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Personally, I
was disappointed with these Viking nostalgic's last outing 'The Fate
Of Norms'. Hegg and company just were not making admirable songs of
DM worthiness. W.O.O.O.S. changes that with Brutal Vocals, shorter
and faster songs, and lyrics that are quite vicious. The songs are
very memorable, and aside from the 6 song bonus disc that is not
worth mentioning here, this is a killer album. It may not be
ground-breaking, but with half the DM out there these days, it's
stand's out like a fucking sore thumb...it's about fucking time! Buy
it or burn it, you'll surely be cranking this one up either way
- Clayton
www.metalbladerecords.com |
Angmar
– 3 hymns of punishing Finnish black metal from each band. Angmar’s
music is really loose and pretty rough around the edges but the
atmosphere of hate and darkness manages to shine through. They
actually remind me a little towards a lot of American black metal
bands. “The Act In Worship” even has American death metal riffing
running smack through it. They need work but pretty good
nonetheless.
The True
Endless – An epic sort of feeling from these Italian black metal
beasts. By that I mean long songs that have monotonous riffing with
little to no dynamics or variation. Which is a formula that can
really work sometimes ala early Burzum but I would say Endless miss
the mark a little here. I like obscure vocals but on here they have
been so over hidden in the mix, to the point of near non-existence.
I would pass. – Dale
www.bestialburst.blackmetal.fi/
bestialburst@blackmetal.fi |
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When you make a
lasting and let us not split hairs here, legendary mark upon the
scene, for better or for worse that legacy follows you around and
becomes the measuring stick by which all future accomplishments.
Your new bands cock is only 6 ½ inches but your old band is a porn
star worthy 9 inches of raging meat & muscle. Of course I am
referring to Order From Chaos, the classic band of wonderful chaotic
torment, whose members Chuck Keller and Mike Miller propelled into
prominent position of the metal history books. It will always linger
around them like the after taste of fine wine (or a cheap vintage
depending upon the view), matching that wonderment is a lofty goal
likely pushed into the back of their minds. A new day is dawning and
amusingly enough, despite a somewhat paltry output, Ares Kingdom has
been around at this point about as long as Order From Chaos. How
does A.K. fair to these biased ears? Pretty damn well by my measure
and I am not new to Ares as one of my best friends released their
demo tape (not to mention a 7 inch from Chuck’s other post OFC band
Vulpecula) in wonderful pro packaging (Keith Dempe where are you my
friend?! The Dark Lord whispers your name!). A much more middle
paced and introspective yet harsh (yes I know those do not go
together but you need to listen to this music to see what I
profess!) sound that peel back the flesh and meat, one sinew at a
time rather than just beating you over the head with a shovel ala
OFC, they protract your pain before unconsciousness. Vocalist Alex
Blume belts out his sandpaper howls with emotion and brute force, it
really adds a rough around the edges quality which juxtaposes itself
nicely on top of Keller’s wonderful guitar work (some of those
piercing solo fills had in ecstasy) and flowing structures.
Speaking of the guitars they are heavy as hell itself and roll over
you full force but with an underlying finesse and reflective aura
which wonderfully counterpoints the blunt force trauma. It is true
one minute you headbang and the next you are swept away to some
distant plane letting your grey matter go for a swim in the calming
seas of eternity. This is mandatory and should do any OFC die hard
proud with it’s quality. No surprise it is on a great label like
Nuclear War Now, you know what to do, get this and the D.H. vinyl
too. – Dale
www.areskingdom.com www.nwnprod.com |
I can not endure
listening to this over and over, but I’ve learned that with enough
patience and perseverance you can fuck a cat. This isn’t atmospheric
noir black art orchestrated metal entwined with ceremonies as your
tricked to believe. I believed Cradle of Filth was the worst band
ever, what the fuck is this? Seriously, what I think of
France is what Huskies think of poodles; that they belong to some
kind of weird chainsaw worshipping cult. It feels like I’m walking admist some tinker-bell gay parade, namely the pianist. This is the
commercially saturated shit balloon band that us true metallists see
scourging our beloved metal commands today. Soft voices and a
vocalist that sounds like a Raptor being corn-holed. The piano /
keyboards / effects is un-metal and perpetual shit that is really
pointless. This album makes Dimmu Borgir and Ancient sound extreme
which is sadder than hell. It’s all in French lingo too and gives me
more reasons to hate this poser crap. At least in Quebec, Canada
those French acts know their shit. Lock and load and eat lead you
assholes! The other day I had severe food poisoning and felt like I
would die. After hearing this I wish I had! This is over priced at
free! – Clayton
http://richardperel.free.fr/ |
More great
fucking American Black Metal! Bahimiron features the almighty Blaash
from Where’s My Skin zine which is one of the best American zines
and has been going for ever or least 12 years or so… Any regular
Assault reader knows I am a big follower of this band, demos, 7
inches have all been great and now I get to cleanse my palate with
the harsh and bitter sounds on this full length ball of fire,
straight from the pits of the Southern USA. Bahimiron loves to cut
and slash at you with some truly vile guitar lines that forge ahead
with speed and rhythm reminding me of early Emperor, old Immortal,
early Beherit and other old school Scandinavian scoundrel. Pure
