Nuclear Blast Records – Page 36

Beauty in Darkness Vol. 3 – Review

September 1, 1999

Part black metal, part Goth rock/metal, all excitingly scary and sexy. For anyone into darkwave, Goth, or whatever else they’re calling it, ya gotta get this.

Dimmu Borgir – Spiritual Black Dimensions – Interview

September 1, 1999

An interview with guitarist Astennu

Children of Bodom – Hatebreeder – Interview

September 1, 1999

An interview with vocalist/guitarist Alexi Laiho

Civil Defiance – Circus Of Fear – Review

September 1, 1999

Think Mind Over Four, Thought Industry, Jane’s Addiction, or Candiria, metal without limits, adding a double shot of Brutally Truthful post-grind irony.

Crack Up – Heads Will Roll – Review

June 1, 1999

Scantily-clad chicks, big guns, tough cars, scantily-clad chicks with big guns draped on tough cars, but Crack Up just don’t fully gel.

Dismal Euphony – All Little Devils – Review

June 1, 1999

Dismal Euphony comes from black roots (unlike most Goths’ hair) and they have the male “blackened shriek,” but somehow they just don’t take me the distance.

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.