Having recorded two intense thrashing, yet generic demos back in the late 80s (just like EPIDEMIC, CONTEMPT, POTENTIAL THREAT, LAUGHING DEAD – this being the common point for that third wave of Bay Area acts), highly influenced by the likes of VIO-LENCE and EXODUS, they still never managed to get a record deal back then […]
This is fucking intense. Hell-yeah, it is. “Chasing The Devil” hits you with the power of a ten-ton hammer. KADATH finally managed to put out their second full-length and it’s really a strong one with a great production. This CD sounds absolutely clear and brutal like hell. But that’s only one among many positive aspects […]
According to their info sheet KABBAL has been influenced (among others) by MORBID ANGEL, SUFFOCATION and the first SLAYER records the most. Well, nothing wrong in that, especially considering that these guys are hailing from France, a country which still has a long way to go in terms of brutal Metal. But what you get […]
‘Darkness Awaits’!!! Yeah folks, starting this review with the title of the 2nd track of this MCD and probably one of the best KAAMOS songs ever feels great. This is the last output from KAAMOS and one of their best, too. I mean, not that they released anything bad at all! This 5 song MCD […]
Maybe I’m wrong, but I somehow get the feeling that being or playing “old school Death Metal” is getting some kind of “trendy”. Right now there are so many bands around, that claim to be old school and in most cases are, but I think this development also attracts numerous fake ones and cheap copies. […]
You know what, I am pretty ignorant when it comes to the vast NWOBHM domain. Of course, I know the big names but more than often I waited 20 years before being fully exposed to this musical movement, thanks in particular to the remarkable anthologies published by Sanctuary Music. It may sound incredible coming from […]
Even though their name was already familiar to me for quite some time now I never really felt the urge to check out any releases by Chicago’s JUNGLE ROT so far… for no particular reason. But thanx to the guys at Remission Records this situation has changed now, as they kindly sent over a free […]
JUNGLE ROT are back to follow up their last album, “Slaughter The Weak”. With that album the band proved to be old school traditional Death Metal, not much has changed since. 13 tracks of old school, SODOM, CELTIC FROST, slower CANNIBAL CORPSE, SIX FEET UNDER influenced Death Metal are here for our audible pleasure. Vocalist […]
Weird. Strange. Chaotic. And yet deep within there is a perfect balance between sanity and despair that makes the music of this band based in Finland to be quite interesting. The first song ‘Ectasy In Blood – A Ballad’ starts with a lo-fi rehearsal like Black Metal sound to enter then a very psychotic state […]
This is no Metal! Beware! No crazy Grind, no Egyptian Death Metal, no Hardcore-Stoner-whatever Crossover, possibly nothing you would expect from Relapse Records! But you should! Relapse was, is and will be different, and no release can be bought without gaining further information! The times when you bought “Been Caught Buttering”, studied the (Nuclear Blast […]