Archons - Consequences of Silence (2008)

1. Intro

2. Enigma of Torments

3. Of Pride and Prejudice

4. Obsolete Lifeforms

5. Plague of Corruption

6. Wandering the Burning Land

7. Pulverizing Inner Toughts

8. The Fall of a Dreamer

9. Beyond Anger

10. Delusional Beliefs

Origin - Canada
Genre - Technical Melodic Death Metal


" In honor of my up-coming vacation to canada..........Heres a new band from Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec with their debut full-length "

" While listening to this I couldnt help but think these guys sound alot like a more technical version of Dark Tranquillity.....I think its mostly in the vocals but Archons can play....Tight Drumming and Staccato guitar riffing makes for a great debut.....And the production is a monster "

Fans of Technical Melodic (not overly) Metal......This deserves your attention !


Descend Into Nothingness !...........Get It!
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Zonaria - Infamy And The Breed (2007)

1. Infamy (intro)

2. The Last Endeavour

3. Pandemic Assault

4. The Armageddon Anthem

5. Rendered in Vain

6. Image of Myself

7. Evolution Overdose

8. Attending Annihilation

9. Descend into Chaos

10. Ravage the Breed

11. The Black Omen

12. Everything is Wasteland

Origin - Sweden
Genre - Melodic Death Metal


" “Infamy and the Breed” is the Swedish quartet’s debut album....They are best described as Swedish death metal, not a million miles from Hypocrisy, but a bit more bouncy (think Catch 22 rather than The Arrival) and with definite overtones of a more symphonic style (a tinge of Dimmu Borgir). These youngsters can handle their instruments quite capably and proceed to blast thru 12 songs of catchy MDM. The guitars are deeper and filthier than your average melodic death metal act, with a production that is heavy and full "

" Vocalist Simon Berglund sounds alot like peter of hypocrisy....high pitched screams and some spoken word parts. Most of the time the keyboards work, with a few hiccups along the way. There is massive potential here; where many such albums can sound one dimensional, Zonaria make each track on Infamy... stand out.....That is a good sign... and bodes well for them in the future "

Fans of Hypocrisy.....Like faithful(underworld) follower Machine will eat this stuff up !



The Way Back To Before !...........Get It!
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Paradise Lost - Gothic (1991)

1. Gothic

2. Dead Emotion

3. Shattered

4. Rapture

5. Eternal

6. Falling Forever

7. Angel Tears

8. Silent

9. The Painless

10. Desolate

Origin - United Kingdom
Genre - Doom/Death Metal


" This is one of the most important Metal albums, because it exerted a big influence on the whole doom/death scene. The release is the second of PARADISE LOST . If we have to talk about the heaviness of the music, it's here - the slow and crushing guitars, the wonderful solos and the smashing voice of Nick Holmes.But then came something new - female vocals and orchestral passages, and they are alternated with the brutal sound very well. I think that PL has made a unique album for the those times. About the songs - you can't be bored, because every second of them sounds different.The lyrics - I think everyone should realize the influences of PL in text attitude. You should listen to this part of Metal History!

" And while the production isn't up to todays standards...this still is a monumental release and had huge influences on todays Doom/Death scene....Swallow The Sun,Rapture,Draconian...etc

Orion Requested this........

Drown in Darkness !...........Get It!
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Shadow Cut - Pictures Of Death (2005)

1. Drug/Murder/Them

2. Throatcuts Nine

3. My Sweet Cult

4. Hate

5. Servant Of Pain

6. Pictures Of Death

7. The End Of Humanity

8. Inter Arma

9. Manifest

Origin - Finland
Genre - Black/Death Metal


" This three-piece juggernaut composed of members from Moonsorrow and Impaled Nazarene, have unleashed an organic debut that embraces the days of old and touches on the present. A raw, mid tempo style of Black/Death metal that focuses less upon blasting and more on evil sounding, abrasive grooves, which is a nice change of pace "

" You will get no computer generated music or uber-modern production here...just dirty,nasty,hate filled, raw, diabolical atmosphere. Pictures of Death paints a brutal scene where mankind see's its demise and can do nothing about it"

" Listeners will not find a lot of melody or fast guitar runs here, instead Shadow Cut bring forth a focus on chaotic rhythms, bone crushing beats and raspy dismal vocals that meld perfectly together to create a sound that is nothing short of evil incarnate.......

