Zero Gravity/Holocaust Awaits/Transcending Obscurity India/2014 CD Review

  Zero  Gravity  are  a  band  from  India  that  plays  a  very  raw  and  progressive  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2014  album  "Holocaust  Awaits"  which  was  released  by  Transcending  Obscurity  India.

 Avant  garde  sounds  start  off  the  album  and  after the  intro  clean  playing  which  is  also  used  again  on  a  couple  of  the  later  tracks  is  added  onto  the  recording  which  also  leads  up  to  a  heavier  sound  along  with  some  death metal  growls  and  screams  and  you  can  also  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  and  the  band  also  adds  in  a  good  amount  of  progressive  elements.

  Spoken  word  parts  can  be  heard  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording  along  with  a  heavy  influence  from  modern  extreme  metal  and  when  solos  and  leads  are  added  onto  the  recording  they  bring  in  more  of  a  melodic  and  old  school  sound  and  after  awhile  blast  beats  start  getting  added  into  the  tracks  as  well  as  a  good  dose  of  thrash  will  some  of  the  later  tracks  combing  groove  metal  with  the  more  heavy  progressive  death  metal  side  of  the bands  musical  style  and  the  songs  stick  to  mostly  a  mid  paced  direction..

  Zero  Gravity  plays  a  style  of  death  metal  that  is  very  modern  and  progressive  sounding  and  also  incorporates elements  of  thrash  and  groove  metal  and  while  the  music  is  not  very  original  the  band  is  still  very  good  for  what  they  are  trying  to  achieve,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  philosophical  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Zero  Gravity  are  a  very  decent  sounding  progressive  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Weapons  Edge"  "Democratic  Warfare"  and  "Chronicles  Of  The  Radical  mind".  7/5  out  of  10.  

  

Hereza/Misanthrope/PRC Music/2015 CD Review

  Hereza  are  a  band  from  Croatia  that  plays  a  very  old  school  form  of  Swedish  style  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  album  "Misanthrope"  which  will  be  released  in  2015  by  PRC  Music.

  A  very  heavy  and  old  school  death  metal  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  growls  being  added  in  a  few  seconds  alter  as  well  as  a  decent  amount  of  blast  beats  and  th e band  also  uses  a  good  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  both  the  riffs  and  leads  contain  a  decent  amount  of  melody.

  You  can  hear  a  lot  of  raw  and  primal  energy  being  utilized  in  the  tracks  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  elements  of  groove  as  well  as  being  very  brutal  even  for  a  90's  orientated  style  of  death  metal  and  on  one  of  the  tracks  they  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  clean  playing  and  avant  garde  sound s before  making  a  return  back  to  a  more  brutal  style  and  some  of  the  tracks  also  bring  in  80's  punk  and  metal  influences.

  Hereza  plays  a  very  old  school  style  of  Swedish  influenced  death  metal  but  also  bring s in  more  groove  and  brutality  to  the  genre  as  well  as  having  a  very  heavy  and  raw  sound,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark,  violent  and  hateful  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Hereza  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  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "We  Are  the  Disease"  "Kraj"  "Unholy  Flame  Of  Eternity"  and  "Dead  Army  March".  8  out  of  10.

    

Wreckage/Rise From Ruins/PRC Music/2014 Ep Review

  Wreckage  are  a  band  from  Greece  that  plays  and  old  school  form  of  Swedish  style  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2015  ep  "Rise  From  Ruins"  which  will  be  released  by  PRC  Music  in  February.

  A  very  distorted  and  90's  orientated  starts  to  get  more  brutal   once  growls  are  added  onto the  recording   along  with  a  small  amount  of  high  pitched  screams  and  once  melodies  are  added  into  the  music  you  can  start  hearing  more  Swedish  influences  and  the  band  also  brings  in  a  good  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts.

  All  of  the  songs  sound  like  they  could  of  easily  been  recorded  and  released  in  the  90's  and  the  band  ignores  all  of  the  modern  trends  that  have  been  a  part  of  the  genre  for  more  than  20 years  and  only  a  small  amount  of  guitar  leads  are  utilized  on  a  couple  of  the  tracks  with  the  music  focusing  more  on  a  raw  and  old  school  Swedish  style  of  death  metal  and  there  is  never  a  soft  or  weak  moment  to  be  heard  anywhere  on  the  recording  and  the  band  also  cover's  Entombed's  "Eyemaster"  and  "Autopsy's  "Twisted  Mass  of  Burned  Decay".

  Wreckage  plays  a  very  old  school  style  of  death  metal  that captures  the  Swedish  sound  perfectly  and  while  there  is  never  original  or  groundbreaking  being  done  on  this  recording,  the band  is  still  very  good  at  playing  this  style,  the  production  sounds very  raw,  heavy  and  old  school  while  the  lyrics  cover  gore  and  horror  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Wreckage  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  'Enslave  The  Tyrants"  "Escaping  The  Tomb"  "Maggot"  and  "Twisted  Mass  Of  burning  Decay".  8  out  of  10.

