Vorkuta is one of the oldest Hungarian BM acts, whose activity spans over more than 2 decades. In spite of its long time activity, the band has been more keen to release split EPs rather than to record full lengths, therefore "Into the Chasms of Lunacy" (2007) has been so far the only album in... Continue Reading →
Seth – “La Morsure du Christ” album review – SOM – May 2021 AB
"Prenez, buvez-en tous car ceci est le sang !" Seth's first record "Les Blessures de L'Âme" is maybe one of the best black metal albums that came out in 1998 and also one of the best the French extreme metal scene had to offer. There were many bands playing symphonic black metal at the time... Continue Reading →
Escumergamënt – “...ni degu fazentz escumergamënt e mesorga...” – Avantgarde Music – April 2021 AB
Escumergamënt: a name still unknown to many but which I am sure will spread like wildfire pretty soon. This mysterious Swedish band basically came out of nowhere in 2020 and on the 12th of March AB released its debut album, "...ni degu fazentz escumergamënt e mesorga..." on the Italian label Avantgarde Music. Since the band's essence... Continue Reading →
Holdlajtorja – Ab Oriente Ad Occidente Demo review – December 2020 AB
Holdlajtorja is a band which has recently come out from the ever surprising Hungarian underground. On 17th of December they have released their debut demo, digitally, via the Bandcamp page. "Ab Oriente Ad Occidente" is a 3 track demo, with a duration of almost 10 minutes and contains 2 full tracks and one interlude. Even... Continue Reading →
Hajnalpír – S/T – October 2020 AB
Hajnalpír is a recent discovery and I am still under its spell. The band has released its first material digitally in September last year but very recently this excellent S/T album has seen a proper tape release, via the Hungarian label Blindblindblind. The tape is limited to 70 handmade pieces so if you want to... Continue Reading →
Kringa – “Feast Upon the Gleam” album review – September 2019 AB
"The Darkness is churning - I watch the beneath" 21st of August A.B. is the day when Kringa released the very first full-length album of its rather short but interesting career. After a couple of well received demo tapes and EP’s released during the previous years, it was about time for the 4 Austrians to... Continue Reading →
Ascension – The Dead of the World 2014 (World Terror Committee)
“I shall bring fire As above,so below” Thus begins “The Silence of Abel”, the 1st song from "The Dead of the World". Released on the 24 of December 2014 AB, Ascension’s 2nd full length took exactly 4 years to come into being. For some, 4 years may seem a very long pause, or silence even,... Continue Reading →
