So – according to one review on HEXENHAMMER’s website – this is an act to be aligned with other superb German formations such as NECROPHAGIST, GOLEM and the likes? Oh well, this probably is a bit far-fetched I would say. I mean check out the former outfit and compare their sheer technical musicianship which they […]
Third effort from this southernmost Chilean Black Metal horde, and like their previous works, this one gets your blood frozen just after a couple of seconds as soon as the first riffs of the opening track ‘The Cursed Cross’ starts. Crowned by the hellish screams of drummer/vocalist Kaeffel (founder member and former BEWITCHED drummer), but […]
Nowadays it’s mostly the rather exotic countries that deliver quality when it comes to brutal Death or raw Black Metal. And Chile is just one good example for that. While most European and American acts have started to sound wimpy, musically matured or simply uninspired, HETROERTZEN still sticks to the grim cold Black Metal that […]
HERUKA is a fantasy Black Metal project hailing from Italy. “Leggenda” is HERUKA’s second release after a demo from 2001 called “Doxa Epicurea”. Like many fantasy Metal albums, “Leggenda” comes along with very melodic music, created by lots of keyboard-use. All in all I would say this is a solid output, the guitars and keys […]
Polish Black Metal is among the most unique on the planet. Members of the early guard, like MASTER’S HAMMER and ROOT played with a nasal, yet disturbingly sinister and primitive, satanic style (probably because they’re both from the Czech Republic and not from Poland Mr.Shapiro… – Frank). By contrast, HERMH sound like KEEP OF KALESSIN […]
Even though we get approx 40 minutes of music (incl. one video-clip), this is a mini-CD. That’s one really positive thing about this release, for we get only two new tracks. Three tracks are new versions of older songs and we get two covers. Hmm, reminds me a bit about the release from Dimmu Borgir […]
THE HERETIC from Spain are active since 1998 and “Gospel Songs In E Minor” is already their third full-length album. The music travels over a wide range of influences, from symphonic and melodic parts, a huge quantity of keyboards to Thrash Metal riffing. The song-structure is fairly progressive, reminding me of the latest ENSLAVED releases. […]
If it comes to Pagan Metal it’s currently more than difficult to avoid the term sellout and see every release as objective as possible. It has started years ago with bands like FINNTROLL and a completely new direction with a lot of interesting influences was born. But as usual the new ideas had become the […]
Interesting. A Thrash / Rock / Heavy Metal band from Paris that has a moniker and logo akin to that of a Death Metal act yet who ultimately sound like RUNNING WILD in their early days mixed with a stack of overlooked, and obscure NWOBHM, altogether delivered in a hefty rollicking roughshod manner. The cover […]
I know that Frediablo is involved in a multitude of musical projects (NECROPHAGIA and GRIMFIST being the most famous), but it is the first time I am exposed to one of his creations, the case in point being the band / project HEMNUR. What can I say? “Satanic Hellride” is maybe a cool album, but […]