  

Baring Teeth/Ghost Chorus Among Old Ruins/Willowtip/2014 CD Review

  Baring  Teeth  are  a  band  from  Texas  that  plays  a  very  progressive  and  technical  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2014  album  "Ghost  Chorus  Among  Old  Ruins"  which  will  be  released  on  November  25th  by  Willowtip.

  A  very  dark  and  distorted  sound  starts  off  the  album  bringing  in  a  post  hardcore  feeling  along  with  some  melodies  and  a  progressive  feeling  which  also  leads  up  to  death  metal  growls  being  added  into  the  music  and  after  the intro  the  music  really  starts  going  for  more  of  a  progressive  death metal style.

  You  can  hear  a  lot  of  avant  garde  elements  in  the  bands  musical  sound  at  times  along  with  some  blast  beats  being  added  into  certain  sections  of  the  recording  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  the  music  starts  adding  in  more  brutality  on  the  later  tracks  as  well  as  bringing  in  a  good  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  throughout  the  album  you  can  hear  a  great  amount  of  talent  and  skill  the  way  the  band  approaches  theri  instruments  and  the  band  also  brings  in  a  couple  of  long  and  epic  tracks  as  well  as  a  small  amount  of  clean  playing.

  Baring  Teeth  plays  a  style  of  technical  death  metal  that  is  very  original  and  progressive  sounding  while  also  adding  in  some  avant  garde  influences  and  elements  from  the  darker  side  of  post  hardcore  to  create  a  very  different  yet  heavy  style,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Baring  Teeth  are  a  very  great  sounding  progressive,  technical  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Mountain"  "Dripping  Sun"  and  "Ghost  Chorus  Among  old  Ruins".  8  out  of  10.
   

    

Decimation/Reign Of Ungodly Creation/Comatose Music/2014 CD Review

  Decimation  are  a  band  from   Turkey  that  plays  a  very  brutal  and  technical  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2014  album  "Reign  Of  Ungodly  Creation"  which  will  be  released  in  December  by  Comatose  Music.

  A  very  heavy  and  brutal  death  metal  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  blast  beats  and  guttural  growling  vocals  and  you  can  also  hear  some  melodies  being  added  into  the  music  after  awhile  and  as  the  album  progresses  the  band  starts  bringing  in  a  good  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts.

  You  can  hear  a  lot  of  90's  death  metal  influences  in  the  bands  musical  style  which  they  also  update  with  the  more  modern  and  brutal  style  and  the  way  they  bring  in  technical  parts  are  different  from  most  bands  of  this  genre  since  they  do  it  in  a  brutal  direction  and  they  also  avoid  using  any  guitar  solos  and  leads  which  also  adds  to  the  heaviness  of  the  recording.

  Decimation  plays  a  style  of  death  metal  that  is  very  brutal  and  technical  and  there  is  never  a  weak  or  soft  moment  in  any  of  their  tracks,  the  production  sound s very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  Sumerian  Mythology.

  In  my  opinion  Decimation  are  a  very  great  sounding  technical  and  brutal  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Supreme  Wisdom  Of  Blasphemy  In  The  Reign  Of  Ungodly  Creation"  "Psalm  Carnage  In  The  Ghoulish  Chapel  Of  Gehenna"  "Prophetic  Despise  Under  the  Pendulum  Of  A  Sacrilegious  Throne"  and  "Veracity  in  Relics".  8  out  of  10.    

Keep On Rotting Interview

1. For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
The core of the band was formed sometime around 2005 in a small town called Litoměřice in the Czech Republic. At our beginning we were trying to make a noise which hardly resembled death metal… or rather it was a mixture of trash metal, hard core, black metal, beer drinking, etc. We had been rehearsing for a couple of years before we started to appear at concerts and managed to record several demos with usage of the automatic drums. Only by luck did we find a drummer in 2010 and the band has been complete from then on. Ever since we finally got together with the drummer we’ve been focusing on rather modern form of death metal. In 2011 EP called The Beginning was released, which helped the band promote itself and make it more visible. And it wasn’t until the autumn 2013 when the full length album called Unforeseen Consequences was released.


2. So far you have released 2 albums, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on both of the recordings and also how do you they differ from each other?
In fact the sound on our both albums is similar, which is the result of recording and mastering in one studio but both albums keep and represent our own conception of death metal. But the new album Unforeseen Consequences was recorded more precisely and we spent a great deal of time finishing it. The sound of the new one is definitely sharper, cleaner and stricter in comparison to the first one and songs are more elaborated and compositionally matured. We wanted to do some experimental songs to spice the album up, hence we didn’t avoid guests or Czech language in a few songs. On the other hand, the songs on The Beginning are more rough and straightforward. We like the songs from the new album as well as from the old one and we mix it during our live shows.


3. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
On the previous album we used poems by Charles Baudelaire and E.A. Poe. For the new one we wrote our own lyrics (except Lethe which was written by Ch.Baudelaire as well). There is a huge range of topics. From problems of modern life such as loss of meaning of life, technological progress which we are actually overwhelmed with and trapped in, to some personal interpretation of the world and reality, stories about unforeseen consequences of every single action we take or for instance a story about a towel which never dries.


4. What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Keep On Rotting'?
The origin of our name lies in the song by Carcass of course. The lyrics are very close to our beliefs and its reference is still noticeable in some of our themes.


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?
It‘s a tricky question and I’m really not able to think of the best ones. There have been plenty of events worth mentioning but some of our favorites are mainly Czech great open-air festivals like Brutal Assault, Czech Death Fest, Death Coffee Party, and among indoor club gigs are definitely concerts with Diphteria and many more which I just can’t think of right now. Everything for sure depends on the atmosphere, guys and on the sound. We really enjoy the parties where we go expecting nothing and then it turns out to be a great fun.
We never prepare any special stage performances. We wanna be natural, you know – the music must spread through your body and everything else comes as such.




6. Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
Oh yes! We are going on a one-week-tour with our friends Beast Within The Sound in February 2015. We have never been on tour before, so we are quite excited. We‘re gonna turn up in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and the Netherlands. Beside this trip we are trying to work out another tour but when and with who is still in the air.


7. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of technical death metal?
So far so good, unfortunately we haven’t received much of it, though. So if someone wants to leave a comment or make a review, just feel free to do so.
And honestly we actually don’t think our music is technically good enough to be categorized as technical death metal. I find Necrophagist, Beyond Creation, Gorod, Arch Spire proper technical-death-metal bands. Moreover we sometimes apply different methods which don’t belong into this category. As a result the music is touched with variety of other metal styles.


8. Are the band members involved with any other musical projects these days?
These days just Tom, our singer, has another band called DPK. The other members fully concentrate on Keep on Rotting project.


9. Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
We’re intensively working on some new stuff, because we want to make a record in the future. Our intention is to combine the style of previous albums, which means mixing the straightforwardness of The Beginning and elaboration of Unforeseen Consequences.


10. What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
Not only have many metal and rock bands had an enormous influence on our music, but classical and experimental music too. The bands I shouldn‘t miss out are Anata, Cephalic Carnage, Suffocation, Son of Aurelius, The Faceless, The Sikth, Textures, Necrophagist, Gorod and many many more current and former bands.
It’s quite difficult to say what exactly we‘re listening to these days because of a large amount of music and styles… we really enjoy progressive death metal, djent, grind core as well as classical and experimental music.


11. What are some of your non musical interests?
Well, some of us like hiking, some of us because of being students are supposed to like studying, doing sports, reading, but all of us are into going out on alcoholic spree.


12. Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Go to concerts and support music!

Bloody Harvest Interview

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
1. BLOODY HARVEST is primarily people with different occupations and outlooks on life, even the age difference between the band members is very significant from 19 to 38 but unites us all desire to play, perform and hang out together, not without it))

2.Recently you have released a new album, how would you describe the musical sound that is present on the recording?
2 Basically all threads BLOODY HARVEST is old school death with a mixture of new chips. We emphasize the fact that our Mouzon pumped listener from the first reef, that the listener did not even notice as he starts shaking his head all the hard without snot, for adults.

3.According to the metal archives page the band was formed in 1998 and in 2003 broke up for 8 years, what was the cause of the split and also the decision to reform?
3 In general, it is a heavy social and economic crisis in our country that is not the ability to develop for lack of funds, the same problems in his personal life composition plus drugs, alcohol.
After a pause, the desire to play our guitarist Hans has not disappeared, and he put together a new lineup. Especially now easier for a material base for the work.

4.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
4 At the heart of the album lyrics withdrawal negative side, we describe the use of potent drugs, about their harmful effects on the body, and the inevitable painful death. We chose this because tamatiku themselves not by hearsay familiar with it.

5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Bloody Harvest'?
5 This is from the days when we did not have the Internet and CDs, this phrase with some thrash horor American, that we have enjoyed looking at the videotape in the 90s.

6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?
6 All shake their heads I say fuck music we have this cool under us like to come off ) ) I remember MADNESS FEST in KIEV 23 November 13 That organized our friends with ENDOCRANIAL, an auto too much))

7.Do you have any touring or show plans for the new album?
7 What are the tour? Here in Ukraine musicians pay for everything, and we are not ready to do it. In addition, the war and our drummer now in the hot spot so let's wish him together hurry to go back, then, can we think about the future work of the group.

8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of old school death metal?
8 With the release of the album on Metal Scrap we began to receive positive feedback from the audience on the network, it is certainly pleasing but we can not perform abroad it gives us approach with a fan, we hope that in the future we will be able to fix it.

9.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
9 We are not going to change the musical direction in which we operate now, except that there is a desire to make our music more brutal.

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
10 We can not say exactly which groups influenced our work, as mentioned above we are people of all ages and musical preferences, we are different. But we agreed on one thing-we play death metal. Perhaps this is the style of music that fits our character and way of life