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Everyone who's aware of the musical biography from John Garcia maybe knows that he was part of HERMANO in the late 90's and I'm not quite sure if he's...

This obscure band, consisting of only two musicians, merge the nihilistic raw doom-soaked sound of the first Type O Negative album with the funeral...

I still remember the times, when doom-infected sludge was a musical style, that wasn't very popular. But this has changed, and it looks as if  there's...

And once again, it's psychedelic time! But this UK-based project, lead by Laurence O'Toole, aren't playing loud heavy psych rock, no it's more 60's...

My love affair with HYPNOS 69 began, when I received the promo of their excellent album "Timeline Traveller" a few years ago. It was a truly magical...

I've never listened to the before released 10" but this long-playing five track album was a very positive surprise for me. But the first time, I've...

With the new album from Texas-based trio HONKY, Small Stone Records delivers new stuff for all fans of southern-flavoured, 70's-inspired heavy blues...

Hmh, haven't I heard all this before ? Maybe with another cover-artwork and under another name, but everything sounds so familiar to me. And that...

This is the first HIGH ON FIRE record on MAN`S RUIN after their self-financed three song cd.  And it comes over me like a rolling mill. Matt Pike...

Formed in the Ohio River Valley, late in summer of 1998 by Steve Earle and Steve Dandy Brown. Later John Garcia joined the band and one year later...

And once again it's time for the next heavy compilation, released by the new UK-based label Gallipoli Records. Hm, the name sounds more Italian than...

Formed in 1997, I never really heard of this extraordinary US band, before I got this great LP as the fifth part of PAINIAC Records' "Suicidal Doom -...

At first, I must say that I've got no informations about HALO, only that two persons are behind this name. R. Allen and S.Klein are using instruments...

I never cared much about the older stuff of New Jersey's HALFWAY TO GONE, but with the new album "Second Season" things changed. Not every of the...

New Jersey's HALFWAY TO GONE are back with their third album for Small Stone Records, and once again this three-piece knows how to convince me with...

This album was self-released in 1999 by the band and HALF MAN are planning to release the follow-up in 2002. HALF MAN are comming from the land, where...

As far as I remember, I've written in another review that the German Heavy Rock community grows stronger from year to year. In this case, the hopefuls...

Some of you may wonder, what happend to Unida. They recorded a split-10" and a full-length for Meteor City in 1999, and a second album with producer...

Here we've got the latest promo of this Swedish four piece and like a lot of their other Swedish comrades they stick knee deep in the early days of...

After the first two demos of this French band I asked myself why this guys haven't signed any record contract, because their material is convincing...

Here's the second 5 titles demo MCD-R, recorded last year in August 2002. I've lost some good words about this French band before, and I will continue...

This is a brandnew French band, formed in September 2001 with their first three track demo CD recorded in April 2002. All of the four musicians have...

This promo was a nice little surprise for me. I've never heard anything from this Italian band so I immedatley put this three-tracker in my player....

Out of New Jersey comes this new four piece with the first three song demo. Produced by Phil Caivano ( ex-SHRAPNEL / now MONSTER MAGNET ), this band...

"Hellish crossfire on wooden coffins"; this phrase will always remind me to the mighty Hellhammer, because this was the morbid description, their...

After the successful release of HERMANO's second studio album "Dare I Say..." in 2005, Suburban Records comes up with new stuff, and this time it's a...

Shadow Kingdom Records have an extraordinarily off-putting start in 2007 with their first two releases. The first one was the excellent album of...

My first impression after listening to the debut album from HACKMAN was that this three guys must have a big fondess for Karma To Burn. Some of the...

It's time for a new release from the Israeli record label Totalrust Music, and here we have the debut of the US-band HIGHGATE. If you know more about...

The conjunction of noise and heavy riffs can be an awful bore when it's execution is aimless and witless. Fortunately HEDORAH belongs not to this...

I've a fleeting memory about that French band, and if I hadn't received their first full-length album 'Gold From The Sea' I would've forgotten about...

The follow-up to HACKMAN's debut 'The New Normal' is hard to digest. It's a heavy chunk of brutal repetitive riffs, that force their way relentlessly...

After the release of the debut, things didn't go so well for band founder Chad Davis. First, there were problems with his old label Shadow Kingdom...

These are good times for all thrash metal revivalists. Over the last few years a couple of promising new bands appeared on the scene to continue the...

I am constantly surprised when I read in various websites that HELLBASTARD belong to the precursors of crust punk. Well, ok, the band has been founded...

The legendary 'Anglican Scrape Attic' 7" compilation was like a goldmine for me in 1985. I discovered some real outstanding bands with the help of...

I already commented on HELLBASTARD's history in the review about the 'Eco War' MCD, so I am not going to waste time, but start with my impressions of...

The split 7" already showed that HOUSE OF BROKEN PROMISES (aka HOBP) don't really need John Garcia, by which I do not mean to say, that this...

'The Bermuda Triangle' is not only one of the most fascinating psychedelic releases in 2010, but also an extremely stunning album. It has been created...

'Master Sleeps' is the second album from Gothenburg's HILLS and also one of the latest offerings from Transubstans Records. Due to the record label it...

Following up their good 2008 self-titled debut, Kentucky's HIGHGATE return with pretty much more of the same. Well ok, this time there are four tracks...

The good thing about Oakland's HAZZARD'S CURE is that no-one can claim they are in anyway generic or predictable. In fact, their interpretation of...

There have been times when it was something new to recreate the hard rock of the 1970's. But as usual it has become fashionable and thus the element...

Over the last years, Tony Dallas Reed has become a workhorse in the heavy music scene. Bit by bit, his field of activity expanded. On the one hand...

To say it in advance: Bilbao's HORN OF THE RHINO deliver a sound that is at least as huge as the demonic cock on the cover. Released in 2012 thru...

Awakening!? Are you kidding? While listening to HORSE LATITUDES' second album, I feel more like a sailor on a three-masted ship that got caught in the...

Hyne is a new Stoner 5-piece from Hamburg, Germany. '3000' is their debut and it leaves me undecided, even after half a dozen runs. The album is...

You better quit while you're ahead - this could be the slogan of HOWLIN' WIDOW. Hailing from Northern Ireland, the band existed only for 4 years (2007...