Normally Sweden is mostly known for its 60's/70's influenced hardrock bands and, of course, as a birthplace for innovative death metal. Yes, you're right, because there is more such as the long tradition of hardcore punk but I will not go into the details due to lack of time. ...
Once again it's time for the often-used word 'underrated', but in the case of PALE DIVINE it suits perfectly. That is really too bad, because this US band has proved its creativity and talent at the very beginning. Originally released in 1997, 'Crimson Tears' was the first demo, which at ...
I'd never imagined that Sleep have left such a big impression in the world of heavy music. But it now seems that every fifth doom newcomer band is influenced from their last two records and POMBAGIRA is no exception. Their debut album
POMBAGIRA hail from England, and play sludgy doom metal with a strong focus on endless riff repetition with a massive guitar tone and guttural vocals. They’ve integrated some loud/quiet dynamics into each songs to enrich the mystical atmosphere of the album. This could be interesting for people who love Electric Wizard ...
It's only a few weeks ago, when I had seen this German band live in a club not far away from my hometown Oberhausen, and it was a real nice concert. Usually I don't like this sort of modern Hardcore Punk, which contains a lot of breaks and stuff like that, ...
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 ...
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. Well, I never have heard their first album 'Revenge Is Easy', which has been released in 2000 but I wrote ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
