ORIGIN were formed back in 1997 by Paul Ryan and Jeremy Turner (both guitars/vocals), who in the course of time saw the efforts of James Lee (vocals), former…
For some obscure reason, I had the Italian ANTROPOFAGUS as a cult Splatter-Gore-Grind band. Then again, it can always happen that names are closely similar to each other…
First contact to ARKONA’s releases (rendered in Portuguese: ‘Arkunt’). First impression: acceptable. Listenable. Fast Black Metal. No keyboards. Somewhat polished (for the style of metal they play), relatively…
BESIEGED are certainly well-known in their home country, but the promo package had no bio, which makes it hard to get into the social details of the band….
Melodic Death Metal was these Italians’ motto in early 2001 – the Swedish way. Baptised thereafter as THIS ILLUSION, this also set the stage for the entrance of…
Who would have said such a nice-looking logo (some would say lettering) should stand for such a nice-sounding brutal band… BRODEQUIN, the American Brutal Death Metallers, are back…
The American way of life and economic culture is definitely not on my friends list. That is a widely acknowledged fact. As with every other thing in life,…
Despite the Spanish-sounding name, COERCION come from Sweden and have been around since 1992 – the discography is quite significant too: it includes Headway and Human Failure (demos),…
Very heavily influenced by the American school of modern metal (a type of sound I absolutely cannot come to terms with), the (surprisingly enough) only bad aspect to…