Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
Artist: Embrace Of ThornsCountry: GreeceLabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: DigitalYear: 2022 Right in between ‘The Pantheon I’ 7″ EP (Iron Bonehead Productions) and the just released new album, ‘Entropy Dynamics’ (Nuclear Winter Records), Embrace Of Thorns came up with a self-released studio rehearsal…
Artist: Necrohell Country: Greece Label: Christhunt Productions Formats: CD Year: 2022 Greek Black Metal has always had a special place in the scene. Without bringing up the widely known history and naming the celebrated bands once again, we can safely…
Artist: Thou Art LordCountry: GreeceLabel: The Circle MusicFormats: 7″ EPYear: 2022 Fans of Greek Black Metal will all have a soft spot for Thou Art Lord, one of the founders of the Greek Black Metal scene and partly responsible for…
Artist: Necromantical Invocation Country: United Kingdom Label: Helter Skelter Productions / Medieval Prophecy Records / Regain Records / Zombi Danz Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2021 Despite the fact that Necromantical Invocation saw the light of…
Artist: Acherontas (Αχεροντας)Country: GreeceLabel: Black Hearts Records / III Damnation Productions / Zazen SoundsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2022 Despite Worship/Stutthof not being considered a direct predecessor of Acherontas by mastermind Acherontass, the roots of this prolific Greek…
Artist: Lunar Spells Country: Greece Label: Northern Silence Productions Formats: CD Year: 2022 Anyone who follows the Black Metal scene a bit will have noticed that Melodic or Symphonic Black Metal is on the rise and is being widely embraced…
Artist: Opus Magorum Country: Greece Label: Inferna Profundus Records Formats: LP Year: 2022 This Greek Black Metal band Opus Magorum has been around for over 20 years with its formation in 2001. But don’t feel embarrassed if you haven’t heard…
Artist: Serpent Noir / SargeistCountry: Greece / FinlandLabel: W.T.C. ProductionsFormats: Split LP / Split CDYear: 2022 While split releases can be stellar, they often lack a sense of coherence when two bands just do their thing on their respective sides…
Artist: Kawir Country: Greece Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2022 This (so far) digital-only EP was released with a special purpose. Before we dive into the musical content of the EP, it might be good to also pay attention…
Artist: Varathron / UngodCountry: Greece / GermanyLabel: Iron Bonehead ProductionsFormats: Split 7″ EPYear: 2022 Both Greek Varathron and German Ungod have been around for over three decades in the Black Metal scene and each of them have a rich history…
Artist: Embrace Of ThornsCountry: GreeceLabel: Iron Bonehead ProductionsFormats: 7″ EPYear: 2022 Quite out of the blue comes this nice 7” EP from these Greek veterans with a career spanning over two decades already. During this long career they have delivered…
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…
Artist: Yoth IriaCountry: GreeceLabel: Pagan RecordsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2021 Though Yoth Iria introduced themselves with a great EP (released on 10” and 12” vinyl formats, as well as on CD and cassette) and a split 7”…
Artist: Nocturnal Vomit / Bestial RaidsCountry: Greece / PolandLabel: Morbid Moon RecordsFormats: Split 7″ EPYear: 2006 Underground force Morbid Moon Records comes forth with a great split 7” EP featuring two of the best underground metal acts of today, Greek…
Artist: Rotting Christ Country: Greece Label: Season Of Mist Formats: CD Year: 2007 Rotting Christ is really a band on its return, after a period of releases that were received not quite as good as the bands’ classics. With the…
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…
Artist: Nocturnal Vomit Country: Greece Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2003 Nocturnal Vomit is some kind of a strange band. I’m not entirely sure, but the band is said to have its roots in Australia, where it was founded…
Artist: Rotting Christ Country: Greece Label: Century Media Formats: CD Year: 2004 Well, what can I say that haven’t been said before about the master of the Greek sound? Not too much? After a while of playing doomy atmospheric metal…
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: 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: 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: 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…