Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
One of Sweden’s longest running Black Metal bands suddenly reappeared (again) in 2020 and last year we could finally and definitely welcome Lord Belial back with a new album. On ‘Rapture’, the band’s ninth album and the first for the…
When one of the longest-running Dutch extreme metal bands releases a new album, as a true Dutchman you naturally have to subject it to a thorough examination. Dead Head’s seventh album saw the light of day already a year ago…
One of the longest running Greek Black/Death Metal bands is definitely Embrace Of Thorns, not only have they been there for a quarter of a century now, they are also one of the best bands from Greece – and, quite…
Russian Blackdeath have always been a band to keep an eye on, while their music had a very strong foundation in traditional Black Metal, they never shied away from a somewhat distinctive approach. While the basis might be everyday Black…
When one of the earliest Danish Death Metal bands, formed by two Invocator members, recently reformed and even put out a brand new album, the long-awaited follow-up to 1992’s ‘A Serenade Of Agony’, an album regarded by some as a…
Last year, Dutch Black Metal band Hellevaerder released their debut album ‘In De Nevel Van Afgunst’ through the prolific purveyors of Dutch Black Metal and since VM-Underground is also based in The Netherlands it was only one thought away to…
That a demo tape does not always have to be spectacular in the sense of originality or extremely good musicianship, German Black Metal band Totholz proved with their only demo tape from 2021. I reviewed that demo tape earlier last…
While the real boom of Old School Death Metal bands has passed and, with the knowledge of today, the peak of that revival does seem to have been in the years 2010-2013, all that remains now are bands that are…
There is a lot of talk about Russia, especially lately, but it is rarely about the good metal bands that the country has to offer. Recently I heard the great Bitter Loss from Saint-Petersburg and reviewed the well-deserved reissue of Mortem‘s ‘Amputator’ album.…
One of this years’ musical highlights for me is definitely this Finnish band Moonlight Sorcery. They had digitally released their EP in February this year, after which Avantgade Music was the chosen label to release this pretty little gem of…
A few weeks ago I came across this band from Thailand, Amorphous Dominion. Their first demo, simply named ‘Demo 2022’ is a pretty good example that on all corners of the world great Symphonic Black Metal is being made. Surprisingly…
Necrovorous’ last album, “Plains Of Decay”, will have its fifth birthday this year and not much has been heard since. But, that is not much to be worried about, says guitar player and vocalist K. Devilpig. They are just very…
Enslaved has never been the band to stand still in their development, and with the newest album “Vertebrae” they have just released their best album to date. Plenty of reasons to discuss the outcome of the latest album with founding…
Trinacria from Norway is a new band that was founded by Enslaved mastermind Ivar Bjørnson and Fe-Mail members Hild Sofie Tafjord and Maja S. K. Ratkje seemingly with the aim of creating some unsettling, unorthodox and wildy frantic Black Metal.…
Out of nowhere, there was suddenly a split LP between two new heavy metal bands: Vestal Claret and Atlantean Kodex. That Metal Coven Records has a knack for good heavy metal and epic doom metal is of course no secret,…
After a very prolific year, unleashing no less than 3 releases upon mankind, it was about time to again catch up with Ragnar (R.U.) again. This second interview goes into all three of those recent releases, the involved labels as…
Dutch Speed/Thrash Metal band Mysto Dysto is as strangely named (after a guitar pedal) as it is cult. They started as early as 1983 and, with two demos and their only LP, ‘The Rules Have Been Disturbed’, have a solid…
In the last few months I ‘discovered’ quite some interesting bands, one of the best will definitely be Nominon. I saw their name come by quite some times already, but I never came to the point of actually listening to…
It was only recently that the Dutch doom/death band Beyond Belief saw its second coming, somewhere in 2004 the band reunited and presented two new members in its line-up. This was not the only thing that has changed in the…
When it comes to old school death metal from Sweden one of the nicest new bands will definitely be Necrovation, a young band that has the same kind of attitude like the ancestors of the infamous Swedish death metal bands…
I can’t say it more often… Old school thrash metal is gainig popularity again. Nocturnal from Germany is probably the best available evidence for this backward progress (underlining the word progress). They have been spawning the underground with many demo’s,…
It took the band seven goddamn years to come back with a new album, and now its out I can’t conclude anything else than that it is an album to be proud of. An album, that is rather different than…
Lately From Beyond Productions spawned a whole lot of old school metal records, such as Nocturnal, Utuk-Xul, Cianade and Anal Vomit. I took the opportunity to ask Anal Vomit’s guitarist Noizer a few questions concerning the band, the new album…
After a few interesting releases I think it was time to get a few things cleared from the man behind this band, R.U.. With this band he released quite a few releases (in a reasonable short period) that were able to…
When I met Paul Speckmann on the Obituary tour – Master opened up for them all around Europe – we talked a bit about Master and labels and stuff. That reminded me that I wanted to interview him after the…
What should I say to introduce Acheron? I guess everything that needs to be said has been said over a thousand times. Though, with an eye on their past three releases (all on the Greek Black Lotus Records label) and…
What we have here is a very interesting pagan/folk metal band from the Dutch part of Belgium: Wapenspraak & Dringelag. The band has released two impressive demos and will release a split CD somewhere in Autumn this year with the…
After reviewing Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult’s second effort “Follow The Calls For Battle” I got an e-mail from the band, some contacts ran over and over, and this resulted to this interview. We are proud to be one of those chosen…
Fancy yourself walking around on some big festival, at an Amon Amarth show and then… You walk into a guy with a baseball cap and a real awesome Messiah-hoody. You ask the man where got that thing, and then he…
Well, some bands don’t need an introduction anymore. Exhumed is one of them. They just’ve released a new album “Anatomy Is Destiny”, a revolting good album. Things have changed since that time, so it was time for a update with…
A while ago I reviewed the Thunderbolt album “The Burning Deed Of Deceit”, and I was quite impressed by the power of the grim and evil sound this band could put on CD. Unfortunatley I still haven’t heard the whole…
Stumbled upon this band in the Vampire-Magazine guestbook, I thought it was a nice move to present this great Norwegian band to you all. I reviewed their demo CD, you can find it somewhere else on these pages. I had…
Finally, here it is, the interview with the Belgian Death Metallers Neverlight Horizon. After reviewing their demo ‘Perfection in Murder’s Art’ I thought it was about time we had a little chat with this great band. And after two months…
Forgotten Tomb is a Depressive Black Metal band from Italy. Forgotten Tomb started as a misanthropic Black Betal band, but Herr Morbid; the only member of Forgotten Tomb, changed the style into Depressive Black Metal. The album ‘Songs to Leave’…
After reviewing ‘Winterschatten’, the great last work by German band Vinterriket. I thought it was about time to talk a little about the things that happened since last interview, last year. I asked the man several questions about the music,…
The debut album ‘Vittra’ by the Swedes of Naglfar was a crushing release that won many fans to the Naglfar cause. The follow-up ‘Diabolical’ came a few years later, but then a long period of silence followed… But in 2001…
I prompted this beer-fuelled metal band a few days ago and was totally amazed of their fury and power. So I though it was time to take this band to Vampire-Magazine. And well, it became a real cool interview, enjoy!…