrymen did. To celebrate the band’s ten year anniversary ever […]
Mighty SATHANAS returned with a fucking great new album! Almost 3 years after their really cool “Entering The Diabolic Trinity” LP, these Pennsylvanian Death Metal veteran hounds returned with a brand new shredder of an album. To be honest I was somehow skeptical whether SATHANAS would still be able to deliver the goods, but more […]
If you are interested in powerful produced, direct and dark Black / Death Metal, be sure to get this album!!! SATHANAS, a legendary cult-horde from the US (if you like to know more about them, have a look at the interview with SATHANAS main-man Paul Tucker in our “interview” section), unleash their third official full-length […]
SATARIEL play some great sort of modern Thrash Metal. How’s that possible? Easy, they don’t use noisy sounds like MACHINE HEAD and the likes (okay, a tiny but acceptable little bit). Instead, the band reminds me a bit of Devin Townsend. Especially the strange but beautiful choruses like on, ‘Coffin Gateways’ make SATARIEL sound special. […]
For those unaware of this act’s past, SATAN’S HOST was a Power Metal unit in the early to late ’80s, that had a debut album entitled “Metal From Hell” released in ’86 on a relative unknown independent label, and naturally shared the same fate that the majority of bands who make this same mistake suffer. […]
When you feel the desperate urge to find the right angle to communicate your enthusiasm about something, it could be a painful experience, believe me. And I am in this situation now trying to convince you that this album is a true miracle. How to praise this the right way? Because we all have the […]
To be honest I am not very familiar with Finnland’s underground Black Metallers SATANIC WARMASTER, but hey it is never too late to learn, right? Their newest album contains 7 new songs of traditional old school Black Metal that fortunately does not orientate on the Scandinavian legends, because there are way too many bands outthere […]
Swedish SATANIC SLAUGHTER used to be a band, that did not convince me with their albums (e.g. “Land Of Unholy Souls”, “Afterlife Kingdom”), but always did receive rave reviews of their live-shows and so I always thought that there must be something about this band. And tataa!!! Finally the day the Black / Deathers came […]
Fans of SATANIC WARMASTER, PREVALENT RESISTANCE, and all things both believably harsh and saddening shouldn’t have a problem appreciating this new band from Germany. According to interviews, both members have had years of experience in the South American scene, meaning they’re probably well versed in the history of Black Metal’s brutal side, but, at least […]
“Influenced by their heroes MOTÖRHEAD, SLAYER, DISCHARGE and VENOM…” says the info, and yes, SATANARCHY kick off with a riff they obviously borrowed from Lemmy, namely ‘Iron Fist’, just a little different. But above that you will detect VENOM almost everywhere. And SATANARCHY are doing quite a good job: although “Disgraceful World” can’t compete with […]