Norway’s EXECRATION’s second album, “Odes Of The Occult” contains 9 tracks of vicious, evil death metal originally released on double 12″ vinyl. It parts with the percussive style of previous releases in favor of a wider set of influences drawing from Death Metal, Doom and cult Black Metal. In 50+ minutes, “Odes Of The Occult” […]
MYKORRHIZA “Kingdom Lost”
MYKORRHIZA – Kingdom Lost (Konqueror Records 2012) It must be quite a pain to have had an underground band with raving followers and acknowledgment, and then go onto forming a new band that never really has hit it off. The legendary band in question is EXCRUCIATE, a once to be leading band of the brutal Swedish Death […]
DOLCINIAN “Poenitentiam Agite”
DOLCINIAN – Poenitentiam Agite (Ordo MCM 2011) This 7″ EP is a proper re-release of the Italian Black Metal outfit DOLCINIAN’s so far only release “Penitenthiagite” from 2003 unleashed on Militia Templi Records on CD-R. We get the intro and the 2 first tracks after the intro, leaving the third track on the ’03 release ‘Hodie […]
New Force in U.S. Death Metal Nexhymn Releases “Black Horizon”
Hailing from Colorado, NEXHYMN is a female-fronted death metal band born from the ashes of THROCULT in 2010. The name itself is derived from a combination of the Latin word Nex (defined as death, violent nature, and slaughter) and the word Hymn (a simple song of praise). Self-released by the band on March 27 of […]
The Berzerker – Reality
Ohh freaking yea… straight from the Earache HQ: Earache Lost gems #18 THE BERZERKER – Reality (2000). Still by far the fastest drums on any Earache release, skillfully programmed by band mastermind Luke Kenny. #earache@25 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XGumgUFBrUA]
Pagan Rites is back preaching!
Swedish black metal veterans, PAGAN RITES, is soon back with a new mini-album “Preachers From Hell”. It is recorded in Sonic Train Studios with Stefan Karlsson (ex-Soul Reaper) and mastered by AndyLaroque (King Diamond). The tracklist is as follows: Tracklist: 1. Curse of Gods 2. King of Evil 3. Catholic Sodomy 4. Vengeance from Hell […]
Video of the week – 1
Deceased – The Premonition – King Fowley and company in top form, amazing song and killer album – Go get “Supernatural Addiction” now! High class! [youtube=http://youtu.be/fyJgCwO3KaA]
Mordax – Danish Death Thrashing Madness
Death thrashing madness is what the Danish force Mordax is all about. They are soon ready with their debut full length “Violence Fraud Treachery”, which we are looking forward to! Here is what the guys had to say when I threw a few questions their way! Hails, please start off by introducing yourself and tell […]
Tsjuder is back – Legion Helvete
The Norwegian Black Metal act TSJUDER recently reunited after a five-year hiatus. The infernal trio’s forthcoming album is entitled “Legion Helvete” and has been scheduled for an October 14th release (October 18th in the US). Here are the cover artwork and tracklist of this new opus: The Daemon Throne Fra en Råtten Kiste Dauðir Voldsherskeren […]
Stillborn is about to release their new album Los Asesinos del Sur
The fourth album by polish band Stillborn will be released on 1st Septemper 2011 by Ataman Productions. The album entitled “Los Asesinos del Sur” (from spanish “Murderers from the South”) contains 10 songs: 1. Overture .966 2. Hymn of Destruction 3. Diamonds of the Last Water 4. Antonym 5. Son of the holy Motherfucker 6. […]