Polish Metal

Disperse – Foreword Review

By GardensTale on February 26, 2017 in 2017, Polish Metal, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Season of Mist, Progressive Metal, 65 comments

“Music, like any craft, is different for those who practice and create it and those who only consume it. The learned are better able to distinguish between what is crafty and what is easy, gaining a perspective that appreciates elegant complexity more than a casual listener would. I am not a musician, nor a professional critic, but I like to think (or delude myself) that I have gathered enough listening and analyzing experience to at least meet the pros halfway.” Go the extra mile to the halfway point.

Cultes Des Ghoules – Coven, or Evil Ways Instead of Love Review

By Grymm on February 13, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, Hells Headbangers Records, Polish Metal, Reviews, Under The Sign of Garazel Productions, Black Metal, 13 comments

“When I was a wee little Grymmling, I developed an addiction to peanut butter cups. I know, it’s hard to get addicted to the heavenly concoction of peanut butter wrapped in milk chocolate, but as a kid, the flavor combination blew my mind. So when I was a teenager and worked my first job, I did what any respectable teen would do; I bought a fuck-ton of peanut butter cups and gorged on them. Needless to say, the stomach issues weren’t pleasant. That memory sprung to mind when I snagged Coven, or Evil Ways Instead of Love, the third full-length by Polish black metal weirdos Cultes Des Ghoules.” Bring forth the Comfy Chair!

Mord’A’Stigmata – Hope Review

By Akerblogger on February 10, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, Pagan Records, Polish Metal, Reviews, Black Metal, 9 comments

“We’ve experienced the highs of weirdness with European stalwarts Dødheimsgard and Thy Catafalque but we’ve also experienced the very real lows with bands like Aborym twisting the weird nozzle just a bit too far. Mord’A’Stigmata, unwilling to release a plain-Jane of an album, have released Hope, a hopeless mixture of sullen atmospheres and ritualistic ominousness with the occasional bluesy lead. It sounds fantastically enticing on paper, but does the conceptual fantasy match up the aural reality?” Black metal hates paper!

Crystal Viper – Queen of the Witches Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on February 8, 2017 in 2017, AFM Records, Heavy Metal, Polish Metal, Power Metal, Reviews, Heavy Metal, Power Metal, 63 comments

“Before we begin, there is something that needs saying: Marta Gabriel kicks ass. And not because of Crystal Viper’s newest album, Queen of the Witches. No, she’s ruled since her first note on 2007’s The Curse of Crystal Viper. This may not be news to Viper fans, but someone needed to put it in writing.” And the Doctor is just the Medical Deviate to do it!

Witchmaster/Voidhanger – Razing the Shrines of Optimism [Split] Review

By Mark Z. on January 16, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, Death Metal, Polish Metal, Reviews, Third Eye Temple, Black Metal, Death Metal, 9 comments

“From Vader to Behemoth, Polish death metal has always rocked my socks off and left me standing in line for all the blastbeats and pierogies I can stomach. From the same foul breeding grounds come the perpetrators behind today’s split.” Nasty and nastier.

Dormant Ordeal – We Had It Coming [Things You Might Have Missed 2016]

By Dr. Wvrm on December 22, 2016 in 2016, Polish Metal, Reviews, Self-released, Technical Death Metal, Things You Might Have Missed 2016, Technical Death Metal, 19 comments

“Since first cozying up to Dormant Ordeal one sleepy summer Saturday, the thundering masterclass has hardly left my rotation. Perhaps not the finest death metal to ever emigrate from Poland, We Had It Coming nonetheless evokes a primal emotion that renders it impossible to extract rational thought from the perpetual desire to blast this savage motherfucker from the rooftops.” But that might scare away Santa!

Suffer Yourself – Ectoplasm Review

By El Cuervo on December 2, 2016 in 2016, Cimmerian Shade Recordings, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Polish Metal, Reviews, Doom Metal, 10 comments

“I know that ectoplasm is an actual thing. Wikipedia tells me it’s ‘the more viscous, clear outer layer of the cytoplasm in amoeboid cells.’ But it also has its paranormal applications: that which is left behind by ghouls and ghosts and has been utilized by classic comedy (‘He slimed me’). Unfortunately for Poland’s Suffer Yourself, it’s this latter use to which I default.” Gunk in the trunk.

Bethlehem – Bethlehem Review

By Madam X on November 29, 2016 in 2016, Black Metal, Doom Metal, German Metal, Industrial Metal, International Metal, Polish Metal, Prophecy Productions, Reviews, Russian Metal, Uncategorized, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Industrial Metal, 26 comments

“With Christmas just around the corner, it gives me wry amusement that Bethlehem are about to unleash their latest slab of blackened thrash on the unsuspecting masses. Tis the season and Bethlehem are in a very giving kind of mood!” Grim yule tidings.

Eternal Deformity – No Way Out Review

By Eldritch Elitist on November 13, 2016 in 2016, Black Metal, Polish Metal, Reviews, Temple of Tortorous Records, Gothic Metal, 27 comments

“By the time you read this, Halloween 2016 is long gone. Oral surgeons have deposited their paychecks earned at the expense of children unfortunate enough to chomp down on razor blades, and your cranky olde neighbor is probably marching across the street right now to ask when the hell you’re getting that damned rotting jack o’ lantern off your porch. As I’m writing, however, the night of Halloween is still young, and I have an appropriately eerie soundtrack to accompany the festivities.” The pumpkin stays right where it’s at, bub.

Vader – The Empire Review

By Ferrous Beuller on November 5, 2016 in 2016, Death Metal, Nuclear Blast, Polish Metal, Reviews, Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal, 54 comments

“In an effort to avoid consistency devolving into redundancy, Vader have opted to galvanize The Empire with the ever-present thrash that propels their classic sound. The results are a lot of fun. I love Vader, so if you’re at all interested in following me awkwardly avoid blathering on about how great they are, and actually offer objectivity, then read on. Careful, don’t trip on the hyperbole.” Objectivity is for posers.