Tag Indonesia
At risk of repeating myself too much I suggest that you check out my review of Anthropophagus Depravity’s debut Apocalypto for some added background. I’ll skim over the basics though. Anthropophagus Depravity are an Indonesian Brutal Death Metal band with… Continue Reading →
Romanticism, deathlike fantasies and world collapse – such are the images presented to us of death metal band Nokturnal from Indonesia. The horror element which is paraded conjures up Tribulation, to whose fans Nokturnal are said to appeal. In truth,… Continue Reading →
The Slam/ BDM scene in Indonesia and Asia has always really appealed to me, so much so that I often keep an eye open for any festivals over there to visit and watch some top quality Death Metal. Maybe one… Continue Reading →
In existence since 2007, having been born out of another band, Indonesia’s Demented Heart now release their second full album. The fare is technical death metal. It promises to be brutal. When reading the accompanying description that came with this… Continue Reading →
I don’t know so much about the Indonesian music scene but what I do know is that there are a vast number of bands, most of whom people don’t know about. Post and atmospheric black metal is Numeron’s chosen style…. Continue Reading →
I’ve reviewed a fair few Comatose Music releases over the years and if one thing is resolute about the label it’s that you can rely on hearing some of the most brutal extreme releases that death metal has to offer… Continue Reading →
All roads lead to black metal. Quite apart from the packaging, I knew this already, having reviewed this Indonesian band’s 2020 EP “Thy Infernal”. A raw, old school sound greets us. The guitar riff is solitary and uncompromising. Slowing down… Continue Reading →
Deep from the thriving darkest Indonesian underground or perhaps the depths of hell itself we have Masakre a noisy quartet with deathly crust at their heathen hearts. The group’s second EP Infernal Praise did as suggested in 2021 with 2… Continue Reading →
This is a very interesting band. An atmospheric black metal band from Indonesia, there is a Ukrainian element in the form of the drummer who was with the admirable White Ward, and some guitar elements. This band has been around… Continue Reading →
One person projects are de rigeur these days. No time for band members when you got the vision and skills. Instrumental? Of course – don’t need no shouty egotists to take me where I want to go. But …. a one man… Continue Reading →
There is a track that Brian Posehn released last year called “Grandpa Metal” that pokes fun at his mate Scott Ian of Anthrax and S.O.D. fame (as if I felt I needed to into Scott “Not” Ian). If there is one genre that… Continue Reading →
Ancient civilisations are totally cool, and of course very Metal. In fact quite a lot of history is pretty Metal. So it makes sense for bands to latch onto it and use it for songwriting. Just look at Nile, stupidly… Continue Reading →