Mayhem – Chimera

Artist: Mayhem Country: Norway Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2004 They’re back, they are definitely back! To start with the conclusion, remove the surprise effect of a review and still your hunger for the new Mayhem.…

Dismember – Where Ironcrosses Grow

Artist: DismemberCountry: SwedenLabel: Karmageddon Media / Vinyl CollectorsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2004 Finally, after five years a new Dismember album. It was like waiting for the apocalypse, it never seem to come. But now it finally surfaced, and while listening…

Torrent – Between The Stones [EP]

Artist: TorrentCountry: Germany / USALabel: No Colours RecordsFormats: 12″ EP / CD EPYear: 2004 Torrent is a rather new band on No Colours Records and is a side-project of both Akhenaten (Judas Iscariot) and Kanwulf (Nargaroth), on these recordings they are…

Watain – Casus Luciferi

Artist: WatainCountry: SwedenLabel: Drakkar Productions / InCoffin Productions / Mirgulus Siculorum / Orthodox ProductionsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2003 When it comes the so-called true black metal the best things are still created in the northern regions of…

Odal – Einst Verehrt Von Allen [EP]

Artist: Odal Country: Germany Label: Christhunt Productions Formats: CD EP Year: 2003 This “Einst Verehrt Von Allen” was previously released on the split vinyl with Ravens Empire. Shortly after a mini CD version was released through Darkland Records / Christhunt…

Ulfsdalir – Grimnir

Artist: Ulfsdalir Country: Germany Label: Christhunt Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2003 Ulfsdalir is another rather obscure one-man band from Germany. This could sound a little misleading, because this is not YET another one-man project at all. On the…

Agathocles / Godstomper – Split 7″ EP

Artist: Agathocles / Godstomper Country: Belgium / USA Label: Haunted Hotel Records Formats: Split 7″ EP Year: 2002 Last year a few split 7″-es with Agathocles featured on one of the sides have been released. One of those EP’s is…

Cannibal Corpse – 15 Year Killing Spree [Compilation]

Artist: Cannibal Corpse Country: USA Label: Metal Blade Records Formats: CD/DVD Boxset Year: 2003 It was in the late 80’s when Deathmetal was the most active genre in the metalscene. Bands that pushed the boundaries of brutality, aggression and speed…

Negură Bunget – Zîrnindu-să [Re-Release]

Artist: Negură Bunget Country: Romania Label: Darkland Records Formats: LP Year: 2002 Negura Bunget is one of those well kept secrets from Eastern-European scene, after several underground releases (which are very hard to get back in those days and even…

Forgotten Tomb – Springtime Depression

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…

Akercocke – Choronzon

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…

Eviscerate – Eviscerate [Demo]

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…

Graveland – Fire Of Awakening

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…

Audiopain – Revel In Desecration [EP]

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.…

Sargeist – Satanic Black Devotion

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…

Fuck… I’m Dead / Engorged – Split CD

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…

Regurgitate – Deviant

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…

Exhumed – Anatomy Is Destiny

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…

Mütiilation – Majestas Leprosus

Artist: Mütiilation Country: France Label: Ordealis Records Formats: CD Year: 2003 There’s filthy black metal, and then there’s filthy black metal. And this is the superlative on the scale of filthiness. Heavy Satanic black metal in the rawest and most…

Pantheon I – Demo MMIII

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…

Vampire Hall – Demo 2003

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…

Vinterriket – Winterschatten [7″ EP Box]

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…

Thunderbolt – The Burning Deed Of Deceit

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…

Mortician – Darkest Day Of Horror

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…

Flagellator – Channeling The Acheron

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…

Control Human Delete – Error Spectre

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…

Master – Unreleased Album 1985

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…

Valhalla – Power & Might [Demo]

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…

Inner Helvete – Total Bloodshedding Devastation

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…

Maskim Xul – Maskim Xul [Demo]

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…

Vornoff – Forledt [Demo]

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…

Sagntid – Crows Awaiting Murder [Demo]

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…

Nuclear Assault – Alive Again

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…

Enshadowed – Intensity

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…

Aemeth – Aemeth [Demo]

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…

Out Body Experience – Millenium Legendary [Demo]

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…

Nordafrost – Dominus Frigoris [Demo]

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…

Helheim – Yersinia Pestis

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…

Chton – Chton [Demo]

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…

Daemonlord – Aarstrand [EP]

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…