GURD? What’s GURD, aah, it’s “Drug” backwards, very funny, GURD makes me think of the good old Frank Zander song “Hier kommt GURD”, haha. Ok, I know it was an awful joke, but let’s talk about the music. I’ll try my best to be kind with this CD, because years ago when I still listened […]
If it comes to Thrash Metal I’m like an old farmer which is rejecting everything new by preferring the originals instead of listening every week to a further retro band. GUILLOTINE is without a doubt one band which deserves the title cult act and I didn’t expect a new release after such a long time. […]
Not the GUILLOTINE that I know about from Sweden, no these maniacs are from Brazil and at least in my opinion (… and that’s all that really matters at the end of the day, doesn’t it?) they are much better than those aforementioned Swedes for three separate reasons. One, the Swedish GUILLOTINE are fake. They […]
Hell yes, this is fuckin’ cool stuff! Anyone into good old fashioned Death / Thrash on a high technical level? Then you better make sure to check out Colgne’s very own GUERRILLA. This extremely talented fourpiece delivers ten tracks of very well composed, arranged and produced material, with musical references to ANNIHILATOR, newer DEATH and […]
In the beginning there was darkness and the musical aim of combining the atmosphere of rusty horror stories by Poe and Lovecraft with simple but nevertheless effective Death Metal. THE GROTESQUERY is a further co-operation of workaholic Rogga Johansson (PAGANIZER, DEMIURG, EDGE OF SANITY, RIBSPREADER, PUTREVORE, SINNERS BURN, BONE GNAWER etc.) and his blood brother […]
Strange things are happenig from time to time, one can not explain why and how. I have seriously considered to contact FBI-agent Fox Moulder, known from the X-Files. “Listen to this album, there is something wrong.” But it is real life, so I have to think on myself and after some time I got the […]
GRIND INC. 2008 seem even more brutal than on “Executed”. More speed, more venom, more DYING FETUS and co. I seem to enjoy “Sudden State Of Hate” more than their 2005 debut even though it’s still not really my style. The band delivers excellent quality stuff and they’re quite capable musicians. The reason why I […]
GRIND INC. from Germany originally started as a project featuring members of NIGHT IN GALES, HATEFACTOR and CORONATION in 2001. By 2003 the band was complete. What we get on their debut CD is sometimes groovy, sometimes (really) fast Death Metal executed with utmost precision and brutality. Full stop. Anybody reading my mind? Yeah, I’m […]
A worn-out band-name (already worn-out when they had chosen it in 1996 whilst founding that band), singing in native language (here: Dutch) and galloping on medieval battle-fields is nothing new and innovative. But these words don’t count at all for all of us traditionalist Metal maniacs. The music often reminds me of ISENGARD, at least […]
The Belgian Black Metal scene might be overshadowed by the mighty ENTHRONED, but other bands are to be discovered if you dig a little deeper. GRIMFAUG for example are a young outfit from the Flemish part of the country who deliver a very harsh form of black aggression. All the typical ingredients of an underground […]