black metal
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
black metal
Immortal’s entry into the then-emerging world of black metal was as typical as many of their fellow bands. Coming from a death metal background with Old Funeral (in which both members spent time), and before that Amputation – it was at the behest of Oystein Aarseth from Mayhem that
Chief Spires
It speaks volumes of the amount of confidence that Relapse Records had in their newest signee to release this demo compilation as early as they did. Released in 1999, just one year after “Amongst the Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka”, and one year before “Black Seeds Of Vengeance” this compilation houses
black metal
Mutant was the studio side-project of Theory In Practice lead guitarist Peter Lake and drummer/vocalist Henrik Ohlsson. The studio project was started originally for both members to get away from the complex instrumentation and songwriting of their main band Theory In Practice. The duo opted for black metal
Aantar Lee Coates
Tampa, Florida outfit Diabolic was what you call a “stock” death metal band. There’s nothing truly bad about them, but they aren’t the prime example of the genre either. Their work is enjoyable and crafted with a respectable amount of skill and dexterity, yet nothing of it is
Allen West
In the early ‘90s things started brewing in the Sunshine State of Florida. Cannibal Corpse had released the critically acclaimed “The Bleeding” and Obituary had just put “The End Complete” on the market, the logical culmination of their earlier sound, on the once-relevant Roadrunner Records. Massacre had already released
black metal
Portugese black/death metal formation Decayed and myself have somewhat of a long history. I remember first hearing this band, when some kind of obscure label two people heard of re-released their 1996 album “Resurrectiónem Mortuórum”. Since those days I have heard much (but certainly not all) of their
death metal
If there is one Mortician album that could be recommended in good conscious to any fanatic of the death metal genre, “Mortal Massacre” would be it. Functioning both as a studio outing and an early live document there’s a simple and brutish charm about this EP. Capturing Mortician in
black metal
Dimmu Borgir, the Norwegian band to name itself after a purported gateway to hell in Northern Iceland, were a pretty stock atmospheric and lightly folk-tinged black metal act with their first two Norwegian-languaged albums “For All Tid” and the hugely atmospheric “Stormblast”. While their skills were never particularly
Boudewijn Bonebakker
There comes a moment in every band’s life when they are forced to change either by choice or by circumstance. This is the time when they need to adapt to their surroundings in order to survive. For Dutch band Gorefest that time arrived when they were set to write
Brazil
In the late 1990s a new charge of South American underground bands stormed the world due to the increasing popularity of Brazilian export Krisiun, comprised of the three Kolesne brothers. Every label you could imagine was seeking out their personal Brazilian death metal band, and as such every band that
action-adventure
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Developed by Naughty Dog Published by Sony Written & directed by Amy Hennig Music by Greg Edmonson Starring Nolan North, Richard McGonagle, Emily Rose, Claudia Black, Robin Atkin Downes, Rosalind Ayres “Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception” is in many ways the technological pinnacle and creative