I must admit being a big follower of the Grim Black metal scene; I was bound to be captivated by this band and album. Thanks to my pal Vikram Bhatt,I managed to get my hands on this rather rare band. Incase you didn’t know Judas Iscariot is a one man band from the U.S fronted… Read More Judas Iscariot – Distant In The Solitary Night
Marduk finally,finally have some real competition in the "faster than death"-race for the coveted speed cup.Sweden’s Setherial marches into the lands where originality and extreme speed reigns supreme! a great contribution in making the album even more brutal is the presence of Themgoroth(Dark Funeral) as sessions screamer,his influences of Dark funeral very evident and helping… Read More Setherial – Hell Eternal
Not only is Himinbjorg one of the best bands i have heard from France(the others being,doom merchants Misanthrope and technical death-thrashers Agressor).They seem to be one of the most creative gems overlooked in the pagan black metal scene.In The Ravens Shadow is their second offering and their most brilliant to date which finds the band… Read More Himinbjorg – In The Raven’s Shadow
For all those black metal freeks out there, and also those who wanna get in to the scene, this is one of the all time classic compilation from all the bands emerging from the cold northland. This is a black metal sampler made by Typhoon and Euronymous [ R.I.P ] years ago to give the… Read More Various – Nordic Metal : A Tribute To Euronymous
From the cold, dark forests of Slovakia, comes a grand and magnificent album from Slovakian Melodic Death Metal band, Depresy. The album is the band’s second release . Following their debut album ‘Sighting’, this album has 12 tracks of which tracks 5-12 are re-recorded from their demo ‘And There Came The Tears With Christ’. The… Read More Depresy – A Grand Magnificence
This is Cradle Of Filths most recent release.It has 6 tracks.The album kicks of with the title track "From the cradle to enslave" which is the best track on the CD. The song has a really wicked video.It starts with some keyboards and in comes the bass and drums and then Dani Filths wicked screams… Read More Cradle Of Filth – From The Cradle To Enslave
This is Emperor’s second full length album after their cult and trendsetter debut masterpiece " In The Nightside Of Eclipse " . There came a mcd "The Reverence" Which contained three songs one of them is feature on the current CD. The opening track Al Svartra starts with excellent soft tone acoustic intros enriched with… Read More Emperor – Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
COB are a 5 piece Melodic Black/Death Metal band from Finland.This is their first album Something Wild.This album has the most amazing riffs and lead solos.They seem to be influenced by Joe Sat,Steve Vai and the like.This album is full of speed.These guys play hard,fast and heavy and yet make it sound melodic.They use keyboards… Read More Children Of Bodom – Something Wild
This is Old Mans Childs 3rd offering. Frontman Glader fired all the band members and called Drum Demon Gene Hoglan and recorded the album in just 15days.The albums starts with haunting violins and some evil sounding keyboards and then breaks into the full fledged hardcore straight from Norway Black Metal.This first track is called Towards… Read More Old Man’s Child – Ill Natured Spiritual Invasion
The roots of modern extreme metal can be decisively traced back to the early 80’s, with the advent of bands like Venom, Mercyful Fate, Bathory; and a little later Slayer, Celtic Frost, Possessed; all laid down the foundations for all extreme metal to follow. Venom is a band among these, whose importance and influence is… Read More Venom – Black Metal