Reviews written by: Alex

Reviews

NRW Deathfest VII

date: Sept 18 + 19, 2009 venue: AJZ Bahndamm, Wermelskirchen (Germany) For those of you who don´t know: The NRW Deathfest is an indoor event with 18 bands playing in two days. It takes place at the almost legendary AJZ Bahndamm in Wermelskirchen, which is not too far away from Düsseldorf and Cologne. I really like the anarchistic atmosphere ove...

20/02/2010

Xenolith - Obscure Reflections

Welcome to a voyage through progressive music and lots of emotions. Hailing from Tel Aviv, Israel, Xenoliths music is based on melodic Death Metal with numerous other influences like the already mentioned progressive parts as well as unpredictable accoutic additions and sometimes even real quiet Opeth-like and atmospheric passages. But let´s take a...

18/02/2010

Impetuous Rage - Inverted Redemption

This review is sort of an obituary, because Impetuous Rage split up in July 2009. “Inverted Redemption” was already released back in April 2007 by Genocide Productions. But in 2009 the album is re-released by Spanish label Grotesque Productions and as a bonus features their first two demos "First Manifestation Of Heresy" and "Decayed In The Pecamin...

06/02/2010

Caedere - Clones Of Industry

Yesss… I didn´t really know if I would ever hear from this great Dutch band again. But of course I expected that in secret. Caederes history began in 1998 and the first offering was the self financed “Gore To Banish Fear” EP which saw the light of day in 2002. Goregastic Records took care of the band and released the fantastic “Mass Emission” fu...

06/02/2010

Jante Alu - Polish Partout Pastis Nul Part

I didn´t really know what to expect when I first read the name Jante Alu. Anyway, these three guys from Switzerland are blasting their way through 27 tracks of insane Grindcore eruptions with occasional Crustcore and Death Metal ingredients. “Polish Partout Pastis Nul Part” seems to be the bands very first release and let me tell you it´s a real st...

02/02/2010

Versus The Throne - Ruins Afire

Formerly known as Blood Spencer (sic!), this German band already released a demo and two EP´s between 2006 and 2008. I don´t know why the old name was cancelled, but maybe there was a need for a change. Anyway, Versus The Throne operates under the banner of Metalcore. To be honest: my first idea about it was “Who needs another Metalcore act?”. I...

28/01/2010

Warfist + Exhalation + Mesmerized - Satanic And Violent Metal Aggression

Three rather unknown Polish bands teamed up for this Split CD. If you read its title, you can easily imagine what to expect. So if you´re looking for something trendy or extremely melodic, you better skip this review. The first band, Warfist, kicks this CD off with dark, aggressive and raw Black / Thrash Metal in the vein of Aura Noir or Infernö...

22/01/2010

The Damnation - Evilution

The Damnation was founded sometime in 1996 to spread the musical vision of a few guys from Lower Saxony, Germany. The first official release was a self-produced demo entitled “Heat” (1997), before the band was laid to rest. After not less than seven years of nothing, another demo called “Into The Underworld” was unleashed upon mankind in 2004. Afte...

18/01/2010

Infernal Poetry - Nervous System Failure

Infernal Poetry is a band hailing from Italy and these guys deliver unconventional and hectic extreme Metal with a nice schizo attitude. The band got its roots certainly deep inside the Death and Thrash Metal underground and a lot of both styles can be found on this release, but it would be a huge mistake to reduce Infernal Poetry to a “normal” Dea...

10/01/2010

Krass-T - Le Jour Du Saigneur

Krass-T is a Thrash / Death Metal band hailing from France. From Valenciennes to be precise. “Le Jour De Saigneur” is the bands very first release, which is in fact a self-financed DIY album with a total playing time of 39 minutes. The sound quality is adequate, but don´t get me wrong. This is not a shitty sounding garage recording. “Le Jour Du Sai...

02/01/2010

Putrefy - One Nation Under Gore

The story of Putrefy began back in 1992 and with a demo entitled “Presumed Dead” a year later. This was followed by a Split with Altered Vision in 1994. After 6 years of nothing the band recorded a promo, which obviously was never released. 2002 saw the launching of a demo and the “Lust So Vile” EP. After another promo in 2004 it was time for Putre...

21/12/2009

Urto - Upside Down

Urto is an Italian band hailing from Sicily. “Upside Down” is the bands first full length album after releasing a demo called “Numbers” back in 2003 and gaining the second place in the national competition of the Metal Battle Contest in 2006. These five guys from southern and sunny Europe are obviously inspired by Metallica during their “Master Of...

19/12/2009