  
The exact same
as the review below. The vocals seem more adventurous and defined, which is
cool, a bit more blasting in the drums too. - Dale
c/o Mirek Sliwa,
UL. Rol na 6A, 67-106 Otyn, POLAND
It might not be
but that sounds like a drum machine to me. I do loathe drums
altogether. Good guitar riffs and Mortician vocals. UG garage-y feel
for sure. - Dale
A re-release of
the bands ’93 (only?) album. Good old school death metal , great
atmosphere, not sure it was so good it needed a re-release though
but each to their own. - Dale
Tunes of Torture
= torture13@ukr.net
Savage Satanic
death metal (yes death not thrash on BB!) and I must say this is a
really good platter, dark atmosphere, brutal riffs and an old school
flair. Worth it. - Dale
http://bestialburst.blackmetal.fi
Sounds like
pretty good thrash but too hard to tell when you get less than 60
seconds of each song. Message to labels if you are only going to
give me a chopped up partial album then do not bother sending
anything at all. Thanks. Yet I do get a making of the album video??
Ummm…. What? - Dale
www.armageddonmusic.de
Good album,
title says it all total thrash metal maniacs with an up-to-date
production and vocals with inspired 80s metal squeals. - Dale
www.merciless-records.de
www.delirium-tremens.de
I really enjoyed
the uncompromising raw bestial aggression. But the material itself
is immensely sub-par and monotonously boring. - Dale
Cost is $5 US to: c/o Matagos Paris,
30 Ag. Demetriou Street, Voula 16673, Athens, GREECE
The band
formerly known as Brutal Masterbation. Terrifyingly brutal manic
death metal with quirky and engaging structuring. Without doubt one
of the best death metal albums of the year. - Dale
Terranis, Box
259, 3301 Eger, HUNGARY
www.terranisproductions.hu
These guys keep
trucking and they still stick to their roots – respect! This album
is different but the same, if that makes sense, more stream line but
still headbanging, superb guitar solos and speed. Schmier sounds so
80’s I thought I was back in school drawing band logos on my binder. - Dale
info@afm-records.de
Mostly I have
become tired of melodic goteberg death metal but Devanic do do it
suitably. Catchy but still semi-heavy and atmospheric. - Dale
www.devanic.com
I have not heard
anything from Devilry in a while and this has to be their best
material to date. Pure bahruutaal, not to mention very dark death
metal. I would say their use of interplay and simple but effective
catchy riffing and lead guitar fills had me liking this an awful
lot. - Dale
c/o Sir Holm,
Maanviljelijankuja 6 B 21, 01370 Vantaa, FINLAND sirholm@europe.com
www.devilry.us
Looks like their
promo did it’s job and secured a deal with B.B. This release
continues on with “…Genocide” from above. Evil ripping death metal! - Dale
http://bestialburst.blackmetal.fi
Simplistic
chugga-chugga straight on metal. It’s OK but nothing special.
- Dale
Cost is $12 US to: Distraught, Av:
Nestor De Moura Jardim, 1060 CEP:92500-000, B-Colina, Guaiba Rs,
BRASIL – A/C. Andre Meyer
This is a
re-release of their demo with 2 bonus tracks. The music is like a
primitive, bestial version of what is on the album. Recommended.
- Dale
Fadeless Recs.,
P.O. Box 1288, 6501 BG Nijmegen, HOLLAND Web = http://welcome.to/fadeless
A quote from their
bio: "the bands recent compositions show strong connections with the
more pop-and-circumstance typically attributed those gothic in
nature." You don't say! – Jeffrey Kusbel
Kind of reminds me of slower and slightly less insane version of The
Accused (whom I like). Wacky, quirky, heavy (not dm heavy) and not
bad at all, they do not match the The Accused but few could. If you
want something really different get this. Otherwise definitely not. - Dale
www.dogfashiondisco.com www.rottenrecords.com
I liked that
Warlock song / vid way back in the day. This was supposed to be a
return to the heaviness, it is a step in the right direction but
falls a little short in my opinion. - Dale
A little sloppy
but their brand of aggressive black/death metal with slight
atmospheric touches won me over. Check these guys out.
- Dale
BLK 95, #10-521,
Aljunied Crescent, SINGAPORE 580095
Heavy doses of
commercial hardcore, ‘jump’ and a bit of metal. No I didn’t think
you would like it – me either!
- Dale
Copro Recs., Box
4429 Henley On Thames Oxon, RG9 1GH, UK Email = CoproProd@AOL.COM
“White-Eyed
Trance” has a good mix of slower mid paced death metal, but the band
does add some faster, more punishing sections alongside some well
written & performed solos. The vocals are deep dm growls that fit
the bands music perfectly. If you love old school death metal then
do yourself a favor as this is for you. - Patrick
https://www.facebook.com/Ectoplasma-1579524392276613
http://www.memento-mori.es/
Melodic heavy
metal that is on the lighter symphonic side than I usually like but
the guitars are heavy, riffs catchy as hell and the singer has some
balls. I like it. - Dale
www.edguy.de
Gurgly vocal
death metal from Macedonia, it is okay but surely nothing special.
