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! […]
As live albums go, this is a masterpiece. Normally, we gloss over live recordings unless they belong to a cult band who didn’t have much material to begin with. Only “Unleashed In The East”, by JUDAS PRIEST, sold as well as the studio recordings. It’s with good reason that live albums are often ignored: poor […]
From the outskirts of Warsaw, Poland hail another version of BEHEMOTH! However not nearly as proficient, blindingly fast nor as internationally acclaimed, called HATE. And even though this band has been around since 1990 you can and would not even know this had I not mentioned it, as the musicianship doesn’t warrant an accolade as […]
Formed in 1990 Polish HATE for a long time stood in the shadow of the national Metal scene leaders VADER and lately highly successful BEHEMOTH. To be honest, I perceived HATE always as nothing more than a good alternative to VADER because their MORBID ANGEL inspired fast, dark and straight-forward brand of Death Metal had […]
This is the fourth HATE album so far, and I think we can say that this Polish act grows better and better with the time! I knew their two first albums “Lord Is Avenger” and “Victims” re-released under the name “Holy Dead Trinity” on Blackend Records, but even if the HATE trademark is still here, […]
Until now, HATE are certainly Poland’s best kept secret, because of a lack of proper distribution outside their homeland. The proof is that I had to wait at least six months to finally get this album, which will be distributed in the western hemisphere only on July 23, through World War III Records for the […]
This Death Metal band is from Poland and their debut album “Holy Dead Trinity” is already on quite a high level. The record company’s info sheet says that fans of DEICIDE, VADER and MORBID ANGEL will worship this band and especially the weird solos remind me a bit of MORBID ANGEL indeed. Not quite on […]
HARMONY DIES now with Morbid Records, eh? Compared with their new label mates PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT, HARMONY DIES have a weaker production – but it’s still okay. “Narcotic” starts out with a funny “Power Metal” scream – yeah, these guys are best known for their more or less funny sides. I’m not their biggest fan as […]