This is the debut album of the German Thrash-outfit around drummer Randy Black, who in the past was already beating around the bush for acts like PRIMAL FEAR or ANNIHILATOR. And this pretty much sets the tone here since the music on “The Final Fall” has much more in common with thrashy Power Metal than […]
I was unable to get useful infos concerning DUSK, except that this band hailed from Wisconsin and vanished without a trace around 1998. Thanks to Rich Fatalo (who runs Lost Disciple Records) however, we have now the chance to (re)discover this extraordinary band, through this reissue of all their recordings, two MCDs and one compilation […]
With a name like DRÜNKEN BASTARDS you can only hope they weren’t too sloppy to record their record properly. I also anticipated there might be some tomfoolery in store for the listener’s amusement. You know – drunken ramblings, a few movie samples, maybe even a morbid skit or prank. Scanning the track list, my eyes […]
When I got informed about the existence of this group I became very excited. The reasons are very simple: the line-up and the music, that this trio offer us. Born from the swamp pits of Florida, DRUID LORD was formed in the early months of 2010. Pete Slate of cult Black / Death band EQUINOX […]
Usually, I do a lot of research before writing a review on bands I am not familiar with. So, I started looking up info on Ukraine’s DRUDKH. Since 2003, they have released seven albums. The band’s latest offering, “Handful Of Stars” is my first listen and definitely, one difficult to describe. I really don’t know […]
The eternal search for the forgotten true Black Metal spirit is uniting all Metal labels of the world and Avantgarde Music is starting a new attempt with the release of the 10th DROWNING THE LIGHT album. The Australian band, consisting of band members of the well known underground acts NAZXUL and PESTILENTIAL SHADOWS, is an […]
This France-based formation plays catchy, quite fierce and straight old -schoolish Death Metal with a few Thrash and Hardcore influences. The result is an interesting combination as you may guess. The band incorporates groovy, disturbing MORBID ANGEL-like riffing with the power of Thrash Metal. I like the result indeed. This ouput’s production is cool, too. […]
The debut album of this band from L.A. formerly known as MANSLAUGHTER and fronted by Elizabeth Shall, who handles guitars and vocals (as well as bass in the recording), comes as a nice surprise. The label Ibex Moon is better known for releasing bands in the brutish side of Death Metal, and while this one […]
I have never fully recovered from my first hearing of DREAM DEATH absolute masterpiece “Journey Into Mystery” back in 1987. I remember vividly the circumstances surrounding this event in my personal life. I was laughing out of happiness so much I found this LP almost too much to be true! Now, 18 years later, it […]
Does any of you Death Metal freaks still don’t know this four-piece cult act from Seattle (Washington)? If somebody answered yes, the only necessary thing to know is that this band is total IMMOLATION worshipping, with some traces of INCANTATION here and there. So, pure darkness, heaviness and brutality played with exceptional technique and, most […]