I wasn’t really sure what to expect from an album with a stupid title like “Masterpiss Of Pain”, but after I had finished listening to it for the first time, I immediately pushed the play button once again. This is really fuckin’ great stuff! Very raw and very old school, yet totally Norwegian sounding Black […]
Even in 2008 there are still some German Black Metal bands (left) which are not trying to be different – they are different. For KERBENOK this statement is for sure applicable. The band had been founded in 2003 and since their great demo “Auf wilden Pfaden / Im Einklang der Gewalten” (which had been presented […]
Not to be confused with Black / Thrash country mates KETZER, Germany’s KEITZER is totally modern-sounding, crushingly powerful melodic Death / Thrash at Grindcore paces with a prominent new-school Grind / Hardcore influence. The simplistic riffs are big and iconic, and go a long way to making this such a sick album (above and beyond […]
Sweden’s KAYSER got together in June of 2004, never really made themselves a name in the underground through demo releases or anything and about a year after their origin they are already delivering their debut full-length “Kaiserhof” via Italy’s Scarlet Records… So, as you can probably imagine, I wasn’t necessarily too excited to check these […]
Metal has so many facets and – even if this release is more than untypical for Voices From The Darkside – this Russian band deserves to be mentioned here especially if you can life with light rain instead of a heavy thunderstorm from time to time. KAUAN are offering a unique hour of melancholy and […]
After the release of their debut “The Complex Void Of Negativity” in October 2008 the band had been declared by the international press as one of the few German bands which are able to compete with the real Black Metal elite. Everybody can judge by himself which band should be named if it comes to […]
If you like grim and raw Black Metal KATHAARIA from Marl (GER), close to my fucking hometown Bochum (“Ruhrpott Hell!!!”), might be a good choice for you! The four well-produced songs on their first demo show that KATHAARIA is a very talented act that underground labels should definitely be interested in. Their music builds up […]
“Upon this rock I will build my church” (Matthew 16) are the perfect words to summarize the overall musical development of KATATONIA. The band has travelled a great cold distance and even if they found their own musical universe years ago – in some way cornered by ANATHEMA and OPETH – is the new release […]
Don’t fool yourself cause the “Brave Murder Days” of Swedish weeping willows KATATONIA will NEVER come back, so all those crying for the old Blackish touched Doom monsters better go ahead and put the old material of Blackheim & Co on your record altar. BUT all those who were impressed by the 2003 emotional attack […]
Wow, I should have listened to this band before. I might have said that thousands of times, but this is another case that it’s worth it. The Finnish KATAPLEXIA are already on their third full-length, the second one for Xtreem Music, and this time with a full line-up (until now the drummer, Rodrigo “Fatality” Artiga, […]