Tag Hellhammer
I mean black and white scratchy ink drawing cover, the name and the album title complete with K and V. And to top it off the label. You can kinda guess what slippery, fetid slope we’re on here can’t you?… Continue Reading →
So, a few things made me want to review this album. The first was that the band were described as “proto-death metal”. Now me, I’m a sucker for primitive aggression, so that was enticing. The second thing was that Doldrey… Continue Reading →
There are times in life when you question your choices and I have to say that sitting here and thinking “I am reviewing a band called Eggs Of Gomorrh…” was one of those. But it was a positive choice as… Continue Reading →
This Finnish band has been around for about a decade and previously released only one full length but a raft of EPs and demos, eight and two respectively, as the duo of Yonülf and Fogg play all the instruments on… Continue Reading →
Australian metal punks come at you with their debut release. Expect a nod to Hellhammer, China’s Military Shadow and primitive early noise in general from both Germany and the UK. The PR material states “hellhammering speedmetalpunk”, which is very accurate…. Continue Reading →
Pretty certain this is the first album from Ecuador I’ve reviewed, and raw black metal is the calling these three guys have. And yes I do mean calling; you don’t play this kind of music for fame, let alone fortune…. Continue Reading →
Well, this is a nice surprise. Switzerland gave us some pretty extreme metal in the 80’s, Messiah were very much a part of that with their death/thrash combo. In itself at the time, there wasn’t so much of this style… Continue Reading →
No idea if it’s just lockdown psychosis but I find myself wondering on lots of inanities these days; like how many albums there are with a variation on the philosophical standpoint of ‘no mercy’ with or without profanity. Yep, stir… Continue Reading →
I initially thought that this Japanese band was familiar to me only to find that I have not heard them before but after this album I will be checking out their back catalogue. This album captures the essence of brutal… Continue Reading →
YES! A decent, old school death metal album lands in my filthy box which was much needed after I appeared to upset the whole of Belgium with my review of the Moss Upon The Skull album the other day. I… Continue Reading →
Ah, Vomitor, Aussies with all the natural subtlety and reserve of their countrymen removed. And of course we wouldn’t have it any other way. Pestilent Death is their fourth full length but it’s been around six years since The Escalation,… Continue Reading →
Recently I have found myself enamored by Bestial Black Metal or War Metal if you like. Raw untamed, relentless Black Metal with a heavy Death Metal influence taking inspiration from the beginnings of Extreme Metal with an excessive worship towards… Continue Reading →