Slaughterday/Cosmic Horror/FDA Rekotz/2013 EP Review

  Slaughterday  are  a  band from  Greece  that  plays  a  very  old  school  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  ep  "Cosmic  Horror"  which  was  released  by  FDA  Rekotz.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  some  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being thrown  into  the  music  at  times,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  old  school  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  heavy  and  dark  sounding  with  some  melody  being  thrown  into  the  riffing  as  well  as  some  thrash  influences,  while  the  lead  guitars a re  very  dark  and  melodic  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  are  mostly  deep  death  metal  growls  with  some  high  pitched  screams  being  thrown  into t he  music  at  times,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  dark,  heavy,  powerful  and  professional  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  Slaughterday  are  a  very  great  sounding  old  school  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Cult  Of  Dreaming  Dead"  and  "Cosmic  Horror".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Neyra/Madness In Progress/2012 CD Review

  Neyra  are  a  band  from  Poland  that  plays  a  very  heavy  and  brutal  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of t heir  self  released 2012  album  "Madness  In  Progress".

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  good  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they h ave  a  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  heavy  and  brutal  sounding  with  some  melody  being  thrown  into  the  riffing,  willing  the  lead  guitars  are  very  chaotic  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  which  are  only  used  on  the  intro  and  one  song  they  use  full  chords  and  finger  picking  to  add  some  darkness  to  the  music.

  Vocals  are  all  deep  death  metal  growls  but  there  is  a  brief  use  of  chanting  on  one  song  as  well  as  a  small  amount  of  high  pitched  screams,  while  the  lyrics  cover  death  and  destruction  themes,  as  for  the  production  it h as  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  dark,  brutal  and  professional  sound  for  being  a  self  released  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Neyra  are  a  very  great  sounding  heavy  and  brutal  death  metal b and  and  if  you  are  a f an  of t his  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Mors  Nigra"  "Crusade  1147"  "Made  Of  Ashes"  and  "Extremity".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.  

Eternal Solstice Interview

1, Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?

   Last year we finished recording two songs for an upcoming double 7" spilt EP with old school dutch death mtallers Pentacle. This EP will be released on  Dark Descent Records in the beginning of 2013. In January we will start rehearsing for some gigs we want to do in 2013. Not sure how it will work out but the plans are that both Misha( who played drums on our split album with Mourning and our first full lenght "the wish..." ) and André (who played on the other releases) will be part of the show.

 

2. How would you describe the musical sound of the new material and how it differs from the old recordings?

 I don't think it's that much different but it's been 15 years since we last recorded an album and it's almost 2013, we're using different amps etc. so that influences the sound a little bit. Recording is much easier these days so more time to experiment a little bit more. Song structures are the same so are the tempos etc. We try to keep it as old school as possible with a touch of Eternal Solstice.

 

3. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the new music explores?

 Anti-religion, death, agression, all cliche things really but it suits the music I guess. Writing lyrics is very hard sometimes, I don't have a lot to say and I don't want to change the world. It's more that the vocals are part of the music and songs. I really like to repeat verses in a song, it makes a song more recognisable.

 

4. What is the meaning and inspiration behind the bands name?

We are big Massacre fans and before they changed the title to "dawn of eternity" they had a song that was called "dawn of Eternal Solstice" It sounded cool back then and you could tell where we got our influences although we never were a Massacre copy.

 

5. I know that the band took a long hiatus, what was going on during those years and what was the decision behind getting the band getting back together?

Well André and Philip started or joined other bands, André Dark Remains and Warmaster, Philip Mourning and Xerpentor I myself played for a short time in Dark Remains too. Few years back I got in contact with Wayne from Decepitaph who found out I played in Eternal Solstice and he asked if we were interested in doing a split 7". We had some songs lying around which I wrote with André in the late '90's and we still had plans to release 'm one way or another. So this split 7" was a good opportunity. Matt from Dark Descent Records was very interested in releasing it so that was the start. He also wanted to release our first full lenght "the wish is father to the thought" on vinyl and so he did. We still had some songs left which we re-wrote a little and those will be on the forthcomming split with Pentacle. So there was still some interest in Eternal Solstice. I also got in contact with Roel from VIC Records who wanted to re-release our first split with Mourning.

 

6. What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and how would you describe your stage performance?

Best show we did was in Belgium, great audience and we sold 40 shirts in a heartbeat. We like to move a bit on stage not to wild but we try to use the stage, since I'm the vocalist I need to be close to the mic. back in the day I did some headbanging but still I got hair back then hehehe, Not sure how that will turn out now.

