Poisonous/Perdition's Den/Metalhit.com/2012 CD Re-Issue Review

  Poisonous  are  a  band  from  Brazil  that  plays  a  very  heavy,  dark  and  evil  form  of  early  90's  style  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  201o  album  "Perdition's  Den"  which  was  originally  released  by  Blood  Harvest  then  re-issued  by  Metalhit.com  in  2012  which  was  released  by  Metalhit.com.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  good  amount  of  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars,  as  for  the  synths  which  are  only  utilized  briefly  they  bring  a  very  dark  and  ritualistic  sound  to  the  music.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  dark,  raw  and  primitive sounding  the  the  mid  80's  and  early  90's  tradition,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  dark  and  primitive  sounding  old  school death  metal  guitar  leads.

  Vocals  are  all  deep  demonic  death  metal  growls  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  ritualistic  passages,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark,  anti  christian  and  occult  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  dark,  raw  and  primitive  sound  with  the  band  going  for  more  of  the  classic  death  metal  sound  instead  of  the  more  modern  day  technical  approach.

  In  my  opinion  Poisonous  are  a  very  great  sounding  evil  old  school  style  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  style,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Worthless  Christ"  "Demons"  "Under  The  Blessing  Of  Death"  and  "The  Black  Vomit"  which  is  a  Sarcofago  cover.  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Disaffected/Rebirth/Massacre Records/2012 CD Review

  Disaffected  are  a  band  from  Portugal  that  plays  a  very  atmospheric  form  of  technical death/thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "Rebirth"  which  was  released  by  Massacre  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music  at  times,  while  the  synths  bring  a  very  dark  and  atmospheric  sound  to  the  music,  as  for  the  bass  playing  it  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  progressive  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  progressive/technical  death/thrash  riffs  that  utilize  a  great  amount  of  melody,  talent  and  skill  with  some  soft  and  clean  playing  being  utilized  at  times,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  and  technical  sounding  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  add  a  variety  of  many  different  influences  from  many  different  musical  genres.

  Vocals  range  from  death/thrash  style  screams  and  growls  as  well  as  some  spoken  word  parts,  samples,  male  and  female  clean  signing,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Disaffected  are  a  very  great  sounding  progressive  and  technical  atmospheric  death/thrash  metal  band  and  if you  are  a  fan  of  this style,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Getting  Into  The  Labyrinth"  "Evilution  Within"  "Hypnotic  Prophecy"  and  "The  Rebirth Of".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.    

Resurgency/False Enlightenment/Hellthrasher Productions/2012 CD Review

  Resurgency  are  a  band  from  Greece  that  plays  an  old  school  form  of  brutal  death  metal  and  this  is  a review  of  their  2012  album  "False  Enlightenment"  which  was  released  by  Hellthrasher  Productions.

  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  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  heavy  and  brutal  sounding  combining  influences  from  both  the  early  90's  Florida  and  Sweden  death  metal  scenes  along with  some  dark  sounding  melodies  being  thrown  into  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  dark  and  melodic  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  are  all  deep  death  metal  growls,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark,  everyday  and  hateful  themes,  as for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful  and  heavy  sound  to  it  bringing  back  the  early  90's  death  metal  sound.

  In  my  opinion  Resurgency  are  a  very  great  and  brutal  sounding  old  school  style  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  style,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Dark  Revival"  "False  Enlightenment"  "Mouth  Of  Hades"  and  "Binding  Is  Fatal".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Dehuman Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?
Hi guys Andrea (vox/bass) here from Dehuman! Alrigth, everything is
going on fine out here. The band just signed to Kaotoxin for the CD
release, Tanquam Aegri Somnia for LP release, we are very happy to ba
able to propose both audio platfoms. We just got back from a French
tour in April with fellows Agathocles, which was a fuckin blast. We
are now working on new songs and starting the conceptual work for the
world of our next record.

2.How would you describe the musical sound of the new album?

