Featuring horrific cover art and perhaps even more horrific, a malignant sound combining brutal thrash, grindcore and black metal that was rarely heard, Holocausto made it’s way through the tape trading circuit in 1987 with their debut Campo de Exterminio which still stands as one of Brazil’s most violent and controversial albums to date. This [...]
Yes, there are 1349, Gorgoroth, Carpathan Forest, Marduk, Behemoth and other such extreme bands that push the boundaries of black and death metal, but for me, there remains only one band that lights it up like no other, and that is Absu. Containing the drummer Proscriptor who was painfully left off my top 10 metal [...]
1. The Acacia Strain - Continent (2008)
You know how I spend a lot of time discussing my distaste for many a deathcore band? Well, consider this band one of those outlaws who contend for the title of most distasteful. Continent is full of uninspired, monotone growls on top of a bit more crunchy metalcore [...]
A week or so ago I was introduced to the label Canonical Hours, which is a U.S. based record company with a focus on extreme metal. I have received three albums they have been promoting and all three are quite incredible. I have already reviewed The Day of the Beast’s selt titled album which can [...]
Holy blindsided fuck! What do you get when you combine the best of Absu, Skeletonwitch and Toxic Holocaust? You get sheer madness known as The Day of the Beast, that’s what you fucking get! Hailing from Virginia, The Day of the Beast is, simply put, some of the best blackened thrash I have EVER heard. [...]
Pure transcendental black metal is what Liturgy one man founder Hunter Hunt-Hendrix describes his sound as. Is this based on religious implications, his choice of instrumentation, or both? It’s hard to really place Hunter’s motivations for describing his music in such a way, but by his use of pulsating electronic tones, and standalone guitar riffs [...]
Folk metal is always a genre I find to be fresh and exhilarating. Virtually every album I have listened to has at least some redeeming qualities, mainly because most of the music is so complex and symphonic in nature, that it requires writers and musicians alike who are up to the challenge. The few bands [...]
1. Pharaoh - Be Gone (2008)
This being my first exposure to Philly based Pharaoh, I immediately recognized that this wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea. Be Gone takes strong influences from the likes of Manowar, Iron Maiden and lesser known Viperine, creating a more traditional metal base, while maintaining an all out melodic attack. [...]
1. In Dire Need - Lost At Sea (2006)
I recently found this album still wrapped up at the bottom of my backpack from this year’s venture to the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. Upon pulling Lost At Sea out, I figured I’d check it out since it was free and obviously meant for [...]
Inspired by my post on “evilness” in metal, perhaps the most beautiful sounding form of evil in all of heavy metal was Dissection, who managed to release some of the best, most atmospheric albums in the history of black metal.
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Album: Storm of the Light’s Bane
Label: Nuclear Blast
Year: 1995
