Nov 14, 2009 - Ars Macabra interview - By Anders
We are not hearing that much from the Italian metal scene, though here and there, a bright spot appears, and one of those belongs to Ars Macabra. The black metal horde released their second full length 'Hate Induced Trance' in 2007 and is as we speak working on new material. I hooked up with guitarist and songwriter Sathor to get up to speed with the band and to hear what lays below what the human eye can see within Ars Macabra and the Italian metal scene!
Nov 14, 2009 - Six String Slaughter interview - By Anders
A while ago a new CD popped into my mailbox and after some time I popped it into my CD player to see what was hidden on the EP, with the saying title 'The World Slaughter EP'. What I found was a pummeling mix of old school death metal with some more modern influences and great vocals, so again, after some time I got in touch with guitar and bass maestro Søren Jensen and had a little chat.
Oct 7, 2009 - 4 New reviews online! - By Anders
Sep 30, 2009 - 8 new reviews online - By Anders
Sep 27, 2009 - Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue review - By Anders
One of the things that I never thought would happen, has happened, Alice In Chains is back with a new album. It's been 14 years since the band's last release, the selftitled album, that showed the band from a more progressive and experimental side, than we had heard before. We didn't hear much from the band in the period of 1996, where they toured a bit, until the death of Layne Staley in 2002 and to be honest, I thought that was the definite end of Alice In Chains. Though in 2006 the band resurfaced at a benefit concert for the tsunami victims, they didn't have an actual singer at this point, but utilized different friends from other bands. During a small US tour, they started to use William DuVall from Comes With The Fall more and more, and eventually he ended up as the band's vocalist. In 2008 Alice In Chains started to record a new album, which ended up as 'Black Gives Way To Blue'.
Sep 20, 2009 - MTV Headbangers Ball Tour 2009 - By Anders
Read the report from MTV Headbangers Ball Tour 2009 - Dawn Of Demise, HateSphere and Illdisposed conquered Aalborg 18-09-2009
Aug 17, 2009 - 5 new reviews online - By Anders
This time 4 old albums have been treated and 1 spanking new release, from the English doomsters Damnation Hammer, check them all out!
Damnation's Hammer - Serpent's Wrath
Obliteration - Perpetual Decay
Nihilist - Nihilist (1987 - 1989)
Aug 13, 2009 - Godless Rising interview online - By Anders
I don't reckon that there are many death metal fans out there who doesn't know who Jeff Gruslin is! The vocalist on the 2 first legendary Vital Remains albums 'Let Us Prey' and 'Into Cold Darkness'. After those 2 releases Jeff more or less disappeared from the metal scene, besides a single gig with Vital Remains in '99.
Until 2005 when Paul Flynn (ex-Vital Remains lead guitarist) and Jeff Gruslin got together and formed Godless Rising. The cooperation between the 2 lasted for 2 good albums 'Rising Hatred' and 'Battle Lords'. Now Jeff is running the band together with guitarist and bassist Toby Knapp and they are as we speak in the middle of finishing the third Godless Rising album entitled 'Trumpet Of Triumph'.
I got in touch with Jeff to hear about the new album and what has kept his flame for old school death metal burning all these years! And if you are into old school death metal, give Godless Rising a shot, they know what it is about and a couple of tracks of the coming album can be checked out at their Myspace site!
Aug 12, 2009 - Dawn Of Tears interview online - By Anders
I didn't know of Dawn Of Tears until a promo copy of their latest release, the MCD 'Dark Chamber Litanies' found its way to my mailbox and later on my CD player. A Spanish band playing melodic death metal sounded a little obscure in my ears, hail prejudice.
I came through all my ingrown notions of Spanish metal and gave the release a spin with fresh ears and a clean mind, and liked what came out of the speakers. Well played and -composed metal with influences from death metal, sweeping melodies and a nice melancholic atmosphere surrounding it all. Later on I got in touch with the musical mastermind behind the band J.L. Trebol and threw some questions his way, his answers are to read below here!