 

7. Do you have any touring plans for the future?

I have no idea, it really depends on how it all turns out and if people want to book us.

 

8. Recently Vic Records re-issued your split album, what are your thoughts on the re-issue?

Great !!! It's nice to see that after all those years people still put money and effort in this release. We thank Roel from Vic Records for the energy he put's in it. We recorded it in 1990 and who knew 22 years later it would be re-released. By the way Wim Baelus first released it in 1992 on his Midian label and he did some liner notes on the re-release!!! Thanks Wim !!!

 

9. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of death metal?

Mainly positive, but we have to find out now that we're back what people think. I'm curious what people think of the new material.

 

10. What is going on with the other musical projects these days?

Not sure what André is up to at this moment, as for Philip, Xerpentor will release an album soon.

 

11. What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?

Same style as our last split 7" with Decrepitaph and the upcomming release with Pentacle. As I write most of the music I like to keep it within a certain style. No need to do different stuff or blast beats for example, it's tempting but there are lots of other bands who do that kind of stuff.

 

12. What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

What really influenced Eternal Solstice are every old school thrash and death metal bands. When I write songs for Eternal Solstice I leave a lot of ideas out 'cause they don't fit the music, as I said I like to keep it within our style of music. I Listen to a lot really but mostly heavy stuff like Down, Immolation, etc.                                                                               

 

13. Outside of music what are some of your interests?

Mainly what every other healthy 40 year old man likes to do. (Eating and sleeping that is )

 

14. Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?

No !!! (But thanks for the interview ;-) )

 

 

Supuration Interview

1. Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?

Ok, we're now into the promotion of the last  SUPURATION album «CU3E» wich will be out on the 25 th of february on listenable records. We're rehearsing for the future gigs. We signed very quickly with listenable rcds and that's a good thing, i mean, we are all into this record, that's exciting...

>
> 2. How would you describe the musical sound of the new album and how it
> differs from previous releases?

I must say that's it's a little bit different, meanwhile the album «THE CUBE» (1993) and «INCUBATION» (2003) . Meanwhile we recorded several albums of SPHERICAL UNIT PROVIDED (S.U.P), so, with the experience, we've have not the same way of working in a studio. We're used to working alone from the recording to the mastering, for «CU3E» we worked with Dan Swanö for the mastering, that was a great idea, in a way, he gave us a new sound for the final result. We hope working with him in the future.

>
> 3. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with
> the new release?

«CU3E» is the end of a trilogy we started in 1993  with «THE CUBE» album, in 2003 we recorded «INCUBATION» which is a prequel of «THE CUBE» this story is dealing with the re incarnation of a tormented soul throughout a metaphysical journey, in different places, strange places...really enigmatic and futurist, as far as «CU3E» is concerned the scene takes place in outer space with machines, robots and a high technology all around and a  young reincarnated soul is the main character of this third chapter. Each album of SUPURATION is linked to the other.

>
> 4. What is the meaning and inspiration behind the bands name?

During the 90's, with SUPURATION we were into grind core, death grind style, we chose the band's name by listening to the first CARCASS album, there was a song called «suppuration» so we decided to call the band «SUPURATION» with only one «P» because , at that time a polish grind core band was called «suppuration».

>
> 5. The band has been around for more than 20 years, what is it that keeps
> the band going after all these years?
>

We are like brothers first of all, we started when were were quite young guys, i was 13 for example...after the album «THE CUBE» and the mini cd «STILL IN THE SPHERE» in 1994, we decided to change SUPURATION into S.U.P (SPHERICAL UNIT PROVIDED) , a darker style, less death metal, atmospheric music, we recorded several albums like ANOMALY (95), TRANSFER (96), ROOM SEVEN (97), CHRONOPHOBIA (99), ANOMALY 2000 (2000 complete story version), ANGELUS (2002), SUPURATION'S INCUBATION (2003), 9092 cd/dvd from SUPURATION's archives (2004), IMAGO (2005) and HEGEMONY (2007). We are into music all the time, it's our passion, that's keep us togeteher since the very beginning.

> 6. What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and how
> would you describe your stage performance?

Some great festivals like the hellfest, dour (bel), several good gigs in quite good conditions. Our live performances are dark, not too much lights, vidéos, we are quite static on stage, seems like a movie sometimes, that's some people say..

>
> 7. Do you have any touring plans for the future?

Several gigs in france for the beginning, a few festivals, then we'll see, we've to wait for the album comes out, and our tour manager will keep us informed, informations are available on our website as far as gigs are concerned.

>
> 8. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of
> death metal?

