There are many bands which have been overlooked, and have not been given a twice – thought by this extreme metal community in which some of us have our contributions,words,promotions and our other belongings in. Well, to express my views clearly, let me simply state that this release being so far the BEST of Varathron,… Read More Varathron – Walpurgisnacht
Magnum Opus! Vore is a 4 piece band hailing from Arkansas (USA). This is their full length debut cd as far as my knowledge goes. This quartet band plays thrash – death metal. Unlike many death metal bands today , Vore has a unique framework of awesome death metal without having to be that raw… Read More Vore – Lord Of Storms
OK! This mcd is not for the weak, it’s a warning for all those who may turn deaf or may be mentally tortured after listening to this band. Retch have two members (hailing from California) who look forward to burn you down with some sick death metal music. On looking to the cover artwork of… Read More Retch – Reinsertion Of Aborted Remains
One of the greatest releases of last year. This quartet from the US do know to kick some butt!!!The release combines, very intricately, aggression(fist full of it) and talent(in terms of technicality).For an album of such short length(23 mins)it does speak immensely of the band. This cd contains 5 tracks, all recorded at a studio… Read More Fleshtized – Divide And Conquer
My how this band changed. I don’t even recognize them anymore. While not entirely innovative on their last album, Bloody Blasphemy, they created a wonderful blend of melodic death, thrash with a small, minute amount of black metal and their songwriting was just perfect all around. They had a well-oiled machine going. Now what? They’ve… Read More God Dethroned – Ravenous
This new 90s metal outburst in countries overseas lately has produced some excellent outfits:Emperor,In Flames, Hypocrisy, Opeth…I could go on forever. But the problem is, once a movement starts, the amount of copycats and half-inspired groups tend to make it bland, and many mediocre releases start appearing. Some of the death/thrash/power/black metal releases I have… Read More God Dethroned – Bloody Blasphemy
Dimmu Borgir have long been threatening to crawl out from the Black metal underground and fight Cradle Of Filth for the top spot of the extreme metal world. They promised it and came oh so close with “Spiritual Black Dimensions” and “Enthrone Darkness Triumphant”, but only now, with “Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia”, do they actually deliver.… Read More Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
I read somewhere recently that "good" music is one that AFFECTS you -makes you ponder about it, makes you feel something different and influences the steps in your life. Take a slightly different version of that argument and you could say that truly brutal music doesn’t just pound on you or zap your energy or… Read More Immolation – Close To A World Below
Welcome to the Ice Age!!, loudly proclaims Vikram Bhat with a banshee shriek which rips your soul and threatens mutilate your mind for the next half an hour with one of the darkest albums ever to come out of this sub-continent. This is how B’lore based band Dying Embrace quickly get into overdrive {over your… Read More Dying Embrace – Serenades Of Depravity
Demonic Resurrection is a four-piece doom/black outfit from Mumbai who are among the forerunners in the revival of the Indian metal scene with bands coming up with local recordings and demos. Demonic consists of Demonstealer {sahil} on guitars and vocals, Count Varathora on the bass, Yash slamming the skins and Nikita with the background singing… Read More Demonic Resurrection – Demonstealer
Abhor is a 5-member death metal outfit from Mumbai who are famous for raising havoc on venues they are allowed to destroy!! The band consists of Sushil with his blasphemic vocals, Manjit with the slaughtering his six stringer, Ashish providing the hypnotic leads, Suhas with his sepulchral bass lines and Virendra (a left handed drummer)… Read More Abhor – Live At Aakarshan 2000
Dark Crucifix was an extremely talented death/thrash outfit from Cochin who recorded this short but brutal 3-song demo last year. The duo {yes!!} responsible for all the mayhem were Samir doing the gruffy growls and guitars, Jayesh belting out the blast beats providing you the glorious opportunities to break your neck. The band draws its… Read More Dark Crucifix – Chapters Of Damnation