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Rämlord – From Dark Waters Review

Rämlord – From Dark Waters Review

By Steel Druhm on March 30, 2020 in 2020, Finnish Metal, Heavy Metal, Inverse Records, Reviews, Heavy Metal, 18 comments

“No one expects the Rämlord, nor should they. Formed by members of such wildly diverse acts as Impaled Nazarene, Legenda, and National Napalm Syndicate, Rämlord is a strange new act purpose-built to defy genre boundaries as they explore classic metal styles. On their debut, From Dark Waters they attempt a near herculean amount of genre hoping, dragging in influences from goth rock, hair metal, hard rock, 80s radio rock and a few other odds and sods along the bumpy journey they fashion for the unsuspecting listener.” Rämming speed!

Wömit Angel – Under Sadistic Pressure Review

Wömit Angel – Under Sadistic Pressure Review

By Mark Z. on October 4, 2019 in 2019, Black Metal, Finnish Metal, Reaper Metal Productions, Reviews, Black Metal, 15 comments

“When I first saw we’d received promo from a band named Wömit Angel, I assumed one of our staff had playfully misspelled Vomit Angel, which confused me because I already reviewed a pretty terrible album by that band earlier this year. But no, it turns out Wömit Angel is an entirely different group, a Finnish black metal trio who also happen to be inspired by the expulsion of partially digested food from one’s stomach. Given they formed in 2010 and apparently harbor both punk and thrash influences, I’m pretty surprised I haven’t heard of these guys given my proclivity for seeking out this sort of thing.” You know you Womit.

Gehennah – Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die Review

Gehennah – Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die Review

By Mark Z. on February 6, 2016 in 2016, Black Metal, Metal Blade, Reviews, Speed Metal, Swedish Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, 11 comments

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Metal is blessed with bands that have unparalleled musical ability, bands that write intricate, elegant, and at times breathtaking compositions. Indeed, metal is blessed with bands that spend hours deep in creative reflection, striving to produce a piece of art that captivates listeners and subtly expresses some universal higher truth. Gehennah is not one of those bands.” They’re the other kind.

Infernal War – Axiom Review

Infernal War – Axiom Review

By Mark Z. on April 10, 2015 in 2015, Agonia Records, Black Metal, Death Metal, Polish Metal, Reviews, Black Metal, 13 comments

“Infernal War are a pissed-off bunch. Formed in 1997, the Polish blackened-death quintet’s sole two full-lengths – 2005’s Terrorfront and 2007’s Redesekration – are essentially blastbeat-fueled blitzkriegs against Judeo-Christianity, and are probably the two angriest and most hate-filled albums ever recorded.” Hate is a negative emotion. Prepare to enter the Negative Zone!

Goat Semen – Ego Svm Satana Review

Goat Semen – Ego Svm Satana Review

By Madam X on February 25, 2015 in 2015, Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Grind, Hells Headbangers Records, Peruvian Metal, Reviews, Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Thrash Metal, 18 comments

“What can I say, sometimes you just have to grab promo because it’s obnoxious and crude and sounds like a wacky way to ride out the week. Native to Peru, an area that offers as varied a range of metal as the biodiversity of the country itself, Goat Semen are delivering their debut full-length release.” What can we say, Madam X loves animals.

Impaled Nazarene – Road to the Octagon Review

Impaled Nazarene – Road to the Octagon Review

By Steel Druhm on December 20, 2010 in 2010, 3.0, Black Metal, Finnish Metal, Heavy Metal, Osmose Productions, Thrash Metal, Black Metal, Heavy Metal, 4 comments

Well, this album CLEARY isn’t in the spirit of the holidays! Christmas-unfriendly band name aside, it’s apparently time for another goat worshipping blast-fest from these blasphemous and blackened Finns. The Impaled ones have created an odd, morphing catalogue over their long life and drifted from pure black metal into something way more like punk-infused black thrash. That continues here as it did on 2007’s Manifest but with more energy and urgency this time out. At a scant thirty three minutes in length, this barely qualifies for a full-length and it goes by mighty fast, but if savage black/punk metal warms the cockles of your heart this time of year, then scream BAH HUMBUG and read on.