The musical sound of this new record was pretty much based on the
sound of records of 90’s Suffocation, Malevolent Creation and Morbid
Angel and keeping up to date with 2012 composition and technical
approach. Pretty much the album definitely wants to be old school in
the feel while maintaining the up to date composition of songs. We
have worked a lot on the guitars, recording each guitar 2 times to
come close to the wall of sound feel. Of course we worked with a click
track to be sure the drums where properly on time. In the overall mix
a big emphasis was put on the low frequencies to get a warm and
organic sound. We did not use a lot compression to keep a maximum of
dynamic throughout the album, again to keep this organic feel. Overall
I would say we tend to have a soft mix to balance with the brutality
and aggression of the tracks.

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

We tend to focus our lyrical approach toward man. The theme of album
is the destruction of man by man and our vulnerability toward our
environment. In a song like ‘Harvest the Sun’ we describe how we are
dependent on the sun and that its destruction will cause the death of
us all. On the other hand Eyes of Thousand refers to the concept of
J.P Sartre that “l’enfer c’est les autres” (hell is others) saying
that we exist through others and that the perception that we have of
our self is how we understand the perception that other individuals
have of us. On the other hand ‘Path to Oblivion’ describes how there
is no need of a enormous events to destroy us all, we are at the mercy
of all and first of all of us. Finally a track like “Apocalypse and
Perdition” describes with a nuclear war metaphor any possible way of
inner destruction. I would say this album tries to convey our
predisposition to destruction.

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

The meaning behind the band’s name is inspired by the concept of
dehumanization. But for sure time it doesn’t mean anything which gave
us a good reason to choose it. For the inspiration we have to thanks
Neverligth Horizon and their album Dehumanized out in 2004.

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

One of the best performance was in Toulouse at the Pavillons Sauvage
where we literally had all the crowd in a full packed venue. It is one
on these shows where the stage is directly on the floor so everybody
being at our high really got in the show. Something really happened
between us and the crowd, I can’t remember a moment where these crazy
motherfuckers did not mosh. I also remember a show we played 2 years
back in Brussels for party where everybody was really drunk, and
really trashed the venue. A guy with a broken leg came to us after the
show saying he did resist moshing during the whole show.

6. Do you have any touring plans for the new release?

We have a tour planned with Master in October throughout Europe, and
some shows in Italy and France in November. We might have an
interesting festival in December but nothing I can confirm for the
moment.

7. Currently you are singed to Kaotoxin Records, how did you get in
contact with this label and how would you describe the support that
they have given you so far?

I got his phone number through a friend that organizes gigs here in
Brussels and that call upon him for some of his bands. I gave him a
call saying that we were looking for a label and that we would be
interested in Kaotoxin, after having given our website he told me he
would give me call the day after. 30 minutes he called me back saying
we had a deal. Has for the support, I have to say we are very pleased
with it so far, he is doing real well with the means available. For
sure the best thing he got us is the tour with holy Master in October.

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

We are still waiting for a larger world wide feedback. For now, 20
days before the official release we have had real good feedback,
people enjoy our music and look forward for our next album. I think
that most people enjoy the fact that we play DEATH METAL, no
compromise. We will see what happens after the European tour.

9. Are there any other projects besides this band or is this a full
time line up?

Dehuman is full time line up, we don’t have any session musicians in
the band. Although some of us have been asked to play has session
musicians. Our drummer is helping out Vibrion from Argentina for the
recording of their next album and I have been asked to help has a
session guitar player for the first Tunisian grind band Human Scum,
that will be playing Obscene Extreme this summer.

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

More infernal blast beats and more black metal influences. We will try
to concentrate to have longer and more uniformed songs. I think it
will be darker, faster and very brutal. Again no compromised will be
made.

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

I will have to say that our main influence derives from early 90’s
American death metal that can be summed up in Suffocation, Morbid
Angel and Death. We also have been influenced by the more progressive
works of Atheist, Cynic and John Zorn. Nowadays I am listening to a
lot of experimental and dark folk music such has Nurse with Wounds or
Sol Invictus, crust bands like Skyt System, Detestation, Amaeroba and
the new Emptiness.

12. Does Occultism play any role in your music?

Occultism does not play any role in our music but historical materialism does.

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

I enjoy a lot any form of visual art, most of all painting. I grasp a
special interest for ancient civilization and of course in women and
fine whisky.

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

Thank you for this interview, keep on supporting real death metal and
stay fucking brutal.

