State:Chaos, I’m familiar with this band for quite some time. The first time I went to one of their shows was in april 2007, they only played for half an hour, but they left a great impression. I bought this demo after the show so here’s the review. State:Chaos delivers Thrash Metal, heavy but also melodic with some influences from Death Metal. The...

26/02/2009

Worships doom is going back to 1999 when 2 misanthropic guys formed the band. This trio consisted of The Doombringer (guitar/vocals) and Fucked Up Mad Max (drums/vocals). I write consisted as Max jumped of a bridge sadly. The band plays snail tempo funeral doom with sad riffing and growling voices. The songs on "Dooom" were mostly recorded in 2000...

26/02/2009

First demo of this very young band (ages 17 and 18) and recorded by a 15 year old. Can we take it serious? Yes. It might not be all original and world shocking but they ideas they let us hear are good. Yes, the quality is poor but we can hear through it. They play a mixture of death and black with deep vocals and melodic feelings. Guitars with atmo...

26/02/2009

From Sweden comes these christcrushers. After several releases they deliver now a full lenght full of bloody satanic thrash/black metal on the new label Metalblood Music. 10 Tracks of total holocaustic termination. Raw and screamy vocals, hammering drums and hated guitars. It is good that there is a pause between each song to get hold of yourself a...

26/02/2009

In 2000 Downfall released the first album of Slovakian band CAD. 23 Songs of sick, brutal grind death core! And yes this is right. The songs are short but with a lot of energy, dominating filthy guitarwork, screaming voice and one insane, and very funny intros. They sampled a lot in front of children network television and other well known tunes so...

26/02/2009

Dark Remains is a Dutch old school death metal band, founded by 2 ex members of Eternal Solstice (btw a great band). After line up changes the band recorded this album already in the winter of 2004 and finally released in 2006. Like I said before the band plays old school death metal but in the mid paced tempo with changes to faster or even slower...

26/02/2009

This album is recorded during the winter of 2005/2006 and released as their debut ful length. Very basic visual concept (also translated to their site) and quoting to be true old school black metal with thrash and pagan elements. Grim and raw vocals in songs that range in different tempos. Plain melody in a production that could be better as for no...

26/02/2009

From Poland comes this neo thrash band called Horrorscope. I call it neo thrash because it is thrash but with modern brutality and beauty. Founder of the band is guitarplayer Lech and this you can hear because a lot of emphasizes on the guitarrffs and great solos. The vocals are clean and the drums are thrashing mad. Nice album with 12 songs that a...

26/02/2009

The band comes from Spain and started in 1998 and went thru line-up changes to get the actual recording band together. They recorded a full length but I only got a 3 track promo. On this promo I hear nice songs played in melodic death metal style. Songs that are aggressive and with interaction in tempo and breaks. Keyboards in the background but no...

26/02/2009

Who doesn't know Mortiis? The guy who played in Emperor? The guy who goes behind a mask? Yes that guy! With this album Mortiis delivers a new quality standard of electro industrial dark music. Heavy rhythms combined with atmospheric elements. His vocals are clean and with diiferent styles of intonation. Not only using synths but also the help of hu...

26/02/2009

The band was formed by members of different Estonian bands and was named Nihilistikrypt in May 2004. As always starting to write music soon and the path they choose was old school death metal. Most of the time mid tempo with sidesteps to faster or slower parts. Vocals are brutal and nice guitarriffs and leads. But the drummer is doing the best job,...

26/02/2009

As the title says this is a concept album dedicated to Mozart. I think you can hear some notes from him woven in the melodies. The style Sacriversum plays is quiet diverse. It sounds a bit gothic but hearing the male almost grunting you think of death metal. And what about the heavy guitars with nice leads in contrast with the keyboard melodies? Co...

26/02/2009

After their debut in 2002 they now come up with a MCD with 6 songs. The style they play is a groovy mixture of hardcore, metal, rock and pop. Clear vocals with an slightly aggressive touch. With main focus on the guitarriffing, the songs are vivid, melodic and catchy. And with a clear production done by Andy Sneap this MCD should get the attention...

26/02/2009

Tor Marrock is a 3 peice band from Whales in the United Kingdom. A Gothic Romance is pretty intense, dark gothic music. Take Type O Negatives guitar sound, Cradle Of Filths darkness, and Marylin Mansons Techno soundscapes, with a dash of Death style vocals.. and your pretty much on the right track. Very cool release to say the least. If your into G...

26/02/2009

17 Tracks of technical prowess is what one gets from up & rising Dutch squad VERMIN, not to be confused by the Swedish deathsters bearing the same monicker. But talking of Sweden, the most notable thing on this slab is the fascination these guys have with the Swedish sound, both when delving into old school death metal influenced riffs (their...

26/02/2009