Hate Eternal heroics are known to the world in the forms of ‘Conquering the throne ‘ & ‘King of all kings’. There last one ‘I monarch’ was also not far behind from being called as a benchmark in the death metal history. Time to analyze what Erik and the boys have for us with ‘Fury… Read More Hate Eternal – Fury And Flames
Phil Anselmo’s penchant for extreme metal is very well known. However what is not so well known is his black metal project Viking Crown the line-up of which comprises of his ex-wife opal Anselmo and Necorphagia band mate Killjoy. Being a keen fan of both Pantera and Necrophagia I must admit I had certain expectations… Read More Viking Crown – Banished Rhythmic Hate
I remember being very excited when I first got hold of this CD. A small label on the back-cover read ‘Martial and cold black metal sung in German by the cream of Norwegian black metal elite’. Blasphemer and hellhammer may be the cream of NSBM, but the rest of the statement is just pure RUBBISH.… Read More Mezzerschmitt – Welterschhaft
Words like ‘war’,’pagan’ and ‘hate’ have been associated with Black Metal for a long time. Provided with such a narrow lyrical base, it often takes quite a lot of skill to come up with sustainable theme based ideologies .However it takes a lot more imagination and creativity to spawn music that would justify these themes.… Read More Graveland – Fire Chariot Of Destruction
For years now, black metal that has reined supreme from Europe, but with emergence of I.C.E from the other side of the Atlantic (US to be precise), the genre is set to explore another apex. I.C.E or Imperial crystalline entombment launch an unprecedented chill of a dark winter driven black metal that hits you, grips… Read More I.C.E. – Apocalyptic End In White
The skies have exploded, water-level scales a high and I am swept off, and when my mind takes such a state, the destruction has to be immense. That’s the way I feel once I start spinning Throcult.The band that emancipates a storm, that’s unraveled and wild. Stormbringer-Conjuration of the nighthorde is an album that combines… Read More Throcult – Stormbringer : Conjuration Of The Nighthorde
Can you please give a brief introduction to GROHM to our readers. Gmorg: Grohm was form in the year 2003 by Gmorg (Hellbound, stone cold shower, the black order) moloch (Forchtenstein, The Black Order, Helvete,) and mythos (Dark Assassins, The black Order) as a pagan black metal band as like as Kampfar or Graveland, but… Read More Interview with Grohm
Our readers would like to know a brief history and playing style of the band? Well the original DR was born in 2000 with a different lineup. The bands style then was roughly a mix between gothic/doom and thrash/death metal. Since we were all very young the music was pretty simple and amateurish even. We… Read More Interview with Demonic Resurrection
Interview with : Kekal, The Band What does Kekal mean and where are you guys currently based now? How many years has Kekal been together? Kekal means ‘eternal’ or ‘immortal’ in Indonesian language.. We are from Jakarta, Indonesia.. The band has been going for almost 7 years now. I read in your newsletter that you’ve… Read More Interview with Kekal
I was highly apprehensive when I picked up this, the debut offering from the Bombay-based black metal band, Fate (Roshan-Vox, bass; Nitin-Guitars; Hitesh-Drums). Black Metal has become more "happening" now and the band also had history of death metal, so I was pretty worried about the final outcome. Thankfully I was not disappointed. First of… Read More Fate – Lead Us To Darkness
Destroyer 666 is a band from Australia that plays a blend of thrash and black, and in this particular album, comes close to perfecting it. The songs combine the cold feel of Black Metal with the riffs, the solos and more melodic approach of Thrash. Throughout the album, a song-based approach is maintained. This makes… Read More Destroyer 666 – Phoenix Rising
This is the classic release of Satyricon, the pinnacle of their musical career. Featuring the mighty Samoth of the Emperor fame apart from the regular line-up of Satyr and Frost, Black Metal usually doesn’t get better than this. Musically, it is neither the old-school grim stuff nor the fast-and-furious later-years-stuff (referred to as norsecore by… Read More Satyricon – The Shadowthrone