I regard the French Black Metal scene as the healthiest next to the Scandinavian one (and yes, I found the former better than the latter, to tell you the entire truth), and latest works by acts like MALLEUS MALEFICARUM, VOCIFERIAN, DEATHSPELL OMEGA, SPEKTR, HAEMOTH (to cite few examples) give proof enough of that. Well, you […]
With the unbelievable amount of over 75.000 active Metal bands worldwide less than one percent are making the difference – and EVOCATION are definitely part of this elite family! Two years have passed since the release of “Dead Calm Chaos” and after nearly 20 years of existence the Swedish band is still hungry enough to […]
The expectations had been more than just high and honestly speaking demanded the whole Death Metal scene nothing less than a further masterpiece from not one but the Swedish Death Metal hope EVOCATION. And yes they conquered again so easily the Death Metal throne that I’m more than just surprised. Since their debut “Tales From […]
Every pure Death Metal fan will certainly agree that innovation within this style of music is not necessarily needed as long as a band plays their stuff with enough brutality and the right feel for it. Sweden’s EVOCATION, who used to release two amazing four-song demos back in 1992 (both were re-issued on CD/LP in […]
Wow! What a blast! Michael Eisenhower (ex-NUM SKULL) and Co. finally present their official debut album containing half an hour of pure rage and blasphemy. This album is heavy and intense, just the way I like Death Metal. Some of the sound effects remind me of NILE, but apart from that it is real old […]
Hearing the name EVILDOER for the first time I thought what a great name for a Metal band! Why did the Metal community have to wait for a band with such a name until 2004? That is the year when some Swedish maniacs got together and started EVILDOER. They just released one demo and now […]
The CD “MMIV Lacrimas Mundi” by the Finnish duo EVEMASTER didn’t exactly catch me with its first sounds. Not too impressive melodic Black Metal blast part right at the beginning. The drums suck in particular. Then their style changes towards melodic Death Metal although you always stumble over typical Black Metal riffs. There’s even a […]
EVANGELIVM is a two-man band from Russia I’ve never ever heard about and thus marks Hammer Of Hate’s first signing outside Finland. As the band name suggests, orthodox devil worshipping in the WATAIN, FUNERAL MIST, ONDSKAPT tradition is the deal here yet in terms of quality and impact on the musical side of things, EVANGELIVM […]
Kenilworth is a small town in England and next to the castle built in the 12th Century there is so far nothing special to report about this royal place. For ETHEREAL WOODS the castle and the surrounding woods are perfect places / sources of inspiration for their melodic Black Metal and mastermind Mark Britton (also […]
Some weeks ago an old friend was celebrating his birthday and we ended up pretty drunken at four o’clock in the night listenig to BURZUM and discussing the magic (or whatever anyone may call it) of this band respectively Black Metal in general. I do not want to bore you with our weird theories, but […]