The split starts with the weird 12 minutes long track called "Psicobambola" by ANTIGAMA. It's a pretty crazy tune having all those strange noises and throbbing electronics mixed by even stranger death/grind fills. I have to say this Polish quartet extremely well operates with special effects and those components altogether look like an apocalyptic vision for a sonic motion picture. Experimental music at its best! Next 5 songs of this split have been reserved for DEFORMED. They guide us to an ultra fast and brutal Death Metal journey in their 13 minutes long repertory. The trio definitely knows how to compose mind-blowing riffs along with hyper fast drum parts. Unfortunately, the drum-machine sounds quite annoying to my ears, but the inhuman speed reached there is simply amazing and can be compared in some way or other to MORTICIAN. As another highlight of their stuff I can point out the sick manner of the vocalist. I am really shocked by the awesome combination of all those deep growls and hysterical screams there! Now it's your turn to discover the roots of chaos!!!

This is the second installment of "Buckets of Blood" and contains 74 minutes of total underground music. There are 20 obscure bands presented from the worldwide underground scene! The compilation begins with the unmerciful song of HORDE OF WORMS "Crystallized in Sanity". They play Canadian Blast Metal in a unique form that features lots of grim melodies and insane double-bass attacks with a vocal type changing from deep growls to high-pitched shrieks! It follows a song by my Death Metal band CASTRUM. Our selected song is "Sinister Omens", which is a good example of our aggressive yet melodic kind of Death Metal. The third track is reserved for the ultra complex Canadian Death/Grind act, namely TIME OF DEATH… The "Horrors of the Twisted Hallway" song doesn't feature regular vocals or something like that, though it has a short sample from a horror movie at the beginning. I should add that this tune has an incredible dose of insane guitar riffs. Track number four presents CUNTWORM from the USA. What a strange music "This Mortal Coil" combines? Industrialized noisy apocalyptic sounding stuff with a Black Metal influence supported by deathlike vocals and depressive cuts from movies. Really strange so to say. PRIMAL DAWN from Ireland continues with their groovy Death/Thrash track called "Cold Hills". It displays a strong song-writing musician-ship. During their track happens quite a lot of things as it lasts almost 9 minutes. You can hear there fast grinding insanity, slow acoustic-based guitar inclusions and catchy soling parts as well as interesting deep-to-high vocalizing! Then we have Hungarian DARK CLOUDS with their "Marketing Strategy Free Zone" song, which is about the underground and about the ones who dwell in the underground. Good idea to use such a theme for a groovy Hardcore influenced Death Metal anthem! The seventh track "Time Keeps Passing By" is coming from the Japanese COLOURFAST. Here we have a deal with an old-school Hardcore motivated progressive band, which surely opens some new doors for both styles. THURISAZ from Belgium is the next and they play keyboard-filled Black Metal in the DIMMU BORGIR way. That means a bunch of melodies and pompous atmosphere spiced up by ferocious vocals. Hell, it follows Canadian NOISECORE FREAK with its totally sick and brutal grinding noise! Awesome! Another Canadian act continues to kill our nerves. Their name is BOUND IN HUMAN FLESH. Musically "Becoming the Serpent" shows a technical yet fast Death/Black assault that was executed in a professional way! "Bloodlust" follows the massacre from Canadian FLESHCRAFT. Their evil Black Metal will tear your soul apart in nearly three and a half minutes! Canada's Goregrind monster SCABLORD delivers us an intense song full of dynamic guitar riffs and drums played by Alexander from HORDE OF WORMS. "Strangled by the Umbilical Cord" will make you craving for more splatter gore stuff from SCABLORD, it's for sure! The next song from F.O.B. (Czech Republic) surprised me a lot. This band earlier used to play Thrash-motivated Death Metal, but with their new track called "Neverending Projection" they skipped to ultra-guttural Grindcore madness. Russian PSILOCYBE LARVAE takes us to a journey into the fields of melodic Death/Black Metal with their precisely constructed "Out of Sanity" tune. Everything is perfect there! Track number 15 played by Polish MORBID EXECUTION. Their "Sodomy with the Devil" song is a pure dedication to such old-school Thrash & Black Metal warriors like SODOM, HELLHAMER, and VENOM to name a few. Crazy Canadians from FUCK THE FACTS take us to the level of insanity with their "Leper Accountant" song. Do you like sophisticated and sick to the core metal? If so, that is totally what you need! THRONEUM from Poland continues with "Madness Destroys". This band features Tomasz Hanuszkiewicz who is responsible for MORBID EXECUTION too. And music-wise they are pretty close to each other, though THRONEUM is about to use more old-school Death Metal riffs (e.g. MORBID ANGEL) instead of the Thrash-motivated ones. It's fast and totally uncompromised. The next is ERADYKATE with a mind-breaking mix of the Death/Grind monster "La Philocoprie Dans Le Bavoir". It's technical and brutal at the same time with a big dose of progressive insanity. The further is American BLOOD HAVEN and their "Dwelling in…" song. It's about mid-paced Death/Black and regurgitating screams from hell! Raw & obscure stuff! And last but not least we have Canadian BITCHSPLITTER with their "Beset by Parasites" song. This band plays a rough mixture of Death Metal with a storming dynamism and dedication to what we all love and respect: Underground rules!!!!!! As for me this compilation became simply excellent and I advise it to all the die-hard underground maniacs worldwide!

