English
Baroque Metal band DERADE released their new single «Waiting». The single was
recorded at Guy Radford home studio in Cambridgeshire, England. It was mixed by
Guy Radford and mastered at "Parlour Studios" by Neal Haynes.
DERADE
was formed in 2017 at Huntingdon, England by Guy Radford (guitar) and Mark
Radford (guitar). Later Richard Lee (vocals)
joined the band and the lineup was completed.
CANNIBAL CORPSE - Butchered At Birth
Metal
Blade Records
This is a top album by the band over their enormous career. The fact that it's a follow-up from the debut album, they show much superiority in songwriting here, my favorite ever. Barnes is better on here than 'Tomb of the Mutilated', he wasn't so burly sounding, just gruesome enough to show us that he's at his mightiest. The tempos of the songs are pretty fast and the riffs are top-notch. So are the leads. I'm surprised that at early on their style was ingenious. They knew how to construct death metal that has now lasted over 30 years. On 'Butchered At Birth', they took time to formulating riffs that instill precision.
SIGNIFICANT
POINT - Into the Storm
Dying Victims Productions
Η πρώτη μου γνωριμία με την metal σκηνή της Ιαπωνίας ήταν με συγκροτήματα όπως οι METALUCIFER και οι LOUDNESS. Μια σκηνή που ομολογουμένως, δεν έχω ψάξει πολύ, αλλά ότι έπεσε στα χέρια μου από εκεί το άκουσα και είτε μου δημιουργούσε καλές εντυπώσεις είτε με άφηνε αδιάφορο. Συνήθως για να είμαι ειλικρινής με άφηναν αδιάφορο κυκλοφορίες χαζοχαρούμενου power metal. Από την άλλη κυκλοφορίες με πιο κλασικομεταλάδικη νοοτροπία όπως η παρούσα πάντοτε μου κέντριζαν το ενδιαφέρον.
American
Doom/Post-Metal band GIL released their debut self-titled live EP. The release
was self recorded at the band’s studio in Los Angeles for radio play on
KCSB.FM, the live tracks were remixed by bassist Irfan Zaidi and released on
the band BandCamp page for free.
GIL
was formed in 2018 as a free noise project in California’s 805 area, as a
collaboration between Ilis Geronimo (vocals) and Sean Edwards (guitarist). With
the addition of Irfan Zaidi (bass) the three began writing and performing as a
full band. Later Gabriel Fuente (synth) and Sage Kirkpatrick (drums) joined the
band and the lineup was completed.
CANNIBAL CORPSE - Tomb of the
Mutilated
Metal
Blade Records
Burly Barnes crushes here as does the death metal (witch brutal vocals) dominates this entire release. The riffs are the highlight (to me), being a former guitarist I'm able to absorb what's being played here. I'm surprised that I didn't write about this sooner maybe 30 years plus ago since it's original release. I have nothing but good things to say here. I think that when Barnes's vocals changed on 'The Bleeding' that was it for me regarding liking the band from this era. I thought that Jack Owen was his strongest on 'Butchered At Birth' and here. Not sure what happened to him after that during Corpsegrinder's era. Aside from the fact that he joined Deicide in 2006 or thereabouts.
International
Black Metal band NASTERGAL released their debut EP «Solitude». The release was
recorded in "Winter Nagte Studios" and in "Electrified Lair
Studios". Mixed/mastered
by Marco Toba.
NASTERGAL
was formed by Riaan Coertze (New Zealand) and Jacques Valentyn (South Africa)
and completed with the help of Marco Toba (Argentina) and Evgen Zoidze
(Ukraine). The music draws its inspiration from bands such as Dark Funeral and
Hecate Enthroned with lyrical content influenced by the works of Friedrich
Nietzsche. Even though they are not a live band they are committed to the music
they create and strive to deliver the best to their audience. Nastergal has
started work on their first full length album and hope to release it early
2022.
VEXOVOID – Call Of The Starforger
Black
Tears
Όταν μιλάμε για thrash metal μουσική συνήθως στο νου μας έχουμε συνθέσεις άμεσες, γρήγορες κι επιθετικές. Όπως, όμως, όλα τα είδη της μουσικής, έτσι και η ως άνω περιγραφή είναι η κυρίαρχη μεν αλλά όχι η μοναδική διάσταση του ήχου αυτού. Νομίζω όποιος διαθέτει μια επαρκή γνώση στον ήχο μπορεί να βεβαιώσει και να αναφέρει πολλά συγκροτήματα που κινούνται στο thrash metal ιδίωμα κι έχουν δώσει σε αυτό μια διαφορετική διάσταση. Εξάλλου, αυτή είναι η μαγεία της μουσικής μας, η απεριόριστη ποικιλία ακουσμάτων που μπορεί να προσφέρει στον κάθε ακροατή.
