Siksakubur is a brutal death metal band from Indonesia, and I think this is a re-release of their demo from 2000. The most immediate frame of reference I could think of while listening to this was Canada’s Hidden Pride. But I doubt that many of you would have heard of them, so let me say… Read More Siksakubur – The Carnage
Woooarghhhh, yes! The ghost (or rather, some ex-members) of Bloody Gore have risen under the name of Funeral Inception to plague the Earth with some hate ridden Suffocation worship! This is definitely one of the better Suffocation influenced material I have heard lately. Technical, complicated and with enough twists and turns that force you to… Read More Funeral Inception – Anthems Of Disenchantment
It’s hard to imagine an extreme death metal band bombing out from the regions of the Northern Himalayan Region,Yeah.. Intense Death metal it is from Nepal and they are awesome!! A bit of introduction on the band before the review kicks off , a brief outlay on their previous releases,and achievements: The band, which originates… Read More Ugra-Karma – Blood Metal Initiation
This is the band from which the offshoot Funeral Inception was formed. I was expecting some Suffocation influenced brutal death metal and I wasn’t off the mark by much. Musically, there isn’t much difference between Bloody Gore and Funeral Inception other than the fact that the latter are a little bit more dynamic and complex.… Read More Bloody Gore – Blood Driven Vehemence
These guys need no introduction, SOF is one of the most intense and pulverizing underground death metal bands ever. Yeah, alright they come from Sweden, but they dont have those melodies or the typical Swedish sound in their album here, this cd is somewhere very near to compete with bands like Skinless,Dying fetus,Suffocation and alikes.… Read More Soils Of Fate – Sandstorm
‘Entwined Emotions’ is the first effort by Italy’s gothic band Lifend. The six-headed band play dark, melodic gothic metal with female vocals with contrasting black metal screams and death metal growls. The music arrangements are excellent and then overall ambience and coordination amongst the musicians is very well executed. Lifend’s music can be visualised as… Read More Lifend – Entwined Emotions
Salem is a band hailing from the Holy Land of Israel. When we think of Israel, the first band which comes to our mind is Orphaned Land but Salem has been around more than Orphaned Land infact they have been around since 1985 and have a number of demos and releases under their belt. ‘Collective… Read More Salem – Collective Demise
Vrykolakas start off with the title song, which quite frankly is two minutes longer than it should have been. Muddy distortion combines with not-very-tight-playing, and proceeds to play the same godforsaken riff over and over again. “Buried With Munkar Nakir” has an even muddier guitar sound that is almost drowned out by the loud drums… Read More Vrykolakas – Vrykolakas 2000 MCD
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
Ancient Black metal winds from Norway once again.This time its flowing from the dark legions of Carpathian Forest. Most of us know this still living legendary black metal band by their classic efforts like " Strange old Brew" and " Black Shining leather" which have been given many top ranking reviews.But for those blacksouls who… Read More Carpathian Forest – Through Chasm, Caves And Titan Woods
We have been hearing so much from the European side.. many extreme metal projects and other varied metal artists. Once such label is Path of Experiences which lends its support and promotes the local bands of Italy! This is a quality compilation featuring many such talents from that part of the globe , bands playing… Read More Various – Path Of Experiences – Vol III