Negativism… definitely has a flow to, much like the river of Acheron
and cannot be dissected into parts, picking out only one or two
songs to listen to is detriment to the overall journey and cold, oh
so cold ambience which rises from the band like a deep fog. The
vocals provided by Grimlord are vicious and hurl through the air at
like 100 metal pellet balls from a 12 gauge shotgun tearing and
rending your eardrums into exhaustion and defeat. Often mid paced
setting a hypnotic atmosphere yet interspersed with healthy doses of
speed and juxtaposed sparingly with some moody contemplative
passages. As mentioned this album must be listened as whole to get
the right experience bled into it’s framework. Bahimiron bring
affliction to the afflicted, Bahirmiron bring sickness to the sick
and Bahimiron spread their plague to the welcome it and force it
upon those who do not. Get this now. – Dale
www.bahimiron.cjb.net www.auramystique.com |
Wow, Demilich,
now there is an old ass band I like a lot that I have not really
thought about lately and certainly have not heard mentioned,
literally in years. But Biolich took their original inspiration and
modified moniker from that great old Finnish band. This has to be
the first time I have heard a term like ‘Avant-garde death/grind’
and not listened to it and proclaim ‘okay that was as gay as the
description sounded!’ No Biolich are fucking fast and harsh and
brutal but they do get adventurous. Yet they stand on their own two
feet, they do not use a bunch of gay looping, keyboards and shit all
over the place. No they tend rely on their traditional instruments
and musical creativity, something to be respected. Beyond the old
‘lich, I would have to say, especially drum wise they often remind
me of Cryptopsy, from their earlier days when they blazed a trail
around the competition. For me what makes Biolich most effective is
they make avant-garde to augment their brutality and headbang crush
and never lose sight of that, which makes the whole more effective
and it’s spread out use gives the speed and aggression that counter
point which makes it pop all the more. This is only a MCD but it is
healthy taste of what is to come and shows us why we should watch
out for Biolich in the future. Kudos as well to Paragon, who do
great work on their releases and aggressively promote their bands.
– Dale
Paragon Records,
Box 354, Commack, NY. 11725, USA www.paragonrecords.net
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Looking at the
picture of these Japanese blokes I am not sure if they are trying to
look metal or attempting to imitate their favourite new RPG video
game. They look like they just walked off the Mortal Kombat movie
set. I just checked out their website and one of them is dressed
like a woman on it. Reading their bio it would seem if they are
rather obsessed with sounding Scandinavian, even going so far as
hiring a Finnish producer to record their album. In my opinion they
have not really succeeded in their goal of trying to fool anyone
listening to think “hey they must be Swedish or something”.
“Idolator” is chock full of melodies, not a lot of change up or
variation but melody after melody. Sort of like that episode of The
70s show, where every door or drawer, his girlfriend opens endless
amounts of women's panties come falling out. I guess you could call
their style melodic aggression (though those 2 words should not go
together but I digress…) on top of some pretty florid synth that
makes you want to dance like a giddy girl, not me but you will want
to dance like that ha ha! Seriously though, no joke, some of these
melody lines are so fruity they would probably be quite popular with
the MTV robot masses. Far too one dimensional and commercial leaning
for my tastes. How about yours cup cake? – Dale
Dockyard
Records, Box 20 31 46 - D - 20221 Hamburg – Germany
www.dockyard1.com
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The first word
in BLACK METAL! This band is legendary. They formed in 1988 and have
a reputable amount of demos out which gave them European worldly
underground notoriety and a fusillade of band problems at times
giving them a disdainful name. They played SA almost entirely with
bands from abroad resulting in the first official CD, FTD, recorded
in Columbia. Musically, it takes me back to 1986 and has the
Sarcofago sound with the true SA sound and for once more slower than
those who’d do 200 BPM for the sake of it. Think of even one more
tuned down Hellhammer meets 1990 Samael. The well played killer
riffage and the incredible solos remind me of ‘Jesus of Nazareth,
King of Jews’ (oops – I mean I.N.R.I) Sarcofago meets “Anno Domini”
Tormentor, and I am just referring to the solos alone! Sometimes the
drums go out of timing, but this is the UG, so fuck off. To focal
point for Black Angel is the vocals. Hector Corpus outdoes
Australian Hellspawn (2000 era) and hints somewhat to ’85 Becerra of
Possessed. Even “Flag of Hate” Kreator, and this is the vox only
that has outdone Abbath Doom Occulta from 1992’s “Diabolical
Fullmoon Mysticism” Immortal! When most of Hector Corpus’
regurgitations and growls end as Enslaved “Frost” era, he can go
from normal to extreme deepness. The vocalizing is so infectious and
inhuman, I believe he’s cursed by price Beezelbub or touched by
Pazuzu. Check out Black Angel as sit on the same pedestal as
Sarcofago had that’s not easy to do. I want to personally thank the
label for giving BA a chance so we may all hear these legends and to
Hector Corpus for sticking it out this long, sometimes you have to
stick your arm out, even if you lose your hand! Till next time and
fan and a writer – Comas Lima Peru!! - Clayton
blackangelcorpus@hotmail.com
http://es.geocities.com/blackangelperu
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Bloodthirst
- Apparently this is a CD promo of a split cassette full length.
