'To the End' is the title of Memoriam's new album and we can all hope that it's just the title of this longplayer since this band is so good that we don't even want to think about an end. Memoriam started in 2016 when former Bolt Thrower frontman Karl Willetts and Benediction bassist Frank Healy... Continue Reading →
CD review THE CROWN ‘Royal Destroyer’
The Crown belongs to the veterans of Swedish death metal with a foundation date in 1998 after having been around as Crown Of Thorns for a few years. In a way the guys belong to the group of bands, being the forerunner of Swedish death metal. The Crown premiered in 1998 with ‘Hell is Here’... Continue Reading →
MEMORIAM unveil a new trailer for ‘To The End’
After having launched with 'Onwards Into Battle' a first song from their upcoming longplayer, death metal veterans Memoriam unleash a next trailer that provides context to the new album 'To The End'. Release date is March 26th. Karl Willetts states:"Onwards into Battle" is the opening track from the new album "To the End". A powerful introduction... Continue Reading →
CD review ASPHYX ‘Necroceros’
Holland's death metal machine Asphyx have fired up their engine once again and are releasing their tenth studio album 'Necroceros' end of January. Asphyx, that is a long history of successes and split-ups. The last reunion dates back to 2007 and since 2014 the line-up of the band became quite stable again. Fans of the... Continue Reading →
CD review FROZEN SOUL ‘Crypt of Ice’
During the winter months, a fresh breeze from the North can certainly transport colder temperatures to Dallas. Whether these served as an inspiration for Frozen Soul's debut album is unknown. However, what the quintet delivers on their first longplayer is certainly noteworthy and comes from and icy soul. Frozen Soul began two years ago. It... Continue Reading →
LP review SLAUGHTERDAY ‘Ancient Death Triumph’
Leer in Germany is the homebase of Slaughterday, a band the premiered in 2013 with 'Nightmare Vortex'. Being deeply rooted in the Frisian metal scene, the band added a second album to the shelves in 2016, these days followed by the newest strike of Slaughterday. 'Ancient Death Triumph' is the third longplayer from Slaughterday and... Continue Reading →
CD review LOUDBLAST ‘Manifesto’
The waiting time for 'Manifesto' cannot be described as short, as it was in 2014 that the guys released their latest studio album to date. 'Burial Ground' was released six years ago and with the exception of a live release in 2017 it became rather quiet. Now, the death metal protagonists are returning with 'Manifesto'.... Continue Reading →
CD review BENEDICTION ‘Scriptures’
Pause, break or hiatus, all just words that might describe the status of Death Metal veterans Benediction over the past years. What’s a fact though is, that the band released with ‘Killing Music’ their so far latest studio album in 2008 and now it's time for new stuff. These kind of 'return-' records always feed... Continue Reading →
CD review SIX FEET UNDER ‘Nightmares of the Decomposed’
Chief growler Chris Barnes is back with his Death Metal crusher Six Feet Under. 'Nightmares of the Decomposed' is already album number seventeen, penned by Barnes. I don't consider myself being the biggest Six Feet Under fan but what Barnes and bandmates deliver with their newest offer is thrilling. With many band members joining and... Continue Reading →
CD review MORTA SKULD ‘Suffer For Nothing’
'Suffer For Nothing' is Morta Skuld's second album in their second era. The band that started in the early '90s and added some releases to the books of which 'Surface' marked the ending of the first phase of brute Death Metal. The veterans from Milwaukee re-started their Death Metal engine in 2012 and it took... Continue Reading →
CD review BITTERNESS ‘Dead World Order’
Waldshut-Tiengen, the homebase of Bitterness, isn't known for being the hot spot of Heavy Metal. However, Bitterness does their best to change this and having an album like 'Dead World Order' at hand is for sure very helpful. Bang your head.
CADAVER is back with a new EP
Norwegian death metal veterans Cadaver return today with a new 3-track EP. 'D.G.A.F.' is the title of this release that comes kind of left-field. Cadaver today, that's founding member Neddo, who teamed-up in 2014 with drum-ace Dirk Verbeuren. This EP is a first and big step for Cadaver to return to the metal scene. Cadaver... 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 →
CD review SLAUGHTER MESSIAH ‘Cursed to the Pyre’
Are you a fan of the early Kreator? Yes? Then you should check out Slaughter Messiah from Belgium. The quartet (L. Sabathan, Rod Iron Bitch, T. Exhumator, J.B.) listened and still listens to bands like Kreator and Sodom too, at least where it seems the inspiration comes from. 'Cursed to the Pyre' is the debut... Continue Reading →
CD review BERZERKER LEGION ‘Obliterate the Weak’
If you ask Wikipedia about the term ‘berserker’ you will get the following definition: “In the Old Norse written corpus, berserkers were those who were said to have fought in a trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the modern English word berserk (meaning "furiously violent or out of control"). And if you... Continue Reading →