NEW RELEASES. Here's the regularly updated list of what's in the pipeline.
NEW RELEASES 2020 – updated 10.08.2020
CD review INTOXICATED ‘Walled’ – EP
...'Stuck in Mode' is another evil thrasher before the first tones of 'Yuck' heralds the ending of this EP. The song, with a screaming guitar solo by Ken Andrews (Obituary), is the final punch of a release that brings back a time when Metal was raw, sweaty and relentless. Intoxicated picks-up these attributes and embedded them in these six songs that are surely worth to be checked out. A real blast from the past.
CD review TÖXIK DEATH ‚Sepulchral Demons‘
Töxik Death, hailing from Norway, has nearly 20 years on their back, but so far only have one longplayer released. The guys premiered in 2014 with ‚Speed Metal Hell‘, before line-up trouble forced a break. Singer and the entire rhythmsection needed to be replaced after the first question, continue or not, was answered positively. With... Continue Reading →
CD review AMPUTATION ‘Slaughter in the Arms of God’
Amputation is a Death Metal band hailing from Norway. It might be the case that many of you aren’t familiar with the band, but Immortal fans certainly know the guys. Prior to Immortal no less than Demonaz has been part of Amputation. The original line-up of the band consisted of the mentioned Harald Nævdal (aka... Continue Reading →
CD review TEMPLE OF DREAD ‘World Sacrifice’
East Frisia isn't an area in Germany that's known for Metal, which doesn't mean in reverse that there isn't good music coming from the North. Death Metal outfit Temple Of Dread hails from Spiekeroog, Germany and is a rather new player. Founded in 2017 the trio premiered in 2019 with 'Blood Craving Mantras'. Almost to... Continue Reading →
CD review MESSIAH ‘Fatal Grotesque Symbols – Darken Universe’ – EP
It was quiet about Messiah for a long time. In the beginning of the first heyday of Swiss Extreme Metal, with bands like Celtic Frost and Cornoner, Messiah started to record a first demo, followed by a debut album in 1986. Unfortunately, the first era of Messiah lasted not longer than 10 years. In the... Continue Reading →
CD review SAINTS OF DEATH ‘Ascend to the Throne’
Saints Of Death are from Vancouver, Canada and are musically focused on a mixture of Thrash and Death Metal. In combination with an electric groove, especially fans of bands like Arch Enemy and Pantera should keep on reading. Not that Saints Of Death could already compete with these bands, but they work on similar musical... Continue Reading →
ARROGANZ announce a new album
'Morsus', the new album of German sepulchral Death Metal outfit Arroganz, will be released on October 2nd 2020 via the band’s new label home Supreme Chaos Records! A video clip for the crushing title track is available already at this location: https://youtu.be/8WAFzDpm5NU Arroganz is raging honesty. Real despair. True anger. An attitude beyond "fuck off". A... Continue Reading →
MESSIAH drummer Steve Karrer talks about the new EP, the new album and a concert played with a motorcycle helmet
Swiss metal pioneers Messiah recently announced a new EP, followed by a new longplayer later this year. 'Fracmont', so title of the new delivery, will be the first longplayer in 26 years for the band and is enough of a reason to reach out to Messiah drummer Steve Karrer for getting more insights about what... Continue Reading →
CD review LIVING GATE ‘Deathlust’
Living Gate - a new band with familiar names. YOB and Oathbreaker members are the basic line-up of Living Gate. More precisely, the band features Lennart Bossu, Levy Seynaeve, Wim Sreppoc and Aaron Rieseberg and all four musicians have manifested their love of death metal in five new songs, which will be released as an... Continue Reading →
SEPTICFLESH announce live streaming of ‘Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX’
Greek symphonic death metal masters Septicflesh are now announcing a live streaming event for the 'Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX' dvd in advance of the release date! The online event will take place on June 27th, 2020 at 21:00 CET. Tickets can now be purchased HERE and are valid for 12 hours. The full concert was taped in February... Continue Reading →
MESSIAH announce new EP and new album
The return of Messiah draws near! 26 years after their last studio album, Switzerland’s legendary Death-Thrashers are about to unleash the successor to their 'Underground' record from 1994. The new album is called 'Fracmont' and will be released via High Roller Records on September 11th.In advance of the full-length and to shorten the waiting time, Messiah will offer an EP with three songs not to be found on... Continue Reading →
CD review VAMPIRE ‘Rex’
If the third album is still the deciding factor for the future development of a band remains open, but the past shows that these albums are at least a kind of indicator. Gothenburg's Vampire are approaching this crossroads with 'Rex'. Founded in 2011 the band of Command, Hand Of Doom, Black String, Abysmal Condor and... Continue Reading →
CD review EXHUMED & GRUESOME ‘Twisted Horror’
Exhumed and Gruesome have teamed up with Relapse Records to release a new split CD. 'Twisted Horror' is the name of the release and includes three new Exhumed songs plus two musical bone crushers by Gruesome. As not expected differently Exhumed push the pedal to the metal. Deep growls, skull splitting riffs and an overall... Continue Reading →