Anyway, the sound for the ‘thirst portion is a bit hard to listen
to. The drums and guitars are really low yet the vocals are
really freakin’ loud and pretty much completely drown out the
music. Also the sound over all tends to fade in & out from time to
time. Getting back to the vocals, it is a shame they are so loud
because to be blunt, in addition to the being deafening they also
suck. Just terrible garbled screaming. The music on the other hand
is very good even though it photo-copies Slayer a bit too often. The
music was still enjoyable nonetheless.
Bestial Raids
– Not that much to report except Bestial Raids do a competent job of
copying Blasphemy. They even dress like ‘em. A decent Beherit cover
of “Grave Desecration” wraps up proceedings on their end of the
split. I kept that short as there are actually some bonus Bestial
Raids tracks tacked on but apparently not a part of this release. It
is in fact their demo 2003, apparently also releases on Kampf
Records as well as their 2004 demo on Time Before Time Records. All
I have to say about all of this demo material is it puts to shame
the live show on this release. Sorry but it just does, destroying
war metal! – Dale
www.kampf.ws kampfrec@go2.pl
info@kampf.ws
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On the current
time frame, in the midst of my horrid and abhorrent life, I’ve
always believed death metal was based on evil. “Narrow minded shit
with nothing significant to show besides our cocks”, they say. Oh-fuckin-kay,
these fuckers are a few bricks shy of a load. “This is Satanic punk
‘till bestial death!” Uh, umm, hmm, alright then, let’s pop this
fucker in. Whoa, this is fuckin’ “A” DM! Think vocally of 1991,
early Necrophobic “Unholy Prophecies” demo ’90 and their debut, let
alone Macabre End “Consumed by Darkness” 7” ep and though the
production is mediocre, it fits with the killer vox and instruments,
perfectly. Melodic, yet in your face, laced with killing leads,
pounding drums are displayed in a way they are really adding to this
sickening mess! On “Side Chaos”, Goat Devil is an evil pleasure as
the Sacred Spear is an instant favorite. Crucitatus on grrr and drrr,
Johan on vrrr and brrr and Necrophiliac Bonegrinder on drrr as 2nd
grrr. Vocallly on “Side Desecration”, Vital Remains Jeff Gruslin
comes to mind on “Worship The Demon”. At times it’s like Impetigo
meets Carnage and check out the solo on WTD. Musically, “Witchcraft
Bloodbaths” reminds me of very early Incantation meets Acheron (USA)
riffage with hints of “Dawn of Possession” Immolation ~ fuck me!
Alas, “Death Metal or Die” is just what the title indicates,
memorable, to end an album I could play all night. Buy this for the
true DM feel alone, Cacodaemon rule!! Now what do you say, Mika Akim?
Long live the pigs of Sadistik Impurity, Slaughter the rest!! –
Clayton
http://cacodaemon.dy.fi
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Generally I am
happy to see a release by a Canadian band show up in my mail box.
Despite where they are from I often wonder how releases like this
even manage to find their way to me. Seriously. We are a mix of
commercial radio rock and poppy ska-raggae emo type shit, let’s send
it to Canadian Assault they might love it! Lots of energy and a good
recording that is about all I can think of to say positive about
this feces. Hey get this out of the cd player quick, it is starting
to draw flies. – Dale
www.capdown.net
www.fiercepanda.ca
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The Carnival
– Three tracks from each band. The Carnival play crazy and violent
old school speed / thrash metal. We should expect nothing less from
Bestial Burst. The music kind of reminds me of some sort of twisted
take off on the classic Sacred Reich stuff. I do not come across
many bands playing this sort of style so this is a breath of fresh
air.
Enormity
– Extremely sadistic thrashing metal with catchy as fuck riffing.
