There aren’t many bands who scream forth their blasphemies very convincingly these days. Naturally there are always a few, but they’re few and far between in comparison to the… others. HELLACAUST are not one of those others. “Inevitable Dementia” is a vengeful record somewhat like, but not akin to: DESASTER, URN, and other bands with […]
I’ve listened to that HELHEIM album over and over again and it’s one of those albums that have a very tough beginning, but grow after each listening. A creative piece of Metal art that needs full dedication and if you label the Finish reindeer and humpa-humpa bands FINNTROLL, TURISAS or ENSIFERUM Viking Metal then HELHEIM […]
The Trollzorn family is unleashing again their ‘deadliest’ weapon and everybody – including myself – who has foreseen a bright future for the Germany based band HELFAHRT will not be disappointed. These days only a few German bands are worth to be connected to cult acts like NAGELFAR or LUNAR AURORA but with the follow […]
It’s more or less a fact that within the last couple of years a lot of very good, means very unique German Black Metal bands had faded into dust (NAGELFAR, LUNAR AURORA) and only very rarely their musical legacy can be “touched” by the next generation of bands. HELFAHRT are one of these bands and […]
It was in 1988, that HEATHEN released their debut album “Breaking The Silence” on the much missed Combat Records (I know a couple of years ago Combat Records were supposed to release a bunch of screamo garbage, but forget that) and the way I found out about ’em is that a buddy of mine brought […]
The Bay Area crunch masters or better known as the Bay Area Metal gods have finally returned with a vengeance after so many years of silence. “Recovered” is still not the so much awaited comeback album from those geniuses but at least it gives us a chance to introduce something new to alternate between “Breaking […]
The Death / Black Metal world is such a serious place with so many bands which are more interested in their (nevertheless vague) image than their musical performance. But there are also guys from just around the corner who – by recording one good album after another – are showing the world their way of […]
Melodic-Death’n’Rollers HEARSE from Stockholm, Sweden are striking back with their 4th studio album “In These Veins” and new label Dental Records. What? You never heard about this damn cool three piece before! What an omission. HEARSE features legendary vocalist / frontman Johan Liiva (former CARNAGE, FURBOWL and ARCH ENEMY). This man is a living legend […]
John Liiva’s band HEARSE returns with a second album, entitled “Armageddon Mon Amour”. If that title is inspired by the movie “Hiroshima Mon Amour” directed by Alan Resnais is beyond my knowledge. Anyway: this band reminded my a bit of the second FURBOWL output. Somewhat groovy Death Metal elements, a slight punk edge, melodic hooks […]
Although HEARSE are definitely not the type of music I dig, I have to admit that their mixture of traditional Metal / Hardrock riffs with raw and dirty vocals à la newer ENTOMBED managed to fascinate me especially at the beginning of the CD. HEARSE are the new band of ARCH ENEMY vocalist Johan Liiva, […]