After two demos KLABAUTAMANN from Bonn, Germany release their debut album entitled “Our Journey Through The Woods”. The music of this duo can roughly be classified as melodic and moderate Black Metal with German and English lyrics but they manage to add a special element by the use of sophisticated acoustic guitar arrangements. In addition […]
“Prepare For War” is the first demo by this evil horde hailing from the unholy pits of Singaporean Hell. Ian Kiyamat is now the only remaining dark soul and if I am right he recorded all the stuff by himself. To capture the true essence of darkness the material was recorded on a 8 track […]
“Unholy Graveyard”, the debut album by Poland’s KINGDOM, is a jewel in the flooded release-mania these days. I think I speak in the name of the whole Voices From The Darkside family that there are far too many releases out there today and the problem is that most of these releases are simply mediocre (at […]
KIMAERA from Lebanon are one of the bands which deserve a kind of exotic bonus mainly due to their mother country. Metal bands from the Middle East are normally incorporating some kind of local influences into their music and bands like NIGHTFALL, ORPHANED LAND or SEPTIC FLESH could be named without a doubt as cult […]
KILLING SPREE arose from the ashes of German ENSLAVED. They play kinda brutal (?) Death Metal with keyboards. My first association was SIX FEET UNDER meets DIMMU BORGIR. Ohh, I can almost see you run amok, harrharr! Well, maybe it’s not that bad. CANNIBAL CORPSE meets CRADLE OF FILTH? Anyway. Actually, their first song is […]
What a nice suprise this one turned out to be… KILLING MACHINE is the brainchild of Peter Scheithauer, who’s musical past already includes various different kinds of bands and styles. From the Melodic Rock act STREAM, to BELLADONNA, PUSHED (the band of part time SLAYER drummer John Dette) and the SLAYER / PANTERA – esque […]
At the turn of the new millennium, the international Metal scene has seen countless comebacks of old or classic bands. Some of them have been good, most of them have been disappointments or total failures. The later just bad attempts to restart the money machine by some labels I guess. But being an underground band […]
Thirteen years after the original release of KILLER’s latest album “Fatal Attraction”, one of Belgium’s premier Metal acts finally returns to the scene with a brandnew release. Well, actually it’s just vocalist / guitarist Paul “Shorty” Van Camp with a completely renewed backing band, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the new material ain’t recognizable […]
KILL are hailing from Gothenburg and saw the dark light of day back in 1998. Luckily they are not another new melodic Metal act from that area, so no need to worry. Furthermore this hellish trio follows the unholy path of their ancestors. “Horned Holocaust” is their debut album which was previously available as vinyl […]
Despite the rather stupid album title “Masterpiss Of Pain” I really liked last years debut album by Norwegian KHOLD quite a lot. The band managed to capture the essential harsh and cold atmosphere of traditional raw Black Metal in a quite impressive manner, but mostly performed everything in a very midpaced to slow speed. Unlike […]