The Swedish Black / Death Metal fivepiece IMMEMORIAL was still unknown to me before the release of their debut full-length “Temple Of Retribution”, but I certainly won’t forget their name again from now on, cause the intensity of their material simply blew me away! Basically IMMEMOREAL are nothing but another quite typical, young band from […]
For a self-financed MCD Italian’s melodic Deathers ILLOGICIST’s second strike “Dissonant Perspectives” is a very professional release: production, artwork and musical finesse are all of equal high quality and it is quite surprising that ILLOGICIST have not found a suitable label yet. The talented four-piece mixes influences from technical Death Metal à la DEATH, ATHEIST […]
“Kokaiinum” is already the sixth release by Danish ILLDISPOSED (including one mini CD), but except for last year’s cool cover album “Retro”, I never really got into their own material too much. One of the main reasons probably could be the vocals, which are nowadays neither completely in the deep grunting Death Metal style (even […]
I never really cared for ILLDISPOSED’s previous releases, even though I gotta admit that the guys have my fullest respect for their uncompromising attitude ever since the release of their debut album “Four Depressive Seasons” back in 1992. This new album here ain’t really a new ILLDISPOSED offering in the true sense of the word […]
Oh shit, is it really eight years already since we distributed a small amount of copies of ILBRED’s one and only, self-titled demo tape…? Time obviously passes on way too quickly! Anyway, ever since those days this Illinois based band had to go through various negative experiences — starting with the death of their original […]
I have been following IGNIVOMOUS since their killer “Path Of Attrition” demo and this Aussie force has never failed to impress me so far. Since then, they have released two 7”es namely “Eroded Void Of Salvation” and “The Burning Equinox” (split with TZUN TZU) which are totally worth it. I have been anticipating IGNIVOMOUS’ debut […]
I have the debut CD of this Finish band somewhere around, and I was sure they were playing Black Metal, quite raw and primitive, with a few old school Death Metal touches. Now this two man band unleashes their second album of mystic Black Metal. They seem to be comfortable at mid-speed, with almost hypnotic […]
Xtreem obviously decided to release this record on a larger scale after the band put out “Rising From The Hidden Spheres” on their own little label… and enthusiasts of the early 90s Swedish Death Metal sound should be thankful for that. Admittedly, HORRID don’t sound innovative a single bit but use all their force to […]
The coming months are offering several releases from old and new Italian Bands (STORMLORD, ADVERSAM, MELENCOLIA ESTATICA) and maybe one of these bands is in the position to achieve the underground cult status of bands like MORTUARY DRAPE. With HOMSELVAREG a further band from Europe’s down under is bringing armageddon to Europe and honestly speaking […]
Due to near nonexistent promotion when it was originally released in 2003, the “Grátr” album by German band HELRUNAR is being re-released by Lupus Lounge now. This time around, the band’s name and music should gain much more widespread attention. Beginning with a light guitar intro, accompanied by deep, spoken word German, the album shoots […]