Tag Nekromantheon
This Norwegian version of Sovereign (there are over 15 bands of this name listed that I could find) are a death/thrash group featuring ex members of Nocturnal Breed, Incinerator (these guys are awesome!) and Nekromantheon. ‘Altered Reality’ eventually gets going… Continue Reading →
While Easter is a time for religious worship for many, or perhaps overindulgence in chocolate, for the extreme metal community it means making the annual pilgrimage to Oslo for the unrivalled Inferno Festival, and this year was my tenth consecutive… Continue Reading →
Climb on the stage, dive off, hit the floor, repeat……………Back in 2012 I stumbled across a rowdy bunch of thrashers by the name of Nekromantheon laying waste to the cramped confines of Oslo’s John Dee, and as well as being… Continue Reading →
‘Rex’ is a long awaited follow up to 2017’s ‘With Primeval Force’ which developed the band from their debut release. Here on ‘Rex’ I find them going back in the majority to their early sound whilst still retaining those lesson… Continue Reading →
Having cleared the hangover with a big breakfast, I made my annual trip to the infamous Neseblod store. I have written about this in previous years’ reviews so won’t go into detail except to say that Neseblod has a huge place in… Continue Reading →
Norway placed itself upon the metallic map with its infamous Black Metal scene, something which really took Metal to new Extreme heights. Yet beneath all that there is a rich Death Metal scene. Even Darkthrone’s debut Soulside Journey took a… Continue Reading →
Originally a black thrash outfit from Norway, when I first saw these guys live at London Live Evil fest they looked very young indeed, maturing in age and musicianship we now have their second full length release ‘Unstoppable Power’. The… Continue Reading →
Obliteration’s debut album was one which took me by surprise, discovered by chance in a second-hand record shop some months back. Packed full of tight-picked riffs, blasts, hellish atmosphere and infernal roars, 2007’s ‘Perpetual Decay’ is a beautiful amalgamation of… Continue Reading →
Deathhammer could have been spawned back in 1985, their fast aggressive version of thrash is a breath of fresh in a sometimes complacent wider appealing thrash genre. What sets these guys apart is their ease of delivery; their music is… Continue Reading →
These Norwegian’s took my breath away a while back when they performed at the first Live Evil festival in London. Yes ok, it can be said that they first shot into the limelight living off a Fenriz (Darkthrone) band of… Continue Reading →