Reviews
\r\nTwo years after the release of “Kvass”, the Norwegian folklore / black metal outfit has returned with their 4th full length release. Folkore Black metal is a genre that has been through many troubles many times, but with bands like Kampfar always gets over these problems.
\r\nI have received such stuff from Tiefdruck lately that I really appreciate the work that guys at this label do. Seeing that this CD was from this German sub-label of Universal, I was prepared to find out something worth-listening.. Unfortunately, things didn’t turn that way. Even if in its production this work reaches a high enough level, Devils Gift seem that they still haven’t found the way of combining their different influences so that they can bring a fine result.
\r\nI was introduced to the band via myspace just a few time ago and I have to admit that what I heard impressed me from the first moment that I checked their webpage to listen to their songs. According to the info on their page, the band was formed in 2005 as VIOLATOR and one year later they recorded the demo “Collapsed Mind” which was clearly referring to the Bay Thrash scene of the 80s. However, the band evolves its style, and under the name TURBULENCE,after spending a year for recordings, they release the EP “Cryonics”.
Grey is the name of the debut album from the French band Dwellers Of The Twilight, and what they try to do here is write music with Anaal Nathrakh as their main influence. The result is nine tracks almost identical with each other with no element of surprise. We are listening to chaotic Black Metal which lacks inspiration (no surprise there, since the band’s MySpace informs us that all the songs were composed and recorded within a week) and boredom rules the whole album.
New release for our very own Nethescerial, the name of which is Qvorum and it is a mini-CD. I had the chance to listen to the band’s older releases and what I observe every time is that Nethescerial are evolving and maturing as time goes by. Qvorum consists of five tracks and it is a very special project which requires one’s full attention since it is not so easy to listen to. The songs on this album are technical, chaotic, symphonic, atmospheric and above all, extreme.
Bullet is a group which comes from Sweden and this is their second release, after 2006 debut "Heading For The Top". Their main purpose of this release is, (as they say in the track "Rock n’ Roll Remedy") to rock this town and believe me, they know how to do it, damn right. As soon as you listen to the first riffs, the clock stops and the time machine gets you, to the glorious past of groups like : Judas Priest, Ac/Dc, Exciter and a little bit of Iron Maiden and Saxon (musically speaking). Nothing innovative, great pure 80s atmosphere and mood, though.
\r\nIt had been said many times that after some point, and more specifically after the release of the album “In Search of Truth”, EVERGREY began to focus more on the lyrics rather than the music, a fact that led to a quite different musical orientation as the band lost a lot of its dark feeling.This time, as if he describes his most awful nightmares with a wild and unique beauty in each word, in each riff, this great persona called Tom Englund seems to facing his most malicious demons and he fe
Motorhead, a band that has offered some great moments in Metal History and written its name with golden letters in the book of Rock Legends. This new album is nothing else but the continue of their saga. Another worth to notice release, on their music’s prototypes (and stereotypes). The sound of the album is typical Motorhead and by the time the first riff enters, you can immediately recognise them.