This four-piece comes from Italy and plays – drum roll, please – epic symphonic blablabla like their fellow countrymen Rhap…, no, bullshit, they really are from Italy, but they play US-styled, technical, brutal Death Metal in the vein of MORBID ANGEL, IMMOLATION and the likes. After a demo MCD in 2000 they now have released […]
It’s surprising to see that good old Thrash Metal is still alive. Poland’s HORRORSCOPE (cool name, by the way) totally fit in this genre and they offer the great spirit of bands like FORBIDDEN, EXODUS, TESTAMENT, HEATHEN or other bands from the Bay Area, but also influences from modern Thrash Metal bands like THE HAUNTED […]
This Polish band is described by their label as the Thrash Metal one, with some possible TESTAMENT and ANNIHILATOR overtones. Well, something is going wrong here, because after a listen, it is obvious that HORRORSCOPE are very remotely connected to the Thrash genre. It is true that crunching guitars rhythms are prominent throughout the album, […]
Though one can argue if HORRID are a mere copy of traditional Swedish Death Metal or a band that simply honours what the individual band members like best, their second full-length after “Reborn In Sin” in 2002 (which was even recorded in Sunlight Studio) “Rising From The Hidden Spheres” is undoubtedly another obvious tribute to […]
In case you miss the peculiar sound that bands like ENTOMBED and DISMEMBER were famous for more than ten years ago, you should go for this album without delay as it is a sort of journey through the past. HORRID chose to go for the Sunlight Studio to record their first offering (following their “Blasphemic […]
Well, nothing new from Brazil… HORNED GOD create brutal, mostly fast Death Metal that sounds like a mixture of KRISIUN and REBAELLIUN (ex-member Fabiano Penna actually is in HORNED GOD) and although there are some interesting moments and convincing songs on “Chaos…”, it does not save the Brazilian four-piece from being unoriginal and sadly… boring! […]
Judging from the opening track, ‘Vile Works Of Witchcraft’, you would conclude that HORNED ALMIGHTY spent the last few years absorbing every fiber and nuance of CELTIC FROST, early DESTRUCTION, and other important figures of Black Metal. And one would be correct in that assumption, for HORNED ALMIGHTY only pause long enough to make the […]
Another case of a band progressing by light years between their first and second album. Even if I find HORNED ALMIGHTY previous effort very enjoyable (yes I know, I always use the same type of intro these days), I prefer the more accomplished “The Devil’s Music”. Maybe the more consistent line-up (the band is now […]
Uncompromising, raw and straight Black Metal this Danish trio offers and fans of DARKTHRONE, CARPATHIAN FOREST or IMPALED NAZARENE should like it instantly. Fast, morbid, sometimes almost rocking primitive Black Metal songs sublimated with hateful, possessed screams and song titles that let a good dose of humour shine through (e.g. ‘Satanic Fatherland’, ‘Desecrate The World’ […]
It took me two weeks to write this review. Not because HORNA’s music is too complicated or avantgarde to understand – no, exactly the opposite! This is traditional norwegian Black Metal played the old way – old DARKTHRONE, old EMPEROR, old SATYRICON, dark and cold. Nothing more, nothing less. So what am I going to […]