Tag Germany
This bands name gave me pause to do some checking into it, I’ve no idea why, but on investigation it appears the name is of Arabic origin and there are potentially a number of interpretations but what seems to be… Continue Reading →
Nature loving Black Metal from Germany for fans of Wolves in the Throne Room and Fen. Well I love nature (the satanic thing is tiresome after a while \m/ ) and I also like to give the aforementioned bands a spin every now and… Continue Reading →
Further carving out the “mining black metal” niche for themselves, prolific German duo Dauþuz return with their fourth full length album in five years, having squeezed a couple of EPs into this timeframe too. Continuing to eschew traditional black metal… Continue Reading →
One of the nice things about reviewing is watching bands grow, in 2020 I reviewed a slew of F.D.A. Records demos, it was a fun and unique reviewing experience for me and one such band who intrigued me was Vomit… Continue Reading →
Long-term fans of Teutonic Heavy Metal stalwarts Running Wild will probably by now be familiar with mainman Rolf’s statement which he made a few weeks ago about this album. When asked whether last year’s enforced lockdowns and free time had… Continue Reading →
Let’s face it, we all like to vomit a bit of disgust now and again and that is exactly what veteran German doom / death band Odium are doing here on their 5th full-length album. Advocating “No light, no destination,… Continue Reading →
I have admired these German black speed punks for a while, they have two tape releases and their first tape ‘Black Leather Hounds’ laid down the blueprint. From the description, you can guess what they sound like right? Take all… Continue Reading →
A bit of grand black-death metal laced with mania & madness, tension & atmosphere, frenzy & melody sounds ok, and that’s what Germany’s Horns of Domination are offering as their first full album release following a demo in 2015. Winds… Continue Reading →
A new name to me, but this German gang had a debut album out in 2019 and this five track EP is a follow up. It was described as thrash/groove metal. So of course it isn’t. Opener, the title song,… Continue Reading →
Perhaps it is due to the fact that so much metal within this sub-genre is tarred with the “post” brush right now, almost as if those that play it have forgotten the origins and meanings. It’s unavoidable in a way… Continue Reading →
Quickly following up on debut 2019 self-released album Weltenszission, Dødsdrift are a relatively new outfit hailing from Northern Germany we are told. From here things are sketchy as the 5 figures standing hoodied-up with their backs to us prefer to… Continue Reading →
When you think of German thrash metal, you often think of the so called Teutonic trio, or big four to go a bit further. In fact Germany had a lot of great thrash bands of equal merit, even in current… Continue Reading →