Yes, finally a new sign of life (or death, to be exact…) from Berlin’s finest in terms of US style death metal! Harmony Dies have been around for a while already, sacrificing their efforts for the glory of Suffocation-Style music and “I’ll Be Your Master” is again nothing but a very recommendable item for your […]
I’m glad you are reading this review as I was not sure if anyone will check it out because of the name of the band. HARMONY is or better was a shitty name for a Death Metal band and I guess that’s one of the reasons why the guys changed their name to MAZE OF […]
Thrash Metal from Norway… yes, Thrash – and not Black Metal this time. Not that Thrash Metal hasn’t been done in Norway any earlier, but since this country of breath-taking mountains and fjords has mostly become known for its infamous darker-than-black acts from the very beginning, it’s kind of easy to get Norway associated with […]
Mike Scalzi’s (THE LORD WEIRD SLOUGH FEG) side project offers quite a bit of Black Metal moments and kind of pagan / medieval sounds combined with the weird “celtic” Power Metal approach of his main band, so I think it fits in here fine and although “The Bastard” is mainly Power Metal, the typical HAMMERFALL […]
Let’s face the facts: “Evil Never Dies”, the album, that was supposed to be HALLOWS EVE’s comeback release, by no means lived up to the expectations of their loyal fanbase (and probably didn’t gain them too many new followers either). The critics weren’t the best and (from what I’ve read) this line-up also didn’t really […]
After the release of their rather controversial 2 track CD single “Evil Offerings”, reunited Atlanta Thrashers HALLOWS EVE are finally delivering their first full-length album in 17 years now! “Evil Never Dies” features both of the single tracks (‘Technicolour Roadkill’ and ‘Looking Glass’) in re-recorded (?), stronger sounding versions as well as seven new tunes. […]
As a longtime fan of their three classic full-length albums on Metal Blade Records (“Tales Of Terror”, “Death And Insanity” and “Monument”) I was really curious to finally check out some new material by reformed Atlanta based Thrashers HALLOWS EVE. First of all let me tell you that it is a big letdown that original […]
A further band from the land of the thousand lakes is not really special, especially when they are heading into the popular Folk / Pagan Metal direction but if the band has composed a MCD with the sole use of the basis instruments ignoring the power of lyrics – guitars, drums plus some traditional instruments […]
Ladies and gentleman… the bitching an moaning for the good old times where Death Metal reigned the underground world supreme are over and HAIL OF BULLETS are waving their flag of unadulteraded old school head-hammering brutality for us mere mortals to bow and bang our skulls mercilessly. Right after the play button is pressed I […]
HAGAL return with their 2nd CD “Sterbender Traum” after four years of silence, and where “Karg”, its predecessor, had its lengths with songs of up to 18 minutes playing-time, this album is a pleasant surprise in every aspect: Starting with the package, the booklet comes as a fat 24-pages-booklet in soft brown shades. The CD […]