CARNATION - Chapel of Abhorrence
Season
of Mist
Not that far-off from the voice resembling that of to which is Cannibal Corpse's frontman in the 5-piece Belgium based band, Carnation. I've been listening to this quite a bit and the guitars undoubtedly sound like Sweden revisited in the death metal bound band here. I've gotten the courage to take a shot at venting about this debut LP. I've had to capture the whole essence of the album which I've held in high esteem. That is, since day 1 that I got it a physical copy. Not only because I collect CD's, but because I prefer supporting the band and the music industry as a whole. I did not, however see the same greatness in their new release (2020).
"Zero
Killed" is the name of the third single by the Melodic Death Metal act
Sense of Noise, presenting one of the most aggressive approaches to their sound
but keeping sticky melodies, it features the Swedish singer Björn
"Speed" Strid from the legendary SOILWORK, who are one of the most
relevant Melodic Death Metal bands nowadays and have a strong presence on the worldwide
metal scene. "Zero Killed" was released together with an impressive
and emotional video in which Björn makes an appearance too. The haunting cover
artwork for the single was made by Jerome Chanona and depicts an ancient mayan
deity named Camazotz, which was related to death and war by ancient
civilizations.
The band has also announced that their debut album is set to be independently released on October the 1st, their self-titled album will also feature Anthony Hämäläinen (MERIDIAN DAWN, ex-NIGHTRAGE) as guest singer besided Björn "Speed" Strid (Soilwork). This album represents more-than-a-year hard work and efforts, the band was formed on 2020 amidst the pandemic and has been working on their debut since then. Musically speaking, the album takes influences from different bands in their genre, acts like IN FLAMES, DARK TRANQUILLITY, SOILWORK, AMORPHIS or INSOMNIUM, even bands like EVERGREY and SCAR SYMMETRY. It also presents a modern approach to the production of their music, incorporating electronic and cinematic elements, as well as as bits of orchestral music. With this debut effort, SENSE OF NOISE aims to position themselves as the revelation band in their homecountry, Mexico, and to be apromising band on the worldwide Melodic Death Metal scene.
Genre: Thrash Metal
Country: Italy
Questions
by: Nick
Parastatidis
Answers
by: Ignazio
Nicastro (voice and bass)
Site: Facebook
STRIX – Strix EP
Wine
and Fog Productions
Αν και η Black Metal σκηνή έχει ταυτιστεί στο μυαλό μας με τους Νορβηγούς, αποδεικνύεται ότι εν πολλοίς πρόκειται περί προκατάληψης. Μιας και ο ήχος αυτός έχει εκπροσώπους σε όλα τα μέρη του πλανήτη. Φυσικά, δεν αρνούμαι και δεν υπάρχει καν θέμα αμφισβήτησης ότι κατά κύριο λόγο οι Νορβηγοί διαμόρφωσαν τον συγκεκριμένο ήχο, αλλά φαίνεται ότι υπάρχουν εξίσου καλές σκηνές του ιδιώματος αυτού ανά τον κόσμο. Πρόσφατα μάλιστα, η Wine and Fog Productions, στέλνοντάς μου promo με βοήθησε να ανακαλύψω ότι και η Ιταλική σκηνή διαθέτει ποιότητα κι αξίζει προσοχής από τους φίλους του συγκεκριμένου ήχου.
Slovakian
Heavy Metal band OZNOR released their new album «Something Different». The
album was recorded, produced, engineered and mixed by Norbert Ozogany at
"Oznor Studio", it was the band's first release that features ballads
and Hard Rock music
DARK
NIGHTMARE - The Dark Demo Years
Steel
Gallery Records
Είναι μερικές κυκλοφορίες που σου φέρνουν αναμνήσεις και η συγκεκριμένη είναι μια από αυτές για τον γράφοντα. Θυμάμαι το 2001 να κάνω τα πρώτα μου βήματα στον χώρο της ερασιτεχνικής δημοσιογραφίας (την οποία εξασκώ μέχρι και σήμερα) δημιουργώντας το παρόν webzine κι ένα εκ των πρώτων συγκροτημάτων που είχα την χαρά να παρουσιάσω ήταν οι πρωτοεμφανιζόμενοι τότε εκ Γρεβενών προερχόμενοι DARK NIGHTMARE. Θυμάμαι μάλιστα και την πρώτη μου συνέντευξη με τον Δήμο, τον ντράμερ του συγκροτήματος στο σπίτι των Πύργων (χαιρετισμούς στον Μιχάλη και τον Χρήστο) και την αμηχανία που νιώθαμε μιας και τότε και οι 2 μας κάναμε τα πρώτα μας βήματα στον χώρο (από διαφορετικό βέβαια μετερίζι ο καθένας). Έκτοτε πέρασαν τα χρόνια και οι DARK NIGHTMARE εξελίχθηκαν από ένα πολλά υποσχόμενο και ταλαντούχο συγκρότημα σε μια μπάντα κατασταλαγμένη ηχητικά κι ώριμη από τις εμπειρίες που απέκτησε από την συνεχή παρουσία της στον χώρο της Ελληνικής heavy metal σκηνής.
