Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
Artist: Macabre Country: USA Label: Nuclear Blast Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2020 Macabre has always been a band that is unique in so many ways. Not only because of the obvious, their characteristic sound and lyrical content, but…
Artist: Massacre Country: USA Label: Xtreem Music Formats: 10″ EP Year: 2020 What we’ve got here is the third EP in the “10 Inches Of Deathcult” series, in which Xtreem Music presents a slap of legendary early recordings from groundbreaking…
Artist: Mortician Country: USA Label: Xtreem Records Formats: 10″ EP Year: 2020 This 10” EP is the second installment in the “10 Inches Of Deathcult”-series, in which the first one was Sinister’s “Perpetual Damnation”-demo pressed onto 10 inches of wax.…
Artist: Black Pyramid Country: USA Label: Electric Earth Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2008 Usually I would not feature these kinds of bands, doom bands that lean too much to the stoner-side are usually not my thing and definitely don’t…
Artist: Realmbuilder Country: USA Label: I Hate Records Formats: LP Year: 2009 While reading through the bands on the inlay that are thanked for their influence expectations run sky-high. A nice blend of all kinds of heroic and epic metal…
Artist: Nunslaughter Country: USA Label: Autopsy Kitchen Records / Battle Kommand Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2008 This is another one from the ‘Hell On…’-series, it is rumoured that this is the last one to be released, so, finally the…
Artist: Earthride Country: USA Label: Doomentia Records Formats: LP Year: 2008 Once in a while a new labels stands up and dedicates itself on releasing great vinyl records only, recently one of those labels is Doomentia Records, based in the…
Artist: Obituary Country: USA Label: Candlelight Records Formats: CD EP Year: 2008 Obituary’s new one is a four-track EP (not counting the video-track for ‘Evil Ways’, taken from their last album) which will most likely closes the gap between the…
Artist: CobaltCountry: USALabel: Profound Lore RecordsFormats: CD EPYear: 2008 Last year’s “Eater Of Birds”-album was very well received by press and public alike, and was pretty much a surprise to both parties. The well crafted black metal fits well in…
Artist: Jex Thoth Country: USA Label: I Hate Records Formats: CD Year: 2008 Last year around the same time as the release date of this album (April 28th, 2008) I got a mini CD that left me in a state…
Artist: Misery Index / Mumakil Country: USA / Switzerland Label: Power-It-Up Records Formats: Split 7″ EP / Split CD Year: 2008 Misery Index seems to have a very nice and productive year, 2007 have brought them several releases and a…
Artist: Nunslaughter / Destructor Country: USA Label: Hells Headbangers Records Formats: Split 7″ EP Year: 2007 The old school death metallers of Nunslaugther are slowly going to end up like Japanese Unholy Grave or Sabbat and Belgian Agathocles in terms…
Artist: Bone AwlCountry: CanadaLabel: Nuclear War Now! ProductionsFormats: 7″ EPYear: 2007 This American band is veiled in mysticism, as there is hardly any information available on them. Yet, from the very start there has been a constant flow of releases,…
Artist: BlaspherianCountry: USALabel: Blood Harvest Formats: 12″ EPYear: 2007 Though not really a well-known band (yet) they get their stuff released by labels as Hell’s Headbangers and Blood Harvest Records. That is what I call an achievement, as these two…
Artist: Impetigo Country: USA Label: Hells Headbangers Records Formats: LP Year: 2007 There are not many bands that were as influential and amazingly infectious as Impetigo. Like Carcass, Repulsion and Napalm Death they had litterily thousands of followers, bands trying…
Artist: Decaying FormCountry: USALabel: Dan’s Crypt RecordsFormats: CDYear: 2006 This Australian trio, though recorded as a duo, comes up with their debut album through Spanish underground label Dan’s Crypt Records and shows exactly the down side of modern recording techniques……
Artist: Machetazo / Total Fucking Destruction Country: Spain / USA Label: Relapse Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2007 This is the first edition of the Slimewave Series, it’s a bit like a McDonalds concept, but if you collect all six…
Artist: Abiku Country: USA Label: Automation Records Formats: CD Year: 2007 I remember hearing Abiku for the first time somewhere around this time last year, it was the split 7” EP with Myles Of Destruction from the end of 2004.…
Artist: Inquisition Country: Colombia / USA Label: Nuclear War Now! Productions Formats: CD Year: 2006 American based Colombian black metal band came a long way. From zero to a considerable cult status. 2007 should be the year of a new…
Artist: TerrorizerCountry: USALabel: Century MediaFormats: CD / LPYear: 2006 For all the well-known reasons it took Terrorizer 17 (!!) years to come-up with a follow-up of one of the most influential albums in grindcore history, “World Downfall” from 1989. And…
Artist: Mortician Country: USA Label: Mortician Records Formats: CD Year: 2004 It might be a little late, but when I got this CD in the mail the other day I thought it still deserved a review at our beloved magazine.…
Artist: Necrophagia Country: USA Label: Displeased Records / Red Stream Formats: 12″ EP / CD EP Year: 2004 Metalheads who aren’t familiar with Necrophagia … Are there any? This is a band that has an enormous historical value when you…
When I met Paul Speckmann on the Obituary tour – Master opened up for them all around Europe – we talked a bit about Master and labels and stuff. That reminded me that I wanted to interview him after the…
Artist: Black FuneralCountry: USALabel: Behemoth Productions / Perverted TasteFormats: LP / CDYear: 2004 Every black metal purist should have at least heard about Black Funeral – at least, that’s my opinion. One of the pioneers of the Satanic metal invasion…
Artist: TorrentCountry: Germany / USALabel: No Colours RecordsFormats: 12″ EP / CD EPYear: 2004 Torrent is a rather new band on No Colours Records and is a side-project of both Akhenaten (Judas Iscariot) and Kanwulf (Nargaroth), on these recordings they are…
Artist: Cannibal Corpse Country: USA Label: Metal Blade Records Formats: CD/DVD Boxset Year: 2003 It was in the late 80’s when Deathmetal was the most active genre in the metalscene. Bands that pushed the boundaries of brutality, aggression and speed…
Artist: Leviathan / Iuvenus Country: USA / Poland Label: No Colours Records Formats: Split CD Year: 2003 Wintertime, hmmm, that means blackmetal for me. And to be precise, the raw kind of blackmetal. When it’s getting colder and darker outside…
Well, some bands don’t need an introduction anymore. Exhumed is one of them. They just’ve released a new album “Anatomy Is Destiny”, a revolting good album. Things have changed since that time, so it was time for a update with…
Artist: Fuck… I’m Dead / Engorged Country: Australia / USA Label: No Escape Records Formats: Split CD Year: 2002 Terror grind! Two extreme death grind bands share this CD. Fuck… I’m Dead from Australia and Engorged from the US. Together…
Artist: Mortician Country: USA Label: Relapse Records Formats: CD Year: 2003 You have brute, more brutal and most brutal. And Mortician doesn’t really even fit into the latter category. Mortician is therefore a band that is hardly unknown to any…
Artist: Master Country: USA Label: From Beyond Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2003 When you talk about pure death metal cult, you are talking about Possessed and Master. Master was founded in 1983 by Paul Speckmann, a legendary figure…
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…
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…