Also intermingled with the thrash base is some chunky death metal
influence and the balance they find is a good one. The vocals are
diabolical, following suit with the music. This release is just
chock full of mayhem and it is a good time listening to it. –
Dale
www.bestialburst.blackmetal.fi/
bestialburst@blackmetal.fi
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A large
smattering of blackened death metal is offered up this time,
straight out of the swamps of Louisiana. It would be rather
difficult to list the influences here. Due to the fact Catholicon
sound like a mix of just about everything out there. It is task to
detect anything of their own within the 13 tracks presented. That
does not necessarily make “Treatise on The Abyss” a bad album. Quite
the opposite and is a really solid piece of hate and malicious
aggression. Standing out in this scene is going to be a problem for
them as there just is nothing here to say “hey check this out,
despite having no sound of our own, you have never heard it done
this way before”. So I would unfortunately expect Catholicon to end
up one of those bands who put out some good albums but slipped
through the cracks largely unknown. I would only recommend this to
die hard freaks that have to have just about everything that comes
out (I have met and have been friends with some of you and I am
always amazed you come up with the money for this haha) in the black
/ death scene. –
Dale
www.negativityrecords.com www.fuckyourgod.com
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'Only Death...is Real!', (A slogan
that has survived till this day) from the days I spinned Hellhammer
and Frost and Tom Warrior (despite using the Fischer name
replacement) will always be my metallic icon despite my departure in
disgust of what once predominated Frost after 'Into The
Pandemonium'. Naturally as most of you, as my 19 year stalemate done
away with and the 'Warrior/Ain' comeback had me skeptical, and who
wouldn't be but those that just were not there (unlike myself) when
they began their legacy?I must exonerate all my critique as the true
CF is alive again as sure as shit like white on rice! Indeed I spin
and shall remain spinning 'Apocalyptic Raids/Morbid Tales' unto my
dying day, but now comes the moment of truth. Many of you expected a
'Morbid Tales, Part the Second' leaving me bewildered. It simply is
unintelligible to expect another 'Dethroned Emperor', 'Procreation
(of The Wicked' or 'Circle Of The Tyants' (nearly all near 14 years
old) and CF would have failed direly attempting so. The Frosties are
notorious via expansion from one album to the next unlike the
abomination of 'Cold Lake', Momotheist offers much of the greatness
of 'Morbid Tales' yet are heavier than ever with outstanding vocals
laced in a thick melancholy and emotion which pales anything
remotely sullen on 'Into The Pandemonium'. Here the heavier is
heavier, the morbid more morbid all laced with a genuine depressive
sadness, sorrow, apathy, hatred and a darkside yet unexplored
previously. The newbies shall by ignorance disregard this statement
and you can simply lick the shit off my dick when I'm done with your
petty disagreements! Just spin this near 70 minute affair and feel.
Seriously, has ever The Morbid Ones once repeat an album twice? No.
Did they fail in doing so? Yes in 1988(Tiny Tim admitted to
this)...on Monotheist there is beauty in darkness with a handful of
softer songs as cunning(and at times more so) than 'Danse Macabre'
that only Monotheist and said band can only do justice to; unlike
your doom and gloom band of the month of BM elevator music of the
day cannot near compared to the Godfathers of a morbid darkness as
heard on monotheist. In truth the frost bites harsher than ever, who
humbly began it all in 1982 and yet have not lost the midas touch
still in 2006.Take fucking heed of Monotheist and remain morbid in
the dark. In end after so many passing years Monotheist is CF before
the fucking lake and the vanity that lacked nemesis! Remember,don't
piss in my helmut as it truly Frost's my Celtic, so buy or I'll make
you cry if you don't support this album! It's Celtic Frost at 666%
and the Emperor's have returned to reclaim the Jewel Throne!I am
honoured to have done this special review and so should you of a
cult band that still stands the test of time...Are You Morbid? -
Clayton
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England and
death doom go together like leather and spikes and Centurion’s Ghost
are one hellbent incendiary bulldozer of creeping metal. I was
struck immediately by the quality of this band, the fluidity and
nose for knowing when to keep the songs simple to increase the skull
crush factor, call it the Asphyx principle. There are a lot of great
influences wrapped up in this record, in the biography they list
Venom as a big influence, I can hear it but not in a strong way in
my opinion. They also list Cathedral, Candlemass & Celtic Frost and
all those are fair but I also hear traces of Benediction (way
underrated band!) alongside traces of early Afflicted or Disharmonic
Orchestra. For that matter very early Paradise Lost or My Dying
Bride, you know before they went all commercial and keybored-y , may
not be completely out of line. The guitar work going on in the
background is actually more involved then one would notice upon
first listen but really accents the uplifting moments and keeps our
eyes filled with gray during the emotional melancholy passages. The
vocals of Mr. Begley are utterly fantastic and are some magical
doomy mix of early Kreator Mille, Martin Van Drunen, Goatlord and
others I cannot even explain, my ear knows it but my tongue and
finger tips get confused. I just dig these vocals a whole lot! I can
sense the confusion? Why all the thrash references and doom, it is
because their sound is rooted in dark thrash but make no mistake
this is a doom metal band, first, second and third but they have
denim filled with stitched on patches, in their minds and know how
to induce a headbang fury. One other thing that strikes me, is for a
young band they have mastered flow to their songwriting and
incorporate fleshy nuances and vision that is beyond the bands
paltry few years existence would suggest. I am finding myself
increasingly more enthralled with each listen, I am beginning to
think an interview might not be out of the question here. Is there
any better recommendation for a band then that? – Dale
I Hate Records,
Box 13023, S-60013, Norrkoping, SWEDEN http://www.ihate.se/ www.centurionsghost.com
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Ever commit
brain-death, coma-inducing suicide without heart palpitation? I have
(yes, seriously!) and if I had a mic in my valediction, this is what
it would have been. Following “Tormented Belief”, both main man
Horrendous and Necromorbus have unleashed their second opus into a
conceptual 2nd of trilogy album affair. A vinyl version
of this album is available in a limit of 500 copies, which are
pragmatically sold out by now. “All Hail (Master Satan)” from the
“Saeculum Domini” CD is present on this disc. The vocals sound like
a homicidal dying mortal gone insane while having suicidal mental
breakdowns rarely captured in BM, no matter how many times you
repeat this; it don’t let up. This consists of such atrociousness
and sorrowful emanating that one may point at “Salvation”-era
Funeral Mist, yet you can not. The neurotic higher pitched vocals
sound savage, rabid, coldly and hatefully unto anyone that bears
human flesh, it detrimental to your life! Add this to with musical
moments from 1990-94 Nordic-era true BM and Satanic metal on their
behest of black-heartfelt riffage and we’re getting there! The
grievance of many fallen angles, the extraordinary torture of
existence, the hatred upon all mankind, the exiled dementia-precox’
souls, unavenged Demoniacs, that now have increased a ten-fold more
than that and you fathom what CC sounds as the more it molests you.
