Judging them by their biography the band is active already since the late 80s. Haven’t heard from them until a few weeks ago when Claudio from Rawforce Productions sent me the “Tribulated Bells” CD and their “Two Decades Of Perpetual Souls” album. And about the 2nd mentioned record I’m going to write here. It’s a […]
Conceptually speaking, this must be one of the most daring projects I’ve witnessed within the Metal scene. Personally I don’t view Mozart as the most Metal-related classical music composer, though his Requiem has some major sections. So, the question that has to be asked is if this connection works? The music and the lyrics have […]
The massive release wave of Greek Black Lotus Records seems to have a special interest in the Swabian Metal underground, cause after signing LUNA FIELD here comes another thirsty band out of the Stuttgart area. SACRIFICIUM are not new to the scene cause since 1993 this five piece did several demo releases as well a […]
Well, you really got me Frank! This is a hard test on how objective I can be… SACRIFICIUM play White Death Metal, what the hell!?! Writing something good about such a band would be the same kind of treason if I’d write something positive about Borussia Dortmund as a native Bochumer! That is simply impossible… […]
Well, although this bands exists since 1990 I have never heard of their existence until I found this 3rd CD in my mailbox. What we have here is nothing but pure Thrash Metal which can mostly be compared to old Testament and Dark Angel. The sound is cool, not overproduced but in a very traditional […]
I could praise this band for hours as I rate them the most outstanding Heavy Metal act existing on this planet. But don’t be afraid, I will spare you the most of it to concentrate myself on this new offering, their most brutal to date should I hasten to say. No wonder with a title […]
SACRAMENTAL AWAKENED from Belgium is another band which is trying to add something new to the current Melodic Death Metal scene. If you look at the latest releases there are two big developments in this scene – one is the let’s call it the IN FLAMES way of life, the other one is more the […]
Japanese SABBAT is considered as one of the most cult Black Heavy Metal bands in existence with an insanely dedicated cult following. I am not really sure who is able to afford to obtain the entire SABBAT catalog which has grown to an insane huge number of releases part of which is the infamous “Harmageddon” […]
In a seemingly endless line of special SABBAT releases comes this “Live Sabbatical Hamaguri Queen” CD release to help fund SABBAT’s kamikazi attack on North America this September. The songs were recorded over the course of four nights of their 20th anniversary tour in September 2004. The sound quality is fairly consistent throughout the seventeen […]
It’s kinda weird… even though I was heavily into tapetrading back in the 80s and as a result also came across a lot of the Hardcore Punk / Crossover acts from back then (D.R.I., C.O.C., RAW POWER, M.D.C., THE ACCÜSED, GBH, DISCHARGE etc.etc.), for some strange reason never really managed to listen to Canada’s SUDDEN […]