John Murphy is a multi talented musician/songwriter as he wrote all the tracks on this debut album. In the beginning For Ruin was a solo project but in 2005 other members came to join which leaded to a demo and a live DVD in january 2007. That same month the band signed a label contract and in the Autumn they recorded "December". It contains songs...

26/02/2009

The band Housemaster was formed in Venice (Italy) from the ashes of Burning Hate. After several member changes the band recorded their first demo in 2006 and released it that same year. On this demo the lyrics are sung in English, Spanish, German and Venetian to spread the global unity of heavy metal. Musically the band plays modern thrash with tou...

26/02/2009

This death thrash band hails from Greece and their bassplayer is Tristessa from Astarte. On this demo there are 4 tracks in the brutal form of metal. Deep gurgling vocals, tempo changes, loutish drumming and short slicing guitarriffing with some leadparts. The songs are not bringing anything new into the scene but the 4 tracks are enjoyable to list...

26/02/2009

Second album from these german black metallers. They play the melodic and catchy black metal. Combing the fast with the atmospheric parts with some classical arrangments. The keyboards are not too dominating but more supporting. And not afraid to use some female vocals in the songs. Nice guitarleads to express the emotion in the songs. Good soundqu...

26/02/2009

Sadist is a progressive death metal band from Italy who originally started in 1991. In 1993 they released their debut "Above The Light" filled with mid paced tunes but with emotional and atmospheric elements. I liked this album and since then I follow the band till I lost them 1999. But my heart jumped as I received their latest resurrection simply...

26/02/2009

The Chasm is around for a while and still is hitting your ears with their thrash / death metal. The album begins with an instrumental track. The following tracks are based on lot of tempo changes and fanatic guitarriffing although the leads could have been more pussed to the forground. The vocals are aggressive and an opening scream in the 3rd song...

26/02/2009

4 Songs from the Swedish Death Mongers! Torn Apart is sure to gain a huge following with all in the underground. Craving Pale Flesh impales the listener with intense grinding drums, relentless guitar beatings, and a vokillist that goes well beyond the realm of your pain for his pleasure. Wickedly heavy release, drawing influences from the greats an...

26/02/2009

A new black metal act from Poland that is releasing their debut in 2003. 12 Tracks on this disc but with 3 intros there are 8 tracks that must prove their capability. Fast, furious, surprising, darkness, heroic and hatred. Nice drumming. Also the use of keys and not only as a background support but duelling with the guitarriffs. The velocity of the...

26/02/2009

Italian thrash-core metal band Kernel has released their 2nd demo called "Escape Or Kill". 6 Tracks that go straight forward with the meaning to hit you in the face. Well, they don't succeed completly. They use shouty vocals, short thrash riffs in up tempo songs, adding breaks but it ain't faceblasting. It is not bad at all but it could be a bit mo...

26/02/2009

Ahnenstahl is a project from Falagar and Chester. Their demo album "Zweilicht" was released in 2003 and now in 2006 their debut full length is out. 7 Tracks in a pagan black metal coat. The concept of the album is dealing with human mortality and consciousness over death. Sung in German but often almost narrated lyrics with a heroic touch. Melancho...

26/02/2009

Seems like living in Russia is depressing for lot of people because a lot of doom bands stand up these days. A sub genre for doom is funeral doom and Comatose Vigil is a part of it. Released this full length in 2005 while a new EP was released in 2006. 4 Tracks of utter slow tempo, deep growling vocals and a bit of atmospheric guitars and keys. Ver...

26/02/2009

Suffer Productions is an underground label from Germany that has it roots way back in 1987 by a metal guy called Marc. During his activities in the underground the label developed and is now up to its 5th release. If you want to read the whole story you have to visit the website. On this 5th release there are two bands. The opening band is Depress...

26/02/2009

Powerful guitar riffs interwoven with bittersweet melodies and somber piano accompaniment, beauty and beast passionately vocalizing tales of love and loss, war and peace -- that is the sound of Draconian. The Burning Halo is a mixture of doom and goth that serves as a brilliant follow-up to their previous release "Arcane Rain Fell" from 2005. This...

26/02/2009

Swedish style death metal from the Netherlands. On this totally self financed album there are 9 tracks that have a great focus on the guitarriffs but where are the leads? The songs are melodic but have some aggressive angles. Vocals are clean brutal but could use some variation. Tempo changes enough in the songs preventing the dullness. As a bonus...

26/02/2009

H-George is a self taught guitarist from Italy and because his bandmates were unreliable he decided to go his own way. So H-George is not only his name but also the name of the band. On this MCD he got help of drummer Carlos and vocalist Trevor (Sadist). The music you hear on this MCD is labeled Alocoholic Thrash Metal and this is explained in the...

26/02/2009