Reviews written by: necrogool

Reviews

Alchemist - Austral Alien

The Martians have landed. But rather than to conquer like in the synonym War of the Worlds already covered by Australian act ALCHEMIST in Eve of the War, this time they are here as tourists, students, researchers. And once again with Austral Alien, ALCHEMIST seem to be enjoying the task of animateurs, historians, Earth's own ambassadors. And ind...

26/02/2009

Harm - Devil

What we have here is basically thrash metal, yet coming across to sound a bit more diverse due to a distinguishable voice whose peculiar timber owes as much of a metalcore anger as it does a controlled black metal vehemence. Musicwise, similarities to other acts are none and many. This said in a positive way as while each riff gives one the feel...

26/02/2009

Alchemist - Tripsis

3 years in the making and 4 years following their predecessor, ALCHEMIST from Australia return with “Tripsis”, once again whirling in effects “still searching for that illusive cool sound” (quote: band website), while concurrently mind-boggling all us mortals into their different universe. Given that foregoer “Austral Alien” broke more ground vi...

26/02/2009

Amber Tears - Revelations Of Renounced

Had this reviewer been headfast into gothic doom soundscapes (pagan doom according to the band write-up) with no end, maybe then I could lean a word of appreciation to this release. Yet since I have a life that includes the pleasures of listening to a wider musical palette, I regret to be as blunt as deeming this release as “boring” at its best. E...

26/02/2009

Carnivore Diprosopus - Madhouse's Macabre Acts

From the guys that gave us the apetisingly titled “Filled My Stomach With A Pregnant Corpse”, this Columbian gathering of sickos return with another slab of brutal death/grind with pathological influences. Presumably not wanting at any time to sound groundbreaking, CARNIVORE DIPROSOPUS give us straight forward stuff that is nice to mosh to, brea...

26/02/2009

Suffocation - Suffocation

If one considers the standing legacy that SUFFOCATION have meant to the development of death-grind metal, surely there is no album that welcomes back the SUFFO sound as this aptly titled Suffocation, the best caboodle of all that is SUFFOCATION since the much acclaimed Effigy of the Forgotten. With so infinite hits to have their website sometimes...

26/02/2009

Obituary - Xecutioner's Return

Hailed the world over as one of death metal’s best exponents on the live gigging scene, OBITUARY return with a strikingly good album Xecutioner’s Return. Ok, OBITUARY nowadays is nothing new under the sun, but if the album title is anything to go by, then hell yeah if OBITUARY is striking a good chord here. From the down-tuned guitar with its to...

26/02/2009

Regurgitate - Sickening Bliss

Were return Sweden’s gore-rocking darlings REGURGIGATE!!! For those into their world, they need no word of presentation yet for newbies one word of notice is due before approaching this slab - get rid of all your death, black or any other type of metal expectations out of the way, as this is one and only word all over the place here, and that word...

26/02/2009

Slayer - Christ Illusion

From the opening to the closing feedback that envelopes this release, SLAYER return to give us what they do best – a barricade of tech-perfect thrash metal riffing fronted by their distinctive hatred-filled lyrics and vocal approach, and the occasional skin-peeling solo coming in for good measure. Dating into their career yet never sounding date...

26/02/2009

Slit - Ode To Silence

Motherfuckin headbanging album for thrashers, sludgeheads and corers alike, yet with retro moments to chill out to!!!! And coming from one not so particularly languished about my homeland SLIT’s earlier career, such a comment is respect which SLIT earned their way. Always a band to pursue its own path, SLIT have along the years stripped down the...

26/02/2009

Sun.Has.Cancer - Burn!

Burn baby burn, as these Czech mongers give us a taste of this evergrowing electro-metal sound!!!! Plenty of jungle and breakbeat stuff meeting the soundscapes of Canadian old schoolers STACCADO when it gets heavy in the vocals and guitar department, plenty of good stuff that may easily go down well at metal gigs, at industrial events and at drum n...

26/02/2009

Requiem Laus - Promo 2006

Formed round the early 90s, Portuguese REQUIEM LAUS return with this Promo 2006, their 4th release to date, a death metal mixture of sorts that delivers in instances, keeps you wanting that tad bit more at others. Their early 90s inception days pay off in a sound being a crossbreed of Swedish death metal ala AT THE GATES with a more direct Briti...

26/02/2009