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It's not the new album from THE FLAMING SIDEBURNS, but an excellent 12-song compilation, which marks the band's return to Bad Afro Records. Still,...

The newest 5-song demo from Sweden's THE PEOPLE is a twisted thing for me. I love 'em a lot, when they take a big step back in time, mostly to the...

Aggressive and crusty Black Metal with enough heaviness and without any childish satanic image, that's what THRALLDOM is about. It's the side-band of...

The debut "Divine Propaganda" received world-wide the best critics and was welcomed with a lot of enthusiasm. But to speak for myself I didn't agree...

Beside his two other bands Unearthly Trance and Thralldom, guitarist and singer Rion is also working in his noise-project TORCH. This isn't a band and...

Nice album-title, and if I hadn't received this promo, I would've have surely ignored this band. I guess, this is the right stuff for fans of The...

From out of Illinois comes this heavy fuzzed-out machine with their first three song demo-CD. Based on a fat and fuzzy guitar sound this demo is very...

TWILIGHT PICTURES are a german Doom Metal band, which was founded in 1996. This trio played some local gigs in their local area (Ruhrgebiet) and after...

THE BROUGHT LOW is not entirely new and unfamiliar - they've been in existence since more than seven years and have toured and toured, including the...

Whenever I read the name 'Rorschach' somewhere, I do not only think of the psychological test or the crusty US-hardcore band, but more about the...

The best compilations are those who feature mostly unreleased tracks from bands that are less known, because that's a good chance to discover some new...

'Analog' has been released over a year ago, and I do not know why it took me so long to write this review. The music cannot be the reason, because...

Once again Small Stone Records is proving us their good taste, and so they have released the Pack's second album. And this one smokes from the intro...

Once again it's time for obscure psychedelic music, this time from Italy! TABA is a one-man project and this promo is his last work and fifth release....

'Harmonicraft' is the third full-length album from Florida’s TORCHE, the follow-up to the 2008 album 'Meanderthal' and the mini-album 'Songs For...

Mat Bethancourt belongs to those kind of musicians, who needs more than only one band to express his creativity. So he decided to form THE KINGS OF...

So this is the third album by The Sword. And once again the quartet gave the style they play a little correction. You do not get that immediately when...

The time has come to kick out the jams - this time with the help of Italy's THE SADE. If one looks at the line-up of THE SADE, then the musical...

Without a doubt, TERRORAMA's second album is a fine example of ultra-aggressive thrash metal that comes along like a relentless firestorm. Song titles...

The Dodge Super Bee is one of the best-looking and most powerful muscle cars from the late 1960's/early 1970's. It therefore comes as no surprise that...

Only very recently, I wrote a review about the debut album from Buttered Bacon Biscuits, a new promising 1970's classic rock band who comes from...

This split has been around for a while now, released by Daredevil Records in 2002 but it's still worth to lose some words about it. It contains six...

Before I heard a single note from 'The Devil Rhythm', I had prejudices against this Northern Irish band. This is principally due to the band name as...

If you've read between the lines of the Cosmic Lava, than you know that aside my deep love for ultra-heavy Rock (Doom/Sludge etc.) , I got also a big...

First I can say that Joe Hasselvander's third solo album is definitively his preliminary solo masterpiece. Deeply embedded in the history and...

Hey, it's Blues time! But not in the traditional way, folks. TILCK2 are a two piece, founded by guitarist and singer "El Cheetah" and "The Boss", who...

THE RE-STONED is an admittedly silly choice for a band name, but fortunately the music is much better than their moniker. Hailing from Moscow,...

Listening to this LP re-release makes it abundantly clear again, how influential and groundbreaking this album was, when it first came out 10 years...

Finally, here's the second album from Denmark's THE SETTING SON, released in 2009 by Bad Afro Records, and it will help to cement their presence in...

And yet again THE SOULBREAKER COMPANY have managed to record an album, which is brimming with passion and creativity. The predecessor 'The Pink...

Hailing from Serbia, TEMPLE OF THE SMOKE invite the listener to take a sonic trip through their kaleidoscopic world which by far isn't as dark as the...

I received this EP in the middle of 2007, which has been released by the band without any label help or promotion. Hailing from Greece, 1000MODS have...

This is my first time hearing THE MACHINE and it's definitely an interesting listen. 'Calmer Than You Are' is an ambitious work that's truly diverse...

