Following the debut album ‘I’, the following album is entitled ‘II’ and again, Meti Bhuvah presented another album containing 13 tracks durable from approximately 2 to 4 minutes. The genre is still the same – Primitive Ugly lo-fi Black Metal with hateful venomous voice and moderately fast tempo. The distinction between both albums is that this o...

28/04/2010

‘…From Eternal Chaos’ is the debut album by the Russian band Pogost which was released back in 2008 through Assault Rex. Pogost performs straight forward Black Metal with lo-fi guitars, and thick bass sounds. Unlike most bands of the same genre, Pogost have their own distinguishable sound and most tracks vary from one to another and all of them...

28/04/2010

Judging by their image, one can expect Black Metal (thanks to their corpse painting), from this Russian havoc, however the music shows otherwise. Pentsign is a new band and their debut album ‘Cacophonous March Of The Dark’ is their debut album which was released back in 2008. Pentsign performs an outstanding mix of Black Death Metal filled with...

28/04/2010

Soli Diaboli Gloria is one of those mysterious bands Russia has at hand, and this band is quite evidence. The line-up consists of only 2 members who are: F on vocals and K on all instruments. As well, one of the guys is also involved with another mysterious band known as Meti Bhuvah. The self-titled album contains 7 tracks, which includes a Deat...

15/03/2010

Familiar with the slogan ‘From Russia with love’? Hah you will change your mind right after you smash your head with this Russian Panzer!!!! And I really mean it! <strong>The Nebelwerfer ("Smoke Mortar" literally "Fog thrower") was a World War II German series of weapons designed to deliver chemical weapons. (sources: Wikipedia) </strong> The...

15/03/2010

Swiss Battalion are back with a second release and beware! This Battalion is ready for an ear-assault! The new release ‘Underdogs’ contains 11 tracks of pure (Power meets) Thrash-made in the old fashioned way. Having mentioned their main genre, the production of this album is nothing old school at all!  In fact, we are talking about a pure polis...

14/03/2010

The Retaliation Process is a brand new extreme outfit hailing from Hamburg, Germany. They have released their debut CD entitled ‘Downfall’, which is quite an evidence showing the level of musical maturity the guys have. Combining the extremity and groove of modern hardcore music, the pounding sound of Death Metal, the speed and structure of Tras...

14/03/2010

This Polish band presented 11 well elaborated tracks which will suit the tastes of those fellows who are into a good blend of ‘urbanistic’ Hardcore, Nu Metal and Death Metal full of technique and deep pounding patterns straight like a punch into your face. Something that might be of an appeal for the listeners of bands like Coroner and Dying Fetus...

07/02/2010

Nierty is a band from UK featuring couple of members from the band Hecate Enthroned (vocalist and guitarist). The music performed by Nierty is quite different if you might image a correlation between the two. Nierty performs a mix of dark down-tuned primitive Grinding Doom/Black filled with a demising atmosphere emitted solely through their guit...

07/02/2010

This German outfit performs Melancholic Melodic Minimal Raw Black Metal.  Trostlos: Gefangen in der Leere contains 3 lengthy tracks plus one short song performed with a Piano. The songs are mid-tempo and besides the fast trebled guitar picking, pianos are also performed in the background thus enhancing both mood and melody. The music is not outs...

20/01/2010

Wolfsschrei can be classified as a side project of the German band Odal. Demons of My Inner Self contain 7 tracks full of hostility and ravaging assaults through sheering guitars, and blasting speed. If you are imaging some kind of dark “evil” sounding black metal with some ave satanas here and there, you can exclude everything out. The performance...

20/01/2010

Hailing from France, this quartet has built recognition especially in the USA.  Hypno5e presented their debut album Des Deux L'une Est L'autre containing 10 tracks of truly diverse, experimental yet an intelligent combination of musical genres enough to say that they have created a fusion which can be hardly labeled! The first track  ‘Maintained...

10/01/2010