The Polish Black Metal scene has become smaller and smaller over the years. The main reason is that the few Polish acts which can advise an international status “realized” their Death Metal roots and left to conquer MORBID ANGEL territory. HELLVETO are part of this traditional scene since 1996 and honestly speaking “Neoheresy” is my […]
What is Hellveto? Hard to tell, maybe it has something to be related to “Hell” or something. Come on, this is pagan Black Metal, it has to be something occult, diabolic or something; just read the title of the album and it is almost 666 or 999. Ho many releases are there before this one? […]
This is already the fourth full-length release in 2006 of the Polish atmospheric Pagan Metal band HELLVETO. It’s quite impressive for a band (furthermore formed by only one member) in only one year, or perhaps just the contrary if we think about quality. I already said in another review that I’ve never been too impressed […]
One more release which shows how huge the influence of BEHEMOTH was (and still is) on the Polish Metal movement during the last years. HELL UNITED are another band which takes many details from BEHEMOTH’s work of the last couple of albums. For sure it is obvious that they can’t match with the uniqueness of […]
The latest update out of the HELLSAW camp is a new contract with Napalm Records and the recording session of their third album “Cold”. So what can we expect from an Austrian Black Metal band under the wings of the once so blackened major label. For sure not another napalmed edition of ENTHRONED – the […]
Having never payed a special attention to them and having Bruce from EMBALMED listening to one of HELL MILITIA’s CDs as one of the only 4 CDs he’ll listen to ever (true story) I was curious as to the greatness of these guys. So we go on to the disc at hand and we get […]
Death himself is sending his warm invitation to every true Metal soul and really nobody should ignore this ‘hellish’ hour of Death / Thrash otherwise his Metal soul will definitely burn in hell. What an album and what a fantastic and breathtaking opener in form of the killer track ‘Night Of The Possessed’ – while […]
I would not dare to say that German Thrash Metal celebrates a reincarnation, but the underground spawns out some great hordes every now and then (if we are just thinking about the WITCHBURNER General or the Master NOCTURNAL eclipse). HELLISH CROSSIFRE are maniacal and skilled enough to rank into the current five best Thrash Metal […]
Well, I’ll try to keep it short on this one: Polish HELLCULT’s first demo CDR contains 6 primitive old school Black Metal songs plus an intro and should satisfy anyone who is deepily interested in the typical DARKTHRONE or ARMAGEDDA-style. Let’s do not talk about originality on this CD, HELLCULT do not give a shit […]
HELLBRINGER are yet another black-tinged Thrash act in the vein of CRUEL FORCE and DEATHAMMER. It seems these kind of VENOM influenced retro-Thrash acts have been popping up everywhere for the last couple years. As I hit play on their self titled album and heard the introductory evil laughter, I was hoping for something as […]