Inside-Project Interview

1. Can you tell us a little bit about the band for those that have never heard of you before?

Manu (vocal) : So The band is born in 2004 in a little city called Montbéliard (East of France) we play Thrash-hardcore music,  our current line-up is with me (vocals), Antoine and Léo (backing vocal + guitar), Aurelien (bass) and Félix (drums). We’ve recorded two EPs, and now we release our first album, “A history of violence”!

2. How would you describe your musical sound?

I think, we’re between different kind of music like hardcore metal, Death metal old school or Thrash metal. We like bands such as, Entombed, Sick of it all, Hatesphere and two famous bands in European hardcore scene: Kickback and Arkangel!

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

We’re very influenced by movies, especially gore and horror movies, but not only! So we use to transpose in lyrics, violence, provocation, anger and hate feelings! We talk about torture, murder or fight! The title of this album is a reference to a movie of David Cronenberg A history of violence, ‘cause we like it and I think, the title explains fully the spirit of this album in lyrics and music.

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

There’s no real explanation about the band name, like every band we have needed one to start, at the begining, and we really enjoyed the sound of the name “Inside Project”, so we decided to take it!

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

We remembered especially two very nice memories.
First in 2010. We have played to an important festival in France with Motorhead, Gojira and Paradise lost. So it was crazy to play on a big stage, in front of thousand people, and had a chance to talk with these bands after!  Then, in August 2011 we have played with Suicidal Tendencies, it was amazing too!

I guess, in live, we have a dark show, with few lights, an aggressive sound, and an energetic behaviour! We know that you can make your own reputation on stage, so we try to give our best to impress people.

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

Yes, on September we’ll cross Europe to go in Spain, The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and obviously France! It’ll be a dream to come in America in the future! If a tour manager read this interview, we are here!

7. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of hardcore and metal?

The cd is release since one month, so we don’t have a lot of feedback now, but we have already heard very positive things about this album! We have a complicated relationship with the European hardcore scene, ‘cause we are not a typical hardcore band. We switch between a lot of styles, and for some hardcore fans, we don’t play hardcore, and it is the same with some death metal fans! These guys like to hear the same things every time, but we’re not like that.

8. Are there any other projects besides this band or is this a full time line up?

It’s a full time job! We would like to have side projects, but when you want to spread your music in one band, you need to spend all your energy in this way, without concession!

Maybe in future we’ll have more time for us to experiment other type of music! But not now.

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

I guess our music we’ll be more and more far from hardcore influences, and close to thrash metal and noise music. But we have time, now we’re focus on this album, new songs are not for today.

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

Like I said above, we enjoy Entombed, Hatesphere or Sick of it all! But we are also influenced by bands such as Necro (rap-hardcore) especially for the lyrics, Atari Teenage Riot (electro-hardcore) for the energy, or Agnostic Front for the attitude. In France, Gojira is a model for us, these guys are originals, nice, no pretentious, and it’s an example.

Currently we listen a lot of Electro-hardcore, Death metal and hip-hop too. Maybe you know the DMS crew (Danny Diablo, Necro...), Atari Teenage Riot, Kvelertak, Obituary, Mastodon....It’s very large as you can see.

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

For my part, I love movies (Cronenberg, Scorsese, Aja…), Soccer (the real football for European people…ahah) and beers!!! The others have different passions like design, video games, movies too.

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

Sorry for my English spoken. As you know, in France we’re not really famous to speak well several languages but I can promise you for the next interview that my english we’ll be perfect!

Thank you for giving us the chance to talk on American website! Come on every one to listen French metal bands, we need you and you’ll be not disappointed! You can listen our full album “A history of violence” on Deezer, itunes, facebook! So join us now!

Stalwart Interview

Who answered: whole band.

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

We are on tour right now. We had gigs in Helsinki, Finland, Tallinn, Estonia. Currently we are buzzing the brains out in Ukrainian tour where we have 10 gigs and almost a half of it was already handbanged together with crazy ukrainian metalheads. 

And of cause we are looking forward to our new album  release scheduled on May 22th. It is our first worldwide release - all previous CDs were released locally for Russia/CIS states, so it is quite a big step for us.

