ADAGIO

Archangels In Black

When I first saw the band's name I was ready to bet my ass that we have another gloomy doom metal band here. Italian word adagio means slow and is used to describe music’s tempo. So I was a little surprised when it turned out that French - with Finish vocalist - metalheads explore rather symphonic and proggressive metal territories. More...

VIRGIN SNATCH

Act Of Grace

Poland is mostly known from it’s extreme death metal monsters: VADER, BEHEMOTH, DECAPITATED and HATE to name just a few. However since middle 80s there has been strong thrash metal scene – with acts like KAT and TURBO - in that Eastern European country, but even ACID DRINKERS who released their three albums via UNDER ONE FLAG in early 90s weren’t able to make a bigger impact and show the rest of the world the power of polish thrash. Even if their debut „Are You A Rebel?” for me is one of the Widery undiscovered genre’s masterpiece. More...

KRISIUN

Southern Storm

After releasing the last album of KRISIUN, my appetite for a new work of this Brazilian horde has increased itself inordinate. “AssassiNation” was in my opinion the best product of three brothers since the times of “Conquerors…” being the most liked point in their discography, so nothing strange, that my expectations regards of their next vomit were really high. As the consequence of Canahrinos in releasing of albums stays always unshaken, letting us to hear a new piece of death metal carnage in their performance with the average one time for two years, Alex, Moyses and Max attacked our ears with the perfection of Swiss watch again, providing like always the album boiling with aggression, wildness and true death metal fury. More...

SINISTER

The Silent Howling

It shouldn’t be surprising for everyone a fact, that SINISTER unfortunately isn’t the same band like before 15 or although 10 years anymore, even in spite of keeping the death metal course and in spite of big respect among the fans of brutal artistry. I don’t know which circumstances could to reason this state of reality, but the parting with a long standing label and joining to the group of bands gathered under the banner of smaller publisher, can to be one of the symptoms confirming today a small renumerativeness of this horde. More...

ASMEGIN

Arv

Long five years had to pass before the second work from Norwegians of Ásmegin could see the light of day. During this time the band would not reveal as good as any relevant info concerning the new album nor did they bother themselves about regular updates on their homepage. Many eagerly awaiting fans have though surely forgotten about these “inconveniencies” the moment their fresh deed hit the stores. More...

HERMH

Cold Blood Messiah

Some bands don’t care about trends promoted by media and record labels. They stay loyal to their roots and show no interest in incorporating elements of new fashion. They just do what they think is the best for them believing that someday they will gain the profits form the consequence. HERMH is one of the best examples of that kind of metal bands. Since the very beginning of it’s existence, big Bart’s team delivers quality vampiric black metal. However with every release the Clan of Mradu warriors improve their craftsmanship showing the progress in the band’s music. More...

SIRENIA

The 13th Floor

Norwegian SIRENIA has been around since 2001. They've released a few albums and established themselves as one of the most popular groups on gothic metal scene. Their first two albums were released through Napalm Records. Since 2007 they have been working for one of the biggest metal labels, namely Nuclear Blast. To me this band has always been the icon of mediocrity commonly described as „female fronted gothic metal” so I can't stop wondering- how the hell did they get that job?! More...

WARDRUNA

Gap Var Ginnunga

WARDRUNA is another creation on the scene that pays tribute to Nordic folk music inheritance. To describe that project in best possible way, I have to quote words of band's founder: "WARDRUNA is a Norwegian musical constellation set out to explore and evoke the depths of Norse wisdom and spirituality. Musically WARDRUNA has its main focus on the cultic musical language found in the near-forgotten arts of galder, seidr and the daily acts of the cultic life, mixed with impulses from Norwegian / Nordic folk music and music from other indigenous cultures ... ".
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LEGION OF THE DAMNED

Cult Of The Dead

Today, it's not easy to find a relatively new band playing more traditional, old-school thrash/death metal in quite an interesting way. The founders of this genre either consistently release more or less successful records or have lain buried for years. On the opposite pole, we have a multitude of youngsters recording another emo/death/metalcore albums pretending to be metalheads. In such a situation, the latest album of LEGION OF THE DAMNED seems to me to be quite refreshing despite the fact that the music played by these Netherlanders isn't innovative in any way. More...

ENSLAVED

Vertebrae

Who would ever suppose, back in the early nineties, that a black metal band from Norway called Enslaved and being inspired by Nordic culture will become one of the genre’s most respectable acts not only for the reason of recording brilliant albums but also on account of their constant obstinacy to develop their sound and explore the unknown territories of the immense music universe… More...