Just five songs on this mini-album, but those five songs got more power and dedication than a full-length release by one of those dispensable mediocre acts within the extreme Metal scene. MY OWN GRAVE presents us their vision of Death Metal. Fast played, short breaks, razor-sharp riffs with some kind of Thrash Metal influences, precise, […]
Noisecore (or a blend of Hardcore and Grindcore) have never been my thing and the main reason for that is that I have never really been able to hear the big difference between the bands. I guess that is partly my own fault, since I probably should give it more of a chance than I […]
Does anybody still remember the great American Doom kings MINDROT and their fabulous “Dawning” masterpiece (released in 1995 via Relapse Records!)? The band is long gone but the next generation of Doom Metal acts in form of this Belgium combo is easily capable of replacing the big loss. MY LAMENT is presenting after 6 years […]
MY LAMENT from Belgium introduce themselves to the world with their first three-song demo MCD. Wait, a total playing time of nearly 25min and just three songs? If you suggested Doom Metal, you are right. The band describes their style with words like Dark, Doom and Death, so let’s take a closer look to see […]
When I read that MYKORRHIZA are Swedish Death Metal and even have one member that played in EXCRUCIATE I started hoping that Mykorrhiza would be an interesting Death Metal band. Sadly, “Northern Remembrance” proved to be more or less an indifferent album, at least for me. They have some pretty good parts here and there, […]
Sweden’s MYKORRHIZA obviously didn’t (either) manage (or care) to become a full band ever since the release of their self titled MCD back in 2002 as the line-up still exclusively consists of Hempa Brynolfsson (guitar & bass) and Martin Karlsson on drums. BLACKSHINE’s Anders Strokirk once again was hired to take care of the (session) […]
The sticker on the sleeve of this MCD made me curious pretty quickly (so I suppose it did its job, huh?!): “Featuring members of EXCRUCIATE and BLACKSHINE” it says, and indeed – BLACKSHINE’s Anders Strokirk handels the vocals in this new (project?) band, while former EXCRUCIATE guitarist Hendrik “Hempa” Brynolfsson (by the way – anyone […]
After the UK doomsters reanimated the Death Metal elements of their glorious early days on the last two, really excellent studio albums “The Light At The End Of The World” (1999) and “The Dreadful Hours” (2001) their 2004 effort “Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light” marks the return of the melodic, more Gothic-compatible sounds one […]
Sometimes it’s hard to like Metal in general and not only concentrate on one little drawer. Consequently, I stopped following MDB when they lost their violin player Martin Powell and left the musical path they had built themselves. Years passed by and news of MDB finding their way back home reached my ears and although […]
Meanwhile all this “08/15” standard Death Metal really starts to suck!!! Imagine a mixture of SIX FEET UNDER, BOLT THROWER and OBITUARY and you will get the MY DARKEST HATE sound, most slow to mid-tempo Death Metal with a few fast outbreaks and vocals that vary between deep (boring) growls and excellent John Tardy-like screams, […]