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The concept behind this album is of a “post-apocalyptic” cosmos in which two rival bands, the Raiders and the Crystal Gods fight it out after the collapse of industrial revolution. Another claim which this Berlin band make is of playing… Continue Reading →
‘Turn off the world’ is the third album by The Very End, a quintet from the Ruhr region in Germany. Stylistically, they are a German thrash band with some ultra-fast drumming by Daniel Zeman matched by René Bogdanski and Alex… Continue Reading →
Ah like a nagging child repeatedly asking are we there yet or can I please, go on can I please, metalcore resolutely remains a force within metal and like said nagging child we might want it to shut up or… Continue Reading →
25 years ago Paradox released their debut called “Product Of Imagination” and at the time they gained a big foothold onto the thrash scene that was set in concrete once they unleashed “Heresy” in 1989 and still is arguably their… Continue Reading →
There are some bands that manage to effortlessly evoke the good old days and, if those good old days were had in the back room of a random pub in Northern Germany listening to heavy metal cover bands, then Carbid!… Continue Reading →
This album unashamedly announces itself on the sleeve as “opera metal”, which brings to mind a number of possibilities, among them Nightwish, Therion and Diablo Swing Orchestra. This is a band comprising an operatic singer as you’d expect, a cellist,… Continue Reading →
German thrash metal titan’s ‘Destruction’ were formed by guitarist Mike, who went on a search for a bassist.. On the search he found singer Ulf and drummer Tommy. They also found fellow metal head Schmier who was always around boozing… Continue Reading →
A crumbling building with a very scary and ghastly looking figure, face wrapped in alien looking bandages which hang down towards the ground greeted me in the promo photo accompanying the invite to review the digital download of this album…. Continue Reading →
These eclectic Germans came up in a random conversation in a pub a month ago, piquing my interest, so when this album arrived on my desk it felt as if fate were intervening. Porta Nigra are one of those rare… Continue Reading →
This is the second album by Germany’s Freitod. “Regenjahre” (Rain Years) consists of 6 meaty chunks of dark-black metal and then an even meatier 12 minute track “Wenn Alles Zerbricht” (When Everything Collapses). I have listened to this album and… Continue Reading →
I wasn’t very kind or inspired by Grave Digger’s recent EP ‘Home at Last’; my whole premise of that review was to hope that this coming album would be a much improved experience. In one respect, I am happier, there… Continue Reading →
Mortal Infinity are German thrash but these are no Kreator or Destruction clones, these gents follow the hallowed path of the great Bay Area scene. Right from the start, there is a massive beefed up production and a vocal delivery… Continue Reading →