If you’re mixing these guys up with the rather stupid American Hardrock act of the same name, you’re definitely lost and should immediately start your history lesson in brutal music from zero again! This Canadian three piece used to be around in the mid eighties, released two demos (“Bloody Karnage” and “Surrender Or Die”), a […]
Once again, thanks are in order to whatever trend-force or fan-coercion prompted Metal Mind to obtain the rights to re-press the early SINISTER discography – and with bonus tracks no less. The “Diabolical Summoning” album, the sophomore effort, is an even better produced, and more sophisticated “Cross The Styx”. Things would only get better from […]
Thanks be to Metal Mind for making classics such as these available once more. I myself am tired of torching my wallet for these things, much as I may love them. The inaugural SINISTER album, “Cross The Styx”, is a masterpiece. It does everything a good album should; elegantly announces its individuality, roars furiously and […]
The last couple of years before they finally called the quits Finnlands suicide squad SENTENCED not necessarily delivered material that appealed to the average Voices reader, yet were admired by quite a few nevertheless (including yours truly)… No matter if it was their early, pure Death Metal days (“Shadows Of The Past”), or the aggressive […]
The first impression of “Glory And Perdition” is the fabulous cover artwork which gives the SEAR BLISS release from 2004 a more than adequate introduction. The cover shows a futuristic battlefield and the artist Jozsef Tari has perfectly captured the overall atmosphere of the release. SEAR BLISS’ music can still be summarized under the terminus […]
Restless seems to be the perfect adjective for the Vic Records crew. After the successful re-release of the whole ARKONA discography they’ve now fully focused on one of the best Hungarian bands – SEAR BLISS. I’m not sure why they start with the 2002 release “Forsaken Symphony” instead of the 1996 debut “Phantoms” but this […]
At last… It’s about time an edition of this cult album from the 80s is easily available! Did I say cult? Well, unfortunately I think that most of the people who “know” about Heavy Metal are more interested by the rarity of the original vinyl than by the music engraved on it. The real lovers […]
About eight years ago this compilation of SADISTIC INTENT’s two amazing mini albums “Resurrection” (1994) and “Ancient Black Earth” (1997) got released through Iron Pegasus Records for the first time. Back then it was a strictly limited, vinyl only release (666 copies, plus 100 picture discs) that quickly turned into a collectors item… As it […]
Throughout the past decade we have seen a great resurgence of the old good Metal spirit, with the inception of a wide range of great Metal acts, also remarkable is that a lot of old, forgotten and long time deleted recordings have been resurrected, mainly on die hard fan based labels, and this is the […]
No, unfortunately this ain’t a fresh new album by San Francisco’s classic Metalheads RUFFIANS, but an enhanced version of what Hellion Records already released as “85 & Live” not too long ago. And as Edouard already did a good job in praising that record, the band’s music and Carl Albert’s phenomenal vocal qualities in particular […]