extreme metal

(*/10) Grindcore pioneers Napalm Death released 15 full-length records, spread over three decades. The awesome "Apex Predator - Easy Meat", released in 2015, was the latest one to date and it has been a lot of singles and some split releases that also...

(7/10) Demonical, hailing from Avesta, Sweden, is a death metal outfit that was founded in 2006 by former Centinex members. The only remaining founding member is Martin Schulman and it was in 2017 when the band went through a massive change when it comes...

(9/10) If there was a black metal band that gained enormous popularity over the last years without ending up in some mainstream screeching or sell-out, it’s Watain. The band hailing from Uppsala, Sweden began their hellish endeavour in 1998 and the first...

(9/10) It was three decades ago when one of the most influential death metal outfits appeared on the scene - and the guys came to stay. Even though having had a break along the way, it's 2017 being a year to celebrate. Autopsy is 30 years around and it’s...

Photos: Peaceville Records Time for a metallic birthday this year. Legendary Peaceville Records will celebrate their 30th anniversary. The label had an enormous impact on (extreme) metal, giving bands like Paradise Lost, Anathema, Katatonia and more a...

(8/10) Officially Iron Monkey are categorised as being a sludge metal outfit. But the trio from Nottingham has more to offer. Iron Monkey began in 1994 and finished off a first era in 1999. After 18 years of absence it is 2017 which brings Iron Monkey...

Extreme metal band Sinsaenum, being the brainchild of Frėdėric Leclercq and Joey Jordison, will release a new EP beginning of November. The title track is already unveiled and is entitled "Ashes". The EP comes with a running time of 30 minutes and includes,...

(9/10) I can’t even explain ‘why’, but Cradle Of Filth never really went right to the top of my personal playlists. I had them on my metal radar and I liked to listen to them once in a while, but the pure excitement never hit me. Therefor I was curious...

Iowa-based extreme metal outfit Slipknot will release a 90 minutes documentary DVD/Blu-Ray entitled "Day of the Gusano" on October 20st. This release captured the band's first show in Mexico, which took place in December 2015 with additional interviews...

(8/10) For one or another reason I missed Decapitated up to date. Of course it’s the name that rings a bell, but not more. OK, this changes right her, right now. I received the band’s seventh studio album in a history of more than 2o years and I'm impressed...

(*/10) My door opener to Celtic Frost was the band’s third longplayer “Into the Pandemonium”. I read the positive articles in some fanzines and in addition the album was highly recommended to me too by a friend of mine. OK, if there was such a buzz around...

(9/10) European death metal had to suffer from some losses over the last months, bands like the legendary Bolt Thrower who decided to stop after having lost their friend and drummer Martin Kearns. After all this sad news there are also positive signs....