Re-scheduled tour dates for the ‘Enthralled in Europe’-tour with ATHEIST, CADAVER and more
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 →
‘Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism’, the next album from NAPALM DEATH
UK Grindcore pioneers Napalm Death are delighted to announce their upcoming studio album release 'Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism', to be released on September 18th, 2020 via Century Media Records. 'Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism' is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2015’s acclaimed “'Apex Predator – Easy Meat' album, was again recorded... 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 →
CD review MANTAR ‘Grungetown Hooligans II’
Mantar, the noisemakers from Bremen, started in 2012. Eight years later, the guys have with 'Grungetown Hooligans II' a new offer right in the starting blocks with a go-ahead signal on June 26th.. After having published three longplayers and an EP, Erinc and Hanno decided to explore some new grounds. OK, don't be shocked. Mantar... 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 →
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 →
CD review NAGLFAR ‘Celecloth’
It is countless years ago that Naglfar released their latest studio album. 'Téras' escaped the purgatory in 2012 and since then there was not much new material of Naglfar's Swedish Black Metal to be heard. This is changing right now, because with 'Cerecloth' a new record is in the starting blocks. Naglfar's seventh album to... Continue Reading →
CD review VADER ‘Solitude in Madness’
'Solitude in Madness' showcases a band that's as wild and fierce as they have been over the last 37 years. Vader didn't lose any of their intensity and power. No foot on the brake and no intention for compromising on aggressiveness, that's Vader. Together with an extremely well done production the longplayer is a real challenge for amplifiers and speakers. Now it's up to each of you if you accept the challenge.
Hamburg’s rock & metal scene in times of corona – ENDSEEKER
Covid-19 and the taken measures have a big impact on everybody individually, but have also an impact on the music business. Enough of a reason to reach out to clubs, bands,… in the greater Hamburg area to see what the situation is and how everybody can stand together to go though this. Today we continue with Hamburg's death metal powerhouse Endseeker and guitarist Ben, describing how the corona crisis affect the band.
CD review HELLHAMMER ‘Apocalyptic Raids’ – reissue
The range of music, penned by Tom G. Warrior, couldn't be summed up better that with two releases in 2020. In May this year Triptykon, with the Metropole Orkest Reqiuem, will release a live recording, done at Roadburn 2019. A few weeks prior to this release it is another great album, that will take Metal... Continue Reading →
CD review GRACELESS ‘Where Vultures Know Your Name’
Dutch riff-grinders Graceless are a well-known band in The Netherlands with a strong fanbase in place. Outside the Benelux some fans of oldschool Death Metal might have the quartet on their metallic radar too but it could be more. ‚Where Vultures Know Your Name‘ is supposed to exacted change this. Graceless is a rather new... Continue Reading →
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