Tag Kataklysm
It has been a while since I attended a gig on a Saturday night, and was rather worried about the 6 o’clock start, but I should not have, as traffic was far lighter than it is during the week, along… Continue Reading →
Fleshgod Apocalypse are a band who are not afraid to push the boundaries in terms of creating innovative and powerful music. Not only is their music truly unique and idiosyncratic, but Fleshgod are not afraid of experimenting with their own… Continue Reading →
Swiss melodic death metal and thrash type noisemakers Attack Vertical have been going from strength to strength over the past few years. After their 2011 release “This Glorious World”, Attack Vertical have managed to carve a reputation for themselves in… Continue Reading →
Any fan of metal knows exactly what they’re getting when it comes to a Kataklysm album and their impressive 12th release Of Ghosts and Gods is no exception. The groove heavy riffs, thunderous blast beats and Maurizio Iacono’s signature growls,… Continue Reading →
If an EP is brief snapshot into the innermost psyche of a band as a collective, then Swiss five piece Voice of Ruin are five seriously peculiar individuals. Or if your twisted idea of paradise is combining wholesome, well-constructed metal… Continue Reading →
First introduced to me in 2012 via the debut “My Empire” it captured the very essence of death metal and I mean death metal as a whole, not old school, not Swedeath (though I did reference that in my review… Continue Reading →
It’s been a few years since I caught up with Kataklysm, since 2004’s ‘Serenity In Fire’ in fact, although that’s not been a conscious decision to avoid them, just one of those cases where there are so many bands to… Continue Reading →
Italian’s Krysantemia were formed in 2009 by the Secchi brothers, Alessandro & Lucio, with their line up completed by guitarist Alex Ruggeri and vocalist Davide Puccini. Soon after getting together, they self released their debut album “This is Resurrection” which… Continue Reading →
Often tarnished incorrectly, and being honest fucking annoyingly, as a metal core outfit Germany’s Neaera continue to unleash top quality modern death metal on the world as this their sixth album shows no signs of wavering in the creativity department…. Continue Reading →
When I unpacked the CD and read the leaflet, I thought, that my review was as good as done. The Canadian Deathsters, Abriosis, have a killer lineup and recently joining them in the most male dominated music is singer Alxs… Continue Reading →
Originally called Asylum this Italian death metal band has released a debut album of technically inspired death metal that owes as much to Cynic as it does to the newer acrobatic guitar wizardry of bands like Fleshgod Apocalypse and Gorod…. Continue Reading →
A few years back, Nuclear Blast’s catalogue was proudly displaying their affiliation with the Roman-themed band Ex Deo, whose members basically consisted of the Canadian death metal band Kataklysm. Adorning various promotional photos was front man, Maurizio Iacono, bearing a… Continue Reading →