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| | InternetEd Reviews: Hypocrisy- Catch 22 |
 | | Hypocrisy is a twisted Swedish black/death metal band that has managed to put out some of the heaviest metal records known to man. Very few extreme music artists are capable of mixing melody and brutality while keeping the dark atmosphere of their sound intact the way Peter Tagtgren and crew have done. | | | Infusing massive riffs and precise melodies, "On The Edge Of Darkness" is a great song in a style not heard from the band since the brilliant The Final Chapter record, and "A Public Puppet" is an excellent extreme metal song with some deviously syncopated rhythms. | | | Though Catch 22 is not Hypocrisy's single finest work, it is still one of their best, ranking up there with Abducted and The Final Chapter for its usage of sheer brutality with gripping melodic darkness. |
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http://www.interneted.com/Reviewpages/hypocrisycatch22.htm
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| | Testament Biography / History |
| | Unfortunately, the band's future was in jeopardy after the release of the...Fillmore album. | | | During this time, the band was in the process of signing a record deal with MegaForce. | | | Glen Alvalais, who was previously in the band in 1993 on Return To The Apocalyptic City, was acquired to play on tour for the live material. |
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http://members.tripod.com/TheMurkyWaters/info.html
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| | Shellac - 1000 Hurts (Touch and Go) |
| | As Shellac fans, we all already are familiar with the nerd/tough-ass dyad that exists in the band, and I think that most of us feel that the tension between these two reactive elements is what makes their music so fun to listen to. | | | Shellac is a band whose members are famous for being super tough nerds. | | | Most likely, the tough ass would utterly destroy the nerd, and 1000 Hurts would be the most pure rock and roll Shellac album ever, probably sacrificing the intellectual side of their music for animalistic brutality. |
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http://www.fakejazz.com/reviews/shellac4.shtml
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| | Hartford Advocate: A Return to Brutality |
| | The band had watered down their unrelenting trademark brutality for nu-metal radio-friendly sounds, and even a guest vocal by Cypress Hill's B-Real, who is very cool but, let's face it, not metal. | | | The band's turn for the commercial was especially suspect coming on the heels of their prior album, the band's best-selling to date, | | | Though Fear Factory's blend of industrial beats, synths, with metal and hardcore elements, and both shouted and sung vocals may not be unique today, the band stood out for these elements in the early 90s, when grunge and modern rock dominated commercially, and the metal underground was all about the Satan-loving brutal death metal. |
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http://hartfordadvocate.com/gbase/Music/content?oid=oid:61207
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| | Bane : Biography |
| | BANE was impressed by his ability to learn the songs while his skills stabilized the band into higher grounds. | | | BANE has written new material since then and is defying death metal standards by fusing brutality, melancholy, melody and originality to create a sound like no other. | | | BANE was ready to record once again along with a new batch of songs. |
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http://www.mindspring.com/~feast/bane/bio.html
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| | Metallian.com - Cadaver |
| | After one album as Cadaver Inc. the band resurfaced in 2004 again as Cadaver, this time on Candlelight Records. | | | Cadaver has never been linear and Necrosis is strictly recommended for those who can take a cornucopia of sounds atop the brutality. | | | That itself is a tradition of sorts for this band and the 2004 release does not intend to be different. |
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http://www.metallian.com/cadaver.htm
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| | MUSICSCAN > INFOS > Interviews-Stories > Details |
| | Naglfar: Personally I feel that we have produced our strongest album to date, combining the melodies that are kinda the trademark of Naglfar with the sheer brutality that is displayed on "Pariah". | | | Naglfar: The main thing that we did different this time was that we recorded a preproduction of the album in my homestudio. | | | Naglfar: Personally I would like the listener to realize that he/she is listening to something unique, an album filled with pure musical intelligence. |
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http://www.music-scan.de/infos/stories/details.php?id=457
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| | PopMatters |
| | Still, brutality is the band's forte, something driven home on the superb "Limbs of a Stare", an expertly executed exercise in prototypal black metal. | | | This band will be one to watch for in a couple of albums' time. | | | When the band wavers from the formula, the results are more middling, but a song like "Cellos For the Insatiable" possesses a memorable enough chorus to make up for the lack of musical flash. |