It's not easy to say, i mean in one hand you have SUPURATION with only three albums throughout 20 years, several eps worlwide, on us, german, european labels and in another hand, you have S.U.P which is totally different, we've to wait for the moment, 'till now we've a really good response from the magazines everywhere, so, that's cool...

>
> 9. What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?
>

I guess, we'll record a new S.U.P album for the future.

> 10. What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music
> and also what are you listening to nowadays?

CARCASS, VOIVOD, PESTILENCE, DEPECHE MODE, ENTOMBED, we like all kind of good musics from PINK FLOYD to HATE ETERNAL, nowadays, i'm listening to all good things...i'm on the second BLOODBATH right now...

> 11. Outside of music what are some of your interests?
>

Family and friends, we have jobs, we're all working in a theatre, we are into fantastic and science fiction movies and books....

> 12. Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?

Thanks a lot  for the interview and keep up the great work!!! Stay underground ...see ya!!

LUDOVIC LOEZ (composer/guitar/vocals) for SUPURATION/S.U.P
february 14 th 2013.

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Inset/Last Breath/badGod Music/2012 EP Review

  Inset  are  a  band  from  Poland  that  plays  a  very  heavy  and  brutal  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is a  review  of  their  2012  ep  "Last  Breath"  which  was  released  by  badGod  Music.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  sound  effects  which  are  only  used  on  the  intro  bring  a  very  dark  sound  to  the  recording,  as  for  the  bass  playing  it  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from s low,  mid  paced  to  fast  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  heavy  and  brutal  sounding  with  a  good  amount  of  melody  being  thrown  into  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for t he  classical  guitars  they  are  only  used  briefly  on  the  last  song  and  they  use  finger  picking  to  add  some  darkness  to  the  music.

  Vocals  are  all  deep  death  metal growls,  while  the  lyrics cover d ark  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  heavy,  powerful,  strong,  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Inset  are  a  very  great  sounding heavy  and  brutal  death  metal b and  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  e.p.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Last  Breath  Before  Us"  and  "Touch  of  Life  And  Death".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.  

Chosen/Resolution/2013 CD Review

  Chosen  are  a  band  from  Ireland  that  plays  a  very  technical  and  progressive  form  of  death/groove metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2013  album  "Resolution".

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  to  fast  playing  with  some  blast  beats  being  utilized  at  times ,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them,  as  for  the  synths  which  are  only  used  briefly  they  bring  a  very  dark  and  atmospheric  sound  to t he  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  death  and  groove  metal  with  technical  and  progressive  metal,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  and  technical  sounding death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for t he  acoustic  guitars  when t hey  are  utilized  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  add  more  progressive  touches  to  the  music.

  Vocals  range  from  deep  death/groove  metal  growls,  high  pitched  screams  and  clean  singing  as  well  as  a  brief  spoken  word  part,  while the  lyrics  cover  philosophical  and  metaphysical  themes,  as  for t he  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  for  being  a  self  released  recording  with  some  of t he  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Chosen  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  progressive,  technical,  death  and  groove  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should c heck  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Engines  Of  Belief"  "Mental  Clarity"  "Instinct"  and  "Metaphysical  Contradiction".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Supuration/Cube 3/Listenable Records/2013 CD Review

  Supuration  are  a  band  from  France  that  plays  a  very  heavy  and  progressive  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Cube  3"  which  was  released  by  Listenable  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  playing  with  not  much  in  the  way  of  fast  drumming  or  blast  beats  being  present  on  this  recording,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  progressive  death  metal  riffs  that  utilize  a  great  amount  of  dark  sounding  melodies  in  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  dark,  melodic  and  progressive  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  range  from  deep  death  metal  growls  to  clean  singing  as  well  as  a  brief  spoken  word  part,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  philosophical  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  dark,  heavy,  powerful  and  professional  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  Supuration  are  a  very  great  sounding  progressive  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of t his  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Introversion"  "Consumate"  "The  Delegation"  and  "The  Climax".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.  

Heaving Earth/Redemption Ablaze/2012 EP Review

  Heaving  Earth  are  a  band  from  the  Chezch  Republic  that  plays  a  very  heavy  and  brutal  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2012  ep  "Redemption  Ablaze".

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  dark,  heavy  and  brutal  sounding  in  the  old  school  tradition  as  well  as  having  some  melody  in  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  and  dark  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  are  all  deep  death  metal  growls,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes   with  a  touch  of  occultism,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  dark,  heavy  and  professional  sound for  being  a  self  released  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Heaving  Earth  are  a  very  great  sounding  dark,  heavy  and  brutal  old  school  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should c heck  out  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACK  "I  Am  Nothing".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.