Requested by muñeco de rosca


¡Muerte negra para usted mi amigo! ¡......... Consígalo!
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Deathchain - Deathrash Assault (2005)

1. Return of the Nemesis

2. Venom Preacher

3. Lepra Lord

4. Graveyard Witchery

5. Deathrash Legions

6. Napalm Satan

7. Panzer Holocaust

8. Morbid Mayhem

9. Valley of the Corpses

Origin - Finland

Genre - Death/Thrash Metal

" With 'Deathrash Assault' (their 2nd release) this five piece strike back with a highly explosive death thrash grenade of an album. The title of the album leaves no doubt about the intent of Deahtchain. A 'Deathrash Assault' is exactly what we get here. Music in the vein of bands like The Crown, Dew-Scented and The Haunted & Defleshed executed with great precision and full impact "

" Like "Fast Forward" from Defleshed...This Lp kicks into gear and never lets up fro a full 40 min !.....Deathchain unleash a salvo of vicious guitars, pulverizing drum patterns, Blazing solos , and throaty-growls. To me when I'm listening to this album it makes me feel like i am driving downhill...picking up speed with every second "

Deathchain have delivered a high quality death thrash offering !

One of the best of 2005...

Fans of Defleshed,Dew Scented get this now !

Raping Your Soul !............Get It!

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Soreption - Illuminate The Excessive (2007) e.p.

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

Origin - Sweden

Genre - Technical Death Metal

" Swedish death metal heralds SOREPTION were founded in late 2005, adding a new face to the young talents in the current technical death metal scene. "

" SOREPTION unleash their surgically precise and unique, razor sharp violence with technically and artistically advanced riffs topped off with in your face brutal vocals, leaving the listener nothing short of stunned.....Think Decapitated with top notch gutteral vokills similar to Mike from Opeth"

Soreption is now signed to Cube 1 records and will be entering the studio soon to record their full length debut.....I for one cant wait to see what these 20 year olds can come up with!............Call me Extremely impressed !!

Dont Fuck Around !..............Get It!

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Neuraxis - The Thin Line Between (2008)

1. Darkness Prevails
2. Wicked
3. Versus
4. Deviation Occurs
5. The Thin Line Between
6. Dreaming The End
7. Standing Despite...
8. Oracle
9. Phoenix
10. The All And The Nothing

Origin - Canada

Genre - Technical Melodic Death Metal

" Brand New 5th full-length of technical mastery "

Review Soon..........

Blind the Vision That Shatters!...........Get It!

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Nominon - Diabolical Bloodshed (1999)

1. Malicious Torment

2. Sodom's Fall

3. Night of Damnation

4. Servants of the Moonlight

5. Cemetery of Life

6. Son of the Dragon

7. No Holy Ghost Shall Rise

8. The Sufferer

Origin - Sweden

Genre - Death Metal

" Though "Diabolical Bloodshed" may be Nominon's debut album, these guys have been kicking around in the scene long enough to develop some impressive skills and they certainly possess the conviction to raise the spirit of early 90's Swedish DM. Everything's in place here, from the Sunlight production to the cavernous and obscure solos to the gutteral graveyard rasps, this is textbook Swedish Death Metal and I can't think of any other textbook I would rather read. Honestly speaking, I am rather easy to please when it comes to this sound, but I know the difference between adquate and damn impressive and with its 8 songs clocking in at just over 37 minutes, "Diabolical Bloodshed" falls decidedly in the upper end of the spectrum. Guitarists Jonas and Juha fire off unrelenting streams of ripping riffage, but manage to vary the tempos with some crunch-filled doom passages while tossing in a good deal of agile-handed leads, drummer Emil and bassist Lemmy hold down some punchy rhythms with the former displaying some dextrous footwork and Nicke's inhuman vocals come blasting out from under the floorboards. Admittedly, if you weren't listening to this stuff the first go around, it might just sound a bit antiquated, but for those who remember when the Sunlight stamp made it mandatory this could be the album you've been longing for "

KR requested this

Whispers In The Polar Winds!............Get It!

