Reviews
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\r\nGRINDCORE TO DEATH \r\n \r\n
\r\nMiami’s Grindcore-Punkers -Maruta- are finally ready with their first full length album.The band so far has released only a demo and an EP and participated in a V/A compilation CD, and it was about time for their debute album to come. The recordings of the albums took some years but the result is 100% authentic grindcore!! \r\n
Scott "Wino" Weinrich is a name that has gained a “cult” status all these years among the metal / rock community being a member of many of the most significant bands of the genre such as The Obsessed, Saint Vitus, Spirit Caravan, The Hidden Hand, Place Of Skulls and the list seems to be endless.
This particular album has been released some months ago, but only now I had the chance to get a copy, but I consider that this one must be reviewed on metalzone.gr for two reasons, fisrt of all, there must be many people out there that really wants a review and the second that the album “needs” to be reviewed due to it’s significance.
Anneke van Giersbergen is for sure one of the most, beloved female voices from the Greek fans, well known from her long contribution in the well known band from the Netherlands, The Gathering.
\r\nStraight out of hell, an Unholy Ritual. Possessed from the very depths of hell, their morbid silhouettes emerge, ready to entwine the world in the darkest veil of Erebus. Speaking of which, the vocalist spits his cursed soul out seeking salvation that never comes. Accompanied, through this crawling chaos, by the Blasphemous blasting of another savage and tormented soul the eerie sound of this album leads you to a bottomless abyss where you pray for release to a weak and lame God that failed and is now hiding in shame to avoid disgrace. Pitch black darkness, decay and never ending hate.
\r\nInto the light..as a title it brings to mind other situations that have nothing to do with the songs of this cd. Where can you see the light really? Basic stuff: the rhythm is slow in the most part as the band plays in a doom/death style with, basically doom though, as their death direction has to do more with the vocals. A lot of melancholy and vocals that are between clean-growling, a fact that wakes you up from the darkness that this album causes both musically and lyrically speaking.
\r\nThe time has come, indeed. With only one member from the original line-up (Buttons), ROT is back in the music industry with a killer album. The vocals that remind of (I underline this, they only remind of) Nick Holmes, Phil Anselmo and Eddie Vedder (insert many wows here) and the music direction that varies very much is what features their music mostly. They have so many elements from so many musical scenes that they really intrigue you as you can’t predict what the next song will sound like.
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\r\nDANISH RESURGENCE\r\n \r\n
\r\nDanish band - The Burning - is back with their second album called , - Rewakenning.Since their last album, that they released 2 years ago, the band has made a big progress as about their sound and for sure about their reputation after so many concerts.I must also inform you that -The Burning- won in a competition called -Best Live Band for 2008 where they beat bands such as Hatesphere and Volbeat.\r\n
These Swedish for sure must be workaholics … just after the release of the first album of Ereb Altor, (members of Isole), now they release the fourth album with Isole.