Tag Chile
Chileans are noted for their passion as a people. When it comes to heavy metal, the word passion isn’t enough…it seems an ecstasy; a way of life- a calling if you will. This is something that is consistent with our… Continue Reading →
Despite this being their, what, seventh full album I don’t recall ever having even heard of Hetroertzen (originally from Chile, now based in Sweden it seems) – but that’s neither here nor there in the world of black metal. What… Continue Reading →
This is the second album by this Chilean band and I was promised abyssic hellhounds, ritual, fervent darkness, mystifying song structures, unease, dread and occultic (?) death metal. So, with hopes of waves of weirdness similar to The Axis Of… Continue Reading →
Chilean Thrash/Death titans Criminal are back once again with their ninth studio album and first release since 2016’s ‘Fear Itself’. Seemingly continuing to head back to their roots, incorporating more of the Latin and South American musical traits and styles… Continue Reading →
There has been a wealth of metal acts over the years with the moniker of Apostasy but it’s fair to say that this Chilean version is likely the most well-known though there are active Swedish and US versions with the… Continue Reading →
Chile’s Lucifer’s Hammer have stepped up their game for this new release. Since their ‘Night Sacrifice’ demo from 2013, they have been one of the better quality traditional metal purveyors from South America, and worldwide for that matter. If you… Continue Reading →
Wine apparently gets better with age, I wouldn’t know because I normally don’t drink wine that costs more than £7 but that’s what they say. So, does Metal get better with age? For the most part I’m going to say… Continue Reading →
Blackthrash from Chile, named after a Destruction song eh? Well I guess one thing guaranteed here is that South American intensity and integrity with the Chilean dark outlook. Yeah, Invincible Force, on their second full length certainly have that. ‘Doomed… Continue Reading →
A man from Venezuela and later Chile who goes by the name of N is behind this. The accompanying blurb suggests something of different angles of black metal. Best to listen to it really, and then we’ll know. As intros… Continue Reading →
Having previously released a digital and cassette version of this EP in December 2019 Polish label Fallen Temple has seen fit to reissue it on CD format and digitally again. Hailing from Chile, the band has that unique grisly South… Continue Reading →
From such a faraway place as Chile come Decem Maleficivm proclaiming The End of Satan. And there I was thinking that that guy would be around forever, because of cosmic balance and all that. Decem Maleficivm themselves, in any case,… Continue Reading →
When even copying the band name from the promo blurb does not work as it’s been spelt wrong there, sheesh… Got there in the end though and this band who I term the unpronounceable cult from Chile sure don’t make… Continue Reading →