New Reviews 6/26/2010
KOZELJNIK- Deeper the Fall-CD ( Paragon Records)
Progressive Black metal or some call it avant blackened metal. This is something I truly do love. Kozeljink have many influences that I love they take sounds from Voivod, Veds Buen Ende and Enslaved for good measure. There is a very VBE guitar and vocal sound going here. There moments I think DHG and Code come to mind. This just a great mix of jazzy metal moments mix with Thrash, Death and Black metal. The vocals are those very effected just sung torn throat style. You can hear the torment in the vocal lines as each word is sung. Its very Bethlehem in vocal style if that makes any scene to this unique and creative way to present Black metal to a new age of Avant Metal fans. Kozeljnik is just one more reason Paragon is a label to respect and grow with. There one or two bigger bands away from being the next big US metal label...
Profanatica- Disguisting Blasphemies Against God- CD ( Hell's Headbangers)
So as we all know this band is a way of life and worship for most of USBM movement as they really did take the 1st step for the USBM movement to make a name for itself. They are raw, crude, ugly and anti social in every manner on this record. This album is just what you think about when you hear the word Black Metal... There is a strong mix of Death/Doom metal going on here as well its not just raw euro BM worship going on. DBAG has moments of pure brutality but there are passages of low end doom madness and punishing Death metal . Which makes its all the more impressive to me. The production is top notch and the bass is so full and heavy something lacking in a lot of what is called True Black metal. Profanatica is really more then a sum of all its parts. Lets be honest as well any band that can last 20 yrs of bullshit and record an album like this gets my vote for groundbreaking. Profanatica is a band that is worth hearing in all there phases not something said lightly from this reviewer. Hells Headbangers knows their Blackened Metal for sure...
ARMOUR - Armour-CD (HELLS HEADBANGERS)
Holy late 80's hard rock / Heavy metal going on here Batman. If you were into LA Guns, WASP or Dangerous toys then your going to love this shit and I mean this with as much respect as I can as I want my bandana's back and want to tease out my hair for this .. This is some of the most catchy heavy hard rock songs I've heard in a hell of a long time. There totally into that Hanoi Rocks sound too . Him could learn a thing or two from Armor. This would have ruled the Sunset strip in LA in 1988. Armour you kick some major rock out of those amps . Keep on rocking the rock that you do...
PERVERSOR - Demon Metal- CD (HELLS HEADBANGERS)
Hells Headbangers has a strong love for 80's Black Thrash and you know what I more then happy to listen and review it as this is another one of those Bathory meets early Kreator ass kicking sessions that just will never grow old to me and maybe its because I grew up loving this kind of shit... The huge monster riffs the noisy overtone the drums just being a wave of thunder of the growls , raspy vocals and pure bile coming from his vocal cords.. Perversor is just hate and discontent on a CD and pound for pound I'm sure this band can stand up to any band past or present to thrash the hell straight out of you ... Thank you again Hells Headbangers for this little gem of Pain and power....
Vomitor- Devils Poison-CD (Hells Headbangers)
Thrashing Death metal from a time that has long been forgotten . Remember when Sodom, Kreator , Venom, Bathory were so bad ass and extreme it would make you crap yourself . It almost felt wrong to listen to this is where Vomitor sickness in sound comes from. Fast, Raw, Loose and METAL!!!!. There last release was over 8 yrs ago but this band from Down under has not lost a step is the metallic carnage they have and always will create. Time to get on the denim vest and war helmet and thrash around like it was 1986.....
Rage-STRINGS TO A WEB-CD (Sonic Unyon)
So what we have here is Epic Symphonic Power metal from a band that is been around well over 25 yrs. If you like bands like Savatage,Angra, Blind Guardian and Symphony X then Rage is going to kick your Metallic ass.. They love to add electronic and synth arrangements into the mix to make it all the more interesting. The vocals are clean yet throaty at the same time. Strings to a web is a massive record in sound and style. There's not much more to say about a band that has been around so long. If you love Classic metal with a Prog edge and Power metal edge then get all things from Rage asap. This is just as amazing as the rest...
Nox Aurea - Ascending in Triumph-CD (Napalm Records)
I'm not so sure what style they are as much as the two bands that come to mind when listening to this band ... Nox Aurea have a huge thing for Dimmu Borgir and My Dying Bride... The Deep guttural male vox , the epic sweeping symphonic Black doom sound of the strings and guitars. The mid tempo and very low end bass and drumming add to the doom over tone very much so the operatic female vocals give it elements of Within temptation and Tristania as well. They seem to intertwine Doom, Death and Black metal into what we used to call Gothic Doom but I have no clue what kids call it today. This band is very at home on napalm as dozens of bands in this style have graced there hallowed halls over the years. Nox Aurea is heavy as a brick and a thick in sound as well. Ascending in Triumph is a very impressive metal album to say they least and well worth multi listens.
Comments