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Agressor - Deathreat (2006)

1. Deathreat

2. When Darkness

3. Nightmare Comes By

4. Warrior Heart

5. Lust Of The Flesh

6. War In Heaven

7. Order of Chaos

8. Giant of Old

9. Transmutation

10. Desolation

11. Anger and Hate

12. Agressor (Hellhammer Cover)

Origin - France

Genre - Death/Thrash Metal

" This band from france has been around over 20 years.....and are the forefathers of the great death metal bands such as Yyrkoon,Gojira etc. "

" This marked the bands 20th year in the metal buisness and they did themselves proud with the release of "Deathreat". Kicking off with a pure thrashing death rhythm and riff the band shows that they are extremely aggressive and at the same time solid and tight as hell. And they also show that after 20 years of career they can sound modern and powerful. The music here is pure death/Thrash with fast as hell rhythms. Fast guitar solos are a trademark, showing good technical skills besides aggression. there is killer double guitar work that shows what these guys are capable of doing with their instruments. There are tempo changes and my favorite ones are the ones that go from ultra fast to slow and then go into a demolishing brutal riff. The rhythm section is really solid and that is another essential trademark of this band. This release is really crushing and should not be overlooked "

Fans of Amon Amarth,Yyrkoon,Morbid Angel Take Note........

I Hear Voices From Below!.............Get It!

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Warpath - Damnation (2008)

1. Damnation

2. Infernal

3. Hostile Takeover

4. Face to Face

5. Spitting Blood

6. Life Unworthy of Life

7. W.M.D

8. Expendable Forces

Origin - United Kingdom

Genre - Thrash Metal

" Its about time I Got this in the mail............And the wait was well worth it !"

" These young U.K thrashers are going to get some serious buisness done with their new debut album "Damnation". This is another of the thrash re-vitalization crews popping up all over the world. And I have to say.....This is my Favorite one so far !

Alot of the young thrash bands are combining thrash with humor in the lyrics and riffing....see Gama Bomb,Bonded By Blood etc. Warpath are all buisness here...crushing thrash riffs in the early Testament,Exodus vein with awesome solos and tight sub-woofer pounding drums that sound like cannons. This may be in part to the mastering done by James Murphy(testament,obituary). Warpath could be the leading contender for the new thrash crown after this record...as they are only going to get better "

" If you are into a mixture of explosive thrash riffing, barrages of double-bass mastery, and old-school sounding vocals (violence etc.) then look no further!.....Go and buy this record.....Now!

Warpath

Requested by Darcy.....Get it brother!

Thrash For Life !..............Get It!

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Nominon - Recremation (2005)

1. Submit to Evil

2. Hordes of Flies

3. Buried by Me

4. The End Written In Blood

5. Mirror of Dead Flesh

6. Sickening

7. Under the Five-pointed Star

8. Into Black

9. Condemned to Die

Origin - Sweden
Genre - Death Metal


" I don’t know if it’s just the sound but the guitars on “Recremation” really feels Like Sunlight(studios) era-Dismember that it’s silly. In fact, many of these riffs and leads would be proud to be featured on a Dismember CD without running the risk of feeling ashamed standing shoulder to shoulder with “I saw them die” or “Let the napalm rain”. The thrash-influences aren’t as easy to pinpoint but they’re definitely there. "

" Nominon’s greatest strength is how seamlessly they have tied the authenticity of their long experience with strong and diverse modern songwriting. Its melodies are strong, the riffs are both catchy and aggressive, the tempos fairly diverse, and the compositions overall are all quick-hitting and taut. As a result, ‘Recremation’ is a success all the way through. And, since its 2005 release, the band have already come out with a similarly acclaimed follow-up, ‘Terra Necrosis’(search the blog). In sum, for a band so obsessed with themes of death, Nominon are sure showing a lot of life "

Comes fucking highly recommended !


In This Cold Grave of Mine!............Get It!
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Forbidden - Forbidden Evil (1988)

1. Chalice of Blood

2. Off the Edge

3. Through Eyes of Glass

4. Forbidden Evil

5. March into Fire

6. Feel No Pain

7. As Good as Dead

8. Follow Me

Origin - USA

Genre - Thrash Metal

" This Forbidden album is the landmark of how great metal was in the late 80s. These guys barely missed the boat and would have been much bigger had they appeared a couple of years earlier. I had the pleasure of seeing them many times back in the day.....Holy shit Im fucking old !!! .....They always impressed with their mixture of Bay Area thrash with Russ Andersons unique voice...man that fucker could get up there with those screams "

" Two amazing guitarists Alvelais and Locicero playing was so excellent, even Alvelais was the replacement for Alex Skolnick after his departure from Testament. You can hear excellent riffing from these guys and awesome drumming from Bostaph(slayer). Unlike other thrash drummers, he uses the cymbals incredibly. Excellent riffing, great guitar solos, tempo changes... This debut album is very underrated in my opinion and could have stood up with the Metallicas,Testaments, etc of that era "

One Of My favorite records from the late 80s...........

Thrash Hall Of Fame !.........Get It!