I can't thank Rick Ballard (owner of Acetate Records) enough for releasing this marvellous compilation of THE FACTORY. Hailing from Washington D.C.,...

Last year, I will never forget the day when I found a beautiful ultra-professional press kit in the Cosmic Lava mailbox. I never noticed the band...

Now, this is an unexpected pleasure when a new band releases a self-financed 2CD digipack. Maybe they don't need to grow in confidence, or TOUCH THE...

This tasteful compilation (released by Acetate Records in 2011) offers the possibilty to get a taste of what THE HANGMEN did record between 2000 and...

The new label Fuzzoramarecords, based in Örebro Sweden comes up with this compilation, featuring sixteen heavy rockin' metal-tinged fuzzed-out bands...

When I think of Australia's music scene, I automatically think of all the wonderful high energy rock 'n' roll bands as, for example, Radio Birdman,...

Already the first demo 'Mystic Initiation' from the Romanian power trio THE :EGOCENTRICS has delighted me. They play an enthralling heavy...

Most of you are already familiar with this US Doom Metal band, and their debut 'The Awakening', which has been released on Final Chapter Records, was...

After the the "Rocketcrash" 10" EP here we have the album debut from this fine Swedish band. Maybe most people will know them, because of the fact...

Due to the band name I expected the worst goth rock, but when I noticed that TEMPLE OF PAIN is a new project from Fabio 'Thunder' Bellan (mainly...

The new album contains eleven tracks and in opposite to the forerunner, "Simsalabim" is much straighter and harder. No big experiments, this is heavy...

With the new album, THE DEFECTORS entered the world of Psychobilly, without losing their 60's Garage Punk roots. Maybe I should delete the term...

Well, it's not easy to describe the beauty of the six long instrumental songs, which are rich of free flowing structures where every instruments plays...

After the release of 'I Am The Gate', a compilation of the first two demos, THE WANDERING MIDGET was busy working on new material. This leads to their...

I have never heard of Leech, the man behind THEOLOGIAN, but I'm kinda glad that this has changed. The reason for this is that Crucial Blast was kind...

I guess even 2008, when 'Embrace Of The Narrow House' originally came out as this is the reissue of The Wounded Kings' debut album, it was not really...

What can I write about this timeless masterpiece, that hasn't been written before? This is a re-release on TOLOTTA REC of the first OBSESSED album,...

'Beltane' is THE COVEN's  second demo release and they're playing minimalistic heavy flowing, occult-driven Doom Metal, which draws influences from...

If there's a promo CD I can't get out of my player, it's the second album from THE CRYSTAL CARAVAN, a seven-member retro rock band from Umeå, Sweden....

Some bands sound so tender and lovely that one can mutate into a hippie while listening to their music. In this case it is the German sextet THE...

Close up your third eye, these Italians have come to loot your brain cells and blow your mind. Released by W.uck Records, T.H.U.M.B. are three persons...

I remember when I received the first self-titled demo from this Swedish band a few years ago. Their metallic heavy rock was a bit too average for my...

With regard to the pace of work, THE GRAND ASTORIA are really fast. It is not so long ago that I wrote a review about their self-titled debut and now...

There were times when THE MELVINS were one of my favourite bands. That was around 1987 until 1993, but then I started to lose interest in the band. I...

THE SHRINE from California has been one of my best recent discoveries to come from the USA, and this debut record does not let me down. 'Primitive...

If you listen to the second album of THE HUMAN QUENA ORCHESTRA, it's like opening the gates to hopelessness, anger and isolation. There is no light...

Been waiting a long time for the third LIZARDS studio album to be released, and I'm glad to report that they are continuing to evolve as a band quite...

When Klaus told me he would send me the new album by Italian underground cult act The Black, he was surprised I did not know much about them at all....

Because of the cover artwork, I already expected some sort of psychedelic rock from Portland's two-piece THE AX, but that was a false assumption....

'Temple Of The Leaf' is the first self-financed 4 track EP from THE UNHOLY ASSASSINS, a promising new U.S. band who primarily follow in the footsteps...

Thirteen years ago in 1990, there was a L.A. band named Liquid Jesus who earned attention for they heavy groove-rock. The debut disc on Triple X is...

I'm very picky in the case of Black Metal, especially when it's only a one-man band, because most of what I've heard was just boring. Only a very few...