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http://www.popmatters.com/shorttakes/2004_11_21_archive.shtml
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| | www.ponk111.com |
| | Anyway, this has the band's State Of Brutality 7", Wealthrevel 7" and a bunch of comp tracks (18 songs in all). | | | White Trash Debutantes are an all girl punk band fronted by the legendary Ginger Coyote (editor and founder of The Punk Globe - one of the original punk zines in SF). | | | This has 7 songs (4 of which are covers) by this goofy Southern California punk band. |
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http://geeklings.net/~mikhail/w.html
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| | Nuclear Blast America |
| | Due to several other projects of the band members and more effort regarding the songwriting, it took ORPHANAGE almost four years to finish their next full length record "Inside". | | | Also on stage the band could convince its audience wholeheartedly and made every concert an unforgettable happening. | | | With "Driven", ORPHANAGE present a new strong and homogeneous piece of work, typically filled with lots of metal and melody, brutality hand in hand with gloomy aesthetics. |
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http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/bands/orphanage.html
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| | VH1.com : Danzig : Biography |
| | Their self-titled debut found Danzig playing the Satanic metal singer role to the hilt, even if the band's songs sounded much the same. | | | Danzig II: Lucifuge followed in 1990, and it broadened the band's musical palette, expanding on the simple blues riffs of the debut with more extensive forays into that style. | | | The band broke through into the mainstream in 1993, when a live video for "Mother," a song originally released on Danzig, became an inescapable smash on MTV and even charted as a single, nearly cracking the Billboard Top 40. |
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http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/danzig/bio.jhtml
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| | Arsis - A Diamond for Disease Music Review sputnikmusic |
| | Arsis is an experience of throat-clenching brutality, mind-boggling musical skill, and awe-inspiring melodies. | | | This is what Arsis does to me. Their melodic influences are not enough to distinguish them from the huge rabble of metal bands out there. | | | Saying Arsis is better than Gothenburg bands or vice-versa is all opinion, but saying that Arsis is a generic, reptitive band is basically downright false. |
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http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?reviewid=3985&genreid=8&styleid=18
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| | MACABRE "Dahmer" |
| | Since MACABRE can't be compared to any other band, it certainly feels refreshing to listen to "Dahmer", The vocal assault also shows variety and fits just right; guttural vocals, maniac in agony-like vocals and normal, punk-like vocals in some tracks. | | | More interesting is the way they bring all these elements together in such perfect way creating musical variety, and turning their musical prowess into power, originality and brutality. | | | I had lost track of this band since the magnificent "Sinister slaughter" and this DAHMER is truly a great comeback, just in case some dumbass doesn't known who JEFFREY DAHMER was, he might have been the last great serial killer of the 20th century. |
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http://www.himnosrituales.com/english/13issue2/macabre.htm
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| | REVIEWS S |
| | SABBAT prove that classical Metal songwriting still can bring about much more power than many other bands of today are trying to do by megabrutal blastbeat attacks and sheer brutality. | | | This is a really good, talented underground band that managed to create 31 minutes filled with intelligent and conclusive song structures, a raw and very traditional feeling, and enough tempo variation (from fast blasting to crushing mid-tempo) to keep the album still interesting after the tenth time listening. | | | But with all respect to the band's musical qualities I still gotta say that I personally probably wouldn't listen to this album very often as everything sounds a bit too safe and wellknown for my taste. |
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http://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/review-s.htm
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| | NEW Goth Metal World - your gate to the dark side - ThanatoSchizO |
| | Listening to "Schizo Level" (which was released in July 2001), the prevailing idea is that the band managed to reach a level where melody and brutality are successfully connected and different styles (from brutal death to atmospheric avant-garde metal, joining raw black metal with some psychedelic rock) are gathered. | | | This was specially felt after the band was considered to having released one of the best international albums of 1999. | | | Thanatos reached the 11th position (ahead bands such as Dimmu Borgir, Immortal and Primordial) in a list of twenty and were the third best Portuguese band. |
