The violent sonic combination of Illogicist
Illogicist compile a violent sonic combination of technical ability, rhythmic asymetry, melodic sickness and lyrical frustration to reflect a dynamic and emotional vision of suffering and introspection. Illogicist's inner core, comprised of guitarist Luca Minieri and drummer Remy Curtaz, was formed in the Summer of 1997. Their immediate goal was to write material that reflected their musical direction, and find strong musicians...
12/09/2003
Doomstone and the destroying mirrors
Doomstone from Trier (Germany’s oldest town) was founded by Andreas Lütticken in the year 1994 and was first only 3 people . After several Line-up changes the Band has had a constant Line-up, which in the year of 2000 (in Zeltingen at Prophecy Production under the direction of Markus Stock - Empyrium -) recorded the 1st Album Obsidian. The basis Style is...
07/08/2003
Support or hate Holy Martyr
The roots of Holy Martyr go back in the first months of 1994, under the initiative of the singer/guitarplayer Ivano Spiga. The first name of the band was Hell Forge, but in 1997 the Monicker changed in Holy Martyr, inspired from a song of the Cult Band Omen. In 2001, after some problematic changes in the line up, the band became a...
29/07/2003
One Step Beyond from ska to metal
ONE STEP BEYOND are an extreme grind/death/rock/funk/reggae/hardcore/ambient, etc....band from Adelaide in southern Australia. Formed around christmas in '97, they recorded and released their demo in the winter of '99 and gigged extensively in support of it. The demo cemented the still current line-up of Justin Wood on vocals, Jeremy P.Lammas on guitar and founder Mad Matt Spencer on everything else. Late 2002...
29/07/2003
The architect of Todesblei explains
TODESBLEI was founded as a solo project in the year 2000, by Andrea Baglioni (guitars). In the same year, the MCD ’Er wird Euch holen!’ was released. The feedback was very positive, so that Andi decided to form a band with a full line up. After a long time of searching, Dusan Djokic (vocals) joined the band in July 2001. He took...
08/07/2003
Esqarial, the name actually means nothing
The band began their activity in 1991. The first demo tape entitled “Refuse” surfaced a year later. After two years and a few line-up changes the second demo tape “A Conspiracy of Silence” was recorded in Wroclaw’s Digital Studio. Soon after “A Conspiracy of Silence” was released, a few more rotations of guitarists and drummers happened. At the end of 1997 the...
26/06/2003
Murder Rape laughs at charity
MURDER RAPE began its works by the end of '92, with the objective to spread their Black and destructive art, for the Celebration of Supreme Evil. A long time passed for the conclusion of thy symphonies for their debut demo tape, called ’In Liaison with Satan’. The debut CD ’Celebration of Supreme Evil’ was recorded in '94. After a restrict and respectable...
20/06/2003
Merendine Atomiche with three Luca's
THE BAND BORN IN 1995. IN EARLY 1998 MERENDINE ATOMICHE RELEASED THEIR FIRST WORK, A DEMO TAPE CALLED ’DEMO 1997’ WITH FOUR SONGS OF THRASH METAL HARD CORE STYLE. IT WAS A CLASSIC FIRST WORK FOR A YOUNG BAND, THEY SOLD A FEW COPIES IN THEIR COUNTRY BUT RECEIVED A ENCOURAGE REVIEWS FROM ITALIAN MAGAZINE FOR THE FUTURE. SOON FOR LINE UP...
13/06/2003
Crionics interview
CRIONICS formed in January 1997 with the line-up of Michał Skotniczny (voc, g), Dariusz Styczeń (g), Marek Kowalski (bg) and Maciek Zięba (dr) to play fast yet melodious metal. The line-up played several live dates which, in turn, led to hiring a keyboard player who would round up the sound - Wacław Borowiec was brought into the fold and the stage sound...
18/05/2003
Perfidy Biblical - down like a stream of consciousness
Formed by Fabio Bava, Joe Caprino, Daniele Balzano and Alessio Pacifici. Members of bands as Chthonian Nemeton, Fauces, Devitalized, The Legend Of The Sleeping River, Run With Wolves, Stormlord, Brutal Massacre and The Voice Of Astur joined together in the Perfidy Biblical project. The band reaches and praise the great demons Ancient Ones through classic but evocative death metal and in 2001...
08/05/2003
The Monolith Deathcult wants to be rich
The Monolith Deathcult consists of experienced ex-musicians from well known acts as Altar & Dead Head and plays deathmetal in the vein of Nile... Hyperspeed drums, hysterical guitarsolo’s, blasphemous lyrics and a very brutal, triple vocal attack are the main trademarks of this new brutal cult. Lyrically the band often refers to Vlad The Impaler and his battle against the Turks. interview...
06/05/2003
Desecration and their scared label
This is a Welsh death metal band that will make every fan of the genre at least tap their foot. Copro Records' deadliest outfit 'Desecration' caused controversy with their debut album 'Gore and Perversion' on Arctic Serenades in 1995. Spewing out tracks that can only disgust, the band were forced to 'tone right down' or get of the business altogether. After a...
04/05/2003
Avulsed interview
Since its inception in january '92, AVULSED has always been synonym of Death Metal. The band has been developing its musical style through various demos until they recorded their debut album (’Eminence In Putrescence’-'96) where the band showed its pure Death Metal sound mixing up both heavy & brutal riffs with melodic parts. However, the band continued working on new material for...
24/04/2003
Possession, only spreading your name is useless
Possession are a Death Metal Band from Salzburg/Austria and were founded in early December 2001 by Andi (Senfgas) - Drums, Sam - Bass Guitar & Vocals and Chris - Guitar. They are performing straight, groovy and gripping Death Metal music. The songs are mostly settled in midtempo area, with partly groovy and partly fast guitar riffs, rememberable song structures and brutal vocals....
21/04/2003
Godless believes that gods should not be
Godless is a dark death metal act hailing from Greece and currently based in Austria founded by Chris Muimbwa.The first years (1994-1997) were really difficult for the main member of the band as they were mostly characterized by line up changes. Though, Chris Muimbwa found a way out of the problems and unleashed his spell on the underground by releasing the blasphemous...
14/04/2003