There is a goat depicted on the over of this CD, add to this a pretty unoriginal title and you can be led to think that GNOSTIC is another stupid Black Metal act presenting not a sparkle of interest at all. Fortunately, GNOSTIC’s music is far more interesting that that. “Hatewar 666” is an album […]
The third GLORIA MORTI release “Anthems Of Annihilation” is (unfortunately) one of the best examples of how a poor cover artwork can influence the overall impression of a release. Imagine the design of a very cheap Sci-Fi shooter from anno 2000 and than you are close to the bull’s eye. But despite this fact the […]
Sometimes a journey can take a little bit longer than expected especially if your long-boat grounded during the first trip to foreign shores. The Norwegian Folk Metal band GLITTERTIND is one of the last survivors of the Hammerheart Records / Karmageddon Media crash and it took them more than a while to lick their wounds. […]
A fascinating original sounding mixture of Thrashcore à la S.O.D. or D.R.I. with Death Metal elements and vocals comparable to good ol’ CARCASS offer GHOUL from California. Their second full-length CD is a rousing masterpiece containing eight straight, memorable, asskicking own tunes, a macabre Punk-style version of Louis Armstrong’s ‘What A Wonderful World’ and a […]
And once again we have to deal with a band that tries to get into the spotlight by creating a rather “mysterious” image (Zzzzzzzz….). Nobody knows where they come from, nobody knows who they are (unless you believe that “Digestor”, “Cremator” and “Fermentor” are their real names) and they cover their faces with rather stupid […]
GERM BOMB’s first album, “Infected From Birth”, dashes back and forth from all-out, post-apocalyptic D-Beat crossover, to fist-pumping anthems of fury. Each song is played passionately, which is worthy of some respect even if you don’t like them. That said, however, it’s hard not to like at least half of “Infected From Birth”. Fans of […]
As the band name suggests GENOCIDE KOMMANDO, consisting of Kommander Noktu (Drakkar France / CELESTIA) and Kommander Horrendus (CORPUS CHRISTI) promote the total annihilation of all life forms on our filthridden planet. With a picture of a mass grave at a concentration camp and sentences like “GENOCIDE KOMMANDO does not want to be compared with […]
This French band comes out as an excellent surprise, thanks to a bunch of well written songs, well served by a adequate production. Their label tags them as a Grind Death act, well I would say that GENITAL GRINDER sound like your typical American Brutal Death, with only the infamous double vocals treatment (the duck […]
Have shed their atmospheric and ethereal sound of past releases and gone for a more direct, simple and altogether brutal sound, GEHENNA have indeed lost that charm and appeal which made them so damn special in the beginning. Sure, no one can stay the same or stagnate (unless you’re MOTÖRHEAD of course!) but the progression […]
Starting out as a Doom / Death act in 1998 Spanish GATHERING DARKNESS chose to change their style to – surprise, surprise – brutal Death Metal in the SUFFOCATION vein. Anything doomy or atmospheric the band might have had on its demos is gone forever on “Beholders Of The Pain Planet”, the first official full-length […]