Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
Artist: 1349Country: NorwayLabel: Season of MistFormats: LP / Cassette / CDYear: 2024 You could say that 1349 came at the right place at the right time. Formed in 1997, the band wasn’t quite there when the Norwegian Black Metal creativity…
Artist: On Thorns I Lay Country: Greece Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2023 The career of On Thorns I Lay is typified by the wanderings that led the band past a total of five albums and…
It was towards the end of last year, on December 6 to be precise, that I asked my former colleague and friend, VM-Underground commander-in-chief Ricardo, if he was interested in Death and Pestilence’s later records besides the usual ‘Scream Bloody…
Artist: Miscreance Country: Italy Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2023 Although I came across the debut of this Italian Miscreance last summer, I did not get around to giving it a few words at the time.…
Artist: TsjuderCountry: NorwayLabel: Season Of MistFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 Even though the band has existed since 1993, right at the peak years of the second wave of Black Metal, Tsjuder’s sound came to fruition a little…
Artist: Deströyer 666Country: AustraliaLabel: Season Of MistFormats: LP, Cassette Tape, CDYear: 2022 Good morning, y’all. Am I late to the party? Again. Yes, I suppose I am, this new album for Deströyer 666 has been out since early December last…
Artist: …and OceansCountry: FinlandLabel: Season of MistFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 The musical legacy of …and Oceans has hardly been one of conformity. From the very earliest album, the band has always given their own distinct and…
Artist: Nightfall Country: Greece Label: Season Of Mist Formats: Digital EP Year: 2022 Last summer the Greek Melodic Black/Death Metal band released this digital 2-track EP which they recorded live at the Gagarin Club in Athens in November 2021. Both…
Artist: Nightfall Country: Greece Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2021 Within the enigmatic Greek Black Metal scene Nightfall has always been a little of an outcast, both in terms of personnel as in the way they…
Artist: Septicflesh Country: Greece Label: Chaos Reigns / Nuclear Blast / Shinigami Records / Ward Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2022 When the band fell apart in 2003 and arose again four years later, they not…
Artist: Strigoi Country: United Kingdom Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2022 If I am sufficiently informed, Vallenfyre was founded by Greg Mackintosh, best known as Paradise Lost guitarist, as a vehicle to help him cope with…
Artist: Severe Torture Country: The Netherlands Label: Season Of Mist Formats: CD EP Year: 2022 Dutch Death Metal is mainly linked to the more classic bands from around the 90’s. Of course, bands like Pestilence, Sinister and Gorefest have been…
Artist: Saor Country: United Kingdom Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2022 With Saor celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, it’s safe to say that Andy Marshall has (much) more to offer than just…
Artist: Shape Of Despair Country: Finland Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2022 Originally formed in 1995 (then under the name of Raven), Shape Of Despair is one of the longest running Funeral Doom bands. Debuting in…
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…
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.…
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…