And the story ends, due to the fact that Northern Silence Productions finally completes the re-release project of all former ELFFOR publications with “Unblessed Woods”. Their fourth album was originally released in 2006 – as usual limited to 500 copies and sold out in a couple of weeks. It’s definitely no secret that Eöl is […]
J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” is for nearly 80 years a source of inspiration for so many people around the globe. ‘Speak, friend and enter.’ – the words which the company of the nine has to speak before they are allowed to enter the gates of Moria are the perfect introduction to “From […]
Does it really make sense to promote an album of a Grindcore legend by mentioning the guest appearance of some CRADLE OF FILTH lead guitarist?! I doubt it! Nobody seriously into Grindcore will give a shit about CRADLE and vice versa. I mean, c’mon – EXTREME NOISE TERROR have already been around for more than […]
Progressive Extreme Metal without any borders! I’d describe EXTOL as a progressive Deathrash band, but that’s not the whole truth. Very often they remind me of an angry brother of NEVERMORE. Sometimes you get great melodic vocals (e.g.: track 4) but usually it’s high pitched extreme singing. This range allows highly emotional moments, sometimes supported […]
By their own admission, EXTERMINATION ANGEL is a band with nothing but contempt for trends, and their music serves as ample enough proof of that. Their music is raw; vicious – definitely not for the faint of heart. With a gristly bass, razor sharp guitars, and Kam Lee-inspired vocals, this band is set to destroy. […]
Every time I take a look at the newspaper there are always discussions about the so-called “globalisation”. Globalisation of markets, of banking, of production and, with a band like EXPLOSICUM, of Metal. A Chinese band sounding like an American Thrash Metal band. All the representative elements are at hand – fast riffing, mid-tempo mosh-parts, high-speed […]
Falling in line with those VFTD staff who aren’t necessarily behind the new version of EXODUS, I can testify that for the most part I do understand where they are speaking from and sit amongst those of my brethren here (Laurent Ramadier / Timothy Dovgy) with a similar raised middle finger in protest and a […]
In case you are going to read this, I strongly recommend you to start with the one above – colleague Laurent’s crushing review on previous EXODUS mini CD. According to it, any Paul Baloff worshipper (and I’m proud to consider myself one of them) should have booed EXODUS the day they decided to go on […]
Next to the chance to sell cheap Metal shirts – out of foreign production – via Ebay, the online market is in general a good indicator if it comes to the musical qualities of certain bands. So my expectation concerning the Danish Death Metal extremists EXMORTEM had not been very high based on the fact […]
After all, this is pretty much the same kind of Death Metal you’ve heard just so many times before. Is it bad? Well, actually it is not if we take a closer look at the technical aspect to this “Nihilistic Contentment” release. EXMORTEM manages to make their music float, and the changes in tempo and […]