I am certain these two travel amidst their native Portugal with
razor blades deeply embedded through their ‘skin suits’. I’d partake
razor raping my own pelt with this release, but Corpus Christii has
already done a fine job of that! Satanist myself, their name in the
Roman Catholic church, CC is a festival in honor of Eucharist (the
fucking Messiah!) on the first Thursday of the trinity; the eight
Sunday after Easter. Posers beware, this isn’t the Funderground,
this is pure Satanic BM formed from the scorned souls of Hell in
earthly form. Professional, well produced and one of the best out
there today, question is, have you got the guts? - Clayton
www.undercover-records.de www.corpuschristii.com |
At times is an
unfortunate statement that black metal has become a watered down,
caricature of itself. There is an absolute grey mass of bands
littering the landscape like some beaten down, demoralized war torn
country about to surrender. The problem for me is too many bands and
not only that but too many bands who do not even really care about
black metal, who do not truly believe in black metal but do it for
fun and do not take seriously. In addition, the influx of fruity
synth heavy “atmospheric soundscapes”, goth infusion, and fancy
studio recordings via pro tools etc… have sapped black metal of all
the reasons we worship it in the first place. Raw feeling, utter
darkness and evil strangled out of traditional instruments and the
depths on one’s own wicked soul. Clean productions / recordings is
like stoking a huge bonfire and when it is really blazing reaching
for water instead of more wood and throwing it on the fire. The
result is a pathetic smoldering glow. Enter Cryfemal, not overly
talented, they keep things simple and straight forward attacking you
head on. “Perpetua Funebre…” blasts forth with a certain diabolic
energy and Satanic ritualistic atmosphere, striking at the heart of
my discontent with determined ferocity. I really like the drumming
too, it has an off kilter, loose charm that brings back early Judas
Iscariot memories. The guitars have a hint of the “Deathcrush” gut
fuck to them and wind their way through the material like a snake
being charmed by a piercing yet melodic musician. The vocals are
decidedly for me a twisted mix of early Burzum and present day Lust
with a touch of something else I just cannot put my finger on. Yes,
those black rasps really stand out and accentuate a fine malicious
record. Cryfemal stock the coals and keep a bit of the igniting fuel
missing in so much of our scene and no I am not referring to the
rumours that certain past & present Cryfemal members are facing
incarceration for various crimes. – Dale
Oniric Records,
c/o David Prado, C/Olmo N. 1, 7 I, 06400 Don Bento (Badajoz), SPAIN www.oniric-distro.com oniricrec@yahoo.es
www.cryfemal.cjb.net
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CWAF
– Play a simplistic and stripped down but very heavy metallic style.
They like to keep things rhythmic and unchanging for long periods.
Which when they do change things up, it has a much larger impact
than technical bands, who stop on a dime, a dozen riffs and time
changes in each song. I love the Police State intro on here, check
that shit out. Cwaf is a little hard to pigeon hole, they have some
connection to death metal yet also are owing of their origin to
sludge bands like Cavity or Eyehategod. The drumming on here is
massive, a great performance. I would say this disc is worth picking
up just for the 4 Cwaf tracks.
