The band was brought forth back in the 1996 by Baal and Les- musicians involved with BEHEMOTH and DAMNATION at the time. Their pure, immediate and original music gained quickly Pagan Records interest. The band attacked with a debut mini-album and then disappeared and became deathlike silent.... In the middle of the year 2000 Les and Baal decide to open the Gates...

02/08/2001

The beginning of the band fall upon the period of time around the year 1991 - when Onecque together with Stasho decided to form a metal band. The line-up changed to this period several times, so that the band consisted of the following members: Alky - drums, Onecque, Warmo - guitars, Martin - bass, vocals. The band was fascinated by death metal...

30/07/2001

Vehemence started with Nathan and Scott Wiegand (our old guitarist) back in 1995 (high school days). They were writing shit together in the vein of old Pyogenesis and Cathedral. I met up with those guys my senior year and the first time we actually hung out was at a Suffocation show, during the Pierced From Within tour. We started jamming together and...

29/07/2001

Kaos Rising Chicago’s premier Hardcore Stomping Death Groove! Influences such as Machine head, Dying Fetus, Mudvayne, Slipknot. Kaos Rising is the next stage. Pure death vox covering pounding drums andd head-splitting bass guitars alternating with tasty and complex guitar licks covering a more complex rhythm. The effect is beyond description. Kaos Rising is definitely a unique flavor of metal. This five piece...

29/07/2001

The term Kemet refers to the old Egypt. Kemet, ’The Black Earth’, symbolized the arid and quiet vastness of the desert; an attracting place with the fluidity of its landscapes but also a place of death, against fertility and life. Kemet attempts to oppose the beauty and the sensuality of the body to the blackness and the complexity of the heart. It's...

17/07/2001

Retch was formed in 2000 by ryan and justin, two guys sick of being in bands that were pumpin out weak shit, so they bought a drum machine and started working on new material. and here they are. interview with the AA chairman Justin on 12-7-2001 Please give us a short introduction of yourself? whats up, Twan! my name is justin and...

12/07/2001

How M.D.U. is born : Littles fish began to go on the ground then with evolution they are monkey then human being. Those humans create town, technology, art, music ... But in the south of France the evolution has been cracked in 1994. 4 degenerated human (issue from traditionnal human activities : death metal) choose to unit their anal mental : M.D.U....

08/07/2001

Mahavatar an energy that needs nothing but itself to survive... physical as well as spiritual immortality... deathlessness. In the summer of 1999, Jamaican guitarist Karla Williams joined Israeli vocalist Lizza Hayson, Polish drummer Peter Lobodzinski, and then bass player Benjamin Serf to form Mahavatar. Through their shared desire for freedom and mind exploration through music these four souls set out to create...

07/07/2001

APRIL ETHEREAL came into existence from the initiative of Jerzy and Jan in 1996 in Tunis primarily as a side project named LEON. The band existed under this name from the beginning until the 14th of july 2000 - the day the band changed its name to APRIL ETHEREAL. Chapter 1: At the beginning the band has been a duo though the...

02/07/2001

In summer of 1990, after hard work they release their first and only demo called ROTATION OF INSANITY. The music-style, pure DEATH/THRASH, is rather interesting. Influences coming from DESTRUCTION, SLAYER, SODOM and PESTILENCE, give the band a rather typical profile of a rather fast and brutal band. ACID DEATH`s line-up finally becomes stable including: Savvas-Jake B.(bass-vocals), Dennis C.(lead guitars), Themis C.(rhythm guitars)...

02/07/2001

Psycroptic was formed in 1999 from the ashes of three Tasmanian extreme metal bands. Psycroptic set out with the aim of combining all styles of metal ranging from Black, Death right through to Power Metal to create an original sound. With an average of 19 at the time of recording their debut CD sounds very professional and powerful. Over the past 18...

29/06/2001

What at first was just two loser freshman high school students playing one Six Feet Under cover song over and over again, in a cramped, humid attic in the spring of 99'; later formed to become what is now known as Beyond Fatal. Both of whom had already played their instruments by themselves as more of a hobby then a pursuit, spontaneously...

24/06/2001

In 1997, four guys (Dan Snyder, Dave & Paul Orkin, & James Scarduzio) joined together to create the most brutal music that they possibly could with mixing hardcore, metal, & grinding terror to punish the mosh pits and pummel you into existence. Three years later down the line Sludge! is still together kicking it their own way and style without giving up...

07/06/2001

Disbelief is a german death metal band who released two released till 2001. After the debut ‘Disbelief’ (1997) there came in 1998 the superb ‘Infected’. After several tremendous reviews the vocalist Karsten left the band along with guitarist Toomy. It looked like the great future of Disbelief was killed. But the wonder happened and Karsten took up the mic again with his...

04/06/2001

The reformation of Vrykolakas is a matter of time. Khairil has been writing songs, and Iman, who joined in 1995, has always supported the idea of a reformation. Finding a willing drummer at that time (between 1995 to 1999) proved much more difficult than looking for a needle in a haystack. Iman mentioned Zainal’s name, the drummer of Necreous, who also plays...

31/05/2001