"We were the first to be given His grace"... In a scene more and more corrupted by false prophets and plastic appearances, few bands still manage to hold high the bloody banner of real darkness and hate. One of these bands is Destruction Ritual, a "new" band out there if we judge by its date... Continue Reading →
I came upon Hamvak some time ago when I blindly purchased their S/T demo tape, released in 2017. I did't know too much about the band at that time, but I later found out that the main guy behind this project is D, an active musician playing in several Hungarian underground bands (Earth Plague, Ghoul... Continue Reading →
Almost 4 years after the release of the excelent debut album A Sigh From Below, the french horde Venifixion is back with a new material, the EP Anointed in Nazarean Blood. This EP came out on the 24th of February in two formats, released by different labels. The 7"EP, limited to 200 hand numbered copies,... Continue Reading →
"As it was, it will be As you wait for the Sign of the Storm" I don't recall writing a heavy metal review on this page. Not that I don't like this genre, I love it, I grew up with it and it's in my blood. It's just that until now I did not find... Continue Reading →
Necromaniac is a band I was not aware of until recently, when I received the EPK for their debut album "Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable". The record came out on the 13th of January on CD (vinyl format will be released later), as a joint coop between Invictus Prod and The Ajna Offensive. The band... Continue Reading →
As I draw the line, I think 2024 has been a good year for me and the music I discovered and listened to. My only problem is that I don't have enough time to listen to all the music I want and that, truth be told, there are a lot of bands out there. It's... Continue Reading →
Tribulation should not be a mystery to anyone anymore. Since its inception in 2004, the Swedish quartet has constantly undergone through a bunch of stylistic changes that have confused (and perhaps divided) many of its listeners. What some might call sell out or mainstream-ising (sic!), I call development and Tribulation is one of the few... Continue Reading →
I have to admit that I've never been too familiar with Australia's black/death metal scene, somehow it didn't attract me as much as the European one. I only knew some bands like Horde (sic), Destroyer 666, Sadistik Exekution, Anatomy or Drowning the Light but for some reason I did not dig deeper into the Aussie... Continue Reading →
The Irish masters of depressive black/death metal Scáth Na Déithe are back with a vengeance with their third opus, "Virulent Providence", released in various formats (CD, LP and tape) by the German label Vendetta Records on the 3rd of February. Three years after the release of "The Dirge of Endless Mourning" (which we have reviewed... Continue Reading →
The release I am about to review below came out earlier this year on Terratur Possessions, but only now it felt like the right time to talk about it properly. Syning is a Norwegian trio, whose members also play(ed) in other well known black metal bands, like Whoredome Rife, Keep of Kalessin, Manii/Manes or Knokkelklang,... Continue Reading →
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