I am proud to
present thee with a great new (to me anyways) great dynamic death metal
act from PA. Hey, is that drum intro from “Crosses of Ice” taken from a
Kick Axe song…um no maybe I’m imagining things. Where was I? Oh yes, I
was going to say that Edenrot are extremely talented musicians. The odd
clean vocal is thrown in but generally there are alterations between
deep understandable growl and raspy shriek with an overall enjoyable
outcome. I hear some Scandinavian influence like early Edge Of Sanity
and the like mixed in with their decidedly American approach. Unlike
most American acts, melody is important to Edenrot I didn’t get a bio,
but with 4 songs is this a MCD? Tho’ it does clock I at 30 minutes long.
$8 US / $9 World.
Band contact:
Edenrot, 327 Ford Road, St. Marys, PA. 15857, USA website =
www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/6728
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Oh god, is this band
ever untalented! I mean I hate the limp wristed gothic metal/rock this
band plays but if they do it well, I will at least give them that. I
cannot do that with Entwined. This singer is worst of all, he is all
gravely and his voice breaks up as he drops in and out of tune. I mean
it is so hilarious every time he opens his mouth with that, goofy voice
and embarrassingly bad lyrics. I cannot help but burst into laughter
while listening to this. The music isn’t much better - simplistic,
awkward and boring. Who is the responsible for signing this band!? Fuck!
Earache Records,
Suite 915, 295 Lafayette St., New York, NY, 10012, USA
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This is on Garm’s
new label and is supremely gay ambient infatuation, but not gloomy
rather a happy sort of soundtrack for a love scene in some Hollywood
movie. In other words it chews big fat donkey nuts! No one anywhere in
the CD is credited as being in the band. So I’m thinking it is a side
(or even solo) project of Garm’s. If this is what he likes no wonder the
new Ulver hangs like a shriveled penis on a cold, Canadian, winter
morn.
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It is really cool to
see that Pagan Records is still going and strong I might add. I recall
enjoying (label head) Tomasz’s fanzine Holocaust immensely. As well as
his first couple releases (Crucifier & Behemoth) on the then fledging
young label. Anyway, here’s their 16th release and a fine one
at that. Esqarial very craftily meld American brutal death/grind with
the finesse of Euro thrash topped with raspy death vocals. They surely
know how to make heavy and often, brutal music with atmosphere (without
any cheesy keybored, female vocal crutches!) not often witnessed within
such blistering musick.
Pagan Records, P.O.
Box 12, 86 105 Swiecie 5, POLAND
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This is the Finnish
band, who after releasing several demo tapes put out “Sinners Serenade”
their debut on X-Treme Records from Sweden. Melodic death/black metal in
the same general style as the usual Gothenburg boys but really do a lot
like any one in particular. E.T.O.S. tend to be a little more sad and
melancholic without thankfully incorporating any gay goth touches. The
male vocals are very acidic and good as well the female ones are done
straight and not that operatic cheese.
Website = www.iki.fi/jape/etos.htm
Email = t1772@myy.helia.fi
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Superb brutalizing,
merciless & blasphemic death metal the way it was meant to be and is
sure to dehumanize your soul. There are a couple slow sections scattered
throughout the speed, catchy riffs, some choice guitar leads and
underlying heaviness mixed w/ great temperate and deep growling. An
excellent release that deserves your support!
Band contact:
Evilution, 403 Washington Ave., West Haven, CT. 06516, USA
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This band hails not
far from my old stomping grounds in Canada. If you were to check out
their bio, you’d think this band were the next big hope or something! I
got into the first song “Unleash” with it’s hatred, dynamics and
memorable chorus. To be honest, I could give two shits about the rest of
the album. It degenerates into a well played Korn/Fear Factory/Lost
Souls/Skinlab fest with big gobs of hardcore mixed in, for all the
‘jump’ metallers out there to get into. When this trend says ‘jump’, you
say how “how high!?”
Fueled By Ignorance,
P.O. Box 1552, Prince George, B.C., V2L 4V5, CANADA website =
www.fueledbyignorance.com
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Atmospheric,
industrial music. I do no’t like this style, so this does nothing for
me. It is I can say well put together and orchestrated and fans of this
genre will like this I am quite sure.
Euphonious Records,
Skt. Jorgens Alle 7, O.G., 1615 Kbh. V., DENMARK Email = euphonious@vow.dk
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Gorgoroth are a
bestial entity and with “Destroyer” they have created a intoxicating,
caustic record of obscure rage! I became familiar with this band when I
tape traded for their hellfire of a ’93 demo “A Sorcery Written In
Blood”. Then went on to enjoy their straight lightning forward
blitzkrieg of a debut LP “Pentagram”. Since them I had kind of lost
track of them (as they did of themselves as they went through a number
of member changes including the departure of Emperor’s Samoth). The
cover features a naval destroyer class battleship with a corpse painted
figure juxtaposed on top. Gorgoroth are not your average black metal
band. They have a very distinctive (recorded in a tube) guitar sound,
implementing more traditional metal riffing with their black metal
attack. Also they are not afraid to throw in a few doomy parts, which
compliments the acidic vocal strikes and overall bombastic open sea
naval war metal!
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Grief of Emerald do
come up with the odd structural flash and catchy riff, but otherwise are
rather average black/death metal. The keys are mixed in far too heavily.
Die hard symphonic black/death fans need only bother with this one.
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I really am digging
this, it is admittedly a bit of a departure from their early stuff. I
had a tape traded dub of their first demo, which was more, straight
grind. This is a promo of tracks (6 studio, 2 live) from their upcoming
album. Groinchurn are still grind but with a lot more traditional and
death metal influence. They even throw in “Toad - Ice” a sort of death
metal/punk song w/ the shout outs and all. What out for Groinchurn’s new
album coming out on Morbid Records.
Dark Ages, Ryan
(Lunatic Evil), P.O. Box 39550, Garsfontein, Pretoria 0060, SOUTH AFRICA
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