An unsung classic, to be sure, “Syzygial Miscreancy” was among the less well known fore-runners of the second generation of Morrisound produced Death Metal. If it had been released three years earlier, there’s no reason to doubt HELLWITCH would have made a bigger name for themselves. Thankfully their well deserved recognition may yet come. This […]
MEGADETH’s “Rust In Peace” was astonishing for two reasons: one, it was, and is, a damn fine slab of American Thrash, and two, it did well despite its extremely dated songs. Disregarding his present day commitments to religion, Dave Mustaine demonstrated like so many other Thrash Metal greats, that if done right, it never really […]
They’re back! HEADHUNTER D.C. is a band that will never let you down when you’re a fan of evil and intense (old school) Death Metal! This release on Ibex Moon Records is a re-release of their 2007 marvellous “Gods’s Spreading Cancer” and offers 4 bonus tracks apart from the original tracklist. There’s a limited LP […]
Amazing to me, that after all the time that has passed since this initial album was released on Candlelight Records back in 1993, that the quality of music that is present here has withstood the trials and tribulations of a feeble run organization as Candlelight once was. Coupled with an unacceptable first edition run, that […]
My knowledge of the Israeli Metal scene is quite limited, to be perfectly honest with you… and from the top of my head I can only name seven bands that I’m more or less aware of: SALEM, ORPHANED LAND, MELECHESH (nowadays located in the Netherlands), BISHOP OF HEXEN, NAIL WITHIN, DAGOR DAGORATH and ENOCHIAN KEY […]
If it comes to the glorious times of Norwegian Black Metal there is nearly the same amount of acts which received far more attention than they deserved than bands which got lost in the swirling maze of time. One of these honored but nevertheless quite unknown acts – compared for example to their brothers in […]
2005 brings us two surprising evolutions from the HYPOCRISY camp: first of all it seems that since the success of PAIN Mr. Workholic TÃĪgtgren seems to get rid off his commercial and experimental craziness with that outfit. To the point, don’t expect a pathetic modern thrilled album like “Catch 22” in 2005, but I guess […]
It’s really weird – when I published an HYPOCRISY interview in our little debut issue, back in 1992, most of the people were throwing shit at me for that. In their opinion the band was nothing but another rather superfluous and much hyped band on the Nuclear Blast roster. Now, almost ten years later, HYPOCRISY […]
You might first glance this album, and think it reads, “The Roots Of Thrash”. You might then think, “Gee, that’s way too ambitious for such a young looking band. Who do they think they are?” You would be partially correct to ask these questions. The title is “The Roots Of Trash”, and the band was […]
Another admirable release from Hell’s Headbangers. Indeed not for the faint of heart. HUNTERS MOON take Black Metal to a place I haven’t seen in years. It’s a place BATHORY used to visit quite often. Describing this particular part of Black Metal is hard to do, but suffice it to say, feelings of the epic […]