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Sulphur - Cursed Madness (2007)

1. The Summoning

2. Realms of Darkness

3. Two Thousand Years of Plague

4. The Descent

5. Spilt Blood & Brente Knokler

6. Cursed Madness

7. A Relic for the Damned

8. Great Shadow Rising

9. Master of Storms

Origin - Norway

Genre - Black/Death Metal

" Sulphur is a blackened metal band with a small twist to it as they throw in some unexpected breaks, keyboards, clean guitar sections and start and stop riffs here and there."

" Sulphur sounds very fucken Norwegian.....There’s alot of Zyklon, Immortal and Emperor riffing going on here in the middle of all blasts and typical black metal extravaganza. They aren’t afraid to include quite a few melodies either."

Fans of all mentioned bands in here should definitely lend an ear to this album...

Outburst of Desecration!...........Get It!

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The Defaced - Karma In Black (2003)

1. Fumes From The Swamp

2. Once In Between

3. 10 vs. 9

4. Exit Body On Mass

5. Beneath My Swirl

6. A Moment of Clarity

7. The Fading Suns

8. Soulsides

9. Forever Winding

10. Karma In Black

Origin - Sweden
Genre - Thrash/Groove Metal

" I'm not going to tell that Sweden's The Defaced is filled with musicians of Darkane and Soilwork. Damn I just did it!! I dont want to compare those bands to this one...because its a different beast all-together "

" After having listened to the first song of "Karma in Black" ("Fumes from the swamp") Un-fucking-believable, these guys have hit on something . Still this is only the beginning, the songs that are about to follow show the immense talent of The Defaced. "Once in between" takes out all of the Darkane and Soilwork influences, it sounds brutal, yet very catchy and easy listening. The immense level of tightness only increases with songs like "10 vs 9" (fucking intense breaks!) and the industrial pieces "Exit body on mass" and "Beneath my swirl". Nevertheless all of these songs are no match for the ultimate devouring "A moment of clarity". Without knowing the fact that these guys are Swedes you'd swear to be listening to a new Machine Head song. Fucking awesome! The remaining songs of "Karma in Black" only make the album more convincing and catchy. "

" There's really nothing negative to say about this album. Most positive aspect is the vocal part of Henrik Sjiowall, especially the clean vocals on songs like "Once in between", "Forever winding" and "Karma in black" show the incredible talent of this guy."

Fans of catchy and groovy metal can blindly purchase this album, fans of Soilwork and Darkane should really give it a try.......


Dont Look Now!...........Get It!
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Esqarial - Burned Ground Strategy (2008)

1. Alarm!

2. Mors Tua Vita Mea

3. Experiment Fear

4. Devastated Harmony

5. Children's Crusade

6. They're Coming...

7. Burned Ground Strategy

8. Operation Totentanz

9. Question of Honour

10. The Colour of Your God

11. Cyanide Candies

Origin - Poland
Genre - Technical/Progressive Death Metal

" Brand New 5th album "

" Burned Ground Strategy is the fifth full length for these polish technical masters. To me this record sounds heavier than their last death metal album " Inheritance". You also have dual vocals now...Growls and clean voice, Some acoustic interludes....Of course a massive production and some heavy riffing. "

" This has taken me a few listens to get into...but is getting better everytime.
Not groundbreaking.....but extremely professional and well played "

You Got Nothin Better To Do !..............Get It!
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Hollenthon - Opus Magnum (2008)

1. On the Wings of a Dove

2. To Fabled Lands

3. Son of Perdition

4. Ars Moriendi

5. Once We Were Kings

6. Of Splendid Worlds

7. Dying Embers

8. Misterium Babel

9. The Bazaar (The Tea Party Cover)

Origin - Austria

Genre - Symphonic Death Metal

" Seven years after their masterpiece With Vilest of Worms to Dwell, Hollenthon is back with the modestly named Opus Magnum "

" The songs of Hollenthon sound liked blackened mid-paced death metal with a truckload of orchestral music smoothly fitted into it all. On Opus Magnum Hollenthon still uses orchestral instruments, especially in the last track on the album ‘Misterium Babel’. Just as the first two albums, every song on this one sounds like a battle hymn. The songs, which are made bombastic by the use of choirs and horns, sound just as powerful as on the former two albums. This is also the case with the instrument handling and the feeling for well-balanced arrangements. For example in the song ‘Of Splendid Worlds’ virtuoso guitar playing is alternated with piano solos and stirring violin passages "

" The characteristic voice of Martin Schirenc suits this riot music perfectly. His rasping primordial voice would be perfectly fitting for a medieval army commander. All of you that like bombastic metal should buy this disc at your local music shop, and if you still don’t own With Vilest of Worms To Dwell, you can buy that one at once as well, because in my opinion that is still the magnum opus of this band.

