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…

Primal Dawn – The Euthanasia Programme [Demo]

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…

Vinterriket – Winterschatten

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…

Odium – Blood [Demo]

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…

Genocide Kommando – Black Metal Supremacy

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…

Hangöver – Terrorbeer [Demo]

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…

Soul Demise – In Vain

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.…

Necrophagia – The Divine Art Of Torture

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…

Negură Bunget – ‘n Crugu Bradului

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.…

Covered In Ashes – Grim Shadows [Demo]

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…

Kringspiertyfus – 25″ Kitchen Knife [Demo]

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…