Polish IUVENES return with yet another album, and this time they are concentrating more on the Viking-era BATHORY again. There are actually two ways to approach this record: on the one side the band is still far away from being of the leading BATHORY-worship-bands, on the other hand this is actually their first record I […]
Besides MORRIGAN / MAYHEMIC TRUTH Poland’s IUVENES are one of the most devoted worshippers of good ol’ BATHORY and their material refers to all highlights in Quorthon’s career. The new tracks aim at the “Hammerheart”, “Blood On Ice” albums whereas the older songs included here, which consist of the “Sons Of Mayhem” demo (1997) and […]
I don’t think that anybody who is interested in Doom Metal needs a further introduction to the – more or less – famous Swedish act ISOLE. Out of the ashes of their former band FORLORN they established in only five years a wide fan base and their fourth album of epic Doom Metal (the first […]
‘Iskald – likblek – dröge!?!’ Well, not if we’re to believe the promo-sheet, according to which this record “combines the complexity of EMPEROR with the groove and rawness of IMMORTAL” (and hopefully the sales of DIMMU BORGIR one might add). Sorry guys, I know it’s getting harder and harder to sell records these days but […]
Ah, finally a new sign of life from one of Germanys most outstanding bands – at least in my humble opinion! In case you never heard that name I suggest that you also read the review of their output “Orakel” to be found here on the Voices pages. ISLAND still stands true to their own, […]
Ahhh… there are still some German underground bands that manage to impress me! These three guys come up with one of the freshest demos I have heard for quiet some time: 6 creative songs covering a wide spectrum of dark Metal music on a high technical level without losing the feeling for the song and […]
It was only a matter of time until this sick German four-piece got a decent record deal to release their full-length debut as a digi-CD. Their mini-CD/LP “Born Blood Portrait” from 2005 blew me away back then with 4 tracks of aggressive straight forward Death/Grind with a great touch of modern technical US-Death. Now in […]
What have bands like NECROPHAGIST, INGURGITATING OBLIVION, OBSCENITY and PAVOR (these were the first that came to my mind) have in common? Yes, they all are bands from Germany and play US-inspired Death / Grind on a high musical level, all with a powerful sound / production. Yet they manage to hit you at a […]
IPERYT suffer from an identity problem. Tagged simply as a Black Metal band in the media, and as well by members of the band (!) this does not do the act any justice nor is it compelling enough to stand on its own as being factually right. IPERYT have also indeed been labeled as an […]
INVOKER from France are another band focussing on old school Thrash Metal and this tape is their first release, dating back to the year 2005. So a quite late review, but please do not blame me for I received “Initiate Mind Regression” in January 2007. Eight tracks are offered on this release and I must […]