A fraction of the metal thrashing mad fun, and the humor is all but gone. Some evil thirds singing sweet Slayer, but the majority here seems played out.
Aeon is here to deliver death metal fans into ecstasy. The sheer brutality that the band put to good use on this crisp and crushing release is overwhelming.
Back from the depths of Hell, Sweden, Dark Funeral return to spread their misanthropy and attempt to prove yet again that they’re the most evil band on Earth.
Metalion from Slayer Mag says “Sick music for sick people! HAIL HAIL HAIL! BANG YOUR HEAD FOR SATAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” That’s 20 !s, for those keeping score.
Originally, In The Sign… contained four songs, three of which were re-recorded for their full-length. This is the debut MCD, with two Bathory cover bonuses.
For those unfamiliar, you might want to start with Storm of the Light’s Bane or Somberlain and then check out this collection of crudely recorded songs.
Former Dark Angel guitarist Jim Durkin with the aid of two cohorts, bassist Charlie Silva and drummer Al Mendez. Sadly, an average thrash/death metal outfit.
Impaled have that early ’90s Earache sound with similarities to death metal legends like Entombed and Carnage, but have created their own formula for chaos.
Reverb-drenched guitar swirl, the pounding beats of bleeding wrist ballerinas, the pretentious ultra-smooth Goth croon, and lyrics Robert Smith’d think oblique.
A carnal retro-black metal conflagration, driven by Marduk drummer Fredrik, Funeral Mist guitarist and vocalist Arioch, and produced by Peter Tägtgren.
Razor-sharp, atmospheric venture into the realm of prog-death left by Cynic and Atheist. Clean guitars, multiple vocal stylings, and mood-setting keyboards.
Cranium continues in the German tradition of finely-tuned speed metal, yet they incorporate a sense of humor, sometimes dark and grisly, other times just goofy.
Witchery is crazy, shot-glass thrash that only allows its professed love of mainstream stuff (Ozzy, Accept, Priest) to leach out under the utmost discipline.