Definitely some Deicide influence going on and that is usually not a
bad thing in my book. - Dale
c/o Zoran
Setinovski, ul. ‘Pehcevska’ 5/21, 1000 Skopje, MACEDONIA
setinovski@yahoo.com
Trend filled
symphonic smothered romantic goth metal. Actually they stink
musically and cannot write a good song to save their lives.
- Dale
I never knew
these ‘ole sickos were still kicking over grave stones. Nothing has
changed and I like that! Mid to fast pace Satanic death metal that
sounds real, unlike these new plastic “tight” junk bands littering
the scene. Hail Satan! - Dale
H.H., Recs.,
3593 Medina Rd. #109, Medina, OH. 44256, USA www.hellsheadbangers.com
  
Expunged is a
new band out of the Canadian death metal scene. This debut contains
5 tracks of dm that is pounding and heavy as hell! The guitarist
writes a mix of crushing mid paced riffing patterns, but does speed
to a much faster pace often. The drumming is a devastating double
hammers mix of pummeling middle paced beating that does speed up to
a faster enjoyable yet chaotic pace at times. If you enjoy raging,
filthy old-school dm then you need this! - Patrick
https://expunged.bandcamp.com/
https://shop-hellsheadbangers.com/
Total old school
Swede death metal ala Grave & Dismember. I am one of the biggest
suckers for this style, a total mark, if it is well done as it is
here then I cannot help but worship it!! Ancient supremacy!! *Headbangs
like Mad* - Dale
www.merciless-records.de
Terrific melodic
death metal but hailing more from the Edge of Sanity brutish
melodicism than the flowery In Flames type. - Dale
www.fallofserenity.com
Another project
band from Pete Helmkamp. Like Terror Organ, a lesson in how anything
good written in Order From Chaos or Angelcorpse, clearly did not
come from Mr. Helmkamp. No denying his vocals rule & sound great
here too. The music is simplistic, talentless, un-dynamic monotone
drivel with loads of sampling & looping and not done well. Pete join
a good band, sing & play bass, nothing else. - Dale
  
Older sounding
dark death metal. Reminds me a little of early Hypocrisy. It is
decent stuff but the sub-par drumming does not match the rest of the
music. - Dale
www.Ironfistrec.cjb.net
Label name says
it all. Frogg play progressive rock like Yes, King Crimson, and Rush
a bit, all very skillfully mixed with Frank Zappa’s jazz musical
genius moments. - Dale
shawn@progrockrecords.com
3 little petite
Japanese chicks that play an awesome mix of Burzum & Hellhammer
replete with the Hellhammer face paint?! It is true and these women
are sick and brutal, you have to hear it to believe it! Bestial
Burst is my new favourite label!
- Dale
www.geocities.jp/gallhammer
I never know
what to do with comps. Here is a cross section of old/new Canadian
bands. Such as: Augury, Neuraxis, Soulscar, Ghoulunatics, Horfixion,
Eclipse Eternal, Anhkrehg, Anvil and a bunch more.
- Dale
Galy Records,
5100 De Verdun, Box 28544, Verdun, Quebec, CANADA H4G 3L7 galy@galyrecords.com
This band
basically copies the first two Fear Factory albums with a bit of
their own sound thrown in. I don’t care for it and I even make sound
better than it really is. - Dale
Send $3 US to: Explorers Recs.,
c/o Glaniuca Mole, via Conti di Loritello, 13 – Str. C, 88060
Catanzaro, ITALY
  
“Folkloric pagan
doom” metal. If you can, ignore the softer moments, here and there.
Then this is a excellent, oppressive and bedevilled heavy record.
- Dale
Did this once,
long ago, great band not already embarrass themselves enough in the
mid 90s?! Apparently not, a new album full of Death ‘n Roll, one
dimensional, boring, visionless music with no soul behind the
playing – says the answer is no... Fuck off!
- Dale
Imagine Immortal
and Carpathian Forest mixed with an energetic thrash pacing and
execution. That sounds like a good combination and it is.
- Dale
U. Records,
Stockhausestr 3a, 35638 Leun, GERMANY
www.undercover-records.de
Oh my but this
is some fantastic classic doom metal. So much soul and feeling,
think Candlemass, The Obssessed and the slower Pentagram 70s stuff.
I love it!!!!
- Dale
www.ihate.se
Unmatched
continue their tradition of quality packaging on all releases –
salute. Not sure how else to say if you love gore drenched brutal
death. Unmatched Brutality have best and biggest stable in the
world, to my knowledge. Guttural Secrete crush but what do you
expect?!
