The debut full-length from Finnish’s OMNIUM GATHERUM hit the light through the unfortunately deceased British newcomer label Rage of Archilles Records, who also did the brilliant Facebreaker album, too. Well, Nuclear Blast simply caught this band with this second album “Years In Waste”, but honestly spoken I can’t imagine that this five piece will satisfy […]
I’m completely lacking in information about this Finnish five piece, but “Spirits And August Light” must be at least their second output, as Ramon already reviewed 2002’s “Steal The Light” mini CD. In one way Mr.Claassen can calm down, the musical level is still very high throughout the entire album, the same goes for the […]
What a strange name for a band! OMNIUM GATHERUM from Finland are coming up with some fairly unique sounding melodic Death Metal. Being excellent musicians and skilled songwriters they’re less influenced by MAIDEN than most of the other bands in this particular genre. Track 2, ‘Son’s Thoughts’, reminds me a little of DREAM THEATER without […]
Still knee-deep in the underground and unknown to most of you Deathbangers out there, OMINOUS CRUCIFIX strike back with wrath. The influences may still be the same (please read my review of their demo), the music itself just matured from their previous release, the “Decadent Religious Archetype” demo. Eerie Death Metal from the Aztek underground […]
One more Mexican outfit dedicating themselves to the old school Death Metal scene in claiming influences from such acts as old NECROPHOBIC, old PARADISE LOST, old DARKTHRONE, MORBID ANGEL, IMMOLATION, INCANTATION, GOREAPHOBIA, NECROS CHRISTOS, DEMILICH and CARBONIZED I wondered what kinda outfit I could expect. Even judging the old sounds of PARADISE LOST they had […]
Having never been an OMEN specialist, simply because their stuff always sounded too MAIDEN-ish with way too much happy harmonies and lacked of energy. I still can announce to the hordes of OMEN followers that the poor days of “Reopening The Gates” are buried and forgotten with “Eternal Black Dawn”. Lovers of medium paced / […]
9 tracks of pure old school Metal attack is what you can expect of this album. Almost nothing, besides the improved sound, changed here. Okay, there is the voice that also did a change; it is less screamed this time, now it sounds like a mixture of Tom G. Warrior and a huge monster, hrhr. […]
OF TREES AND ORCHIDS are not a Gothic Metal act. They’re not a Black Metal act, either. I saw this German Progressive Death Metal band as a local support at an OBSCENITY gig and although they had a major problem with the monitor sound as well as a typically distanced North German audience in front […]
I was pretty surprised when I started this CD. Doom Metal? In my opinion this is rather Gothic. This is just too “nice” for being Doom. That’s probably because of the dominant keyboards. Apart from that, OFFICIUM TRISTE do seem to be big MY DYING BRIDE fans, but they lack the sinister atmosphere and the […]
Friends of old ANATHEMA, early MY DYING BRIDE or MORGION should better take notice of Dutch Doom / Deathers OFFICIUM TRISTE who have been active since 1994, released various demos, EPs, albums (for a complete discography click one of the links below) and offer very traditional, melodic, melancholic music with guitar melodies extremely close to […]