As soon as I’ve found out about Seattle’s DRAWN AND QUARTERED, they’ve turned into one of my current fave Death Metal hordes rather quickly. So, needless to say that I was pretty excited when the guys supplied me with a promo copy of their fourth full-length album “Hail Infernal Darkness” (thanx Kelly!!) which once again […]
Whether you were disappointed by the new MORBID ANGEL, can’t wait until INCANTATION pop up with a new CD or just feel the need for some excellent brutal, blasphemous and dark Death Metal, “Extermination Revelry” by Seattle warriors DRAWN AND QUARTERED should be your first choice! Their second album after “To Kill Is Human”, released […]
Eight years after their highly praised self-financed debut album (or call it demo, whatever…) “Unter dem Banner der Norwinde” DRAUTRAN from Germany are back with their next effort, finally signed with the Prophecy Productions sublabel Lupus Lounge. “Throne Of The Depths” is a 51 minutes long Pagan Metal monster which offers everything each fan of […]
The legacy of the almighty BATHORY has become in some way the Ying and Yang of today’s Black Metal. Their first couple of harsh Black Metal releases have influenced a whole generation of fans and musicians and their second era with releases like “Hammerheart” and / or “Twilight Of The Gods” has set standards if […]
Who feels sturdy enough to endure an hour of harsh, depressive and hateful Black Metal torture should not hesitate a second and get the new DRAUGAR album, which is like label-fellows LEVIATHAN’s and XASTHUR’s works relatively tasteful driven by a drumming machine and utilizes fast possessed parts as well as melancholic, atmospheric acoustic guitars. Sheer […]
I’m definitely not going to criticize the technical skills of DRAGONLORD as the members’ names should already be proof enough of the quality to be expected here. Eric Peterson (TESTAMENT) on guitar and vocals(!), Steve DiGiorgio (SADUS, DEATH etc.) on bass, Jon Allen (SADUS) on drums, Steve Smyth (current tour guitarist of TESTAMENT) and the […]
DORNENREICH have always been more than just your average Metal band. Starting out as some kind of progressive Black Metal act they constantly kept searching for new ways to express their unique vision, which led to results that may not always have been embraced even by their own, supposedly rather open-minded audience. Their latest work […]
Well, I have been following DORNENREICH’s way since the “Mein Flügelschlag” demo back in 1997 and after a little while it was obvious that this band is going to be something extraordinary. A remarkable flame within a cold, empty, uninspiring, uniformed and monotonous world. The debut and the follow-up can be grossly categorized as Black […]
Here goes something cool for all you thrashin’ Death maniacs! The oddly named (you would probably count on tiresome Doom Gothic Metal with a name like DORMITORY, haha!) German four piece has finally managed to emerge on the surface with their self released debut album “Inhuman Conditions” after several years of being around in the […]
German DOOMSTONE play ‘Death-Thrash-Metal with different elements’ and fortunately the music is better than is rather silly stylistic description. The four guys from Trier mix influences from traditional Death / Thrash à la MALEVOLENT CREATION, REVENANT with the melodic elements and vocal-style of mid-to-late CARCASS plus add some progressive moments, which remind me of SADUS […]