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http://www.gothmetal.net/article/articleview/201/1/33
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| | <>News August 2002<> |
| | The band still has to find a record label though, but the newborn brutality that the band delivers now, could open some doors... | | | The bands will release a cd entitled "Hagridden" with 10 tracks through Copro Records. | | | The band is still waiting to sign a recorddeal. |
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http://www.danishmetalpages.dk/arkiv/2002/aug2002.htm
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| | CD Baby: TRAUMA CONCEPT: The End Of Denial |
| | Combine these accomplishments with constant touring, and the fact that the band had only been around for a year and a half when these accomplishments were made, and you can plainly see that Trauma Concept is unarguably one of the hardest working bands out there. | | | Since their debut release, "The End of Denial"(2002) [recorded by Adam D. of KillSwitch Engage (Roadrunner Records artists)], the band has been a non-stop powerhouse, gaining a nationwide fanbase. | | | Trauma Concept is a wake-up call using brutality to batter your senses. |
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http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/traumaconcept
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| | SWANS - Interview Chart(Toronto) |
| | Though he's quick to point out that Swans are a collaborative effort involving all band members (Gira: vocals and writing; Jarboe: vocals and keyboards; Norman Westberg: guitars; Al Kyzis: bass; Ted Parsons: drums), the band is essentially his-which means without him they wouldn't exist. | | | This dubious badge of achievement was earned by Swans, the all-time champs of the Sonic Brutality Index (defined as the inverse ratio between decibels produced and the area of the room enclosing them). | | | Swans happened in about '82, and appeared to be the sonic embodiment of Gira's rage. |
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http://www.swans.pair.com/PRESS/art_reflex.html
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| | Tartarean Desire Webzine - Hypocrisy, Exodus and Keep Of Kalessin live report |
| | Virus has renewed the bands style in many ways, not only alternating very varied compositions in terms of tempo and melodies, but also adding some brutality with the integration of Horgh behing the skins, who has introduced virtuosity in blastbeating to the Hypocrisy style. | | | After this introduction, the band continues with an unexpected track: Carved up that is in fact a transition towards Abducted and is the only song they played off of Roswell 47 (Lyon 47 today), that Hypocrisy reserved for the end of the set. | | | Much to my dismay, we will not be granted with one song from their debut album, Penetralia, when the band usually plays Left to rot somewhere along the line. |
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http://www.tartareandesire.com/articles/hypocrisy_live.html
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| | Kreator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Their style of music is similar with their compatriots Destruction and Sodom (usually referred by the fans as the Trinity of German Thrash Metal). | | | Kreator is a popular thrash metal band from Essen, Germany. | | | They differ from the Bay Area Thrashers by their brutality and speed. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreator
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| | Coercion - Reviews |
| | A new band from Stockholm have just released their debut CD, and on that album theyre performing the noble art called death metal. | | | Sorry about that but to listen to this band at high volume is like getting a round-kick in the stomach. | | | Coercion isnt all that fast, instead the keyword here is brutality and the heaviness is neck-breaking. |
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http://home.swipnet.se/coercion/reviews.html
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| | Untitled Document |
| | The band has a lot to work on. | | | These songs are badass incarnate as they are far-flung from conformity in their swaying brutality. | | | Ramesses challenges you to cross the dark line it draws before you, seducing you to the bad side of the tracks. |
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http://www.pivotalrage.com/webzine/phpreviews.php?cmd=2&a=We_Will_Lead_You_to_Glorious...&g=Ramesses
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| | Gigpad |
| | The band is known for their sheer brutality and in your face attitude. | | | The band will be doing a set of tracks from their album, and with their new lead guitarist Pradeep (Ex-DC/Deflesh), they are ready to kick some ass. | | | Arguably the best Death Metal band from Mumbai, Exhumation will be unleashing hell at Resurrection 5 with songs from their latest album 'Among The Dead' which has been released online for free on their website www.exhumationindia.tk. |
