I never really cared for Australia’s SADISTIK EXEKUTION (well, “The Magus” would probably be an exception to the rule here…), as I always considered them too chaotic and noisy, with too little highlight songs to remember. So, for obvious reasons I also didn’t check out the first solo album by their crazy frontman ROK. Whether […]
San Diego’s RITUAL TORTURE can stand proud in front of all the other current newcomers of the rising old school Death Metal movement. That’s something I have to point out after a couple of listens to their debut demo “Rise Of The Fallen”. RITUAL TORTURE’s sound is American to the bone. I hear huge hints […]
On first hearing I was pretty enthusiastic about this album, but a new spin led me to mitigate my initial impression. “I, Infidel” first appears as a true scorcher, and actually it is, but yet I can’t give this one the royal treatment reserved to masterpieces. I didn’t hear a single note coming from the […]
There’s no doubt in my mind that Thrash Metal music is much more devastating when played at fast pace rather than using slow paced material and it’s obvious that RITUAL CARNAGE have understood that for “Every Nerve Alive” and on their new offering. Opening in a furious 80s Thrashing fashion with ‘The Sixth Sense’ followed […]
I can put this in a very short way: RITES OF THY DEGRINGOLADE from Canada play raw Black / Death Metal in the old school tradition. To extend this not very detailed description a bit, it is to say that RITES OF THY DEGRINGOLADE write songs which oscillate between brutal blasts and waltzing mid-tempo crowned […]
The fact that no one from the entire VOICES staff wanted to review the third album by Italy’s RISING MOON should already be a good reflection of how bored everyone here already is by so-called “melodic Death Metal”! And I personally wasn’t too excited to listen to it either as I gave up on that […]
Though this is the first time I’ve ever heard of them, RISE AND SHINE have been releasing music since 1993, and not just any kind of music. Their brand of good old, fun time Heavy Metal recalls the glory of elder days as well as brightens hopes for the future, which many Metalheads dread. Not […]
I have to admit that I’m pretty surprised by the quality of the last two recordings I got from No Colours Records. The first band which kinda blew me away was THORON, but this band, RIMFROST, is by no means worse than the other one. This Swedish horde plays some kind of extreme Black Metal […]
Hey ho, let’s headbang! After 2 EPs, a split with MACHETAZO and a compilation of early recordings, Sweden’s old school Death Metal sickos return with “Opus Ribcage”. Unfortunately, Dan Swano didn’t play on this disc but the band does just fine without him. After the lilting, acoustic, self-titled intro, the RIBS blast into the charmingly […]
It seems that RIBSPREADER discovered the charm of vinyl and especially this tiny form of vinyl for them as this is actually the 2nd seven inch which they released in a short period of time. Unfortunately I haven’t heard the “Vicar Mortis” 7″ EP yet so I can’t compare these two releases with each other, […]