2Black - Mind Infect
Age of Agony - Machinery of Hatred
Amon Amarth - Deceiver of the Gods
Aruna Azura - A Story of a World's Betrayal
Awaiting Fear - After Execution
Bahajang - Extirpation of Rapscallion
Bitter Peace - Opus II
Cadaveria - The Shadows' Madame
Daksinroy - Tournament of Destruction
Dargonomel - Varkulama
Deathember Flower - Architect
Deconstructing Sequence - Year One
Dryom - (1)
Fallen Tyrant - No World to Win, a Life to Lose
Fausttophel - Thirst of Oblivion
Forceout - Delusion
Fortress Of Thanatos / Wintercold - When the Moon Is There
Grimfaith - Preacher Creature
Groteskh - Unconsciousness
Hex Morbidity - Evangelical
Homicide - Annihilation Pit
Krampus - Mental Holocaust
Lightning Swords of Death / Valdur - Split
Lycanthropy - Dead Silence
Moloch - Abstrakter Wald
Nakka - Human Factory
Obsidian Tongue - A Nest of Ravens In the Throat of Time
Ocean Chief - Sten
Percival Schuttenbach - Svantevit
Rotten Liver - Purification by Debauchery
She Past Away - Belirdi Gece
Sick - Cannibalistic Torment
Station Dysthymia - Overhead, Without Any Fuss, the Stars Were Going Out
Tension Prophecy - World of Phobia
The Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack
Tritton - Face of Madness
Ungrace - Feed the Demons
Valdur - Berserrker
Watain - The Wild Hunt
Yattai - 50 Love Hymns for Grindheads Discography CD
Band: 2BLACK
Country: Switzerland
Title: Mind Infect
Label: WormHoleDeath Records
Year: 2013
Style: Thrash Metal
Review:
Debut alnbum from this band, "Mind Infect" is made of 11 tracks lasting for almost 45 minutes of old-school Thrash Metal with Speed Metal as the main and probably the only influence. Fans of '80's (mostly German) Thrash Metal might enjoy this as it's pure, honest and organic sounding, but I don't know about the new wave or even the 2000's wave of metalheads. Even though they look way past their teenage years 2Black are offering an energetic album, quite catchy most of the time, but with very simple structures and simpler guitar riffs; everything is layed out according to old-school patterns, there's also an instrumental ballad among all these fast paced tracks, so after all I'd say it's a good debut recommended to '80's nostalgics.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 7.5/10
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Band: AGE OF AGONY
Country: Hungary
Title: Machinery of Hatred
Label: Terranis Productions
Year: 2011
Style: Death Metal
Review:
As far as I know Age of Agony is one of the oldest (and still active) and respected Death Metal bands in Hungary and I can see why. They are way passed their teenage years and they still keep it as brutal and ugly as possible, their latest album, "Machinery and Hatred" is a fine example; 11 tracks, more than 40 minutes of fast and brutal Swedish type of Death Metal with raw sound, crunchy guitar riffs, sledgehammer-like bass lines, frantic drums and a raspy, almost comprehensive type of vocals. I only missed some guitar solos and a few more catchy choirs, but except that Age of Agony released a pretty decent and entertaining traditional Death Metal album here, nothing innovative, nor exceptionally complex, but all straight from the heart.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 7.5/10
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Band: AMON AMARTH
Country: Sweden
Title: Deceiver of the Gods
Label: Metal Blade Records
Year: 2013
Style: Melodic Death Metal
Review:
Amon Amarth have been around longer than a lot of metal heads have been alive on Earth! They first began their quest into the metal realm back in 1988 named "Scum". Through 4 years Scum released one demo and then changed their name to Amon Amarth, the now legendary band that is across my computer right now. Since 1992 Amon Amarth has delivered their brand of Melodic Metal with a brutal and technical twist, "Deceiver of the Gods" is the newest offering from the band. This being Amon Amarth's ninth full length release I suspect it is getting harder by the album to come up with such enticing music for their fans to hear. "Deceiver of the Gods" is not a disappointment. The lyrical content and concept is kept within the boundaries of early Norse Mythology and the destruction of the world in different ways, sort of. Makes for an interesting read! The music itself is technical on this album, and the production is clean and slick. Amon Amarth deliver the same pelting mystical metal that has been garnered for years and "Deceiver of the Gods" keeps things at a flow with the most, how can I put this, sleek and perfectly made riffing as usual. Each track has its own type of groove and technicality that offers such grace and interest like they always have. Amon Amarth is a band hard to review because of all the years of making great metal albums, "Deceiver of the Gods" is as brutal and efficient as the rest of the band's earlier works. What can I tell the world of metal that they don't already know about Amon Amarth? Influence from the early days of metal like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, with a touch of Power Metal like Fate's Warning or Manowar??!! The rock influence is all over the release, along with the more modern production and sound that mixes well with a veteran band like Amon Amarth. 10 tracks adding up to over an hour of powerfully brooding metal that screams tech all over the place. Brutal, technical, and most interesting is "Deceiver of the Gods" and fans of Amon Amarth definitely don't need much more than that when it comes to these guys so fans of the band...Pick this one up because they do not stray away from their original style and brand of metal! Remember Candlemass? The old vocalist for that band, Messiah Marcolin, did some guest vocals on this album, made for pretty interesting listening considering the opposite styles they deliver the vocals.