POWER TRIP - Nightmare Logic
Southern
Lord Recordings
All 32 minutes is quite killer! Awesome riffs, original and catchy. That's what I liked the most out of this release. That and the vocals. Sad what happened to Riley, he was just too darn young. His vocals have an echo sound to them and hoarse sort of sound. They were pretty unique. I think they augmented the guitars. And the guitars were put together in a quite masterful way. I wouldn't change anything about this release. They lacked it a bit in the recording department, though that's my only sense of drawback with the release. But everything else is quite good. The drums went well aside the guitars.
Russian
Industrial Metal band EFPIX released their new single «Overcome» from the
upcoming album «No More Remorse" which will be released at the end of
2021. The release was recorded and mixed in the band's home studio and in
"Zaris Studio" where the band recorded the drums. Mastered by Dan Swanö at
"Unisound Studios".
French
Black Metal band DEPRESSIVE WITCHES released their debut album «Bad Flask». The
release was recorded by Jonas Sanders & Ivan Houben, and mixed/mastered by
Jonas Sanders at Blackout Studio, Brussels.
DEPRESSIVE
WITCHES was formed in 2018 at Picardy, France by two brothers Sick Bab (Vocals,
Guitars) and Torvuus (Guitars, Drums) who was inspired by the second Black
Metal wave, Finnish Black Metal and epic bands like Inquisition and Immortal.
THELEMITE - Thelemism
Sleaszy
Rider Records
Νομίζω ότι είναι μια άσκοπη επανάληψη να γράψω για το πόσο έχει εξελιχθεί η Ελληνική metal σκηνή, διότι έχω αποδεχτεί ότι η προκατάληψη δύσκολα νικιέται, αλλά κι όταν αυτό γίνεται, επιτυγχάνεται μόνο με πράξεις. Επομένως, αντί να σας φλομώσω με εκθεσιακού επιπέδου κείμενο λες και γράφω ξανά πανελλαδικές, θα κάνω το απλό και ουσιαστικό. Θα σας περιγράψω την εμπειρία μου από το άκουσμα της 2ης επίσημης κυκλοφορίας του συγκροτήματος. Μιας κυκλοφορίας που θαρρώ ότι χρειάστηκαν να περάσουν 8 χρόνια για να είναι έτοιμη.
PLAGUE YEARS - Circle of Darkness
eOne
The band is way young and already kicking ass! Fresh riffs and solid sound these guys put together some killer thrash metal. The whole album is super-charged. I was really impressed with their musicianship. They really are in their own with their sound. The vocals are petty hoarse and sound well intertwined with the guitars. Plus, the sound quality is top notch. The guitars are pinnacle to the album. I like them the most out of the whole album. They really know how to pack a punch to this one. The tempos vary but are necessary to a versatile release. This band formed pretty recently to have something like this dominating.
German
Black/Doom Metal band TEARS IN VOID released their debut electronic album
«Inside the Machine». The new release was recorded and mixed by Mathias Hanisch
in his home studio.
TEARS
IN VOID was formed in 2012 at Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria by Mathias Hanisch as
a one-man project. In 2016 the first EP „Songs of no tomorrow“ was released. At
the moment the band is working on more electronic songs, but there are also a
bunch of black and doom metal songs written, which will be arranged and
recorded.
RAMPART - WWII: Memories For The
Future
Sleaszy
Rider Records
Τους RAMPART τους παρακολουθώ από την πρώτη τους κυκλοφορία. Πρόκειται για ένα συγκρότημα φιλότιμο με αγάπη για τον κλασσικό heavy/power metal ήχο. Ένα συγκρότημα που παλεύει για να κάνει το όνειρό του πραγματικότητα.