ILLUM ADORA from Koblenz, Germany, already released two full-lengths and several (split) EPs and even a live-album in 2017. All in all eleven releases in twelve years of existence. This compilation features the two very first outputs, namely the two demos “Begotten” (2015) and “Unchained From Slavery” (2016). Maybe I sound like a grumpy old […]
Not long after their splendid debut LP in 2021, BLAZON RITE is back with their second Epic Heavy Metal full-length. And on “Wild Rites And Ancient Songs” they turned some of the adjustment screws and wrote an album that surpasses the debut in all aspects. For the Epic Metal community, if ETERNAL CHAMPION or VISIGOTH […]
Time is a strange experience. So I was pretty surprised that the self-titled debut by WILD BEYOND only has half an hour playing time. That can not be, I thought to myself, it feels more like an hour. In my opinion, the cause of this phenomenon is clearly the amount of riffs that are processed. […]
It was about two years ago that French TENTATION released their first album “Le Berceau Des Dieux” that left me enthusiastically headbanging like the last nearly forty years just didn’t happen. The four piece from Occitanie released nothing less than the best Heavy Metal this millennium had to offer with that album. But even though […]
NECRONOMICON from Baden-Württemberg in Germany were founded in 1984 and are now releasing their eleventh studio album “Constant To Death”. The undoubted real veterans of German Thrash Metal seem like not yet ready to roll off even after the last offense with “The Final Chapter” (2021) and the story of the Book of the Dead […]
Canada, home of the Metal band SMOULDER… the band with a damn good name. An image of burning slowly with smoke but without flame. Such a powerful idea. And such a powerful band. Sarah Ann (vocals), Shon Vincent (guitars), Collin Wolf (guitars), Kevin Hester (drums) and Adam Blake (bass), with their second album “Violent Creed […]
Black Thrash Metal is a kind of Metal that never was too hip or the next big thing. Yet it was always there and enjoyed a certain popularity among those who are into extreme music. With INVERTED SAINT from the Stuttgart area in Germany, we have a new band that walks that path. And they […]
Hailing from Costa Rica’s capital San José Death Metal Grinders INANIMATE FLESH have released a second demo just a couple of months after their first demo. The two-member band formed in 2018 and has just recently issued out their material. Lead by vocalist Maria and backed by multi-instrumentalist Zodiac the duo is signed to Seeds […]
Formed in 2011, this is the debut album of one of the best old skull Black / Thrash / Death / Heavy Metal bands that have been erupted by this planet in the last few centuries. This self-released album on tape format was done for mainly getting a deal, and man, with such a strong […]
Although formed in 2010, this is a band formed by veterans of the Texas scene, specifically in Houston. And this is their debut album which is a killer slab of raging Death /Thrash executed in a fantastic way. The music recalls bands like MERCILESS, early INVOCATOR, SADUS and MALEVOLENT CREATION to name a few. And […]