Reviewed by Lex Luther
Rating: 7/10
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Band: ARUNA AZURA
Country: Russia
Title: A Story of a World's Betrayal
Label: Metal Scrap Records
Year: 2013
Style: Technical Death Metal
Review:
Don't know why but I thought these guys were Swedes, well, they certainly look like Swedes (except for the drummer). Anyway, Aruna Azura is a combo from Russia founded in 2009 and this is their debut album, a powerful display of technical skills. The major part of this record is a sort of Groove Death Metal, quite traditional and straight-forward, but there are also some absolutely delicious parts influenced by Progressive Metal but also lots of Faith No More-like grooves and vocals where the band proves to be full of potential. Their compositions are not as mature and tight as they should be, but I'm sure they will improve a lot and the next release will be a complete blast, all of them are very skilled musicians, with a special mention for the bassist who's all over the place on this record. If you think a combination of Death Metal with Faith No More and Pyogenesis sounds interesting then don't miss this album, it has all that and much more. Thumbs up!
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 9/10
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Band: AWAITING FEAR
Country: Serbia
Title: After Execution
Label: Miner Records
Year: 2012
Style: Death Metal
Review:
I remember reviewing this band's debut album back when they were still fronted by a female vocalist, but since then almost all members of the band are different and there's no more chick in the band. The bassist, who used to do screaming vocals back then, takes care of growls now, and as much as I disliked his screams, as much I love his growls, much more suitable to his abilities, and although he still has a few parts with screams, they are tuned down somewhere in the back so they are not annoying anymore. The music overall is pretty decent, old-school typed of Thrash inspired Death Metal with fast paced rhythms, good execution and quite a few genre patterns in order to consider it part of the traditional type of Death Metal. Unfortunately the band doesn't stand out from the crowd with anything anymore, they need to find something of their own in order to rebuild an own identity because as much as I hate that, having a girl in the band, especially on vocals, makes you stand out as a band, so loosing this advantage only condemns you to work harder.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 8/10
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Band: BAHAJANG
Country: Malaysia
Title: Extirpation of Rapscallion
Label: Selfreleased
Year: 2013
Style: Grindcore
Review:
Not bad, not bad at all. This is Bahajang's debut EP, made of 10 tracks totaling a bit more than 15 minutes of devastating Grindcore. Although the recording is not professional, it's quite good for understanding and enjoying what's being served: groovy drums with multiple blast beats attempts, low tuned guitar riffs that get chaotic at times, dual vocal type (growls and screams) and above all an addictive energy. There's nothing new or groundbreaking on this record, but I think Grindcore fans, especially the old-school fans, will enjoy these 15 minutes of intense aggression.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 7/10
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Band: BITTER PEACE
Country: USA
Title: Opus II
Label: Moribund Records
Year: 2013
Style: Black Metal
Review:
As the title suggests, this is the second album from Bitter Peace and I feel this band is more like a project of Lance Gifford (also involved in Godless Rising, a name you might know better) as he explains on page 2 of the booklet how he is following the same path opened with Bitter Peace's debut album, this time helped by a new guy named The Many who takes care of the vocals and bass while Lance remains in charge of guitars and drums. The music is traditional, raw and devastating Black Metal with occasional Death Metal influences especially on guitars and drums, infiltrated by lots and lots of movie & news reports excerpts most of them related to World War II, excepts that could and for sure will be considered as offensive by many (not the band member, haha). After giving this album three full spins I have my conclusion: they sound honest and really dedicated to this band, the addition of The Many proves to be a good decision as his vocals are very versatile and expressive, and overall the CD is enjoyable although it isn't as diverse or complex as the scene requires nowadays.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 8/10
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Band: CADAVERIA
Country: Italy
Title: The Shadows' Madame
Label: Black Tears
Year: 2013
Style: Gothic Black Metal
Review:
