Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
Artist: AsphyxCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Xtreem MusicFormats: 10″ EPYear: 2020 During the late 80’s and early 90’s the Dutch Death Metal scene had a lot of great bands to offer. Many of those bands recorded full-length albums and gained their fame in their respective careers. But…
Artist: DoodswensCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Svart RecordsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2022 Anyone with a little interest in the Dutch Black Metal scene must have stumbled upon Doodswens at some point over the last past two years or so. But although it is rather unique to have…
Artist: Rotting Christ Country: The Netherlands Label: Xtreem Music Formats: 10″ EP Year: 2020 Xtreem Music has launched a new series of old recordings by (semi) legendary Death Metal bands on 10” vinyl records. The list of announced bands to…
Artist: The Devil’s Blood Country: The Netherlands Label: Ván Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2008 Out of the blue, really out of the blue there was this band from Eindhoven, Holland. Not quite announced by anything or anyone, they were…
Artist: Inhume Country: The Netherlands Label: Osmose Productions Formats: CD Year: 2007 After a wait of over one year and a half, Inhume’s third album finally sees the light of day. To give you an indication, I first heard this…
Artist: ThanatosCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Areadeath ProductionsFormats: CD BoxsetYear: 2007 Thanatos is one of the oldest still active (death) metal bands from The Netherlands and therefore has got a rather rich history. This boxed set is a fine lesson in history…
Artist: Mysto Dysto Country: The Netherlands Label: Rusty Cage Records Formats: CD Year: 2006 Young as I am, being born in 1983 myself, I haven’t been able to witness the Dutch metal scene in the eighties. But the fact that…
Artist: Last Days Of Humanity Country: The Netherlands Label: Bones Brigade Productions Formats: CD Year: 2006 This was an album I have been waiting for for over one year and a half for sure, as soon as I got to…
Artist: XI-VoidCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Self-releasedFormats: Demo CDYear: 2006 This young quartet from the northern parts of The Netherlands plays a mixture of thrash metal and heavy metal. Pretty reminiscent to bands like later Death, Iced Earth, Megadeth and Control Denied.…
Artist: Meatyard / Maggots Country: New Zealand / The Netherlands Label: No Escape Records Formats: Split CD Year: 2006 This split CD is the first No Escape Records CD that kind of disappointed me. Meatyard is a grindcore band that…
Artist: Cultus Country: The Netherlands Label: Heidens Hart Records Formats: Cassette Tape Year: 2004 People who like the Dutch underground metal scene know this guy named Arjan for sure. He’s the owner of the Heidenshart distro/label, a steady force in…
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: 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: 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…