Nuclear Blast Records – Page 34

Darkseed – Give Me Light – Review

June 1, 1999

Each track throws in a new sound and arrangement, but I can’t help thinking that the boys are abandoning ship, passing Sentenced on the way to Paradise Lost.

Pro-Pain – Act of God – Review

June 1, 1999

Pro-Pain return with newfound energy. Ya gotta give these guys credit for stickin’ to their guns and pounding away at the same few chords.

Steel Prophet – Dark Hallucinations – Review

June 1, 1999

This reeks of the ’80s, unlike much of the new powermetal and heavy metal around these days. Equal parts mediocre thrash and wanking prog metal.

Hypocrisy – Hypocrisy Destroys Wacken – Review

June 1, 1999

With 11 live tracks (gorgeously produced, I might add) and four studio tracks, Hypocrisy Destroys Wacken is a must for die-hard fans.

Sculpture – Review

June 1, 1999

Similar to bands like Cemetery, Dreadful Shadows, and Evereve, Sculpture mix the metal with the moodiness and have produced some fine, heavy Goth rock.

New Eden – Obscure Master Plan – Review

June 1, 1999

Evidently, some guy started New Eden, joined Steel Prophet for a couple albums, then thought it’d be a swell idea to resurrect his old band. I disagree.

Thy Serpent – Christcrusher – Review

April 1, 1999

These Fins create some wickedly atmospheric and skillful black metal that rivals their contemporaries in Sweden and Norway.

Agathodaimon – Blacken the Angel – Review

April 1, 1999

On Blacken The Angel, this German sextet leans toward the more melodic and atmospheric end of the black metal spectrum.

Sinister – Aggressive Measures – Review

April 1, 1999

While they were never one of the better bands to begin with, they play death metal the way it was meant to be played: fast, technical, and piled with grooves.

Night in Gales – Thunder Beast – Review

April 1, 1999

On Thunderbeast, Germany’s Night In Gales do a fine interpretation of the Gothenburg sound without aping any band in particular.