Ramon Claassen’s words of praise: forgive us for doing it the long way… in the summer time when the weather is fine I usually don’t give a fuck about Black Metal. Bands like TWISTED SISTER, DIO, MAIDEN or SAXON (my “Sunshine Reggae”), and a good beer – that’s what I call summer feeling! But HIDDEN […]
Their new promo presents the Symphonic Black Metal outfit HIDDEN IN THE FOG in an even better light than their previous CD. The orchestration is far more impressive and the aggressive parts are even more kick ass! Actually, HIDDEN… is one of the rare few demo bands I can listen to over and over again. […]
Sometimes it’s a bit sad that some releases don’t come with a cover and especially lyricsheet, as I would have liked to gather a further look on them. The concept of the album seems to present the projection of time as eternity in the cosmos. And while concept and coverartwork (by J.P. Fournier if someone […]
I guess you all know cases of unsigned bands that make you wonder why the hell they do not have a contract yet. HIBERNUS MORTIS are such a case. They have the perfect unholy and brutal Death Metal style that makes me think of acts like the mighty INCANTATION, IMMOLATION, old GRAVE, DETERIOROT or INFAMY. […]
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 […]