Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
Artist: Darkened Nocturn SlaughtercultCountry: GermanyLabel: Christhunt Productions / PropagandaFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2003 A little late, but well, better late than never – to say the classic words. This is the first full-length album of the German…
Artist: Forgotten Tomb Country: Italy Label: Adipocere Records Formats: CD Year: 2003 If you talk about the real black metal of today, you will certainly tell about the enormous amounts of bands emerging the scene with their raw and blaspheme…
Artist: Akercocke Country: United Kingdom Label: Earache Records Formats: CD Year: 2003 Due to the great hype around this band I think most of the people know about this band. From their first release “Rape Of The Bastard Nazarene” album…
Artist: Eviscerate Country: Italy Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDR Year: 2001 This Italian band started as many others, back in 1997 the band began to cover bands like Metallica, Slayer, Pantera and Iron Maiden. Than the band began working on…
Artist: Graveland Country: Poland Label: No Colours Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2003 Months and months ago there were already circulating some MP3’s of this new Graveland album in the scene (legally put on websites by the way!). And…
Artist: AudiopainCountry: NorwayLabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: CD EPYear: 2003 In the same time Marcel put an interesting interview with Audiopain online I have here the review of their third demo “Revel In Desecration”. So an introduction can be read there, you can find it by clicking here.…
Artist: Svarrogh / Ravenclaw Country: Bulgaria / Lithuania Label: Atlantida Productions Formats: CD Year: 2003 A split release of two acts, one being Ravenclaw the other being Svarrogh. Both presented by Atantida Productions from Lithuania. I can’t supply you with…
Artist: Sargeist Country: Finland Label: Moribund Records Formats: CD Year: 2003 How, in Satan’s name, is it possible that I am able to fully enjoy this pure blasphemic black art in this incredible ongoing heat wave? Outside it’s about 34…
Artist: Fuck… I’m Dead / Engorged Country: Australia / USA Label: No Escape Records Formats: Split CD Year: 2002 Terror grind! Two extreme death grind bands share this CD. Fuck… I’m Dead from Australia and Engorged from the US. Together…
Artist: Regurgitate Country: Sweden Label: Relapse Records / Restrain Records Formats: CD / LP Year: 2003 It remains a tricky job, writing a review about bands like Regurgitate. After all, what should you write about such a band? An introduction…
Artist: ExhumedCountry: USALabel: Relapse RecordsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2003 This is without any doubt one of the CDs I’ve been looking for since the first day of this year. The new Exhumed, goddamnit! I’ve been following the band for a…
Artist: Pantheon I Country: Norway Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDR Year: 2003 Another piece of Norwegian black art! Four old friends started jamming together during the year 2000. For the time being, they are based in Oslo, Norway. Not too…
Artist: Vampire Hall Country: Greece Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2003 While browsing around in the guestbook of Vampire-Magazine I found this band Vampire Hall. A band from Greece, this country already convinced me (and with me the rest…
Artist: Vinterriket Country: Germany Label: Ketzer Records Formats: 3x 7″ EP Box Year: 2003 Yes, you are right! I already reviewed this great epic in April this year. But I was surprised that I found this once again between my…
Artist: Thunderbolt Country: Poland Label: Agonia Records / ISO666 Formats: LP / CD Year: 2003 What we have here is the Polish band Thunderbolt. Only the looks of the CD says enough about the content. The usual cover with a…
Artist: Mortician Country: USA Label: Relapse Records Formats: CD Year: 2003 You have brute, more brutal and most brutal. And Mortician doesn’t really even fit into the latter category. Mortician is therefore a band that is hardly unknown to any…
Artist: Various Artists Country: international Label: ISO666 Formats: CD Year: 2003 A compilation from the Greek ISO666 label. A very interesting collection of tracks by bands from the ISO stables. Varying within the more extreme genres of the metal spectrum.…
Artist: Flagellator Country: Germany Label: No Colours Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2003 Never heard of this band before, and I can’t find any information about this band on the net. And the information that came along with the…
Artist: Zyklon / Red Harvest Country: Norway Label: Nocturnal Art Productions Formats: Split 7″ EP Year: 2003 A nice looking split release between two Norwegian bands, being Zyklon and Red Harvest. Both don’t need any introduction. Both acts are represented…
Artist: Control Human Delete Country: The Netherlands Label: Self-Released Formats: CD EP Year: 2003 While listening this first demo CD by Dutch Control Human Delete, I don’t know where to start with writing. Should I start with saying I’m so…
Artist: Master Country: USA Label: From Beyond Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2003 When you talk about pure death metal cult, you are talking about Possessed and Master. Master was founded in 1983 by Paul Speckmann, a legendary figure…
Artist: Valhalla Country: Austria Label: Hallucination’Zine Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2002 Another demo from my dungeons. So, not new, from autumn 2002, but we are supporting the underground right? So here it is! And this one is really cool. I…
Artist: Inner Helvete / Necrocult Country: Portugal / Brazil Label: Hell War Productions / Sacrilegious Warfare Productions Formats: Split Demo Tape Year: 2001 While digging around through my tapes, I came across another effort of the Portuguese culthordes Inner Helvete.…
Artist: Inner Helvete Country: Portugal Label: Ordealis Records / Hell War Productions Formats: LP / Cassette Tape Year: 2002 I like to start of with saying this isn’t really new anymore, since it was released somewhere at the end of…
Artist: Maskim Xul Country: The Netherlands Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDR Year: 2003 These are the first recordings by this young band Maskim Xul, with a age of 17 this is one of the more promising young metal bands I…
