Talking about Necrofier without mentioning Oceans Of Slumber is practically impossible, because after all three of the four band members have/had already been involved with the progressive metallers from Houston. Guitarist Semit Özerkan is an active member of Oceans Of Slumber and the same goes for Dobber Beverly. Moreover, Mat Aleman had already played with... Continue Reading →
Review IMMORTAL ‘War Against All’
The new Immortal album can't exactly be described as a quick fix, as it took five years before the band from Bergen, Norway shipped their new work 'War Against All' from the Norwegian fjords into the world. Other than Northern Chaos God, the previous album, the new record is actually a kind of Demonaz solo... Continue Reading →
CADAVER – new song and details of the new album
Norwegian death metallers, Cadaver are proud to reveal ‘The Age Of The Offended’ will be unleashed on July 21, 2023 via Nuclear Blast Records. True to the band’s primitive roots and an audacious, ground-breaking, psychedelic horror-show, the album is an angry, fucked up album for angry, fucked up times, defiantly created against the odds. Today,... Continue Reading →
Live report CANNIBAL CORPSE, DARK FUNERAL, INGESTED & STORMRULER, Gruenspan, Hamburg – April 9th, 2023
Today, Easter Sunday, it is not only the Easter Bunny who comes to the Hanseatic city. It is also an unholy alliance, which finds its way to Hamburg. None other than Cannibal Corpse have announced themselves to serve the fans a special Easter egg with their splatter death metal. Besides Cannibal Corpse, the Swedish black... Continue Reading →
Review DØDHEIMSGARD ‘Black Medium Current’
Dødheimsgard is one of the bands from Norway that made it to international reputation starting in 1994. Like other bands from the Norwegian metal scene, the musical rebellion started in black metal. So did Dødheimsgard, who introduced their devilish debut album 'Kronet til konge' in 1995. Even if the basic black manifestos are still present,... Continue Reading →
Review THRON ‘Dust’
The southwest of Germany is certainly one of the sunniest regions in the entire country. But it is the Black Forest which is definitely one of the darker areas of Germany, especially during autumn and winter. When in autumn the fog mystically spreads its gray veils over the coniferous forest, this is exactly the type... Continue Reading →
Review MORK ‘Dypet’
You can't exactly say that Mork from Norway are one of the quick starters. Founded in 2004 in Halden, Norway it took the band already nine years until they could present their debut album 'Isebakke'. Before that, there was only a demo called 'Rota til ondskap'. Not more. The debut was released in 2013 and... Continue Reading →
Review DOWNFALL OF GAIA ‘Silhouettes of Disgust’
The German metal collective Downfall Of Gaia have been working on their sixth album and now the result of their efforts hits the record stores. After the predecessor 'Ethics of Radical Finitude' was released just before the pandemic, fans of the band had to wait four long years for a follow-up album. With 'Silhouettes of... Continue Reading →
Review MYSTIC CIRCLE ‘Erzdämon’
After it was quiet around Mystic Circle for a long time, A. Blackwar and Beelzebub came around the corner with a new album in 2021. Simply called 'Mystic Circle' the band returned to their black roots and released grim black metal songs that caught people's attention. Now follows with 'Erzdämon' the second strike of the... Continue Reading →
Review IMPERIUM DEKADENZ ‘Into Sorrow Evermore’
Imperium Dekadenz belong to the longtimer players when it comes to German extreme metal. The duo, consisting of Vespasian and Horaz, started 2004 and brought black metal to the black forest. From their homebase Villingen-Schwenningen, the duo started to take metal fans heart by storm in 2006 when the band launched their debut album. ‘…und... Continue Reading →
Review BEZWERING ‘Dodenkroning’
Bezwering are one of the more recent black metal bands from The Netherlands. Formed in 2018, the guys have delivered their debut album in 2020 with 'Aan de wormen overgelvered' (engl. 'Surrendered to the Worms') and here comes the not at all pre-Christmas sound of 'Dodenkroning' (engl. 'Crowning of the Dead'). The quintet from Gelderland... Continue Reading →
Review KARG ‘Resignation’
Karg are from Austria, more precisely from the Salzburg region and is the brainchild of V. Wahntraum, who some of you surely know as J.J. from Harakiri For The Sky. However, the multi-instrumentalist started with Karg in 2006 before Harakiri For The Sky joined in 2011. Karg make themselves scarce as far as live shows... Continue Reading →
Review KAMPFAR ‘Til Klovers Takt’
Not quite as relaxed and cheerful as the dancing people on the cover artwork is the new album from Kampfar, but the sounds of the dark side of power dominate the album. 'Til Klovers Takt' is the title of Kampfar's new album which offers a home to a total of six tracks. On the new... Continue Reading →
Review BLACK ANVIL ‘Regenesis’
New York is a melting pot in the broadest sense of the word and this also applies without exception to rock and metal. The Ramones, Anthrax, Suffocation and Type O Negative … they all have/had their home base on the American East Coast. And what about black metal? Well, also here New York has something... Continue Reading →
Live report ARCH ENEMY, BEHEMOTH, CARCASS & UNTO OTHERS, edel-optics Arena, Hamburg – October 30th, 2022
There are days when there are so many bands in town that it's hard to decide where to go. Sunday, October 30 in Hamburg, that's such a day. Hypocricy are in town, Audrey Horne play a show in the Hanseatic city and also Arch Enemy, Behemoth, Carcass and Unto Others guest in Hamburg. The agony... Continue Reading →