Although the aesthetics of this release leans more towards a Black Metal imagery, truth is this is a bit away from it. Yes, there is a bit of old school Black Metal, but mostly is that they are more in the vein of old DISSECTION, NECROPHOBIC et al than anything else with a strong dose […]
There was a time when Norwegian Black Metal had a certain mystique and bands were more interested in creating music with real feeling, than simply repeating clichés and successful formulars of the past. That was an age where bands were not afraid to “experiment” maintaining an obscure and dark feel in their sound, while on […]
Dark hypnotic Black Metal from Australia sounds more than interesting compared with the next standard release from far far north. But this release is unfortunately not a step forward in Striborg’s carrier. Sin-Nanna, the creator of this 10 track album with the premium length of over 70 minutes, released this in 2005 only on a […]
This is actually a re-re-release, cause SORCERY’s one and only full-length album “Bloodchilling Tales” (which originally came out on the very small label Underground Records back in the early ninetees) already got re-issued on CD via No Colours a while ago. Back then it only had the songs off the band’s Thrash Records 7″ EP […]
Chad from the US Black Metallers CATHOLICON supports unholy and underground Black Metal the best he can – with all his blackened heart by releasing stuff that one might not otherwise get a hold of that easily. A 3-piece US underground Black Metal act, SLIME IN THE CURRENT, self-released their debut album in 2009, which […]
This is one of those albums which is criminally underrated and yet so special that it completely gripped someone’s soul and therefore sees the light of day again, 25 years after its first release. This time Rockadrome label (formerly Monster Records) felt this urge and released it on their sublabel Forged In Fire, specialised in […]
Correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s already been 21 years that KREATOR have lost their pleasure to kill i.e. their ability to write fast, catchy, simple yet effective songs. So, if you share my brutal but honest views, you should get that SLAUGHTER LORD CD. Oh what do I see? It’s a compilation of […]
SLAUGHTER’s problem after the release of “Strappado” in 1987 was not only to record an equivalent or even better successor, they had to deal with problems regarding their name, too. Therefore this 8-song demo was originally released under the monicker STRAPPADO instead of SLAUGHTER. From my point of view this name change is, with a […]
SLAUGHTER’s debut “Strappado” is still a fuckin’ masterpiece, no matter how sloppy the raw, intense and straight into your face material was partly performed. Let’s face the facts: up till now nobody ever really managed to reproduce the chainsaw-like guitar sound, not even the guys themselves. And that is one big problem with all of […]
What to write about a release which every reader of Voices From The Darkside needs to know? Every underground maniac requesting for him- / herself to be a fan of real Death Metal has to know this album. Especially each reader of Voices should have this release and if not the original version through Diabolic […]