The Beast Of The Apocalypse are a 2 man black metal band from the Netherlands. I can't mention their names though because writing is too small on there web page for me to read it. The album itself is one of those albums that gets straight down to the point, grizzly, fast paced and raw old school black metal with a first wave black metal feel. What...

04/02/2010

Svartskog is suprisingly by the titles a project based in Canada and run by Morok - all instruments and Boyan Kveld Ulf (Hamfarir) - clean vocals and solo guitar. Firstly listening my first thoughts are "wow yet again, no expense spent" the music is so quiet that it is almost acaperla which is at times a shame as you hear some good influence Hecate...

04/02/2010

Aosoth are a french black religious black metal band of one person (T) but don't be fooled. There is nothing godly about this album and when you consider there is another 3 letters from the alphabet to play it live you had better look out. The first threat is a cold and yet tonefull guitar sound that is rarely found and difficult to achive. The mus...

04/02/2010

There's not much I can say about this band as the only web sight I could find was a Myspace sight with no information on this album at all and seemingly a different band so I'll stick to the music as I hear it. I was a little put off at the transition between a grim intro and the first actual track but quickly my ears adjusted and the music soon ca...

27/12/2009

Formed in 2005 by soul creator "Thorekraft" this is a dark and deeply soul hurting project. I find the opening to this one track-half hour release reminding me a lot of Pink Floyd if in mourning and under a bleak funeral fog. After some considerable and depressing slow synths we get some hypnotic dirge guitar work smoothly blead in to the ambiance...

27/12/2009

Formed in Brasil 2001 Rio De Janeiro with only letters for names which is a highly original concept I've never seen before so you know these guys care little for personal egos so lets hope no one steals that idea. "Reign Ov Opposites" was released in 2008. This album opens up with some shear visceral blasting riff craft that doesn't let go till...

27/12/2009

Austrian Black metalers Stormnatt was started in 2000 appearing on the cult label THR now returning with the re release of The Crimson Sacrament. for me the opening track although clear and fast paced for me introduces a thin sound that for want of a better term, lacks grit. as usual i tend to pick on bands that cut out bottom and this album is col...

11/12/2009

This band has been going since 1999 as an underground project in Benelux with a sizable compliment of releases. They have become a live entity in time for 2009 to record "Razor". This album for me is an emediat keeper. The opening is like a darker version of Metallica's "And Justice For All" album's opening. Once the music actualy kicks in the t...

09/11/2009

Isthar is a 6 piece band from the Netherlands/Germany who first released in 1996. In 2008 they have released "Chaos Death Reincarnation". Recorded, mixed and mastered by Hans Pieters, Barbara van der Neut and Isthar at Excess Studios Rotterdam, this album is a bit of a hit and a miss for me. The good points are the beat down double kick drop sec...

03/11/2009

The best aspects of this CD is immediatly thrust upon you. A sickeningly wreched blend of pulsing drums and cold fast guitars that make heavy use of full minor chords adding great texture to the overall grinding feel. Although I do find myself questioning whever or not the drums are natural not that it maters to me how they came to be but I do pref...

16/10/2009

I thought the introduction to this although slightly ambiant kind of pointless in that basic direction lacks as if just medalying randome dichordant keys which would try the patiants of most amongst my own domane, however such patiants pays dividence once this EP finaly kicks in and some treble favoured guitars remind you with a vicouse tongue that...

16/10/2009

The opening for this album is easy to get into which is not nessesaraly a good thing but is at the least intrigueing and leading hitherly to something I would be listening to on my hoarses CD player while choping down a battle field. The music seems to sit between battle metal and more typical black metal. The singing is certainly one of the strong...

16/10/2009