In the case of Finnish sludge Fleshpress are still the unbeaten kings, although there are a few new hopeful bands like Frogskin or PAGANUS. This is their debut full-length, which has been released through Totalrust Music in 2007, and in contrast to Fleshpress this band is definitely more influenced by early Khanate than from Grief...
Some bands are always good for a nice surprise, especially when it's a band that never belonged to your favourite ones. In my case PUNY HUMAN is a band like this...
It's nearly impossible to describe with words, how passionate, soulful and emotional the new album of PLACE OF SKULLS is. Ok, in the meantime these terms are sounding a bit hackneyed in the case of these group, because it's the nature of Victor Griffin's playing and singing, but with the new album is has simply beaten himself...
I really hate phrases like "the new album is their best", but in some cases it's totally true. This time, it's the new one from PALE DIVINE, which is a hell of an album! Not that 'Thunder Perfect Mind' and 'Eternity Revealed' were bad or average, but 'Cemetary Earth' is truly a magic piece of music, not only because Chris Kozlowski did produce the album...
At the beginning of 2005 it looked as if "Love Through Blood" would be the farewell release of PLACE OF SKULLS. As if it wasn't tough enough for the band to find a label for this four remaining songs from the "Nailed" recording sessions, they lost the drummer and after more struggle, Victor Griffin finished this musical chapter...
It's always a delight to discover a new band, especially one as wonderful as this one. Combing a double-dose of Sabbathian riffs with 80's thrash metal and a dash of Crowbar heavyness, PICK UP THE SNAKE's "Feel The Fire" MCD, self-released in 2005 is a dark brooding cauldron of wonders...
Whenever I put a new PORN album in the player I expect the unexpected. At first I was surprised when I had taken a look in the booklet and noticed that PORN mainman Tim Moss had once again gathered a so-called "all-star" line up around him...
Due to the reason that Cosmiclava was inactive for nearly half a year (from late '03 - early '04), I received my promo (thanks Brian!) later than other webzines/magazines, but one can write a review about an outstanding album at every time. Released in 2003 on Martyr Music Group, PENANCE' been natural developing over the past years, without losing their roots and stretched the limitations of its art on the new album...
This is the lateset self-produced MCD with three tracks, which are representing only a small part of their different material. POISONED CHILD have nothing in common with Doom...
After the "Fruit Of The Doom" MCD comes the follow-up "Volume". If you have read the review about their first release you know which kind of Rock PO are playing...