2. How would you describe the musical sound of the new album?

"Manifest Of Refusal" is our 5th album. I would say it combines more fast and brutal sound of our previous CD "Annihilation Begins" with more eclectic approach of our earlier albums. We turned back keyboards, and even added some electronics. What we were trying to do with this release is creating massive sound combining various elements into one monolitic picture. We always have troubles to say which exactly style of metal we play. Of cause, we have some elements of death and thrash, which are initially basis of our music, rythmical groove, some polyrythmics, and dark atmospheric moments.

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

Our lyrics play around some mental aspects of human exsisting in modern world with projections of some social problems to mental area of a human as a single being.

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

Stalwart is old English which is a synonym of "strong". It is how we think our way in metal music, against all trends and tendencies.

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

It is difficult to distinguish the best show, may be it was support for Carnifex or support for Kataklysm last year. By the way, our latest gig was in Kirovograd, Ukraine, just yesterday, and it was fucking great! Fans are realy crazy there, we played  in Kirovigrad 4 years ago, it was a real quintessence of true metal madness. We are happy that last 4 years doesn't change the metalheads here, as it usually happends nowadays.

About our stage performance - we don't have complex show with costumes or decoration - just our music, we, metalheads and maximum drive and energy.

6. Do you have any touring plans for the new release?

Yes, as we said earlier we are currently on tour.

7.Currently you are signed to PRC Music, how did you get in contact with this label and how would you describe the support that they have given you so far?

We were searching for a label with actual album and got various offers  from Europe and America, and we choose contract with PRC Music after analyzing them. One important factor was that PRC made us its priority release for 2012. It is too early to estimate our collaboration, because album is not yet released, but we feel that label is interested in us, and we hope they will help us to make our name known in Canada and US.

8. Are there any other projects besides this band or is this a full time line-up?

Yes, some of band members are involved in various local projects, mostly as session musicians.

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

We never followed trends  and we are not going to do it in the future. We are trying to develop our own sound - dark, massive, complex, saturated. Also, we never did 2 similar albums - we are always trying to do something new with each CD. We are just starting to make new stuff at the moment so we can't say exaclty how it will sound. Of cause it in somewhat will continue line of “Manifest..” and will have some new elements at the same time.

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

Nowdays we are listening a lot of music, and each band member has its own priorities. Among our main influences we can mention Slayer, Meshuggah, Pantera, Testament, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Fear Factory, Dimmu Borgir and many more.

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

Some of our bandmembers have a lot of interests in exploring the nature of the things by means of investigating some aspects of modern physics, some other are crazy computer gamers. And of cause, all of us have regular job besides music - in our band we have radio newsmaker, software engineer and even PHD in math/physics.

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

STAY METAL!!!

Regicide Decease/Calcined/Death Illumination..In Memory Of Evil Chuck/Metal Scrap Records/2012 CD Split Review

  This  is  a  split  review  of  an  album  between Poland's Regicide Decease and  Switzerland's Calcide  called "Death  Illumination...  In  Memory  of  Evil  Chuck"  which  was  released  by  Metal  Scrap Records  and  we  will  start  of  the  review  of  Regicide  Decease  which  plays  a  brutal  form  of  death/thrash.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming with  a  great  amount  of  brutal blast  beats  being thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  tone  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  the  most  brutal  elements  of  death  and  thrash  metal  together,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  chaotic  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

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

  In  my  opinion  Regicide  Decease  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  style,  you  should c heck  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Revelation  Of  Gnosis"  and  "Born  Dead"  which  is  a  Death  cover.  RECOMMENDED.

  Next  up  is  Calcined  a  band  that  plays  brutal  death  metal  in  the  early  90's  vein.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  blast  beats  being thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  tone  with  heavy  riffing that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  brutal  sounding  and  combines  the  early  90's  sound  with  the  modern  sound  and  there  are  little  to  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  their  side  of  the  recording  except  for  the  last  song.

  Vocals  are  mostly  deep  death  metal  growls  with  some  high  pitched  screams  being  utilized  on  the  last  song,  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  to  it  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Calcined  are  a  very  great  sounding  brutal  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  style,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The  Call"  and  "Evil  Dead"  which  is  a  Death  cover.  RECOMMENDED.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  a  very  great  sounding  split  and  I  would  recommend  this  to  all  fans  of  death  metal.  RECOMMENDED  BUY.