This is a re-release of Cadaveria's debut album from 2002, remastered and with a different cover artwork, I guess fans will appreciate it as well. Cadaveria was, as it is a Melodic Gothic Black Metal band based on Cadaveria's wicked female vocals, melodic guitar leads, sharp guitar riffs and a somehow obscure atmosphere, similar to what Samael used to create but a little less aggressive, a band that any fan of the abovementioned genres should at least listen to once. A nice release recommended for fans but also for the ones of you into mid-tempo Melodic Black Metal.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: -/10
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Band: DAKSINROY
Country: Germany
Title: Tournament of Destruction
Label: Blacksnake Records
Year: 2013
Style: Thrash Death Metal
Review:
Wow, this band is almost 20 years old being formed in 1994, but I have never heard of them until now, and a weird name like this you will at least remember...it means I never came across their name before. But unfortunately beside the unusual and hard to remember band name, their music is not one that will stick to your mind either. Basically they are using '80's and '90's Thrash Metal patterns mixed with a few Death Metal parts here and there, but the riffs are overused, even abused I could say, the vocals are not versatile at all and become boring after a short while, and except for a few faster parts where some Death Metal riffing kicks in I was quite bored by this release. The sound is crystal clear but that doesn't give this material the power and aggression it would have needed. These Germans are skilled musicians (especially the guitarists), they seem to be getting along very well among themselves (as instrumentists), but still they tend to mix good, headbanging parts with some lame-riffs mid-tempo parts that ruin it all.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 7/10
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Band: DARGONOMEL
Country: Russia
Title: Varkulama
Label: More Hate Productions
Year: 2013
Style: Black Death Metal
Review:
I know this band from when they were names Subterra Demort in 2010, but in 2011 they changed moniker and soon after signed with More Hate for the release of this debut album as Dargonomel and second in band's history. They haven't changed their musical style though, they are still playing an atmospheric type of Black Death Metal, a combination of dark and mysterious Black Metal with technical and carefully structured Death Metal, mostly fast paced but with occasional melodic additions (like the acoustic 6th track or the keyboard insertions) that only enhance the demonic and heavy atmosphere surrounding this release. Fans of Polish Extreme Metal (especially Vader and Behemoth) might enjoy this release a lot, but the nice thing is "Varkulama" has also a special place for Tech Death Metal fanatics too. I'd label this as impressive and full of potential.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 8.5/10
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Band: DEATHEMBER FLOWER
Country: Ukraine
Title: Architect
Label: Metal Scrap Records
Year: 2013
Style: Technical Melodic Death Metal
Review:
Metal Scrap released some very interesting titles lately and Deathember Flower qualifies for this label, too. The band was founded in 2007 from the ashes of a Gothic Metal band and maybe that's why they decided to keep their music still melodic and as approachable as possible. This is their debut album and I would say it's a combination of Swedish Melodic Death Metal with Technical Death Metal a la Death, structured and delivered with a lot of good taste making it catchy and highly enjoyable for fans of both above-mentioned types of Death Metal. The band is fronted by a lady who takes care of vocals and she does a tremendous job on screams, growls and clean vocals at the same time. The other band members are highly skilled and they prove that on Architect, so what else can I say, I have enjoyed it a lot and hope you will, too.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 9.5/10
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Band: DECONSTRUCTING SEQUENCE
Country: UK
Title: Year One
Label: Selfreleased
Year: 2013
Style: Progressive Black Death Metal
Review:
Debut EP from this UK based band that likes to call its genre Extreme Progressive Art and I can see why, they are desperately trying to sound as complex and intricate as possible, and to avoid paths already discovered. That's brave for them, but it's also risky; and risky was the cover artwork as well, I really thought I was going to have a Pop Rock audition judging by the CD's cover, and like me there could be many, many more that will avoid it not knowing what music it offers. Although it features only 3 tracks this EP lasts for almost 25 minutes so you'll get plenty of stuff to enjoy or dislike, depending to your taste. The potential is there, they only need to polish things up and build more catchy structures next time in order to become a leading name in this field (yes, they seem to have the potential to do just that), but as a taste of things to come this EP didn't disapoint; a progressive blend of Black and Death Metal to listen to at home and get to know more and more hidden secrets with every new audition.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 7.5/10
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Band: DRYOM
Country: Russia
