Relapse Records/Release Entertainment is known the underground around for putting out the heaviest and most unique and diverse acts from all over the world. Relapse/Release has never conformed to the masses, only to what they fell like listening to in an given period. With that mentality, what kind of bands are produced? To many to name....so we wi...

26/02/2009

Heavy, catchy, trippy metal from these Dutch Masters. Formed from 3 other bands N3uk!, Orphanage, and Smogus, CiLiCe really do take you on the journey that they album title implies. Sounds like Meshuggah merging with Nine Inch Nails. "Deranged" is a 5 song teaser of what is to come from the very promising act. CiLiCe is one of the most impressive,...

26/02/2009

Come and experience this Rock Outfit who is turning every head in the industry! Disowned take rock/alternative music to new extremes all while being Emotionally Involved! Disowned take the Heavy side of bands like Helmet, Mudvayne and Ramstein. Then they take 2 parts melody from groups like My Chemical Romance, Tool, and The Deftones. Despite the n...

26/02/2009

Hail the band that many say is responsible for the Swedish Death Metal Scene and how it has evolved. If that is true, then Swedish Metal has truely evolved from the Grave. Formed originally in 1986 calling themselves Corpse, Grave have released some of the most influencial music, defining the sound of a genere. As Rapture Comes is the 10th full len...

26/02/2009

SUPREME BLACK METAL ANNIHILATION. That pretty much sums up what these release is. Pure, utter, blackened hatered from Poland. Released on Agonia Records, Thunderbolt play brutal, and abusive music that lives up to the bands name. Quick as lightening guitars with a bad ass drummer to back up the speed. Doesnt matter if you like Black Metal or not. i...

26/02/2009

I am still at a loss for words about this release. Definately Black Metal, every respect, Nerthus takes you on a strange journey leaving you with a "What The Fuck" expression on your face. Never the less, songs that you can not stop listening to. Mid paced tempos, beautiful orchestrations, and if my memory serves me correctly, a tin flute. Somethin...

26/02/2009

Tripped out Experimental Noise.  Circle takes AvanteGarde to the absolute next dimension.  Words can not descirbe what goes on during these songs.  Circle takes every sound you imagine and puts them all together for an experiance beyond comprehension.  Check this out if you like anything electronic, experimental, Mike Patton, or what sounds like it...

26/02/2009

All hail this one entity band known as Enoid. BORNYHAKE does it all in this Original Black Metal project from Switzerland. And when I say original I mean original. Taking Black Metal back to its primordial roots, honoring in sound where it came from and the bands that forged it. Blistering guitars and drums and eerie soundscapes enthral you into th...

26/02/2009

Hard Hitting Speed/Hard Core! Oscure have invigorated speed metal once again in a manner that few people today believe can work. Hell Fire guitars, Funk Bass Lines, Earth Shattering drums, Abusive freestyle vocalist!! Energetic, and violent, Oscure leave you frenzied in your seat! This is a musical adrenaline shot!! Lyrics sound as though they are...

26/02/2009

Second album from these lads hailing from York, North Yorkshire. RSJ has taken the blue print for sterotypical metal of any kind, and completely destroyed it, reinventing music of superior aggresive measures. I haven't heard an album with this much balls and intensity in years!!! Out-Fucking-Standing. I dare any band to try and stand up to these gu...

26/02/2009

5 song promo from this Italian group. Well played and focused black metal. Definatley for fans of Emperor and Limbonic Art. Sheering vocals over cold guitar work to freeze your soul only amplified by haunting keyboards to let you know you are in the very pit of hell. Nothing that hasn't been done before... but worth checking out none the less.

26/02/2009

Aad Kloosterwaard and company return to desimate this world once again! Orchestra Of Sickness capture fury and hate like you have never heard before. Classical Orchestration guitar welding unlike anything out in Death Metal today. Completely Barbaric and Merciless! Razor Sharp Drumming, and topped off with Aad's vocal style. Who knew that this lege...

26/02/2009