Artist: Vornoff Country: Denmark Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDR Year: 2003 Vornoff started back in 2001 as a one-man band, but in November 2001 Svest found in Ull a great companion. Both were totally dedicated into dark, depressive and simplistic…
Artist: Sagntid Country: Denmark Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDR Year: 2003 What we have got here is the one-man project Sagntid from Denmark, with no one else than Svest (Vornoff – read that review too) as the composer and mastermind…
Artist: Various Artists Country: international Label: Black Lotus Records Formats: CD Year: 2003 Resurrected from the ashes of Hellhammer. This band was already at the top of its capabilities after just one mini LP, Tom Warrior decided to start Celtic…
Artist: Nuclear Assault Country: USA Label: Steamhammer / SPV Formats: CD Year: 2003 Well, do I even need to introduce Nuclear Assault? This New York thrash band has made its mark in the metal world in the past. The band…
Artist: AcheronCountry: USALabel: Black Lotus RecordsFormats: CD Year: 2003 Do I need to introduce Acheron? I guess not, but for the people who don’t know anything about this pure cult death metal band I will quote some information from their…
Artist: EnshadowedCountry: GreeceLabel: Black Lotus RecordsFormats: CDYear: 2003 Just after I reviewed their first CD I already have the second album of Enshadowed in my hands. And even before I read the biography or listened to any of the music…
Artist: Aemeth Country: Italy Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDr Year: 2002 Everything on this demo make you think of raw blackmetal. The black front cover, the Crowleyan pentagram on the back and it seems that occultism and ancient cultures fascinate…
Artist: Out Body Experience Country: Tunesia Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDr Year: 2002 Metal from Africa? Yes, I didn’t make a mistake, these guys are from Africa. I haven’t heard any African metalband before, let alone blackmetal! What do you…
Artist: Nordafrost Country: Germany Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDr Year: 2002 Nordafrost is from Germany, and that is practically everything I know from this band, their website doesn’t mention a bunch of information too. The three band members create music…
Artist: Helheim Country: Norway Label: Massacre Records Formats: CD Year: 2003 Helheim hasn’t been an unknown band in the (Norwegian) black metal scene for years, but by now they’ve become a bit of an odd duck in the crowd. There…
Artist: Chton Country: Norway Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDr Year: 2002 A short review for a short demo. Not many words are needed anyway. This Norwegian based deathmetal band Chton was founded around amongst others Torstein (Manes) and Terje (Eternal…
Artist: Daemonlord Country: Spain Label: Ketzer Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2002 Daemonlord is not really an unknown band in the underground anymore. This band from Spain is wandering the underground paths from summer 2000. And things went quite well…
Artist: EnshadowedCountry: GreeceLabel: Black Lotus RecordsFormats: CDYear: 2002 Well, this CD was one of the first albums I got to review. And it took that long to get it online because it as a bit of a a pain in…
Artist: Primal Dawn Country: Ireland Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDr Year: 2002 Hmmm, sometimes you come across something you really don’t understand. Sometimes it’s just utter stupidity, sometimes it’s just so badly played or sometimes people invent a style that…
Artist: Vinterriket Country: Germany Label: Ketzer Records Formats: CD Year: 2003 Does a band like Vinterriket still need a introduction? I guess not, the people who are into Dark Ambient and Blackmetal are already familiar with this band. One of…
Artist: Odium Country: United Kingdom Label: Christcrusher Productions Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2002 I really love an awesome bit of raw and nihilistic piece of blackmetal. And I do not care about production or sound quality, I even don’t care…
Artist: Darkest Hate / Black Winter Night Country: Brazil Label: Christcrusher Productions Formats: Split Tape Year: 2002 This is a co-operation between two great Brazilian blackmetal hordes. Well, I can’t tell you anything about their background actually, I haven’t got…
Artist: Genocide Kommando Country: France Label: Moribund Records Formats: CD Year: 2002 Genocide Kommando is a new band in the blackmetal scene, but with wellknown members. The band is consisting of Kommander Noktu (Drakkar Productions / Celestia) and Kommander Horrendus (Corpus…
Artist: Hangöver Country: Poland Label: Deathstrike Records Formats: Demo tape Year: 2002 Well, what to think about a band called Hangöver who put out a demotape called Terrorbeer? Well obviously it’s thrashy beermetal! And I like this! The photo’s of…
Artist: Neverlight Horizon Country: Belgium Label: Self-Released Formats: CD Demo Year: 2003 Another great grind influenced Death Metal band. This style seems to have their golden years, bands keep coming, and the average quality level is surprisingly high. This is…
Artist: Soul Demise Country: Germany Label: Season Of Mist Formats: CD Year: 2003 This German death/thrash formation has been around since 1994, but has managed to escape my attention all this time, with “In Vain” that comes to an end.…
Artist: Necrophagia Country: USA Label: Season Of Mist Formats: CD Year: 2003 Well, what should I tell you about Necrophagia? This band should need no introduction, the band has already more than earned its stripes in the metal world, led…
Artist: Negură Bunget Country: Romania Label: Code666 Formats: CD Year: 2002 Much has been said and told about this band from Romania, but not really much is known about them. Also, all the releases, before this one, are barely obtainable.…
Artist: Covered In Ashes Country: The Netherlands Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDr Year: 2002 Covered In Ashes is a new Dutch band that plays some kind of doom-deathmetal. They got their influences from bands like older Anathema, Paradise Lost and…
Artist: Kringspiertyfus Country: The Netherlands Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CD Year: 2002 Kringspiertyphus, well… what to make of such a band? Not taking it all too seriously seems to be the message. After having heard the disc once, I still…