Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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!…
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: Eat My Fuk Country: USA Label: Bestial Onslaught Productions / From Beyond Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2003 With ‘Wet Slit & A Bottle Of Whiskey’, the band Eat My Fuk delivers an incredibly dirty mess of stinking,…
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…