Title: (1)
Label: Archaic Sound
Year: 2012
Style: Funeral Doom Metal
Review:
Interesting title for an offering, "(1)". This particular band comes from the deep, dark, and cold woods of Russia. There is only one member in this band and his name is Roman. Dryom plays Funeral Doom Metal to the extreme. If you haven't guessed Dryom play a very morbid type of doom, even more dark than Funeral Doom! There are three tracks in Russian and they all add up to 50 minutes and 28 seconds of the most depressing music around. I feel this is very atmospheric in nature with the touch of evil and darkness vocals wise, with also the emotional passing of pain and suffering throughout every track playing. Forget the earlier bands like My Dying Bride, early Paradise Lost or Cathedral. Dryom takes things to a whole other level in darkened depression. A person is falling deep into a hole with screaming and fire all around them, things will take a darker turn from this point. Sitting in a room grabbing your head and tearing out your hair because of the untamed prison that your mind belongs in! Al of this seems to describe the feelings I get when I hear this album. This is definitely for the hardcore fans of total Doom in a funeral way. Ambient and atmospheric mixed with the most efficient feelings of darkness in the corners of human minds. Pretty damn good for a first offering. Something else I noticed on this album, there seems to be a very influential feeling of an almost "nature" type of atmosphere on this. Almost if the person recorded this album outside in the woods by himself deep in snow and misery. Maybe I am wrong, but this is great for the type of genre it belongs to. Dryom takes the level beyond what the human mind is open to in this case and that is what brings me back to this record over and over again. A great self meditation in brutal depression and atmosphere! Like I said before, Dryom is for the hardest fans of the deepest and darkest Funeral Doom Metal out in the world, and here it is!
Reviewed by Lex Luther
Rating: 9/10
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Band: FALLEN TYRANT
Country: Germany
Title: No World to Win, a Life to Lose
Label: Fat & Holy Records
Year: 2013
Style: Black Metal
Review:
After 2 demos and an EP, this is Fallen Tyrant's debut full-length, an album made of 8 tracks totaling almost 40 minutes of fast and aggressive Black Metal a la Marduk highlighted by a vocalist with an excellent Black Metal tone, but also by a horrible recording sound, a sound that in the end stops this material to be appreciated at its actual value. The vocalist, as I said before, has that raspy, evil vocal tone that's perfect for Black Metal, the drummer really gives his best and has some outstanding qualities, and the guitarist manages to come up with some catchy riffs and interesting leads, so overall the band proves to have potential but in the end I'd suggest to re-record this material or at least find a better studio for the next one, it's a shame to waste their talent on raw recordings.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 8/10
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Band: FAUSTTOPHEL
Country: Ukraine
Title: Thirst of Oblivion
Label: Another Side Records
Year: 2013
Style: Melodic Black Metal
Review:
How can you be almost nowhere on the net nowadays and still be signed by a label? Well, Fausttophel definitely have the answer to that question but I find it at least curious. Anyway, this is the band's debut album, a 6 tracks effort totaling almost 40 minutes of Melodic Black Metal, mostly fast paced, and with a serious conceptual base. I like the fact that the album actually tells a story but unfortunately I don't know their language to understand what it is about; the compositions, in order to display the story and still be credible, required a high level of inspiration and technical skills and I can say the two guys in Fausttophel have them both. An interesting release recommended to fans of atmospheric, ambient and melodic types of Black Metal.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 7.5/10
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Band: FORCEOUT
Country: Ukraine
Title: Delusion
Label: Total Metal Records
Year: 2013
Style: Melodic Death Metal
Review:
Nice surprise from Ukraine although you'll feel like listening to a Melodic Death Metal band a la Sweden. ForceOut's debut album will delight your ears with some top-notch guitar leads and solos, melodic and intricate to the bone, a perfect vocal type for this type of music, fast and aggressive rhythm section (although the drums sound too synthetic at times), and above all a set of curdled and mature compositions that will capture your attention and keep it tight until the end of the release. It's nice to see a new East European band with such potential, I have no doubt these youngsters will do well. And back to this release you'll get basically all you could expect from this genre: from the very good technical displays of the guitarists, to the melodic and even melancholic slower parts, top the energetic, headbanging-friendly and catchy fast parts. Good, recommended stuff!
