Vildhjarta – Måsstaden

Vildhjarta. Not just a band, but a force of nature. Not just musicians, but quality composers. Not just an album, but a journey. Starts with an acoustic intro to ‘Shadow’, which soon breaks into a sequence of intense riffs that are perfect continuations in chronological order. It’s like hearing a master storyteller narrate an epic. [...]

Blut Aus Nord – 777 – The Desanctification(2011)

How often do you see metal bands put out two back to back releases, each as good as the best release they’d put out till then, or even better, and that too within twelve months of each other? Rarely, I’d guess, for such a thing is exceedingly uncommon. But then, Blut Aus Nord is a [...]

Immolation – Providence (EP)

Immolation are a band that never disappoint. And when I say never I mean never. Since the dawn of possession (pun intended) they have been at the forefront of innovation, delivering pure unadulterated death metal, for 25 years now. Providence is the follow up to their 2010 album Majesty and Decay, an album with which [...]

Vader- Welcome to the Morbid Reich

20 years ago when death metal was a very new concept, almost any album worked. All it needed was guttural vocals, furious low-tuned pentatonic rhythms and blast beats. It was musical brutality at its visceral best for that age. Now however, bands that try only that bookish formula end up with stale music. However, there [...]

Opeth – Heritage(2011)

Opeth, a name that has firmly established itself as a band that isn’t afraid to experiment, though till date they’ve still played it pretty close to the chest, as the death metal influences have been on the more prominent side, and even albums like Damnation have had a sound that is integrated nicely into the [...]

Decapitated – Carnival Is Forever(2011)

Decapitated is a band that, no matter what it does wrong, has secured for itself a place amongst the pioneers of innovative and crushing death metal. Which basically leaves them free to experiment. And if a band choses to experiment instead of playing it safe, I for one am all for it. With Vitek’s regrettable [...]

Arch Enemy – Khaos Legions

Step up a few levels from the underground scene, and you’ll see that Arch Enemy is one of the more popular of the popular metal bands. So that, by default, made their new album ‘Khaos Legions’, one of the more anticipated releases of the year. I was looking forward to it quite a bit too, [...]

Chthonic- Takasago Army

The Taiwan typhoon strikes yet again! The Far East’s ‘ghostpainted’ quintet return with their 6th full-length album and the third in a series of tributes to Taiwan’s culture and struggle for independence (along with ‘Mirror of Retribution’ and before that, ‘Seediq Bale’). The album name refers, in fact, to the Imperial Japanese Army’s volunteer soldiers [...]

Thurisaz – The Cimmerian Years

Any form of atmospheric music is always hard to decipher. Just the vastness of the music makes for a very tiring and confused listen, with very few bands being able to do enough to interest the listener. Thurisaz, however, come up the ‘very few bands’ category. Combining death metal with bits of black and loads [...]

Morbid Angel – Illud Divinum Insanus (2011)

Quite often a band, a huge favorite tends to disappoint. We’ve had Iron Maiden’s The Final Frontier last year where they had a complete new age sound, catering to the cock rock fans. Well disappointment is too much of an understatement to describe Morbid Angel’s new album. A band worshipped by many, who with their [...]

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