Noosebomb
– is a band I had not heard of either. Noose, are purveyors of
Sludge metal as well, so the pairing is a natural one. Though, they
have a very different take, on the style than Cwaf. Noosebomb are
more active and have a much more traditional heavy metal base. The
last song on here entitled “What is the World Coming To” is an epic
doom influenced masterpiece. It is probably worth mention that Noose
features members of Disrupt and Grief in their line-up. – Dale
http://noosebomb.com/
www.bestialonslaught.com
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To say DT are known as re-creating the same album time after time
and just changing the album titles to tell the difference is like
masturbating cattle with two finger's rather than three! Thus, people
are confusing the 'Thrones with the burly Bolt Thrower in some
unknown assertion. Musically I hear mainly hints from Soulside (not
DM either) and a Blaze...and a-back to slow to mid-paced drum-fare,
except the old-school as fuck DO NOT BELIEVE THE PUNK ELEMENT, as
"Graveyard Slut" and "Whiskey Funeral" are just true rooted BM
hymns. Journalist's must have their heads up their collective assess
these days. The debut Buldozer meet's early Bathory vocals of
Nocturno Culto simply kill, and any true Black Metal Warrior would
condone. DT pugilizes fake BM on "Too Old To Cold", as "Shut Up" is a
huge middle-finger to Satanic Wanna-Be's (Dimmu and COF come to
mind). Piggy of old-school Voivod would not be happier in a song
dedicated in his name than" Atomic Coming" pulling lyrics straight
out of Voivod's titles themselves (Mainly RRROOOAAARRR!!!"). Ripping
out the Booklet is the killer part. They mention Piggy and Voivod
(Especially the 'Tornado' song), while hailing-"MAKE WAY FOR THE
INCINERATOR!", a fuckin A homage to Canada's Slaughter! Which shirts
deck's Nocturno Culto in the live CD-ROM Interviews on the
Peaceville re-issues of past DT albums. That pure fucking devotion
deserves eternal hails!!! Alas, all of you 'Throners that are
besides yourselves of the DT camp, quit reading, get off your boiled
butts and buy this evil and raw fucking album today or go pose out
to Dimmu or something, and join the crowd! In a scene were BM is
faltering to poserdum and before it became a campaign for what often
tries but fails to pass as Horror show's today, DT make an
exclamation mark that at least as long as they are breathing, The
Cult is very much Alive like the days of yore.
- Clayton
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I am 61% son of
a bitch and 49% motherfucker and in perdition, I’d fist fuck your
Gods earth until it and all on it died! Darkest Hate formed in ’99
under the war command of Mantus (Mysteriis, Ancient Blood) releasing
a demo tape in ’00, “Total Destruction”. In ’02 a split tape came
out in just 333 copies with the now defunct Black Winter Night. A 7”
titled “Aftermath” will be released under Aussie label Goatowarex
and another album again. Enough history 101 as SAK is a fuckin “A”
album, but there are two reasons for my lesson. Firstly, I haven’t
heard a band commit ultra-violent, thermonuclear hateful, chaotic
war-mongering anti judeo christian scum in full scale attacking BM
death thrash atom rage with such convincing mannerism! The music is
tighter than a frog’s ass under water with chaotic riffage and
memorable hooks in their nuclear reactor melting power chords as the
warhead poundings and blasting, real and vindictive without that
typewriter sound Brazil is known for. An incredible experience,
which in this case is the greatest teacher after all; 10 songs in 28
minutes that never bore. Secondly, the vocals, where they are the
square peg does not fit into the round hole. Sure it blends into
this apocalypse, which may go in their favor as I’ve heard 300 bands
with the same vocal barrages. But vocally do not look for anything
groundbreaking, but they’re likely not expecting too, either. Xaphan
(Cult of Azazel) does killer vocals on “Possessed By Fire”, adding
greatly to this release. Would I recommend you check this out? Do
bears shit in the woods? - Clayton
http://www.darkesthatewarfront.situe.vu
darkest_hate@yahoo.com |
I gladly
committed the brutallist suicide known to this Shit pit of a town I
live in, sadly, I lived. That's what a fuckin' true Satanist does
when he all lives for, in this case, the loss of my band, went to
hell. Buy F.O.A.D., the new DT offering and so will you! One ought
to know by the 'throners by a song called 'Raised On Rock' what
kinda shit I was about to wade knee-deep in. If you enjoy pounding
ground, the worst drums in BM (Oooopppp's I mean Black-Rock) topped
away with the poorest fuckin' song structures and vocals heard south
of nowhere. The pissed off vocals try to save face just inferior
fates them in Twisted Sister Black 'n Roll (Actually they did play a
beat per minute right?). Nocturno Culto belched this band alive in
previous everts, and his acidic vocals and '80's bred riffage at
times (see the previous 'The cult Is Alive') Till Fenriz opens his
fucking yapper that fucked up my cup of java, let alone an album!
Well, Dale, Sadly, Artwork saves no face here, I am a disclaimer and
a fucking real writer so take it or leave it? Yet, at least someone
realizes Canada once had a killer fuckin' scene for once on
'Canadian Metal' (But bears no likeness to it in anyway), and as the
rest of this song joins the rest as pure infamous Norse Shit! They
further add a buy or Die list of albums they deem true, yet oughta'
look again themselves at it before releasing pure shit again! I have
no tolerance for this and with me hordes of hateful fans leaving DT'
future as questionable. And if they pull another album as F.O.A.D.
again there simply wont be a DT, period (I'll explain in a minute)!
