Reviews
From the land of oil, alpine vegetation, fine cuisine and really hot women tennis players comes the even more abstruse ill-fitting piece of the jigsaw, a modern metal band. However, as is the case with most of Russia’s highlights, Elitist too is like a ten-tonne hammer ready to take the world by storm. This Ep… Read More Elitist – Caves
The album cover art is horrifically done with some pathetic bad taste, the music however is NOT. Vital Remains are yet another pioneer of the old school death metal scene from the early nineties. Let Us Pray stands as an outstanding testimony to this fact. The band emerged late under the influence of earl American… Read More Vital Remains – Let Us Pray
Total ignorance and a gross error on my sense of judgment led me to deem Autopsy as an obscure, good-for –nothing outfit. Things changed for better once I heard the track Dead from Mental Funeral. My fatal crime of living in ignorance was immediately absolved once I heard it. Pure old school mayhem is what… Read More Autopsy – Mental Funeral
So you think it was all over, eh? Periphery demos, best of bulb, Neurothing and Xerath releasing last year. Hacride adding to the list, TesseracT releasing in early 2010. You thought that you’d get a break from the contortion of djent and listen to something less stimulating. Well Veil of Maya would beg to differ… Read More Veil Of Maya – [id]
Demigod’s Slumber of Sullen Eyes is yet another hallmark of the ancient Finnish Death cult that gave birth to its contemporaries like Demilich’s Nespithe and Amorphis’ Karelian Isthmus. Staying true to the Finnish sound that puts a lot more emphasis on a deeper guitar tone with very low sounding bass guitars, Demigod’s magnum opus is… Read More Demigod – Slumber Of Sullen Eyes
Baphomet’s Dead Shall Inherit is yet another death metal album that stands as a testimony to the glorious NYDM scene of the early nineties. Playing skull thumping chunky riffs with a rhythmic drive, that almost lends a certain groove to their music over a complex structure, Baphomet manages to capture the grotesque atmosphere of primeval… Read More Baphomet – Dead Shall Inherit
Another old school classic, listening to Screams of Anguish instantly makes you realize that Brutality indeed were one of the pioneers of technical death metal. Now this is one genre I strictly try to avoid due to the over excessive display of instrumental wankery even its not required to express your feelings. But these guys… Read More Brutality – Screams of Anguish
The resurgence of old school death bands has been quite prominent for quite some time now with innumerable bands coming to my mind. But none captures or rather possesses your attention like Dead Congregation’s Grave of the Archangels. A lot of aggressive and violent adjectives have been already used to describe this album, but none… Read More Dead Congregation – Graves of the Archangels
Band from Norway playing death metal came as a total surprise to me at first considering the notoriety of Norwegian black metal scene. But Cadaver’s approach to death metal seems very extenuating when one considers the flawless slab of ingenious death metal delivered by the band in In Pains. You might not get your usual… Read More Cadaver – In Pains
In a year of comebacks and legends, a puny yet feisty genre is cementing its base. Misha Mansoor’s madness has treaded a long-drawn path to various artists, and djentally proliferated. Neurothing is an even newer dimension to the novel idea of djent and with a profusion of vocal ingenuity; it has affirmed its status in… Read More Neurothing – Murder Book
Throne From Royalty is a hard rock/ metal band from Hostile city Philadelphia. They are heavily influenced by old school themes and drinking booze. This is their debut EP which comprises of 5 hard hitting songs is full of energy and certain groove attributable to the engaging and catchy guitar riffs. The sound quality is… Read More Throne From Royalty – Throne From Royalty EP
It’s been around half a century since the cacophonies of the World Wars tormented the earth but those horrific memories can’t be ever ceased from the planet. The ones who witnessed those can hardly ever get over the gruesome nightmares which haunt them every night. The slightest feeling of the carnage which would have raced… Read More Hail Of Bullets – On Divine Winds