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 8.5/10
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Band: FORTRESS OF THANATOS / WINTERCOLD
Country: Philippines / Sweden
Title: When the Moon Is There
Label: Salute Records
Year: 2013
Style: Doom Death Black Metal / Gothic Doom Metal
Review:
New split from Salute Records, this time involving a project of the owner, Wintercold.
Opening the hostilities are Philippines based Fortress of Thanatos, a quartet founded back in 1999. Unfortunately their music remained in those years, their mix of as many genres as possible is reminiscent of those years. There are some good ideas I would have liked to listen with a better recording, but on this split one can barely hear the guitar riffs, and on the other hand be disgusted by the high drums volume and awful, awful vocalist. The guitarist and bassist are good, with a bit of Heavy Metal in their veins they manage to save something in the end. But the whole is still awful... I'd buy this only to get the taste of those nice guitar solos.
Wintercold's side has the same problem, the awful sound. The drum-machine is awful and the vocals are at least odd sounding, you won't be able to understand 1 word even if they are mostly clean vocals... The guitar playing is decent, but Tony has some good ideas, it's a pity he waistes them on low quality recordings, he should at least try a professional studio, the result could be surprising. I liked the slow, almost melancholic parts, though.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 4/10 5/10
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Band: GRIMFAITH
Country: Ukraine
Title: Preacher Creature
Label: BadMoodMan Music
Year: 2013
Style: Gothic Metal
Review:
BMM Music seems to try commercial territories by signing this Gothic Metal band from Ukraine, in my opinion a mix of The 69 Eyes with a heavier (including plenty of screams or growls) Gothic Metal, and this might proove to be a great move from the label or to be a total flop. Well, Grimfaith seems to be an interesting band, they managed to deliver a nice flowing, catchy music on this second album, a music that will not only attract interest from girls and goth kids but may also raise some interest from the rest of the Melodic Metal followers. Highlight of this band are the vocals, very versatile, warm and expressive, but at times way too theatrical and unnatural, I guess the guy needs more work and more faith in his own vocal timbre. I gave this a few spins and I must say I'm still not bored even if I'm not the biggest fan of this genre, so I guess this album will do well for both the band and label.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 8.5/10
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Band: GROTESKH
Country: Austria
Title: Unconsciousness
Label: Noisehead Records
Year: 2013
Style: Black Metal
Review:
And I thought Noisehead turned Metalcore completely... It's such a release seeing they are still into more "traditional" styles of Extreme Metal, and Groteskh is the proof, an Austrian band founded 3 years ago presenting now their debut album professionally presented and delivered; they seem to be dead serious about the way they look and also sing and that's the first step to reaching the tops of this scene, the looks of the band, the CD cover and booklet artwork, the imagery surrounding the band and their music are all blenging nicely into a classy and modern but at the same time demonic and disgusting follower of a great scene that once was the Swedish Black Metal scene. Yes, Groteskh can be better linked with the melodic, fast and aggressive Swedish Black Metal scene, and they are doing a great job creating catchy atmospheres almost reaching epic levels. Unfortunately the production is not what they would have needed for this release, it's not powerful nor professional enough for this music, but at least the potential is there and the next album might storm the scene.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 8/10
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Band: HEX MORBIDITY
Country: UK
Title: Evangelical
Label: Selfreleased
Year: 2013
Style: Black Death Metal
Review:
It's nice to see bands releasing demos again and not naming them EPs, especially if the recordings are home-made, and they are in most cases. Hex Morbidity was founded in 2013 and here is their debut demo made of 3 tracks and totaling almost 9 minutes of primitive Black Death Metal without too much complexity, but not bad either. I'm not sure if they are already commited to a genre or another but my best guess is they would like to play in vein of Venom, Celtic Frost and the likes, I think they will try to be more primitive and as dirty as possible on upcoming releases, but we'll see. In the meantime this demo was released in only 50 hand-numbered copies, I doubt you'll be able to find any more available, but if you stumble upon these guys on the net give them a listen if you're into '80's type of Extreme Metal.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 6.5/10
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Band: HOMICIDE
Country: Bangladesh
Title: Annihilation Pit
Label: Infinite Regress Records
Year: 2013
