Psygnosis/Human Be[Ing]/2014 CD Review

  Psygnosis  are  a  band  from  France  that  plays  an  atmospheric,  progressive  and  industrial  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2014  album  "Human  Be[Ing]".

  The  album  starts  out  with  clean  guitars  along  with  some  spoken  word  samples  which  also  leads  to  heavy  parts  starting  to  kick  in  along  with  some  growls  and  screams  are  influenced  by  both  death  and  industrial  metal  and  the  music  also  starts  heading  into  a  heavy  progressive  death  metal  direction  as  well  as  speeding  up  and  adding  in  blast  beats  and  you  can  also  hear  some  melody  in  the  slower  sections  of  the  music  along  with  a  mixture  of  clean  and  heavy  parts  which  also  lead  up  to  melodic  guitar  leads  becoming  a  part  of  the  music.

  When  the  album  goes  into  other  songs  the  music  starts  going  for  more  of  an  atmospheric,  progressive  death  metal  direction  along  with  all  of  the  musical  instruments  having  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording  you  can  also  hear  some  clean  singing  vocals and  after  awhile  the  industrial  sounds  and  spoken  word  parts  make  a  return  to  the  music.

  As  the  album  progresses  violins  and  acoustic  guitars  are  added  into  the  recording  and  the  music  starts  having  a  classical  feeling  to  it  before  returning  to  a  heavier  direction  on  the  following  track.

  Psygnosis  bring  in  a  very  heavy  and  original  sound  to  their  music  while  the  music  is  more  closer  to  the  progressive  and  death  metal  genres  they  also  bring  in  a  great  amount  of  atmospheric  and  industrial  music  to  create  a  sound  only  they  can  call  their  own.

  Song  lyrics  cover  political  and  philosophical  themes,  while  the  production  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  dark,  heavy  and  professional  sound  for  being  a  self  released  recording  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  album.

  In  my  opinion  Psygnosis  are  a  very  decent  sounding  mixture  of  atmospheric,  industrial,  progressive  and  death  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Phase  6"  "Resurrection"  and  "Hurricane".  8  out  of  10.   

Exhumation Interview

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

Before we move further, I'd like to say thank you so much for having us. Well, now we've been digging so hard on our second opus. We've spread our wings even more, we've let some certain things embrace us in that way. In case, we would love to this second opus would tear down our walls and ourselves.

2.For those that have yet to hear you music, how would you describe your musical sound?

A very horrible, haunting, yet massive evil sound from its big picture!

3.Can you tell us a little bit more about the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?

Something, someplace, where most people can not ever touch it, so-called death and dark music.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Exhumation'?

The art of digging some certain things out of the ground, literally. Yes we dig a very very horrible art to our actual being. This name also portraying a home for us, a place where we can even more raise the value higher and deeper in that sense, a solid ground where we can dig out the words, the notes, the rhymes and its aura to make it into pieces music as well. 

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

Our very first tour "FOUR HABITATS TOUR" with great bands such HEADKRUSHER, GODDESS OF FATE, NOCTURNAL KUDETA.

Then again, our stage performance is terribly haunting and horrible, very not recommended for some people who are really seeking for fun thing in music show for real. 

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

Sure thing! We plan to do some tour in malaysia and singapore, Jakarta, Bandung this year I'd say. Well,time flies, and time shall speak.

7.Recently Dunkelheit Produktionen re-issued your 2012, album, what are your thoughts on the final product?

In moments of joy, we're excited in that sense now. We're genuinely feel happy when a label which I admire most could spread our stuffs over the world. 

8.On the re-issue you did a Blasphemy cover, what was the decision behind doing on of their songs?

Because we truly want to do some magnificent thing to the band which gave their dedication and their devotion to the underground world in all aspects. We want to go the basic, essence of our being in music as well. We want to keep every element of "their ways" keep close and close for ourselves. And plus, No introduction needed - when we talk about Blasphemy, they're a very inspiring and haunting band as well.

9.A few years back you did a split album with Goddess Of Fate and Nocturnal Kudeta, what are your thoughts on the other bands that participated on the split?

They're fantastic bands. They're talented, and mostly they're a very extremely good people to share with.

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

It's ultimately beyond our expectation, and also the feedback sort of give us some extra miles further to go on.

11.What is going on with the other musical projects these days that some of the other band members are involved with?

I think they've discovered some deliberately satisfying thing so far.

Bones, the vocalist involved in a band BLEACHED BONES:

https://soundcloud.com/bleachedbones

J, our live session player involved in a band HEADKRUSHER:

http://headkrusher-thrash.bandcamp.com/

12.When can we expect a new album and also what musical direction do you see the band heading into during the future?

