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These Norwegians
have been releasing quality hypnotic black metal since 93' and it
shows. Fans of this style must hear this.
– Jeffrey Kusbel
Death metal that
is very reminiscent of Righteous Pigs mixed with Dismember. Nothing
special, weak vocals but the mix of those influences is interesting. - Dale
www.cudgel.de
www.masticscum.com
This is a
re-release of the CD out years ago on Iron Pegasus - a collection of
songs from the bands ’96 demo + ’95 7” EP. Classic UG 90’s bm with
an epic Bathory, viking-era aura. This is by far a superior release
to the previous one.
- Dale
Ihr666@yahoo.se
If you like hard
rock then you will love this new album from the main man guitar king
of MSG and former member of The Scorpions & UFO.
- Dale
www.armageddon.de
Ex-Crimson Glory
singer Midnight’s solo record. I did not expect to like this as much
as I do. Hard rock that might appeal to fans of “Operation Mindcrime”,
Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, “A Mended Rhyme” type of stuff. - Dale
www.themidnightmansion.com
This is a re-release of these Russians 2012
album, shortly afterwards they changed their name to Dekonstruktor
whose releases I have reviewed in CA. I liked Dekonstruktor’s early
works best, so this is even earlier before the trippy experimental
bits & industrial sampling influences came in. This is pure sludgy
sounding doom metal in the bands purest embryonic form and it is
fantastic! Get this. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/NonameRecordz
https://noname666.bandcamp.com/
Pure brutal
American sounding death metal from this English band with some heavy
doses of early Napalm Death grind. Well done but to be honest,
nothing too exciting either. - Dale
www.coprorecords.co.uk
Nailgunner
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Pure old school thrash metal that is a mix of ‘80s Canadian & German
thrashing madness. 5 tracks of blissful insanity!
Wounds
– Another Finnish band and they play more on the death metal
side of things but hell this is bestial burst records, so you know
there is some thrash in those festered gashes.
- Dale
www.wounds-reich.net
Http://bestialburst.blackmetal.fi
www.nailgunner.cjb.net
You get pretty
much what you are paying for here. A very full live album
documenting a good portion of newer material and less of the
"classic" songs.
– Jeffrey Kusbel
I wish I could
give a better review but I only got this CD to play a few seconds of
each track. What I could make out kind of sounded like a brutal
Goatlord mixed with Bolt Thrower & more evil Benediction type of
vocals.
- Dale
https://worshiphimrecords.bandcamp.com/ www.todeskult.de
Suffocating death metal brutality from Iran of
all places; it is in the early ‘90s mainly mid paced dm with blast
beating speed bursts. The deep roiling & churning growls add to a
cool atmosphere on this 2 song vinyl. There is a drummer listed, but
some of the drums sound like a drum machine to me, weird. Limited to
350 pieces, 100 on see-thru orange. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/nexcarnis
http://www.bloodharvest.se/
Exceptionally
melancholic and introspective black metal that meanders it’s pace
but really is evil in it’s own unique way. - Dale
www.foreverplaguedrecords.cjb.net
  
9TH Plague return sounding better than ever. If you like your death
metal heavy & varied in a cross of maybe Morbid Angel & Hate Eternal
I have a band for you.
- Dale
PO Box 9048, S-250 09 Helsingborg, SWEDEN
www.9thplague.com
An innovative
release. I very much enjoyed this album. Crazy death metal with the
ever evolving slant. Many weird riffs and an involved understanding
that more needs to be experimented with when creating music these
days. – Jeffrey Kusbel
This is some of
the most angry, vicious and brutal Deathrash metal I have heard in a
long time! These bastards play for keeps! This may be their debut
album, but the band features members of Blaspherian, Cemetarian,
P.L.F etc… Excellent precise dark deathrash insanity. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/OathOfCruelty
http://www.darkdescentrecords.com/
Oregon’s Ogre
return with no less than their 5th album of hard rock and
heavy metal doom along the lines of 1970s bands ala Black Sabbath,
Deep Purple, Captain Beyond, Sir Lord Baltimore, Leaf Hound, Pagan
Altar, Pentagram etc… If you love classic ‘70s hard rock & doomy
heavy metal then pick this puppy up ASAP. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/Rockogre/
https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com
Finnish classic
heavy metallers Orphan Devil come to us with a 2 song piece of
vinyl. They play a satisfying sort of more subdued Iron Maiden style
of hm with some enjoyable, understated guitar work. Not necessarily
outstanding, but all the same solid and enjoyable music worth a
listen. - Dale
https://orphandevil.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/gatesofhellrecords
Folk metal. Hmmm,
I cannot deny the melodies are catchy. I also will not deny not
liking Otyg or their disrespectful desecration of metal.
- Dale
Great death
metal in every way. I have been championing these guys since their
demo days and they have only gotten better. - Dale
Metal Age, Box
42, 038 61 Vrutky, SLOVAKIA
I got a couple
of the bands early ‘90s 7” ep’s (split w/Plutocracy is a classic!)
and their first album, before I lost track of them. A kid yells on
the 1st track “It’s time to grind!!” and Phobia do just that by
putting on a display of some of the meanest, most brutal & great
grindcore insanity you will ever hear! The legends keep stoking
their considerable legacy! Don’t be fooled if you see this listed as
an album, it is a 15 minute ep and I can not stop listening to it
over and over on repeat – killer! - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/phobiagrindcore
https://willowtip.bandcamp.com/
Energetic
straight forward clean death metal from Romania. Some nice depth in
the guitar work and the growls (not gurgles or grunts) are nice and
deep. - Dale
www.possession.at
  