Largely unnoticed by the wider public, guitarist Rick Ray has released thirty-one albums on his own record label Neurosis Records since 1999. This is...

I still cannot understand why The Graviators flew under my radar till I found out, they were supporting Saint Vitus on their recent tour. Maybe I am...

Every once in a while, I like to absorb myself in misanthropically heavy, sludgy sonic darkness. To meet this need, THE DISEASE CONCEPT are very...

If you are familiar with the obscure record label Audio Archives then you probably know THE IRON MAIDEN - and I don't mean the world-famous heavy...

Those who believe that Sartez, who was the singer for Siena Root for a certain amount of time, vanished into thin air will be set right, because...

Whenever drummer Clementine is starting a new band, my interest and curiosity is great, because what she did has rhyme and reason. With her last...

'Going Home', released in April 2012, is the newest album of TRIPPY WICKED & THE COSMIC CHILDREN OF THE KNIGHT to which I will just refer to as TRIPPY...

For me, the second album from THE FLYING EYES is one of the most anticipated releases in 2011 and they didn't disappoint me with 'Done So Wrong'. The...

I never heard anything before of this Ohio trio, so this is my first time with them. And "Hokum" knows to entertain with it's ten diverse tracks. THE...

To me Brutal Truth were one of the best grindcore bands of all time, because they were really creative and sometimes very innovative. They offered...

If you've read the interview with Justin Marler of THE SABIANS in this webzine than you'll know that Justin and Chris Hakius are two former members of...

What a trip: TIA CARRERA set off on a new spectacular journey of sonic adventures, finding out more about heavy blues-infected jams and ass-kickin...

This is the first full-length from this Swedish band and with this album, they've released nine tasteful and variable tracks, that are a step forward...

Some releases are so damn hot and energetic what makes it difficult to describe them with words. In this case it's the debut from THE MASS, hailing...

Catacomb Records is a very new label which comes from Walsall, UK and this is their first release in 2008, a compilation album featuring seventeen...

I've never been a huge fan of Sleep's 'Jerusalem', but it means a lot to some people. So it's just logical that this monumental record did also...

I have to admit that most progressive rock bands bore me to death. There are a few exceptions as, for example, Gentle Giant, Gracious, Aunt Mary or...

Back to start would be a fitting motto for the fifth full-length album from THE GATES OF SLUMBER. I welcome the decision of the Indianapolis trio...

Well, actually my interest in post-rock is very low. This is probably because I'm an old-fashioned guy who grew up with punk, hardrock, blues and...

Grand Funk Railroad, Free, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, early Bob Seger, The Rationals and many others all jump out at me when I hear the second...

Not many bands would manage to record a heavy rock album that consists of only one extra-long song. Most of them were doomed to fail, quite simply...

Formed in Vienna in 2009, 'Inside' is the self-financed 2012 debut release of TORSO. Due to the band name and cover artwork, I did expect some kind of...

This is the first 7" of THE SETTING SON, which have been released before their full-length record. Of course, Bad Afro Records is the label and the...

For a short time it looked as if Erik Larson (ex-Alabama Thunderpussy, ex-Axehandle, and a lots more) has joined Morne, because he was the drummer on...

THE SOUL INVADERS hail from Hagen, Germany and this, their second album, is again a magic mixture of Rock 'n' Roll, 70's Punk and 60's Garage Rock....

While the cover-artwork looks as if TOTEM are a folk band, the music is something completely different. TOTEM serve a convincing mix of Sabbath-esque...

I'm not sure, but I guess this must be the fourth re-issue of "Dommedagsnatt", and since the first release it hadn't lost anything from its...

With their second album 'Center Of The Cyclone', THE :EGOCENTRICS impressively prove that they are not running out of ideas. It seems as if the band...

This is the self-released debut album of one of the hottest German underground bands. They aren't playing heavy Doom Rock, but I like this band since...

When I put the new disc from THROTTLEROD in my player, and the aggressive opener 'Prizefighter' does crash out of the speakers, I had to look for a...

For me as a huge fan of Black Sabbath I will always associate the title of this album with their genuine track from the 'Technical Ecstasy' record,...

Compared to other doom bands, Germany's TORTURED SPIRIT is relatively quick when it comes to recording the next album. Two years have passed since the...

If you're not sure what kind of music you should put in your player for your next bong session, than I like to recommend this German band to you. Of...