Style: Technical Death Metal
Review:
Opening up with an intro made of an extract from the movie 300 plus a sequence of really simple and uninspired riffs, I thought this EP would be really awful but forunately the Bangladesh based Homicide had some more to say along the 14 minutes of their debut. First the guitar work is good and quite catchy and I could say it's the highlight of this band, the guy actually positions himself in the middle of everything and lets the other build from there. The drum machine is really annoying after a while, and the vocals are not exploited to the maximum, you can feel how the guy is restraining of giving it all (maybe not to wake up his neighbors...), and although the compositions are good, they fail to impress on this EP.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 6/10
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Band: KRAMPUS
Country: Hungary
Title: Mental Holocaust
Label: Terranis Productions / Sevared Records
Year: 2012
Style: Brutal Death Grind
Review:
A new Death Grind band from Hungary, that's so cool, it seems the Death Grind scene in this country is slowly but surely making its way through the underground and starts spawning more and more interesting bands. Krampus are really lucky to release this debut album on both Tarranis Prod. (I guess for Europe) and Sevared Records (for US probably), that's a huge advantage for them so probably this will be the push they need to start taking over the World. The music is some sort of traditional mix of Death and Grind, with grownling vocals only (no new type screams), mid-tempo to (mostly) fast rhythms, heavy atmosphere and quite complex compositions based on old-school patterns, almost half and hour of hateful discharge of violence, not ground-breaking but highly enjoyable, fit for headbanging too.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 7.5/10
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Band: LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH / VALDUR
Country: USA / USA
Title: Split
Label: CultWar Records / Bloody Mountain Records
Year: 2009
Style: Black Metal / Black Metal
Review:
An old split but I guess a very important one for both bands since LSoD afterwards signed with Metal Blade and Valdur continued their underground journey but later got some credit for sharing a CD with a Metal Blade artist. Honestly it's the first time I hear about LSoD, and of course the first time I get to listen to their music, so you can easily guess I'm not a diehard Metal Blade follower, and after listening to these 4 tracks I wound't say I was extremely impressed abut their music, more about them being signed to this major label. The music is complex, indeed, with certain technical potential, a combination of old-school Thrash Black Metal with the rawest and darkest type of Black Metal, heavy and oppressive as hell, fast paced and offensive, perfect for fans of underground and raw Black Metal, not sure about the masses of MB followers though. Valdur's side is made of 4 tracks as well, but their recordings are rawer, less polished than LSoD's, fuzzier and at the same time more atmospheric. Their music ranges from mid-tempo to fast paced rhythms, with major highlights on the guitars and strange enough, on bass (the bass lines are playing a very iomportant role in creating their desolate atmospheres), but they tend to get too repetitive, including drums here, and the listener (or me at least) tends to loose interest after a while. The tracks are very long, from 4 to 10 minutes, but I think if they compressed things a bit noone would have been offended.
As a conclusion we get here 2 very different but at the same time similar bands, a good treat for every underground Black Metal follower, an hour of US made traditional Black Metal.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 8.5/10 7.5/10
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Band: LYCANTHROPY
Country: USA
Title: Dead Silence
Label: Metallic Media
Year: 2013
Style: Black Metal
Review:
Ok, so this EP was released at the end of March and in the meantime these guys have released 2 more full-length albums, so I guess we're dealing again with one of those "bands" that will start releasing or already are releasing countless studio materials just for the fact they are 1 or 2 at most in the band and they don't play live, so the only thing left to do is to release stuff, as much as possible. Is it obvious I don't like that much this type of bands?
Well anyway, this EP features 2 new tracks (totaling 4 minutes, hahaha!) plus intro and outro, and to be less ostentatious they have also added 2 covers (Impaled Nazarene and Ashen Light) and an electro-like remix of one of their old tracks, for a total of 19 minutes of playing. I hope the CD is cheap at least... The music on their 2 new tracks is ok, not outstanding but not bad either; fast paced traditional and somehow atmospheric Black Metal with drum-machine, catchy riffs and venom-spitting vocals, entertaining and well executed. I don't know, the band is good, but I wouldn't abuse the public with such releases if I were in their shoes.
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 7/10
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