HAHAHA! It is hard
to believe anyone at a label would even skim thru my ‘zine and send this
to me! Imagine Jewel or something blended with The Gathering - fuck this
awful radio shit!!
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This album was a
nice surprise and threw me off guard a bit. This Aussie outfit play a
very clean classic ‘80’s heavy metal in which I hear influences of bands
like Warrior, Iron Maiden, Manowar, Savatage (“Hall Of The Mountain
King” era), Halloween and maybe a slight mixing in of Demon, Thin Lizzy
or something in that range. Pegazus love epic riffing and up tempo, epic
sounding songs with flavorful, classy guitar solos. The vocals are great
piercing, siren like as they glide across the air with a silkiness.
Vocalist Danny Cerati brings vocally bands like Manowar, Iron Maiden,
Saxon, Gothic Knights and Lethal, not gruff just clean textured vocals.
Pegazus are great musicians who have put together a great album that all
heavy metal maniacs of old can shake their studded fist to as they sing
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I was a very happy
puppy to receive this, I love this band (as evidenced with their
positive review in issue # 1 and interview in # 2)! The only way I could
be happier would have been if Damnation, would have sent me the double
vinyl version. Beggars cannot be choosers as they say! Before even
listening to this I rate Pentacle as one of the best ever out of
Holland, among such bands as Asphyx, Achrostichon, & Sinister /
Monestary. Pentacle have altered their sound slightly and have come out
(production wise) with a sound very close to early Celtic Frost without
ripping anything off. This band is made up of metallers that were around
when metal exploded and started Pentacle itself in the last part of the
‘80’s. They start things off in fine fashion with a killer intro, it is
an excerpt from an audio bootleg from the 1985 World War III festival in
Montreal, Canada where Tom Warrior yell’s “Let’s go crazy!” Then the
music kicks in, pure cult thrash/death metal from the heart, played with
utmost conviction. This is what Celtic Frost may have sounded like had
they carried on with the style of their first couple releases! The
production compliments the music beautifully, clear and raw. Due to the
heavy suffocating & distinctive guitar tone from start to finish the
songs have to work that much harder to identify themselves from one
another, luckily Pentacle is up to the challenge. God, I can’t believe
this still, I am getting some of the same feelings I had when I first
listened to stuff like “Morbid Tales”, “In The Sign Of Evil”, and “Fear
No Evil”. Only one listen is needed to “Yielding The Scepter Of Flesh”,
“For I am Chaos!” and “Scythes” to feel the excitement lit by this
album! I cannot end this without mentioning the cover of cult Chilean
undergrounders Pentagram on their “Spell Of The Pentagram”. If you can
listen to this song and not headbang then don’t look at me and call
yourself a metalhead!!
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Very boring, slow
moving and symphonic light metal. The band are relatively talented but
could not write a good song to save their lives. 7 songs included and as
always with R.I.P. everything is nicely package and presented. Band
contact:
Promontory, c/o
Eugen Biryukov, Malo-Zavalskaya 2-2, 241008 Bryansk, RUSSIA
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Great, great
death/grind band with brutality brimming out of every pore! Mostly fast
balls out death with blasting that kills but they also like to mix shit
up. Like on a extreme & brooding track like “Assembled By Death” or the
epic baseball bat to the head that is known as “Prophecy”. Excellent
start for this young label as the packaging and production is on par
with the music. Plus there is no denying the name Corpse Gristle Records
rules and just rolls off the tongue with style. $12 US to:
Corpse Gristle
Records, 3521 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 666, Dallas, TX. 75219, USA
website = www.corpsegristle.com Email = hound@corpsegristle.com
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Damn, Psychopathia
are hell of a wicked slap to the face! Yes, my attention is at full
swing now! Vicious, lightning speed, techno death/grind from the Czech
Republic. Hyper is a good word to use for this band and especially the
drummer who is a human whirlwind! They rip, tear and bulldoze thru 9
songs of nutsy material. I’m kind of speechless, I can’t seem to string
together any coherent sentences so here are a few more words that aptly
apply: heavy, brutal, catchy, technical, fast, guttural and top quality.
I DEMAND you order this by sending $5 US (for this pro-packaged album)
to:
Psychopathia, c/o
Ivo “Sam” Kapoun, Sladorni 1185, Kojetin 75201, CZECH REPUBLIC
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Fuck yes! An album
full of crushing, chunky thrash metal from the Bay area. No Bay area,
rehash tho’. Punisher take things in their own direction and spit out
some lethal catchy, ripping thrash w/ knockout punch drumming. Pat Toms’
vocals are deep and powerful and a little scratchy as they switch into
different tones and ranges. Now I will finish this with a apt quote from
their bio “Not interested in trends, Punisher offers up a potent brew of
musicality and brutality”. Check or money order for $10.93 US made out
to Confusion Records at the following address:
4 Meyer Place,
Kentfield, CA. 94904, USA Label website = www.confusion-records.com Band
Email = punisher@flash.net
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After I read the
label bio, though I read those with a grain of salt, I really thought I
would dig this record. Radakka play hard rock w/ slight metal touches
with a very commercial flavor. I don’t like the pretty melodies and
harmonies, despite their claims in the bio, they are going for
accessibility. Most of the songs are close to radio friendly. They have
the odd cool riff and are good musicians but it is wasted on here and I
don’t think too many, Canadian Assault readers would appreciate this, so
I won’t waste any more space on it.
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This is a little
different from most of the Swedish stuff these days. However, they do
owe a slight bit to the Gothenburg scene but are far too vicious and
heavy to placed there. They are not death/grind either, Raise Hell are
too up-tuned and thrashy for that. This release sticks out like a
welcome sore Scandinavian thumb. No virtuoso playing or noodling, just
break ups of catchy rhythmic guitar riffs in between blitzkrieg speed
blasts, it is this contrast and the great execution which prevail and
impress for me. The only thing is the band photos are nearly exact
copies of Dismember’s “Pieces” ep photo session (i.e. - black pants,
bullet belts, spiked wrist bands, no shirts & dripping blood down their
torso’s). A highly recommended, thrashing metal platter.
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Angst-ridden
industrial metal in the vein of Fear Factory, Machine Head, Meshuggah
ect. Yes, you got it, this is awful - come on and jump! JUMP!
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I fucking love that
that, record label name! If you read my 1st issue you will
remember the interview I did with this band. Rotting flat out hit you
with some of the most rambling, punishing and juggernaut like brutal
death metal your likely to hear. They do like make things varied and
catchy with a slight groove (no not that gay groove hippity-hoppity
‘jump metal’) but always heavy. They don’t grind things up instead
opting for a straight on in-your-face attack with deep and
understandable growls. This is an album all self-respecting death metal
fans should own. United Guttural, P.O. Box 752, Grayslake, IL. 60030,
USA or band contact:
Rotting, c/o Korey
Arnold, 58 Roxborough Road, Newmarket, Ontario, L3Y 3K9, CANADA
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Sloppy, talent less,
black metal with repetitive drumming and fairly passable vocals. The
keyboard playing is worst of all, very amateurish performed by Grimace
the grand blackened wizard of the golden arches. “Demonic Winter Metal”
from sunny and happy, winterless California.
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