This fodder release sell out is just the shittiest one because DT
cannot sell out as Wilhelm tries to be Sexy when he is poor buckra,
as only white, not blue-collar whom were born and bred with silver
spoons in their fuckin' mouths can. Onto the important, You two 'Throners
listen up...you had your fun and now it's time to cut the crap or
I'll smash you both upside your fucking heads! Fuck Fenriz, DT knows
they fucked up BIG TIME and such a trend shant last long, so, rather
than appearing from forests as displayed on booklets to the First 4
album re-issue viddies on the re-issues they best hide behind those
fucking tree's and keep outta sight as a sniper rifle may be aimed
at you little bastards; ROSS BAY CULT ETERNAL style. In end, this is
more depressing than watching again, that wise guy take it in the
gut by a fat whore that buys from Wally-Mart (Grrrrrrr!) on
'Reservoir Dogs'. No Excuses, No Mercy, No Shit, No Remorse! If you
buy this waste of plastic, you can FUCK OFF AND DIE, and fuck you’re
Mother, too! - Clayton
www.peaceville.com |
 
I was struck by
the beautiful packaging, absolutely stunning on both releases but
the colours on the digi release are mind blowing brilliant. I can
only imagine the band are very happy with the labels work here.
“Doomsday Comfort” is on seriously raging, a maelstrom of furious
blast beat death metal splatter platter, ala early classic Napalm
Death mixed with the frantic insanity Nasum. Punch you in the face
juggernaut death metal from these Swedish denizens of barbarity.
With “To Cure The Sane….” we get much of the same, these boys are
getting better and better at turning a heavy riff ass over tea
kettle and making you head want to bang along with it. I was
surprised just reading that “To Cure…” was actually released on the
Finnish Woodcut records (being the main label of black metal legends
Horna) back in 2003. Man oh man, is the drumming (apparently this is
the Rotten Sound drummer?) on here vicious and relentless, not to
mention the vocalist sounds like a mad dog getting to chew through a
fence to maul you. This guy is a really good death metal singer. I
think I may hear some Vomitory influence on this one in the riffing
and I like it. It is not the easiest of tasks to remain brutal yet
not lose memorability or melody but Deathbound manage this just fine
and wrap it up in tidy but brutalizing grind package. It is hard not
recommend this band to followers of the death / grind scene. –
Dale
D.A. Records,
Box 168, FIN-33101 Tampere, FINLAND www.dynamicartsrecords.com |
“We Deserve…” is
the bands 3rd album from this Finnish band of savages. I
know them quite well as you can see I have reviewed those as well.
As time passes Deathbound are becoming masters of able to insert
some catchiness & groove into the body of their sound. That being
technical, fast and fucking brutal death metal, all backed up with
fantastic pounding drum work. The vocals of Kai Jaakola are splendid
yelling growls with energy and are decipherable. I would say fans of
Napalm Death & Benediction vocals will love his work. Deathbound
are just a well rounded great band – Dynamic Art indeed. – Dale
www.officialsear.com www.dynamicartsrecords.com
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The “Lords of
Battle” kicks off the bloodbath with a catchy, righteous olden head
bang designed sound. It is replete with traditional title, chorus
repeated chants. Yes, make no mistake, the vocals are still brutal
death metal and the song structures themselves mix in some dynamic
elements among the ritualistic repetition. One thing I enjoy about
Debauchery is how they employ their guitar solos. Just a short ‘n
sweet running hit attack which is as quick as it is lethal, which is
kind of a microcosm of their style overall. Debauchery make sure
they always keep it heavy, catchy and flat out simplistic. Even the
lyrics are as eloquent as a spiked baseball bat upside the head. For
example the catchy in the song “Butcher Bitches! Slaughter Sluts!” a
Neanderthal chorus which would any sadists charcoal black heart. No
buttering you up and sneaking up behind you with a length of piano
wire, no, Debauchery just bash you over the head with a spiked bat.
“Back In Blood” is not shy to slip once in a while into a nice
hypnotic groove adding some dynamics and depth. Okay they are not
the most amazing band in the world but I still get pleasure from
simple things in life and death.
– Dale |
Remember the
Hoffman Bros? They smiled on album pics (Glenn, you stop it!) and
though from the get-go of DEICIDE' humble beginning's, one think was
unspoken, and that was deep within we all shared a hatred for those
two bastards. Well, they are gone like cum off a duck's back, and I
raise my chalice of X-tian bloods to that! We now have Jack Owen and
Ralph Santolla (and fuck can they actual play them 6 strings!) in
the Benton camp, and this album indeed sits by 'Legion' and the
debut. Ralph was the man behind much of what the Hoffman's tried to
play, and subliminal hints of Cannibal's Jack are nearly non-existant,
while Steve's pounding is the fastest ever heard yet. After hearing
all the sheepshit of Ralph being a Christian and that they never
made the date 6.6.06 was done on purpose aside. As one-listen to
this Christ Basher will leave you pulverized and floored. Downfalls
reside in the lack of room for Glenn to pull his formal demonic
vociferations, due to the incredible solo's and riffage here that
'Scars of the Crucifix' lacked. And of all the bands, what's up with
covering 'Black Night' from Deep Purple, as the cover artwork is
quite tasteless. Yes, I miss the bygone day's of 'In Hell I Burn'
and 'Carnage of the Temple of the Damned' along with suicidal
offerings. Still, these ten hymns in a new chapter of Deicide
satisfy my pentagramical tastes, and I look at 'Black Night' as a
re-make of some lost Amon song. Your gonna love this album, yet
still I yearn for another Benton induced Vital Remains outing and
hope Deicide return to their ultra-offensive side again, in all ways
that made Deicide more at one with our Hatred's than the last
previous few years. - Clayton
www.earache.com/store |
Bands from down
under have always owned their own style and sound, Destruktor is no
exception. Indeed, they are an apocalyptic brew of barbarous,
bestial old school death cult speed spewed with Aussie tradition and
perform like a well oiled machine. 4 songs, 1 intro totaling 16:34
may seem short yet it is better than 70 minutes of poser crud!
