Swiss Metal

Zeal and Ardor – Stranger Fruit Review

Zeal and Ardor – Stranger Fruit Review

By Kronos on June 11, 2018 in 2018, Avante Garde, Black Metal, MVKA, Reviews, Swiss Metal, Black Metal, Blues, 165 comments

“It takes a lot to excite and intrigue jaded metalheads like me. As our recent expose demonstrated, we here at Angry Metal Guy Hype-Deflating Industries LTD. have become harder and harder to impress over the years, to the point where we keep our superlatives locked in a gun safe which requires written permission to be opened. Nevertheless, Zeal and Ardor’s debut, Devil is Fine piqued quite a few of us with its bizarre split personality and penchant for hooks. The follow-up to that Bandcamp smash-hit, Stranger Fruit has been anxiously anticipated here, where in our best hopes we imagined an album just as catchy and eclectic but more focused and complex.” Fruits and regrets.

Soldat Hans – Es Taut Review

Soldat Hans – Es Taut Review

By El Cuervo on April 12, 2018 in 2018, Post-metal, Post-Rock, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Reviews, Swiss Metal, Wolves and Vibrancy Records, Doom Metal, Post-Metal, Psychedelic Rock, 37 comments

“There isn’t much more satisfying in life than the accidental stumble into something really cool. A relationship. A blog in which you would still be participating 7 years later. A record for which you had no expectations as you simply didn’t know it existed. It’s the last of these which is the feature of today’s review. I have much less free time these days so I spend less time sampling new music. A lack of interest in the first 2 or 3 minutes of a song is a death sentence for that record. Switzerland’s Soldat Hans and their sophomore album called Es Taut should have fallen at this first hurdle given its glacial pace. Should.” Es Taut, Cuervo?

Abinchova – Weltenwanderer Review

Abinchova – Weltenwanderer Review

By Lokasenna on April 9, 2018 in 2018, Folk Metal, Massacre Records, Melodic Death Metal, Reviews, Swiss Metal, Melodic Death Metal, 15 comments

“One of my esteemed fellows, when I picked it from the promo-bin, dismissed Weltenwanderer as Eluveitie-core. Even as one of the few people around here with a soft spot for Eluveitie, that criticism is spot-on. Abinchova are three albums into their career and are settled into a style of folk-infused melodeath strongly reminiscent of their countrymen. Leaving the merits and flaws of the style itself behind, is Abinchova any good at it?” All folked up.

Coilguns – Millennials Review

Coilguns – Millennials Review

By Master of Muppets on April 4, 2018 in 2018, Hummus Records, Metalcore, Reviews, Swiss Metal, Metalcore, 57 comments

“Since the time before time, the Angry Metal Promo Bin has relegated one specific sub-genre to its shadowy recesses, solely to be invoked for the most incensed, no-fucks-given of contemptuous insults. I’m talking, of course, about metalcore, the bastard product of bastard children bastardizing metal with their bastardly ways, the bastards. Ye Angry Metal Faithful know that metalcore is a damnation typically reserved for the most hated of Jørn’s children, so why in His name have I delivered His flock directly unto the wolves?” Misery loves muppetry.

Cân Bardd – Nature Stays Silent Review

Cân Bardd – Nature Stays Silent Review

By Dr. Wvrm on April 3, 2018 in 2018, Black Metal, Northern Silence Productions, Reviews, Swiss Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, 43 comments

“First-time long-time readers will note this site’s rep for lofty production expectations. Hell, even yours truly, who once indulged in sub-100 kbps Youtube rips, the food court Chinese of music formats, somehow finds himself infected with those same insidious ideals. Still, that total production meltdown, the one that drags down a perfectly otherwise great score and results in public gnashing of teeth, has escaped me. So when I saw that Nature Stays Silent was mixed by a 19-year-old one-man band ‘at home,’ I braced my eardrums for maximum pain.” Bardd of hearing.

Ungfell – Mythen, Mären, Pestilenz Review

Ungfell – Mythen, Mären, Pestilenz Review

By El Cuervo on March 27, 2018 in 2018, Black Metal, Eisenwald Records, Folk, Reviews, Swiss Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal, 40 comments

“2017 saw the release of the début full-length by Switzerland’s unusual, folksy black metal band called Ungfell. I was introduced by the ever-insightful Alex at Metal-Fi who held it up as one of his best of the year. While Tôtbringære was only just shy of real greatness and probably deserved a nice write-up, I never put pen to paper. Scarcely a year later and I’ve resolved to rectify this deficiency by reviewing their sophomore album called Mythen, Mären, Pestilenz. Does it stack up?” Swiss misery.

Felskinn – Mind Over Matter Review

Felskinn – Mind Over Matter Review

By GardensTale on March 14, 2018 in 2018, Heavy Metal, Reviews, Rock of Angels Records, Swiss Metal, Heavy Metal, 28 comments

“Let us put on the hat of the elitist for a moment. What separates us from the mainstream pleb? When it comes to extreme metal, the answer is obvious. No mainstream music is so dense, complex and abrasive. Hit lists rarely contain tracks that actively, overtly work to create discomfort and repulsion. When it comes to less obviously anti-commercialism, though, the differences become less pronounced, and a multitude of heavy metal bands have indeed been part of what was considered hit music, back in the glorious ’80s. Felskinn tries to appeal to the hit chart-sensitive among the population while recognizing that classic metal doesn’t embody widely accepted characteristics anymore.” Taste the Felskinn.

Antiversum – Cosmos Comedenti Review

Antiversum – Cosmos Comedenti Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on October 2, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, Death Metal, Invictus Productions, Reviews, Swiss Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, 13 comments

“OK, think fast: what’re the first two bands that come to mind when you think of Zurich? If you’re me, it’s Celtic Frost and Triptykon. Sure, there are plenty of others, but regardless which ones you picked, I bet Antiversum wasn’t one of them. Nothing against this mysterious, black/death group, but with only a demo and a six-way split to their name, I’m sure only a few people here have heard of them. But, now that their debut record is out, here’s your chance.” Blackened Swiss for all.