After a lot of stories, rumours etc. Kanwulf finally returns with a new recording. This in fact is really a new recording with own stuff unlike its precedessors “Amarok” and the statement-album “Black Metal Ist Krieg! – A Dedication Monument” where many old songs or coverversions of more or less known bands where included. The […]
I’m sure some of you might remember the Colombian band MASACRE that put out some releases through Osmose Productions some years ago (by the way, the band is still around in the realms of brutal Death Metal…)?! Well, back in the day, there were many other South American acts paving their names within the underground […]
It’s quite obviously getting more and more difficult to establish an unknown band these days and therefore almost uninvoidable that something extra (besides the music) is needed in order to gain a bigger attention right from the start. To achieve this, most bands try to come up with a (supposed-to-be) outrageous image, while others consider […]
NAILGUNNER’s debut full-length, “Apocalypse: Now or Never” is the first Thrash album I’ve heard from a Finnish band and it does not disappoint! It’s a quick, 28 minute blast of old school Thrash / Death Metal in the DESTRUCTION / SODOM style. It’s fast, got lots of double bass, lightning fast riffs and solos and […]
NAILGUN MASSACRE from Holland comes out with all their rotten, bulldozing, zombie guns blazing on their debut album “Backyard Butchery”. This is a rare monster of oldscool Death Metal which will rip off your skin and trample all over you with smelly, pus filled massive legs. The sound of “Backyard Butchery” is HEAVY and I […]
NAILED TO OBSCURITY is another German hopeful which shows that Germany’s Death Metal scene has quite a lot to offer. This 8 song (+ outro) release offers high quality Death Metal with a huge potential to something really special. The sound on this recording is pretty good, the layout is very professional considering that this […]
NAGLFAR, and all those other bands that spawn from the Swedish way of Black Metal, can deny it until they turn cold and blue, there’s no chance to run away from the fact, namely that this kind of melodic Black Metal is closely linked to the other bands we know, like Dark Funeral, Setherial and […]
Hellenic Black Metal is usually referred to as rather slow and epic like bands as Varathron, Zemial or early Rotting Christ have established it. But although they’re heading from Greece, NAER MATARON seem to be much more influenced by the northern way of Black Metal. They even went to Norway to have “Discipline Manifesto” mastered […]
I have no clue where NAE’BLIS are from or if this is their debut album or if this is a project of some other musicians from more well known bands, but in fact this makes it easier to just concentrate on the music. Those seven songs on this disc here are probably best labelled “Depressive […]
Norway’s very own MYSTICUM originally started out back in 1992 as SABAZIOS. The only official recording out of this time period is the five song demo “Wintermass” (from 1993), which opens up this excellent compilation CD. That alone should already make pretty clear that we’re not dealing with the eagerly awaited new full-length album here […]