Monday, 9 January 2012
Speedblow - Fields Of Doom
Genre: Heavy/Doom/Stoner
Country: Greece
Year: 2010
1. Visions Of Demise
2. Silence Is Breaking
3. Black Sky
4. Last Of The Fools
5. Lower Ahead
6. As Night Becomes Day
7. Evil Spirits (Of The Mind)
8. Blood Of The Innocent
9. (Food) For The Wolves
10. Along The Mindfields
11. Doors To Redemption
Debut album by Speedblow. Speedblow combine the galloping stoner/sludge style of High On Fire, the stoner/doom riffing of The Sword and Down, the old-school metal sound of Black Sabbath and throw in some Motorhead as well into the mix. The trademark of the band's sound seems to be the various timings and riff changes, riffs that only can be described as brilliant!
Running Wild - Portroyal
Genre: Heavy/Power
Country: Germany
Year: 1988
1. Intro
2. Port Royal
3. Raging Fire
4. Into The Arena
5. Uaschitschun
6. Final Gates
7. Conquistadores
8. Blown To Kingdom Come
9. Warchild
10. Mutiny
11. Calico Jack
Running Wild's 4th studio album, and the second pirate-inspired album, is yet another classic metal album. This album leans more in the heavy / power direction than their previous releases. The songwriting is pretty similar to 'Under Jolly Roger', but obviously much more melodic.
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
Genre: Death/Thrash
Country: Holland
Year: 1989
1. Dehydrated
2. The Process Of Suffocation
3. Suspended Animation
4. The Trauma
5. Chronic Infection
6. Out Of The Body
7. Echoes Of Death
8. Deify Thy Master
9. Proliferous Souls
10. Reduced To Ashes
2nd album by Pestilence. This is early death metal that has a lot of thrash elements, but also a lot of the progressive and technical aspects of thrash. Most of the songs have many technical guitar riffs and some shredding solo's of both guitarists. The vocals of Martin van Drunen are what you'll recognise immediately, his growlings are very raspy and cruel, shrieking and angry.
Kylesa - Static Tensions
Genre: Heavy/Sludge
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2009
1. Scapegoat
2. Insomnia For Months
3. Said and Done
4. Unknown Awareness
5. Running Red
6. Nature's Predators
7. Almost Lost
8. Only One
9. Perception
10. To Walk Alone
4th album by Kylesa. They are playing psychedelic-flavored sludge/doom filled with “rockin” melodies, distorted vocals, fuzzy guitar tones and a thick bass sound. The music on the album is powerful and at times adventurous. Filthy and raw vocals, occasional tribal drumming (by 2 drummers) and some heavy and raw sounding guitars are some of the ingredients on the album.
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Panychida - Woodland Journey 'Ep
Country: Czech Republic
Year: 2011
1. Three Pillars
2. Rod Havrana
3. Return From The Woodland Journey
4. The Place He's Coming From (2011 re-recording)
5. Podu Svtomi Dzvzdu (2011 re-recording)
6. Kraunu (2010)
7. Moon, Forest, Blinding Snow (2010)
8. Bchorka (2011 re-recording)
9. Black Wings Of Death (Running WIld cover)
10. Posedl (Torr cover)
11. Running Out Of Rules (live)
12. Beneath The Gate Of Sempiternal Bliss (live)
Panychida released a long 'Ep, including 3 new tracks, some live tracks, some older and some re-recordings of older tracks. There are present some guest musicians too, from Taake, Asgard and ex-Torr. This release is a perfect chance for someone to get to know to their version of pagan/black metal or a nice collection of some unreleased tracks for their fans.
Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2009
1. Fade From Black
2. Heavy Lies The Crown
3. Bear Witness
4. Knife Wound
5. Come Alive
6. Night Howler
7. Crooked Path
8. Lions
9. The Equalizer
10. Night Lurker
11. Jealous God
12. Mercy
13. Night Beckons
14. Blood Avenger
15. Bloodsuckers
16. Untitled 17. Rotter
2nd album by Doomriders. The band's vocalist/guitarist Nate Newton also plays bass in Converge and guitar in Old Man Gloom. Each and every song in this record contains elements of heavy, doom, hardcore, sludge and stoner, plus the band’s personal voice. A successful mix of all these elements created a solid album.