Our core of it still remains, our new album will genuinely more haunting and massive, and it will be a bit different with Hymn To Your God. Well, our musical direction will step forward into the abyss of the unknown - adoration put - and forever be buried under the shore of the underground will. The further we dig, the more unknown we got. 

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

A very diverse stuffs I'd say, One thing I've never totally be satisfied for listen to the album of 

Altar of Madness.Then again recently I've listening to these; blast from the past Only Theatre of Pain from Christian Death and some new records from In Solitude, Beastmilk, and tons of great music out there. Also recently I've blown away with the concept, ideas, musics of this band NECRODEITY, they're based from Kolkata India. 

14.Do you have any non musical interests?

I love writing, sometimes dancing, sometimes walking somewhere, from a strange and different perspective.

15.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

We can't thank you enough for your enduring support in our music, thank you for listening, thank you for being there. Prepare yourself for our worldwide distribution HYMN TO YOUR GOD VIA DUNKELHEIT PRODUKTIONEN. We'll see you on the road.

HYMN OF DEATH!!!

Thank you so much,

Gaps

Dagoba/Post Mortem Nihil Est/Verycords/2013 CD Review

  Dagoba  are  a  band  from  France  that  plays  a  mixture  of  industrial,  death  and  groove  metla  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Post  Mortem  Nihil  Est"  which  was  released  by  Verychords.

  The  album  starts  out  with  a  very  dark  sound  with  synths  before  going  into  a  heavier  direction  along  with  growls  and  melody  and  after  awhile  melodic  vocals  become  a  part  of  the  music  and  there  are  also  some  symphonic  elements  being  brought  into  the  recording  at  times.

  As  the  album  moves  on  melodic  guitar solos  and  leads  are  brought  into  the  music  an d the  band  bring  in  a  great  amount  of  death  and  groove  metal  elements  as  well  as  bringing  in  traces  of  industrial  at  times  while  they  do  not  over  power  the  music  and  at  times  they  also  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  blast  beats.

  Halfway  through  the  album  acoustic  guitars  are  brought  in  briefly  along  with  some  ethnic  and  esoteric  sounds  on  an  instrumental  before  returning  to  a  more  heavy  industrial  direction  as  well  as  bringing  in  spoken  word  samples.

  Dagabo  have  a  very  interesting  approach  with  their  music  wit h the  way  they  mix  groove,  death  metal  and  industrial  with  a  good  amount  of  melody  and  heaviness  and  while  this  is  not  a  style  I  would  regularly  listen  to  this  band  do  it  very  and  actually  make  this  genre  enjoyable  at  times.

  Song  lyrics  cover  death,  life,  psychology  and  atheism,  while  the  production  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  Dagoba  are  a  very  decent  sounding  mixture  of  death,  groove  and  industrial  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "When  Winter"  "Yes  We  Die"  "The  Day  After  the  Apocalypse"  and  "By  The  Sword".  7/5  out  of  10.

Hacride/Back To Where You've Never Been/Indie Recordings/2013 CD Review

  Hacride  are  a  band from  France  that  plays  a  mixture  of  progressive  death  and  groove  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Back  To  Where  You've  never  been"  which  was  released  by  Indie  Recordings.

  The  album  starts  out  with  dark  sounding  synths  before  going  into  a  more  heavy  and  progressive  direction  along  with  a  mixture  of  clean  and  heavy  parts  which  also  leads  up  to  clean  singing  vocals  before  going  into  a  more  aggressive  direction.

  When  the  album  goes  into  other  songs  the  music  starts  mixing  groove  and  progressive  metal  together  while  also  having  the  heaviness  of  death  metal  and  on  some  of  the  songs  they  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  acoustic  guitars  and  instrumentals  and  they  never  bring  any  guitar  solos  or  leads  into  the  record  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.  

  While  this  is  a  style  I  would  listen  to  all  the  time  Hacride  still  have  a  very  decent  sound  to  them  with  the  way  the  mix  groove,  progressive  and  death  metal  together  and  the  album  has  some  interesting  moments.

  Song  lyrics  cover  society  and  religion  themes,  while  the  production  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  Hacride  are  a  very  decent  sounding  mixture  of  groove,  progressive  and death  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Strive  Ever  To  More"  "Overcome"  and  "Requiem  For  A  Lullaby".  7  out  of  10. 

Diablerie/Transition 2.0/Primitive Reaction/2014 MCD Review

  Diablerie  are  a  band  from  Finland  that  plays  a  mixture  of  industrial  and  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2014  mini  album  "Transition  2.0"  which  was  released by  Primitive  Reaction.

  The  album s tarts out  with  dark  sound  effects  and  industrial  noise  sounds  as  well  as  synths  and  spoken  word  parts  before  adding  in  heavier  parts  which take  the  music  into  a  more  industrial  direction  and  then  the  aggressive  vocals  start  to  kick  in  and  at  time s they  also  go  into  a  more  melodic  clean  singing  direction.

