Maybe I out myself as a pussy now, but yeah I like Doom / Death Metal. MY DYING BRIDE or MOURNING BELOVETH are great bands, that sometimes are the right relaxing music I need, when not listening to brutal stuff. RUNEMAGICK’s 2002 effort “Requiem Of The Apocalypse” is another perfect soundtrack for the candlelit moments […]
The history of RUNAMOK is a little bit confusing to me and I’m not quite sure whether “Back For Revenge” is really the band’s debut album or not… There’s also talk about another full-length called “Make My Day” (also from 2004), but maybe that never got released officially?! Who knows?! Anyway this German four-piece was […]
If there is something remarkable about Relapse Records then it is their huge amount of weird, inventive artists and their good hand in discovering new acts who offer innovative, fresh sounds that usually make the good ol’ old school maniac go postal (I know from experience)! Now we have a nice little record here by […]
Recently Mr. BEHERIT stated in an interview that he has lost contact to the current Black Metal scene – a development which is more or less typical for nearly all first generation musicians – but this band from Australian / Tasmania is the exception to the rule. So let’s start with the obvious facts – […]
One might feel tempted to think THE ROYAL ARCH BLASPHEME is the first American Black Metal band to borrow directly from PROFANATICA in as pure a way as can be obtained; for they do sound eerily like Paul Ledney’s legendary band. Tempting; but THE ROYAL ARCH BLASPHEME is a part of the PROFANATICA legend, not […]
”… again they bring a mix of extreme Death Metal and more commercial Gothic Metal in a very unique way, like they did on their previous release ”Tales Of Sullen Eyes”. Nice quotation, isn’t it? Well, I really might not be the right person for this, but someone has to do this here, hrhr! ”A […]
Listening to “The Dead Won’t Leave You Alone”, the 2nd demo (as far as I know) by Swedish THE ROTTING takes you on a trip to… Death Metal from around 1987! This demo is released by Polish Time Before Time Records and contain a 11 minute timewarp, wrapped in 4 tracks. The label described this […]
It seems to me that the previous “Still Psycho” MCD will most likely remain the only release from these Finnish sickos that I enjoyed quite a bit. Unfortunately their new full-length “Murderworks” is way more Hardcore / Grind / Crust influenced again and in terms of the extremity and intensity partly reminds me on their […]
Based on Schenk’s review for the previously issued “Drain” album by these Finnish Grinders, this mini CD quite obviously must already be (at least) their third release. It’s not only the first for the Necropolis sub label Deathvomit Records but also the first that I got my hands on. And you know what? I really […]
This is a very cool bastard of Crust / Grind and Swedish old school Death Metal! ROTTEN SOUND hail from Suomi, their second longplayer “Drain” was recorded in Sunlight Studio and it abounds with unbelievable speed, aggression and extremity. Here you get 15 tracks in 30 minutes, so you should know that ROTTEN SOUND make […]