Friday, 6 January 2012
Psychosomatic - Another Disease
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2010
1. Another Disease
2. Despotic Leader
3. Skatred
4. Built For Speed
5. Prophet Or Profit
6. In Lunacy
7. Gang Of Grenades
8. Unrestricted
9. Misery Mirror
10. Sociopathic Child
11. Everybody Hates Me
12. Torrential Pain
13. Stormbringer
14. The Village Idiot
15. Liquid Demon
16. The Knife
17. Ye Olde Tavern 18. C-wing Blues 19. Bonus Track
3rd album by Psychosomatic. Still staying true to their punk/thrash metal origins and with a more dark and twisted format, they are trying to prove that faster and darker is always better!! With lyrics about death, gore and skate they are demonstrating their chaotic version of thrash/crossover, without giving anything new to the genre, but doing it with passion and aggression.
Claustrofobia - Peste
Genre: Thrash/Death
Country: Brazil
Year: 2011
1. Peste
2. Metal Malóka
3. Bastardos Do Brasil
4. Nota 6.66
5. Pinu Da Granada
6. Alegoria Do Sangue
7. Bicho Humano
8. Vida De Mentira
9. Caosfera
10. Viva
5th album by Claustrofobia. Imagine a great mix of Sepultura and Ratos De Porao, but with Claustrofobia's own style. Great technique, impressive guitarwork, speed and aggression. This time they preffered their lyrics to be in portuguese language and they have tried an interesting mix of samba and metal in the instrumental song 'Nota 6.66' with the collaboration of the samba group Batuque De Corda.
Malignant Tumour - In Full Swing
Genre: Heavy/Punk/Crust
Country: Czech Republic
Year: 2008
1. We Paint The Town Red
2. We Are The Metal
3. Bristroll
4. Smack The Fools
5. Renault Star
6. High Time To An End
7. In Full Swing
8. Electric Church
9. In Bottle, There's No Law
10. Dressed To Kill
11. Hellbooze Armageddon
3rd album by Malignant Tumour. Heavily influenced by rock'n'roll and the D-Beats of Discharge, the band is playing a crusty mix of heavy/thrash with punk attitude. With lyrical themes that revolve around getting drunk as shit, fucking things up, fucking people up and killing shit, don't take them too serious, just have fun with their tunes!
F.K.U. - Sometimes They Come Back ... To Mosh
Country: Sweden
Year: 2005
1. Sometimes They Come Back...
2. To Mosh
3. Fury 58
4. Die Toten Core
5. Moshoholics Anonymous
6. Paraskevidekatriaphobia
7. Agent Amy Steel
8. F.K.Ü. Says NO
9. C.H.Ü.D.
10. C.H.Ü.D. Pt. 2
11. Maniac Cop
12. Zombie Attack (Tankard cover)
13. Grave Robbing Mania
14. Motel Hell
15. Marine Marauders 16. Four Fingers Fatal To The Flesh 17. Disciples Of The Mosh
2nd album by F.K.U.. These guys are a horror-infused 80s Bay Area thrash knock-off that pull the sound off better than anyone ever has. They perfectly combine D.R.I., S.O.D., Testament, etc. with a voice that reminds Steve Souza. They have songs that make fun of everyone from Morbid Angel to Monster Magnet to Stephen King, but they can actually play great.
Blood Feast - Face Fate 'Ep
Genre: Thrash/Death
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 1987
1. Face Fate
2. Blood Lust
3. R.I.P.
4. Vampire
With only the title track being a new song and the rest three taken from the debut album, Face Fate is not exactly significant as an individual release. The band re-recorded the old tracks for this mini album, though, and with some slightly better production values and a tighter sound the result is something of an improvement over Kill For Pleasure.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Ctulu - Sarkomand
Genre: Black
Country: Germany
Year: 2011
1. Arckanum Der Tiefen
2. Sarkomand
3. Nachtwind
4. Traumturm
5. Gezeitenstürme
6. Windschreiter
7. Blindes Chaos
8. Mondsucht
In their 2nd album, Ctulu is presenting us their melodic version of black metal. Deeply influenced by the swedish melodic black metal school of '90s, acoustic guitars, clean guitars and some deeper, clean vocals add variety to the music. A closer listen to the tracks reveals something more sophisticated than your typical blast-beat backed, tremolo-picked melodic black metal.
Morbid Fog - Frozen Landscapes Of The North 'Ep
Genre: Black
Country: Greece
Year: 2011
1. Frozen Landscapes Of The North
2. Coldness
3. Wolves Under The Winter Fullmoon
In this 'Ep, Morbid Fog is presenting us 1 new song, 1 unreleased song from the band's early years and 1 song from their 1st demo. Great ep, with interesting ideas, melancholic riffs and great melodies, accompanied by clever use of keyboards and weird vocals, creating an icy, cold and grimmy atmosphere.
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