Somehow I already knew that this album would blow me away before I even had listened to it for the first time. Brazil’s HEADHUNTER D.C. have been around for so long by know and never ever betrayed the roots of old school Death Metal that I would’ve been really surprised if they all of a […]
This is a tricky one, cause there’s several bands under the HAVOK banner around. In case of this self made EP we talk about a four-piece, based in the Swedish town Lund. The band already collected some promising reviews in the wellknown Swedish Close-Up Magazine, but let the music do the talking for itself. HAVOK […]
Phew! I had quite some trouble getting into the new HAUNTED material. Although it takes off with some doomy part totally in the good old SLAYER vein, “One Kill Wonder” is less straight forward than its predecessor. The only track I loved right from the beginning is the instrumental ‘Demon Eyes’ which instantly reminded me […]
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 HATRED play totally outdated Speed / Thrash Metal in the Bay Area vein.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 […]