- Dale
U. B.,
Box 1869,
Powell, TN. 37849, USA
www.unmatchedbrutality.com
This tape is a few years old, but it is a
project band my old UG brother Mikael Holm (Aggressive Mutilator)
sent me to check out so… The five songs are an eclectic, but cool
and entertaining mix of heavy metal, thrash and punk with lots of
great attitude and spirit thrown into the mix. The tape is still
available or hit up bandcamp. - Dale
https://hangthelord.bandcamp.com/
https://depressiveillusions.com/hang-lord-ensemble-darkness
This band features
Eirk Rutan (ex-Ripping Corpse/M. Angel) and Doug Cerrito
(ex-Suffocation). This one monster album, of hate and aggression,
with guitar acrobatics, that will recall Morbid Angels first LP and
Carcass’ third LP. A real monster. If Wicked World keeps this up
Earache will regain their lost dignity.
- Dale
Exotic sampling
of bands ranging from Jordan & Serbia to Bosnia & Chile. Mainly
black death, some bands include: Amon Din, Ek, Rabbath Amon,
Kratornas, Orifice & 13 more. Check it out this looking release.
- Dale
Kager Balazs,
2031 Erd, Pf. 91, HUNGARY
neverhearddistro@gmail.com
Total recorded
in toilet water grunts like the early 90s, I love it. I am unsure
how Unmatched Brutality keeps finding so many killer gore death
bands?! I certainly was unaware there were so many these days.
- Dale
The Singapore UG metal legends return after
close to a decade since their last album! Often looked at in the
past as a leading band of the war metal style, but on this record
they have mostly returned to their roots, dropping the zillion blast
beat drumming & wall of noise. This returns to the earlier days of
their Morbid Angel-ish style, and early to mid ‘90s black death
metal with loads of short crazy solos. It is still heavy as fuck,
evil as hell! - Dale
https://impiety-singapore.bandcamp.com/
http://www.hellsheadbangers.com/
I heard all
their Necrapolis stuff but I think their best albums have been since
they left that label. Last record was an old school deathrash
outing, this time it is a black & death metal mix. Fast, brutal &
rhythmic washed down with some sour black rasps & massive
production. - Dale
A.R., Box 273,
64-920 Pila 1, POLAND
www.agoniarecords.com
Yet another of
Mikael’s awful one man bands. He is a real die hard metal head and a
talented musician. But he writes sub-par music. Mikael go back to
doing your zine bro. The dedication to my missed once best friend
Alexis Gagnon (R.I.P.) did not go unnoticed thank you for that! - Dale
Near Dark, Box 40,
860 30 Sorberge, SWEDEN
Totally brutish
death metal ala Cannibal Corpse mixed with the NY dm sound and done
well by this Japanese band.
- Dale
info@unmatchedbrutality.com
I fancy the Jon
Zig cover. This is a one man band, you cannot tell and that drum
programming is well done. Fans of Immolation, Benediction with
Suffocation vocals & otherwise tendencies - check this out.
- Dale
Though there is a touring line up, this is
amazingly (listen to it and you will know why I say that) is a one
man band from Ohio. Ironflame play high level, polished heavy /
power metal, which is quality from top to bottom and features
soaring vocals. For fans of German power metal ala Running Wild,
Gamma Ray, Helloween, Grave Digger etc… - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/IronflameUSA
http://www.divebombrecords.com
This Finnish band has a very ‘70s epic heavy metal sound and spirit.
The music is cool and just has a good relaxing chill vibe to it. The
vocalist half of the time her vocals are great and the other half
awful, but even when they sound like she is being violently shaken
they still have an element of charm to them somehow. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/irongriffinmetal
https://www.gatesofhellrecords.com/
 
Atmospheric
movie soundtrack style synth based music. Kind of like the
melancholic, introspective music they play in movies. Not bad for
what it is. - Dale
Flood The Earth,
Box 402, Pinole, CA. 94564 USA
www.floodtheearth.com
Out of respect for
the name Kreator. I’m going to pretend I never even listened to this
commercial bullshit album!
- Dale
Reminds me of
the lighter stuff on that new headbangers ball show on MTV. Trendy,
radio friendly & happy = crap!
- Dale
www.laruso.com
www.coprorecords.co.uk
Is this that
glam band from the 80s, why yes it is. They are a lot heavier now
and have Wade Black from Crimson Glory / Seven Witches as their
singer. Kind of moody power metal, better than you would think. - Dale
www.leatherwolfmusic.com
Prog rock ala
Yes & King Crimson but with a twinkle of ‘90s indie rock influences.
They do what they do well which is taking you to mental fields of
introspection & floating spaciness. Go ahead and call it Pink Floyd
land, if you so wish.
- Dale
PHD Canada, 1330
Main Street, North Vancouver, BC V7J-1C3, CANADA
www.phdcanada.com
Despite the lame
title and not so great first song. The other 4 hymns are great grim
black metal sickness! $10 is the cost (See addy above).
- Dale
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