Belgium
Enthroned was never a real black metal band in the traditional sense. Yes, they all wear corpse paint, spikes and the typical leather outfits – but superficialities aside, the band was only black metal as far as imagery and lyrical content was concerned. Musically, they tap various genre wells outside of
Dan Seagrave
This album is the second of three albums by Tampa, Florida death metal titans Morbid Angel to feature Steve Tucker on vocals and bass guitar. It is the second album to feature Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal) on second guitars, who made his recording and writing debut on “Domination” from 1995.
American Line Productions
Of the two Disgorge branded units active at the end of the ‘90s, the Mexican variant would ultimately prove to be the most resilient in the face of line-up alterations, label changes and life’s general difficulties. Although the American offshoot was arguably more popular instantly with a large
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Somewhere in the early 2000s the mid period Marduk line-up splintered with vocalist Erik Hagstedt and drummer Emil Dragutinovic exiting the fold. It was perhaps not surprising that both men eventually ended up forming a new band that sounded anything like their previous engagement. Thus was born Devian. Devian
Allen West
In the two years of touring and writing that Six Feet Under busied themselves with after the release of “Haunted”, you’d imagine that somewhere down the road they would assess their strengths and weaknesses. The second album, like a third recording, is the time when a band needs to
Aantar Lee Coates
For Tampa, Florida genre purists Diabolic things finally seem to fall in place with their second record “Subterraneal Magnitude”. The line-up had solidified with vocalist Paul Ouellette returning to bass guitar, his primary instrument, and Bryan Hipp filling the vacated guitarist slot. By all accounts “Subterraneal Magnitude” is the
black metal
With its second album “Pure Holocaust” Norwegian band Immortal comfortably transitioned into its known style. Whereas “Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism” was slower, drenched in death metal stylings and generally on the atmospheric side, this new album is anything but. It is here that Immortal adopt its barbaric, minimalistic style of black
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One of the few good things that could be said about “Enthrone Darkness Triumphant”, outside of how catchy it was, is that it had a modicum of restraint and the good taste to rein in the band’s pompousness. The follow-up to that ill-fated record fares less well,
Aad Kloosterwaard
“Hate” is Sinister’s ultimate statement, it is the band’s most conceptually complete, musically savage and their most technically refined album. Mike van Mastrigt delivers his most spirited vocal performance, Bart van Wallenberg shines on both guitars and bass guitar, while Aad Kloosterwaard hammers out what is by all
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The continued (or rather continuing) existence of a band like Mortician is a question for the ages. Where the death metal genre, and its key bands, have constantly evolved and taken risks, Mortician remain in a stubborn creative stasis and is apparently happy to revel in stagnation. Where others grew,
Boudewijn Bonebakker
Gorefest was a totally different band, in both style and mindset, by the time they cut their third record “Erase”. Boudewijn Bonebakker (lead guitar) and Ed Warby (drums) had been in the unit for a couple of years by now, and both seemed to bring out more of lead guitarist
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If one was to look at the blueprints for the Norsecore style, three records come to mind instantly. Marduk’s “Heaven Shall Burn…”, Immortal’s “Battles In the North” and Dark Funeral ’s “The Secrets Of the Black Arts”. All three laid down the tropes and conventions and are historically