I have mixed feelings about this one as it turns out to be interesting but still imperfect at the same time. LEX TALIONIS are a French outfit and this is their first full-length. Their label defines their music as cyber Death Metal and I think this description fits quite fairly with the content of this […]
Sadly in our more and more commercial scene it turns out to be the bands that are in the ranks of the major labels that sell most. This, of course, doesn’t mean those bands’ music is the best. Oh yes, great production is not a point anymore as every band on (in example Nuclear Blast) […]
Puuh, this is a hard one. LEPRASY play some kind of gory grinding Death Metal and honestly I don’t know exactly what to think about this outfit. The sound on this CD is pretty good, but this brand of Death Metal is definitely nothing special, nothing original, nothing really groundbreaking. The singer grunts in the […]
The two great compilation albums “Face Your Underground” (vol. 1 and vol. 2) should already be proof enough of the big potential of Belgium’s current underground scene. But as those albums got compiled by the DeathMetal.be guys, their main focus were of course the Death Metal hordes of our country neighbours, more or less leaving […]
The band’s name LEHAVOTH might be misleading a little bit as I immediately associated it with Black Metal… Well, actually I wasn’t completely wrong here as this brutal five piece from Israel started out as a Black Metal act way back in 1995 and even released a demo (“Brith Ha Orvim”) during that early period […]
After listening to the split with HELLGOAT and their 7” EP I again expected a great deal from LEGIONS OF ASTAROTH as their previous output was raw fuckin’ Black Metal no 2 ways about it! In existence since 2004 we finally see the release of their full-length album and yeah we have some more maturity […]
Founded in 1999 Swedish THE LEGION did not waste much time, put out the demo “Bloodaeons” in the year 2000 and after some line-up changes in 2001 released the stunning 7″ EP “Awakened Fury”, which presented vicous technically skilled Black / Death that united the typical hysterical Swedish grimness with the virtuous brutality of versatile […]
Instead of the recordings made by the American LEGACY, who later went on to form the more successful TESTAMENT, what you’ll get here are equally good songs made by a lesser known LEGACY. There’s a distinct German taste in these songs, most of it offered by the vocal patterns. The rest is pure Speed (or […]
Due to the frightening theory that human beings can only listen to so called butcher music 167 hours per week – a non Metal term which is summarizing every Black / Death Metal band from ANAAL NATHRAKH to ZONARIA – it’s a very hard decision which other Metal style should get a chance during the […]
After their debut “Freakshow 666” from the year 2003 LAID IN ASHES are back again and hopefully this release will get the attention it deserves. There are so many releases, even within the so-called underground, that sometimes good albums are just buried into oblivion. Especially when it comes to an album like “Bastards From Hell”. […]