Another Quality Dark Metal Album..............

In Search of the Perfect Torture ?..............Get It!

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Casketgarden - Incompleteness In Absence (2008)

1. Half-hearted (intro)

2. The Absent

3. The Great Abductor

4. Sulphur Breath Laughter

5. Unwinged

6. Something I'm Not

7. The Incomplete (instrumental)

8. Intersection Of Parallels

9. After Us Fire Floods

10. The Corporate Thorn

11. Another Mourning Comes

12. Bereavement

Origin - Hungary

Genre - Melodic Death/Thrash Metal

" Melodic Death/Thrashers Casketgarden strike with a new album..3rd full length"

" If you follow this blog, you will know I dig on these guys.....2nd coming of At The Gates !..... I mean István Cseh- Vocals sounds just like Tompa....who I always thought was an aquired taste ?. But if you like serious thrashing/death riffs with melodic solo's....This is a great band to give your attention to "

" If you listen you will think these hungarians are from Sweden ?...Huh? Anyway...Check this out...and dig on whats going on around the world !

My friends from Hungary.......You have a winner !

...And The Circle Rounds Further!............Get It!

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Sabbat - Dreamweaver (1989)

1. The Beginning of the End
2. The Clerical Conspiracy
3. Advent of Insanity
4. Do Dark Horses Dream of Nightmares?
5. The Best of Enemies
6. How Have the Mighty Fallen?
7.Wildfire
8. Mythistory
9. Happy Never After

Origin - United Kingdom

Genre - Thrash Metal

" Classic Thrash album from a classic era "

" Andy Sneap and company were thrash heroes from the u.k., unique in their musical and lyrical approach and never constrained by stylistic clichés. Furious, multi-layered thrash built around dense, complex song structures and relentless metallic riffing "

This is more than a good listen for nostalgia sake it is a great album that still sounds relevant today !

By Thy Command !............Get It!

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Hollenthon - With Vilest of Worms To Dwell (2001)

1. Y Draig Goch
2. Woe to the Defeated
3. Lords of Bedlam
4. To Kingdom Come
5. The Calm Before the Storm
6. Fire Upon the Blade
7. Conquest Demise
8. Conspirator

Origin - Austria

Genre - Symphonic/Melodic Death Metal

" Aaah it's nice to hear something original agin in this time where everything in metal has been done a million times before. Hollenthon is of course the band led by Pungent Stench's frontman Martin Schirenc, and in this band the death metal is much more melodic and slower and filled with choirs, keyboards and other instruments. It reminds maybe of Therion's "Theli" but still a bit more death metal oriented. I think this album is as good as the previous album in terms of originality but that with its better songwriting and production it's one of the best albums of 2001 easily "

Epic Fucking Metal !...........Get It!

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Gojira - From Mars To Sirius (2005)

1. Ocean Planet

2. Backbone

3. From The Sky

4. Unicorn

5. Where Dragons Dwell

6. The Heaviest Matter Of The Universe

7. Flying Whales

8. In The Wilderness

9. World To Come

10. From Mars

11. To Sirius

12. Global Warming

13. Escape (metallica Cover)

Origin - France
Genre - Death/Thrash/Groove Metal

" Some bands are so interesting that it can sometimes be hard to find words to describe them. After ten years in existence, GOJIRA have finally put themselves on the map of international appeal with one crusher of an album "

" I shit you not!.....This album personifies the word heavy !!...Im talking Ball-Crushing power. There are times during this record where in the middle of songs there are breakdowns or bridges..No..not metalcore nonsense..The heaviest of the heavy..where you cant sit still and must stomp around like Godzilla on a rampage through tokyo! "

" Lyrically, Gojira’s songs stand out from the traditional religion-bashing or gore-splattered death metal writing. Several of the songs take an environmentalist stand; one is actually entitled "Global Warming." There’s also a mystical oceanic cosmology alluded to throughout the album, as various lyrics mention great whales and dolphins in the sky. The cover art portrays an immense whale traveling through the universe. Gojira have definitely crafted a unique album with From Mars to Sirius. It’s thick and churning, yet peppered with several catchy riffs and grooves as well as unexpected grinds....In My opinion: I Think they are one of the most unique metal entities today."

If you have never heard this band.......do yourself a favor and check them out!
See them live....they are crushing !

Get On Board!...........Hurry!
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