The Austrian / Bavarian Death Metal horde POSSESSION was founded in 2001 and was pretty fast in composing and releasing their material on the MCD “Storm Of Hateness” (I think there’s no word like “hateness”). One can recognise strong influences by bands like BOLT THROWER (e.g. in ‘Burn Them All’), SIX FEET UNDER or old […]
Could these guys be the new WOLF? Possibly, considering the hype that is surrounding them after just one demo and a 7″… Strangely enough after having watched their last year’s performance at the Keep It True festival, I couldn’t see what this hype was all about… decent Heavy Metal for sure, but nothing that was […]
Fans of DRAWN AND QUARTERED assemble! The reason is simple: PLAGUE BEARER is the brand new project of DRAWN AND QUARTERED members Kelly (guitars), Herb (vocals), Greg (bass) and Mike (drums, not a member of DRAWN AND QUARTERED). As a piece of history, before Kelly formed DRAWN AND QUARTERED, he had a band called PLAGUE […]
It is not everyday you get a masterpiece like this. PLACE OF SKULLS is the new band formed by the ex-DEATH ROW / PENTAGRAM guitarist and composer extraordinaire Victor Griffin, who secured the service of his old partner in crime Lee Abney on bass together with new recruit Tim Tomaselli on drums. This three piece […]
You can’t deny the truth that the French extreme Metal scene has born a more certain sense of quality within the last few years and when I think of modern ways of the extreme it’s obvious that acts like GOJIRA or SCARVE have a certain kind of new breath. In the same row stands this […]
About three years ago I came across PIG DESTROYER’s “Prowler In The Yard”, and at first I was a bit perplexed about their musical efforts. Their songs were more or less noisy sound collages with hardly recognizable song structures, combining psychotically screamed vocals, powerful and technically skilled drumming and completely insane riffing into a blend […]
With the release of “Reptile” these Norwegian Thrashers have already put out their third promo / demo / mini CD (call it what you want)… and I don’t really understand the actual intention behind it. I mean, instead of putting out material little by little I personally would have preferred one full-length instead – no […]
Can’t really tell you whether Norway’s PICA FIERCE made a big step forward with their newest offering “A Spiral Of Violence” or not as Ramon used to review their first output “Urbania” back then. But one thing’s for sure: when it comes to the production they obviously have matured, cause the sound on the three […]
Like some cool Thrash? PICA FIERCE from Kristiansund, Norway, seem to be a good address. But there is more about this young band than to be a KREATOR (mid period) clone: their stuff is also influenced by almighty DEATH and therefore progressive to a certain extend. The sound of this CD is not too good […]
I love this band… I love this kind of Grindcore! Pure, absolutely brutal, fast as hell and with those slower and depressive parts in the middle of each song. 23 tracks in 45 minutes of immensely BRUTAL (yeah… “BRUTAL” with capitals!!!) Grindcore in the best American tradition!!! If you’re into bands like EXCRUCIATING TERROR, ASSUCK […]