This one is a nice underground gem! I am talking about “Human Chaos” which is the debut MCD by Dubai (United Arab Emirates) based Death Metal squadron NERVECELL. The band rose out of the sands of this wealthy emirate in 1999 and has released also a two track demo in 2004 (both songs can be […]
This is the type of band whose monicker I’d like to hear pronounced by some German fellow, especially those of the Klaus Meine / Doro Pesch type category… It will most certainly face them serious tongue troubles, hahaha… But anyway – it’s the music that matters and NEPHASTH from Brazil fully know to convince in […]
If I wouldn’t have been familiar with NEPHASTH yet, I would probably have expected a Black Metal band here. Logo, coverart and the album’s title – everything completely leads you into a wrong direction. But even though this Brazilian fourpiece may have a quite blasphemous attitude, they can easily be added to the neverending list […]
What do you expect from a band that uses snow covered trees on the front cover picture and a logo with fonts in the good old Bathory style?! A Scandinavian Black Metal act, either from Sweden or Norway, right?! Well, not really in this case. NELDORETH is indeed a Black Metal band (a duo to […]
The first couple of seconds of the starter ‘Gringo Death’ on the first full-length of those Norwegian Thrashers NEKROMANTHEON made me think on the first seconds of METALLICA’s ‘Hit The Lights’ until the riffing right in the same mood as SLAYER’s ‘Hell Awaits’ starts. Not as long as the intro of this song, still comparable […]
At a time when the great Norwegian Black Metal bands of the past have either split up or rediscovered the virtues of Death Metal, it is surprising to witness the rise of band from other countries who maintain the classic tradition of the Black Arts once practiced in the far North. NEHËMAH from France are […]
Sometimes, an album cover reveals all about the music inside. Such is the case with “Shadows From The Past”. The picture on the cover reminds me a famous Euronymus one (used for a tribute to MAYHEM some years ago). So, without even having heard a single note of NEHËMAH ‘s music previously, I assumed the […]
Highly original! Not counting a mini album and the ’95 demo, “‘N Crugu Bradului” is already the third album of Transsylvanian Pagan Black Metal outfit NEGURA BUNGET. Differently from other paganizers, they keep it bloody and to a certain extend primitive, meaning the band neither belongs to the high-tech ones nor to the bunglers. Furthermore, […]
This three piece from Long Island offers us a very strange album, that’s for sure! They have tried to combine ultra-heavy Doom Metal with some Hardcore and Psychedelic elements, and the result comes up very convincing, even if I must admit the vocals got on my nerves in no time and could repel a lot […]
Listening to NEGATIVE PLANE is like hanging out with a babbling old alchemist. He usually rambles on in very archaic language you can hardly understand. His stories can start in the middle and sometimes have conclusions that leave you baffled. You continue to endure his company because occasionally, he will demonstrate something fascinating. What makes […]