I know other bands from Malta but this is the first doom band I hear coming from that island. Long duration of the songs with tension, different melodies and atmospheres. Clean vocals, dwelling keyboards and multistyled guitars. The songs are well build with a lot of attention for quality. An enjoyable album that is easy listening and a good one if...

26/02/2009

HssH is a black electronic industrial metal project from France. Don't expect some Black Metal but more industrial electro music with weird vocals. This is no easy listening but something you have to use to. The duration of the songs are long so a lot of touches of different moods. Some good parts (end of track 1) and some bad parts. Also grea...

26/02/2009

6 Metalfans from Italy have started a band in 2000 and now releasing their 3 piece CD. The style they play is based on heavy metal but with side steps to thrash, death and progressive. The two different vocalstyles (male and female) is creating a special atmosphere. The songs are melodic but yet aggressive. Various tempobreaks and acceleration. Plu...

26/02/2009

Latest effort from polish Moulded Flesh. After done some other demos and being on various compilations, they now deliver their full length with 9 tracks in almost 20 minutes. The metal of Mulded Flesh is a mixture of thrash and death metal. The songs are short and in fast up tempo. But the songs are a kind of swinging, having a groove. Deep vocals,...

26/02/2009

Racing is loaded with inbreed, ignorant rednecks. Bullshit! You think that-you deserve to get the living shit beat out of you! Nitrous was formed by champion drag racer Lauri Kuriks in 2004. This isn't the gay metal started by 'pro-wrestlers', this is truly, hands down, pedal-to the metal-because of metal, sheer, brute, 'Dominant Force'. Take all t...

26/02/2009

After 7 years of silence Sadus is back and now releasing their new album on Mascot Records from Holland. Ever noticed that all the albums are released by Dutch labels?. Well, Sadus is known as the band of Steve DiGiorgio on bass but Sadus is more. Sadus stands for effective and technical thrash metal. Songs that are hammering fast or in midtempo bu...

26/02/2009

Active from 2000 in the Dutch UG scene. The Chosen plays a mixture of black/death and thrash. Short songs in fast tempo. This MCD starts with an intro that gives you a wrong impression with the violin, flute fairytale melody. Because the first song goes straight ahead with some good guitarlead in the beginning. The vocals are blackened, thrashing d...

26/02/2009

Two gore grind bands of which Lymphatic Phlegm is the most wellknown. Torsofuck (sick cover) is from Finland and plays 4 songs in furious tempo (great drumming) and with insane bucket pig vocals. The (cool) lyrics are printed but I doubt if he is trying to sing them instead of aural vomits. Really liked the end of the third song, fucking cool. Lymp...

26/02/2009

Veuliah is a band of Brazil, making a great Melodic Death Metal! Has just thrown your premiere album Deep Visions Of Unreality, that is really very good, sharp guitars, with a lot of cadence and brutality in the right dose. The band created a gloomy and aggressive climate very good. For who doesn't still know Veuliah doesn't know what is losing! Th...

26/02/2009

Kevin Zugschwert is a guy living in Aurora (USA) and he is in love with his guitar and metal. So why not combine those two elements and create something nice. Instrumental music with the mainrole for the guitars but also frequently playing the piano. The riffs are melodic, furious or accoustic and tender. And when he is not riffing he is sweating o...

26/02/2009

The grindocore band is back and releasing this record thru Downfall in 2002. 18 Tracks of splatter grind with industrial techno pieces. Vocals are totally not understandable exept in the intros, haha. Tempo is high in the short duration with the slicing guitar and hammering drums. Two covers on this disc of Regurgitate and Pungent Stench (longest s...

26/02/2009

Deranged hails from Sweden and started in 1991 and released several items, including singles, EPs, splits and full lengths. "The Redlight Murder Case" is already their 7th and follows their 2006 release "Obscenities In B Flat". They switched to another record company which actually is founded by Deranged former vocalist Per. According to Wermen it...

26/02/2009

Dragonoia (Italy) released this 3 song CD which is available at their webiste so you'd better listen this CD and decide for yourselves. For lazy bastards or people who don't know how to download this is epic power metal. An old-school vibe with hymns about power and glory backed up by keyboards for more bombastic atmosphere and nice changes into up...

26/02/2009

Esqarial plays technical death metal with some thrash influences. But what makes their sound fresh are the great guitarleads who have touches of masters like Vai or Satriani. The songs have a lot of variety in the melodies and tempo. Again two instrumental tracks and a cover track of Jimi Hendrixs "Fire". Wished they had made the cover faster and m...

26/02/2009

Haemophagus comes out of an Italian mortuary since 2004. The band is releasing their first demo in 2005 and has 5 songs of which 1 cover of Hypocrisy. The style you can give to Haemophagus is old school death metal with thrash influences. Deep throat vocals over heavy riffing guitars with nice leads. Drums are adding the thrashy touches to the song...

26/02/2009