Reviews written by: Manos Michaelides

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Gorgon - Traditio Satanae

One of the most historic black metal bands from France, Gorgon, unleash to the weak masses their 6th opus. "Traditio Satanae" is the follower to the band’s 2019 comeback album "The Veil Of Darkness". The album is released from Osmose Productions, a cornerstone label for France and Europe and one of the most important labels for extreme metal in the...

27/07/2021

Zora - Soul Raptor

Zora is a brutal death metal power trio from Calabria, Southern Italy. "Soul Raptor" is their 3rd full length album on which they focus on such topics like sociopolitical abnormalities, human psychology, enslavement games the governments play on our backs, mind control, mental alienation of the modern world, media misinformation, the sickening effe...

19/07/2021

Alcohelldrugs - Infernal Metal Punk

Alcohelldrugs from Brazil is a punk, speed/thrash metal band. “Infernal Metal Punk” is exactly what its title says: a filthy and violent attack of Satan’s music; punk and metal. The material you will listen here is raw and in your face. “Infernal Metal Punk” actually summarizes the band's discography so far. It includes all of their tracks that...

29/06/2021

Gorgásmico Pornoblastoma - Duo A Quem Doer

Gorgásmico Pornoblastoma comes from Guimaraes, PortugaL. They have been around for more than a decade already, punishing humanity with their lo-fi noise/grindcore. Sometimes their sound gets heavier and more brutal, especially due to the death metal touches which appear on their vocals. Gorgásmico Pornoblastoma is Ced (guitar/vox) and Luizao (dr...

23/06/2021

Absurd / Hideshi Hino - Apocalyptic Extreme Noise Under Unleashed Murder

Murder Records in cooperation with Extreme Noise Tape released this bizarre underground split cassette tape of the one-man projects Absurd from Brazil and Hideshi Hino from Poland. Absurd is the project of Cesar China. On their side, they offered 37 tracks of mechanic grind noise that come from 3 different sessions, recorded in 2020. All 3 sessi...

16/06/2021

Agathocles / Grog - Smashed Hammer Feast

Agathocles they need no introduction. They were formed in 1987, although they have been active in the scene since 1985 as Necromantical Destructor, M.S.D. and Hellsaw before changing their name one final time to Agathocles. Their grindcore was baptized mincecore, giving birth to a new style with many followers (both fans and bands) over the years....

04/06/2021

Depression - Ära Der Finsternis

Depression from Germany is definitely a well-respected death metal/grindcore band. They were formed in 1989 and within the next few years they shaped their personal style and remained faithful to it ever since. They have a huge discography, and they already count over 30 uncompromising years in the death/grind scene. So, it won't be an exaggeration...

17/05/2021

Disfigured Human Mind / Väättumänukku ‎– Estraçalhando A Raça Humana

The title of the split is translated as "Gently smashing the human race like an atomic bomb of nuclear noise", a phrase which accurately describes what you are going to listen on this limited to 100 hand-numbered copies split cassette tape. Disfigured Human Mind recorded their side in Portugal and the Netherlands. They deliver a lethal dose of I...

15/04/2021

Vultör ‎– Visões Do Fim

A war siren is the first thing you will listen on this tape. Immediately after that, a punk tempo drumming and a punk rock riff will break in. Mad Max’s vocals owe a lot to Lemmy and the band in general rocks out in a straight forward way that Motörhead fans will surely dig. The Brazilians Vultör were formed in 2017 and Visões Do Fim (translatio...

09/04/2021

Absurd - Complete Noise... Absurd Shit...

Back in the early days of the underground, when the whole extreme music thing was new-born, music styles were glued. There was no big difference if you played death or black metal, thrash or hardcore. I remember that back in those days we used to call "speed metal" almost every extreme and "thrashy" release based on what Motorhead did with "Overkil...

22/01/2021

Disfigured Human Mind / Gorgonized Dorks - Abusively Abrupt Pestilence

Disfigured Human Mind have been active since 1999. I first got into them in the year 2000 when I received the "Deadly Fragments" demo from a tape trading. I first got attracted by the grindcore cover and aesthetics. I loved the old school grindcore attitude of the band. This demo was recorded live. The production was lo-fi. There were many tracks e...

21/01/2021

Paganizer ‎– ... From The Reapers Vault ...

For more than 25 years Paganizer have well walked their own path in death metal, shaping an own sound based on their influences from the birthrising era of death metal. Paganizer were formed in 1998 from the ashes of Terminal Grip who was formed in 1994. With great respect for the old and mighty Swedish Death Metal scene, the rather productive deat...

12/01/2021