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http://www.gigpad.com
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| | Midheaven Mailorder Browse by Label: Willowtip |
| | The band has risen to another level of brutality, paving technical musicianship with thick, oozing globs of doomy slow passages. | | | ***Son of Sulfur is the mammoth new full-length from one of Sweden’s heaviest bands, and the follow-up to their acclaimed Red on Chrome. | | | Ultra pissed, insanely violent and brutal, this is the band’s most focused and lethal release of death/grind/black/thrash insanity the band has managed so far. |
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http://www.midheaven.com/labels/nonexc/willowtip.html
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| | MORBIDMEMO.COM :: View topic - the sabbat |
| | This Houston band has been delivering a true death metal sound from fast attacks to slow brutality, all chopped up and mangled with carnage and mystery. | | | With noteworthy recordings such as “Infinite Battles for Immortality” and “Besieging Abominations” they are definitely a band not to be missed. | | | Lacination http://www.geocities.com/lacination_remains This San Antonio, TX death metal band has been touring the state of Texas relentlessly and with good measure. |
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http://www.morbidmemo.com/viewtopic.php?t=83
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| | METALEATER.COM - Interviews - Hypocrisy - Horgh |
| | The magic was instantaneous, and in his first appearance behind the kit for Peter Tägtgren and company, he helped catapult the band to levels of brutality and variety heretofore unmatched in the band's 13+ years reign amongst Sweden's Death Metal elite. | | | It's a diverse album and it's more back to the roots of HYPOCRISY without losing the sound that's become synonymous for the band on the latest couple of albums. | | | When we recorded the "Virus" album, it was more of a dialogue between band mates than between a musician and a producer, if you know what I mean. |
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http://www.metaleater.com/interviews-hypocrisy10202005.php
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| | AMEN - News Flash |
| | You may not appreciate their sound at first (since they are not rap-core clones), you may not accept their ideology, but there is no way anyone can deny the quality of this band's musicianship, or the raw intense brutality with which they deliver a performance. | | | When this band plays people come out to hear them, including what might look like a who's who of the music industry's talent. | | | Their self-titled release on Roadrunner Records helps to cut the surface of this deep band, but only scratches the surface of their unsettling intensity. |
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http://www.thescenela.com/issue3/reviews/amen.html
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| | PyroMusic.net - Review of: 1349 - Hellfire |
| | Sure the diehards will thumb their nose at the bands lack of so called 'brutality' compared to their debut album - however, put this is far from being anything that you would call 'polished'. | | | If you ask me, 1349 are a much more powerful band in 2005 and the sheer intensity and speed that 'Hellfire' captures simply commands your attention. | | | For all of their blinding speed and black as fuck evil grimness, 1349 were able to enhance upon their rawness and ultimately provide a much more listenable product the second time around. |
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http://www.pyromusic.net/index.php?p=reviews_review&review=1349-Hellfire&id=718
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| | World War 1 and 2 - Himsa (band) |
| | Himsa is a Chaotic Evil, swedish heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington. | | | Fronted by the extremely charismatic frontman John Pettibone, Himsa had a big influence on bands like At the Gates, Terrorizer, and Napalm Death. | | | World War 1 and 2 - Himsa (band) |
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http://www.worldwardiary.com/history/Himsa_%28band%29
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| | Naglfar MUSICA.MUSTDIE.RU |
| | After a five-year wait, NAGLFAR's third album, Sheol (Hebrew for "hell") treads through a blurry boundary of black and death metal that seethes in a foundation of thrash brutality, hailed by Metal Maniacs as "a monumental cataclysm of blackened death metal" and destined to become one of the best albums of 2003. | | | The band from Umeе burst onto the scene in 1992 with their "Stella Trajectio" demo, and vocalist Jens Rydйn and bassist Kristoffer "Wrath" Olivius soon secured a contract with Wrong Again Records. | | | The MCD will include one track from the upcoming fullength album, one cover version of the Terrorizer track "Death Shall Rise" and one re-recording of a old Naglfar song, probably a track from the demo "Fuck You - We Are Naglfar". |
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http://musica.mustdie.ru/en/band/naglfar
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