HELLGOAT from Sweden is one of those one man projects that seem to spring up like mushrooms in the last few years. In this case, Skoll is the man in charge for everything, who also runs two more Black Metal projects all by himself and is involved in some bands as well. Somehow this guy […]
Black Metal is a swamped genre with so many subgenres of Black Metal too rearing their ugly heads over the years, so naturally there are many bands and releases that are hit and miss. So when this reviewer was asked to review this album by German Black Metal band THE CIRCLE I was curious yet […]
BLACK GOAT from the medieval Serpukhov in Russia started back in 1999 as a solo venture by founder IX. Later further troops were brought in as bassist Graver and a few drummers through the years. Playing a creaking, lo-fi, ritualistic Black Metal from enticing Russia, they remain grounded and primitive. However, they kept their output […]
EXCRUCIATE 666 hail from France. They play a form of bestial Black / Death Metal that really is known as War Metal in most circles. The difference is, these mad men play it with a ton of attitude and experience. You can hear that in the seasoned writing that went into these sessions. All the […]
Anaximander believed that the ultimate reality is infinite, where the opposites are generated for the formation of the world. Everything is created from Ápeiron and it’s destroyed by going back to itself. This asseveration is completely related to CAVERNUS’ first full-length, which is named like the concept idealized by this pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Musical tones […]
You sit unsuspectingly on your chair and then something like this happens! After the tones of the only 46 second long instrumental intro ‘420’ have faded away, you first have to sort your body parts. What kind of Thrash Metal steamroller rolled over you? The title ‘420’ is often used to identify with the cannabis […]
One aspect about Heavy Metal and its extreme sub-genres I like is the fact that the band name and cover clearly indicates the style. Always fascinating how a collection of letters and a, more or less, well drawn cover stimulate the imagination. ONSLAUGHT KOMMAND from Chile exactly sound like the name and cover suggest. A […]
The second creation of this international band, that is rooted in the very essence of Death Metal, with the best elements of the British and Swedish school, that takes equal influence from bands like BENEDICTION, BOLT THROWER to the sounds of GRAVE or DISMEMBER. Most of the time, the band plays in a mid tempo, […]
Obviously not a very original name nowadays… murder spelled backwards. 30 years ago it sounded cool, but nowadays, it’s like, really? Ok, enough criticism, this is a band formed in Colombia and this is their debut album. If the name, cover art and album title does not give you an indication of the music, then […]
Formed in Dolombi in 2014, this is the second album of lo-fi Occult Metal which has equal parts of old school Heavy Metal, Black Metal, Speed Metal, but no touches of Punk. Actually the recording, although sounding weird, and lacking a bit of power, fits the music quite well. The usual suspects for influences are […]