Finally the debut of Agiel. And hell what a blast. Agiel plays the brutal style with melody. Great drumlabor, deep vocals and fingercrushing guitars. After the first session it sounded like a huge thick wall but after hearing it a few time on the headphones I love it more and more. So what else can I say then to buy the fucking album!

12/12/2002

Debut MCD from this obscure death metal band from Italy. After playing coversongs for rehearsal they tried, after numerous memberchanges, to make the songs of their own. On this MCD there a four songs which prove some good ideas to work for the future. I like the song "What I'll Never See" the most because of the spoken words in it. The songs are s...

04/12/2002

Necrocock (ex Masters Hammer) delivers a new album of techno industrial gotich metal. Tempo songs with female and male vocals, some obscene fetish lyrics in german and czech. The atmosphere in the songs are created by the keyboard and the guitars are creating the harmony. Including on this disc is a MC from 1994 remastered. Personally I like them b...

27/10/2002

Absorbed started in 1997. The band plays swedish death metal and they play it heavy! The soundquality is very good so a pleasure to listen to. The songs have a variety of catchy rhythms, brutal vocals and good guitarwork. Surely this band is not inventing something new but just delivering a good album that will pleasure a lot of people who like the...

12/10/2002

Not a band that needs an introduction. Abominant plays aggressive death metal with some thrash influences. All played well because of their long career in the metal scene. This album clocks 9 songs that are heavy and has great guitarwork in riffs and leads. The songs keep you attracted of the different melodies and brutal voice. But I like the guit...

11/09/2002

Second opus from the one man project Aendria. I liked the first one and yes I like this one too! The music is called electro dark metal and you can split it into electro for the keyboard and drummachine, dark for the mysterious vocals, atmospheric parts and metal for the guitar and tempochanges. The album counts 6 songs with duration from 4.31 till...

22/08/2002

This band comes from Ireland and maybe the most known grindband. On this album there are 24 songs that rage from the beginning till the end. Brutal vocals battleing with the screams over a distorted guitar and pounding drums. The songs are short in playing timebut with large lyrics. Try to follow them and you will discover the melodies in the songs...

30/07/2002

Abstract is a 5 piece band from Slovakia and plays on this CD only instrumental songs. Although you would expect some vocal lines you get pretty fast used to live without the growls and screams. The music is a combination of atmospheric, power and thrash metal. And because it is instrumental you are forced to the songs carefully and notice the diff...

30/07/2002

Formerly known as De Profundis they now operate under a new name and finally the long awaited debut is ready. Ad Inferna palyes melodic black metal on a high level. The songs have power, bombastic explosions, atmospheric sadness parts, orchestal impressions, great guitarleads and intense vocals. The production sound is good and clear. Also there ar...

18/07/2002

After the intro and hearing th first tunes you know that these black metal guys spit on christianity. Hellish vocals spread the diabolical message. All powered by raw black metal. The songs are played in a variety of melodies. When there is a slow atmospheric part it suddenly turns to a blastering shredder. Lucky the songs are not played at a monot...

16/07/2002

True Ohioan Bleath Metal is what AGF calls their music. Covered with corpsepaint and evil looking images. On this disc there are 5 songs that expected some unholy black metal but this is wrong. Although the vocals are a bit screamy the music is melodic and diverse. No typical BM hammering but well played songs which like said before melody. Not jus...

20/06/2002

Absolute Defiance is known as Vile but had to change their name due to the american Vile. This did not mean that the style has changed. It is still US death metal like Dying Fetus and Skinless. Double bass loops are flying over, groovy guitar riffs and brutal low voice. The lyrics deal with the suffering of people. You won't regret to get this albu...

09/03/2002

The debut CD of this two death metal piece. Old members of Shredded Corpse who continue to play old school death metal and try to be melodic. And they succeed. Great drumming, brutal voice (could use more variety in the vocal lines), melodic riffing. Interesting part of this CD is that their first demo (2000) is included as bonus tracks. So if you...

09/03/2002

The intro really got on my nerves when I pushed the play button. But then follows 8 songs of very good techno death with influences from grind, jazz, black etc. Nothing is strange to use. Just like the early Sadist the songs go from one corner to the other. Heavy parts, slower parts, guitar leads, keyboard atmospheric parts etc. Too much to mention...

26/02/2002

A 5 song EP from this French band with a Japanese name. They are around since 1994 so they play solid. Their music is a mixture between death metal and hardcore. More to hardcore with influences from Fear Factory, Messuggah, Pantera and Sepultura. So you hear brutal songs but yet powerful with a own use of electronics and sampes. Nothing spectacula...

07/01/2002