An ‘80s thrash
band that stayed true to their roots?! This follow up again of
re-released gems of Protector by I Hate, bears that out, this time
we have the ’89 LP + ’90 MLP + live tracks. This band was amazing,
just catchy fast straight ahead thrash in the classic German vein. A
must have! - Dale
www.ihaterecords.cjb.net
Not sure how to
describe them? I guess ‘80s heavy metal with some thrash and death
metal elements mixed into the maelstrom. Not bad just average. -
Dale
Hailing from the
same area I was born and raised (Alberta, Canada), not to mention
cut my teeth on the UG scene. They play progressive tech brutal
death metal. These buggers are talented as fuck & highly skilled.
The music is very technical and creative, but most importantly for
me with this style is they keep the smooth flow of each song going
strong. Definitely a band to keep an eye on! - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/protosequence
https://laceratedenemyrecords.bandcamp.com/
Run of the mill
semi-technical brutal death metal in the American mold coming from
the Aussie act. - Dale
www.neurotic-records.com
www.psycroptic.com
Hard rock with a
radio friendly vibe. It did not grab me despite being well done.
- Dale
www.afm-records.de
  
Rat King from
Seattle, WA play high energy heavy fuzzy riffed metal that is a
melting pot of death metal, sludge, stoner metal mixed with slight
experimental accents & small wisps of grind & thrash with skillful
guitar nuances and song structuring - something different but good
for extreme metal fans. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/ratkingseattle
https://withinthemindrecords.bandcamp.com
Reptilium is a
South American death metal band that is a side-project of bands from
neighboring provinces. This new release features four tracks of
occult death metal with some black metal elements blended into some
of the music. The members seem to draw influences mainly from
current brutal death metal, as well as some early ‘90s influences
can be heard. - Patrick
https://www.facebook.com/reptiliumsect
https://reptiliumsect.bandcamp.com/releases
More brutal
death metal, kind of technical and at times not. Like a cross
between Suffocation and Mortician. - Dale
Road Warrior
start things off and this song feels a little more epic heavy metal
than a lot of the material on their debut album, which was faster &
more hard rocking. This song is a little more moody and emotive
maybe like a mix of Manilla Road, King Diamond, Fates Warning &
Candlemass. Killer tune!!
The
Gravebreaker track, I definitely hear hints of the early works
of German heavy metal bands like Accept & Grave Digger mixed with
some Judas Priest both in the music and in the vocal timing and
phrasing. The lyrics are about the cult Kung-Fu movie “Death
Promise”. Pure quality on this awesome split. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/RoadWarrior1986 https://www.facebook.com/gatesofhellrecords
Great mix of
bands to introduce you to the South American scene. Included:
Purulent, Inhumate, NB 604, Carnarium, Nahual, Evilheart, Dyspraxia
and shit loads more! - Dale
R.w. Prod., Beto
Ampuero D., Av. Victor Raul Haya de la Torre 191 – Muro, Chiclayo,
PERU rottenworld@yahoo.es
They kind of
remind me of a spunky Gothenburg death metal band playing back metal
and doing a fair job. - Dale
www.neurotic-records.com
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