  As  the  album  continues  the  music  starts  bringing  in  the  heaviness  of  death  metal  along  with  brutal  blast  beats  while  the  main  focus  is  still  industrial  metal  and  the  vocals  also  start  utilizing  growls  and  screams  and  on  one of  the  songs  they  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  guitar  leads  as  well  as  the  gutiar  riffing  using  small  amounts  of  melody.

  With  this  mini  album  Diablerie  stick  to  a  more  EBM  style  of  industrial  while  also  having  guitars  that  bring  in  the  heaviness  of  thrash  and  death  metal  which  results  in  a  very  dark  and  heavy  sounding  recording.

  Song  lyrics  cover  dark  and  dystopian  themes,  while  the  production  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  Diablerie  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  industrial  and  death  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Inflagrant  Derelict"  and  "White  Collar  Privilege".  8  out  of  10.

Herrschaft/Les 12 Vertiges/Code666 Records

  Herrschaft  are  a  band  from  France  that  plays  a  mixture  of  electro,  industrial and  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Les  12  vertiges"  which  was  released  by  Code666  Records.

  The  album  starts  out  with  atmospheric  sounds  before  going  into  a  more  electro/industrial  direction  along  with  heavy  guitars  and  drums  which  leads  to  a  mixture  of  growls  and  screams  as  well  as  bringing  in  female  vocals  and  alternating  between  industrial  and  metal  sounds  along  with  a  small  amount  of  spoken  word  parts.

  As  the  album  continues it  sticks  to  a  very  extreme  style  of  industrial  and  extreme  metal  while  style  being  electro  enough  to  appeal  to  the  rivethead  crowd  and  elements  of  gothic  music  are  also  brought  into  the  recording  and  after  awhile  the  synths  bring  in  traces  of  symphonic  music  to  the  recording  as  well  as  some  clean  singing  industrial  rock  style  vocals.

  When  we  got  more  into  the  album  acoustic  guitars  are  brought  into  certain  sections  of  the  recording  while  also  remaining  heavy  all  at  the  same  time  while  also  getting  more  dark  as  time  goes  on  by  as  well  as  the  bass  guitars  getting  more  powerful  sounding  and  on  the  last  song  they  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  guitar  leads.

  Herrschaft  bring  a  lot  of  diversity  and  originality  to  their  music  while  there  music  is  mostly  in  the  electro  industrial  section  they  also  bring  in  the  heaviness  and  death  and  extreme  metal  to  create  a  sound  only  they  can  call  their  own.

  Song  lyrics  cover  post  apocylpse  themes,  while  the  production  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  Herrschaft  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  electro,  industrial  and  extreme  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Gates  To  Dreams"  "Seducing  Dementia"  "Allmighty"  and  "Mephedron  Trip".  8  out  of  10.

Alterbeast/Immortal/Unique Leader/2014 CD Review

  Alterbeast  are  a  band  from  Sacramento,  California  that  plays  a  very  heavy  and  brutal  form  of  technical  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2014  album  "Immortal"  which  was  released  by  Unique  Leader.

  The  album  starts  out  with  a  dark  classical  music  style  sound  before  going  into  a  fast  and  brutal sound  along  with  blast  beats  and  a  mixture  of  growls  and  screams  which  leads  up  to  technical  guitar  solos  a s well  as  all  of  the  musical  instruments  having  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  along  with  a  mixture  of  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  which  also  beings  in  a  bit  of  melody.

   The  brutal  and  technical  continues  on  the  other  songs  and  the  music  remains  very  heavy  throughout  the  recording  while  also  having  a  more  modern  extreme  metal  feeling  that  is  actually  done  properly  this  time  around  and  never  takes  away  from  the  brutality  this  recording  produces  and  the  melody  brings  in  a  great  amount  of  emotion  to  the  music  as  well  as  bringing  in  a  great  amount  of  early  90s  influences  and  on  one  of  the  songs  they  bring  in  some  ritualistic  chanting.

  Alterbeast  seem  to  have  a  good  balance  on  this  record,  all  of  the  musicians  seem  to  be  very  skilled  at  their  instruments  and  they  mix  in  very  brutal  death  metal  along  with  a  good  amount  of  melody  and  technical  elements  to  create  a  very  interesting  sounding  record.

  Song  lyrics  cover  darkness  and  gore  themes,  while  the  production  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  brutal  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Alterbeast  are  a  very  great  sounding  heavy,  fast,  and  brutal  technical  death  metal b and  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album>  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Flesh  Bound  Text"  "Ancient's  Retribution"  and  "Serpentspire".  8  out  of  10.