Nuclear mushrooms are pictured here and features (on this recording)
ex-Destroyer 666 skinsman Jarro, but you couldn’t tell as there are
many great ways to describe the mighty Destruktor. Jarro does vocals
with main man Glenn (on guitar) on the title track and on “Fight
Like The Devil” in an all out attack of BM hatred, bands from this
continent can only execute. Is it the drinking water, isolation,
heat or all three that creates such windpipes? All out brutal
fukking DM from Glenn on “Nuclear War” and “Strive To Conquer” is
seasoned and heavily salted, laced with years of work resulting in
near perfection. The intro is a metallic masterpiece of a battle
march which showcases the extreme talent this band possesses. Great
MCD and I can’t wait to see what happens next. Support Destruktor or
I’ll have you gang-banged by a pack of demonic red eyed Kangaroo’s
you sluts! – Clayton
www.destruktor.cjb.net www.hellsheadbangers.com |
Everyone should
know deep inside the depths of Sweden, many a moons ago and ages
since the festival fires to the gods burned bright - out of those
ashes was born a legendary band named Pagan Rites. Now Pagan Rites
raped the scene with delight and always staying true to their
Autopsy Torment-ed roots. The lead tormenter of the rites and
rituals and heart of those old bands was Devil Lee Rot, after a time
of in-activity the Mr. Rot decided to strike out on his lonesome,
naming his latest and at the risk of backlash unto me, greatest band
yet, aptly named after himself. Deeply rooted in traditional metal
both clean and dirty, everything from Judas Priest and Saxon to
Piledriver and Anvil – yes I admit the black metal roots of Devil
Lee Rot appear to have been shed, though the Satanic image was not,
yet the band is no less lethal for sharpening it’s focus further
down the deep root systems. Yes, yes my demons, this is pure old
school heavy metal hellfire that will have you breaking out your
spiked wrist bands and drawing sick logos on your tattered school
binders! I fucking dare you to listen to songs like “Man Made of
Steel”, “Prepare For War”, “Blade In The Night” and “Metal Avengers”
and not want to headbang, and not want to sew a Devil Lee Rot patch
on your Denim and not play air guitar!! Do not let my retro chants
and nostalgic musings fool you, this album has depth, it is gloomy
emotion where called for and the vocals have dynamics to them in a
way bands of today just can not understand, that is not even
mentioning some of the tasty guitar work and timely ‘n tasty drum
licks. A classic record in the making, this much is certain. Though
that seems to be becoming a mere routine for Devil Lee Rot, can this
legend do no wrong?! Maybe I am becoming stuck in my ways, but I
live for this stuff, a lot of other new music in an interesting
distraction but this is the kind of music that lasts and that is the
greatest honour I can bestow! – Dale
Iron Fist
Productions, c/o Thomas Nyqvist 8a, 417 02 Goteborg, SWEDEN
ironfist@hotmail.com www.ironfist.cjb.net |
Notice how I
never printed the format? Well, I am confused unto which 'Sorte'
format SHIT can be pressed on! Well, fuck me a Hellhammer (wait,
he's gay-that mean's keep away!). This is a Joke, alright. This shit
sandwich is a concept album about a guy that (end of Story) and
every fucking song on it begins with the word THE. Wow, imaginative,
no wonder why poser Hellhammer (to make thing's worse) session drums
for this album, then he'll do anything to be pictured with these
plastic cape red pinching pitforker's. A true replica of "Death Cult
Armageddon", and Dimmu Borgir is icelandic for 'Dark Fortress (Hahaha,
i'm so fucking spooked!), I certainly then do not doubt that they
well sell another 100,000 copies while crying about how much work
they put in this band and Blaugh, Blaugh, Blaugh. Some sorte believe
they need a crying room while killing the UG and reaping in as much
cash as the pope! Oh, and it comes in a box-set of goodies, like
Band cards (Barry Bonds anyone?) and a mirror...ummm, duh, it must
contain magical demonic properties or something, huh? Geez, ain't
that fucking something to play with when your yawning away to this
dozer. Like Dale advertised many issues of this very 'zine long
ago...see them 'Golden Arches'? Well, for $1.99,go to the the drive
thru and order the Dimmu combo, that's one black Burger, one larg
black dye french fries and superzized at this with Dimmu-Cola!!!
Well,one listen to this album, I need black tar to put on my dimpled
ass, because it gave me fucking boils...faggot Norwegian choir boys!
- Clayton
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