This is already the 2nd full-length recording from HATRED after their debut “Soulless” in 2004 but the first one from ’em for me. What do we get here? HATRED play totally outdated Speed / Thrash Metal in the Bay Area vein. You easily can recognize huge influences from (to name the most common ones) TESTAMENT, […]
Well, when I received this promo and checked the booklet – that is, the photos in it, the tracks’ titles, the lyrics and, last but not least, the title of this output which is “Thrash’n’Roll”, I was sort of delighted, amused and annoyed at the same time. The design and outer appearance of this three-piece […]
When I saw the band’s name I immediately associated this Italian three piece with the current Scandinavian neo Death / Thrash scene. But luckily (?) I was wrong – HATEWORK’s roots seem to be a lot older than that as the material on this ten tracker is pure fuckin’ old school Thrash Metal and the […]
Death / Thrashers HATESPHERE from Denmark are back with their third album. With a mighty production they slaughter through ten songs. Each song contains several monsterriffs plus brutal vocals and delivers a strong “mosh appeal madness”. Of course HATESPHERE invent nothing new to the genre of Death / Thrash Metal, but that doesn’t bother me […]
What a short title, haha! After two full albums Danish modern Death / Thrashers HATESPERE release a MCD featuring one new track, two coversongs and four live recordings from their European tour with THE HAUNTED. The strong new song ‘Release The Pain’ ranges between up- and midtempo with a quite melodic chorus and is a […]
It seems that a modernized form of Thrash has dethroned Death Metal for good in Sweden. The bands playing this kind of music are now countless, and among them HATESPHERE. Well, I can’t say I am very impressed by this release (their second to date) simply because I am not a fan of Neo-Thrash in […]
This Danish bunch originally started out as NECROSIS back in 1992 and recorded three demos before they decided to change their name into HATESPHERE in 1998. According to their info sheet they were already receiving an incredible response after the release of their second demo, which even resulted in several contract offers. But the guys […]
When I received this MCD recently I first of all expected it to be a(nother) brutal Death Metal release, because of the band’s name and the way their logo and coverart looks like. But as soon as opened this little fucker and came across the two corpsepaint wearing dudes on the backside of the CDs […]
The vision that HATEFUL AGONY offer on their fourth album is quite clear and simple: fast and aggressive Thrash Metal. After the first listening to “Obey” one main influence is most evident, namely early KREATOR. Especially the vocalist sounds like Mille himself, the same pressed, aggressive shouting like on “Extreme Aggression” or “Coma Of Souls”. […]
All those of you who were a little worried and expected HATE ETERNAL to slow down on the follow-up to their highly acclaimed debut “Conquering The Throne” can relax again. Erik Rutan and the boys have by no means become slaves to the mainstream – they’re actually almost more uncompromising and deadly than ever before! […]