In the fall of 2007 the Canadian label which "supports extreme music worldwide" released an extreme compilation "Buckets of Blood Vol. III". The track selection was made by A. Erhardt, J. Lawson and K. Kontros. To my mind the track selection proved to be really successful. On the CD one can find stuff by different bands from all over the world and this way it's possible to discover lots of new music. This time "Buckets of Blood" contains 22 tracks in almost 76 minutes. HORDE OF WORMS starts it with "Ghostly Mournings" from the "Unearthly Desolation" MCD. The track makes you excited from the very beginning and you have no way out but to listen to the whole CD up to the end. It follows CASTRUM's "Don't Make Me God" taken from "Phenomenonsense". The Death Metal band from Ukraine won't let you stay indifferent with the track taken from their latest album. Third one is TIME OF DEATH's "Inside the Abattoir" from "The Last Breath of the Dying" album. No one expects to find an instrumental track on such a CD but nevertheless it's a great choice. Let's proceed to mechanized Black Metal industrialists named as CUNTWORM. Their track "Your Wretched Human Flesh Sickens Me" an exclusive and really worth to be listened to. This one will attract your attention for sure. THROB OF OFFAL continues the ear massacre with their pretty down-tuned gore tale "Old Swamp" out from the awesome "Moss Funeral" CD. The sixth track is reserved for SCABLORD's "Autopsy Orgasm". It gathers some quite raw & relentless underground atmosphere in circa one and half minutes! By the way, it was taken from the demo sessions for "Kiss the Gristle" album. An exciting stuff with a nice beginning so to say. MANIAC's "Death Fuck" displays rather well the uncompromised way of the 80s metal bands. A real death fuck, that doesn't need too much comment. SENTIENT storms next and delivers us "Winters Unrest" from their "Sinesthesia" material. The band truly deserved to be performed on the compilation as they show some quite grim & frostbitten musical approach with razor-sharp guitars and vocals definitely thirst for blood. The 9th song is A MORS ET BELLO opus. They perform "From the Darkest Sites Of the Earth" from "Sounds of Horror". One of the darkest on the CD. Don't miss it! LINCOLN LOVE LOG is the name of the following band, while their track lists as "Intestines Pt. 2". Think whatever you want but definitely something brutal is going on over there. The pace is almost funeral-like at the beginning but later on turns to some hysteric madness and total chaos. Afterwards MACHINERIE PERFECT tries to capture our attention with their military-like yet industrialized Black Metal tune "Post Military Demarche" out from their "Exotic Dark Matter" CD. You will perceive there some really strange and chaotic effects, so be prepared. If you thought you have enough endurance for electronics then HYBRID XENOMORPH PREDATOR's song – "Obfuscated Rational Perspective" – will make you even more stronger in case if you'll survive. Definitely a good "perspective". It follows CARRION CRAWLER. A song that has a title as "Sick of All the Bitches in My Hood" plus taken from the album "Rot, Crumble, Collapsed" won't let you too much choices, right? Disgusting brutality spiced up with disgusting gore grind attitude, that's it! The 14th band is D.A.B.K. with their very original song title, namely "Song 3". An extreme portion of noise awaits you there. Something to survive again. ALIGNAK blows out next with "I Am Going to Hell When I Die". Everything is clear from the title and the song won't disappoint you. Raw Black Metal at its best with some isolated atmosphere to be frank. Well, the atmospheric feeling continues further on with ORDO TYRANNIS' "Victims Rites". This very dark & catchy tune would simply perfectly fit a horror movie. Next to perform is INTERNAL EVISCERATION. "Anal Sperm Treatment for Mental Retardation" is their ungodly submission. The shortest one on the compilation won't require much time to be understood. "Vomiting out the Chunks" by UNEARTHED CORPSE will easily surprise you with their inhuman vocalizing manner and freaking out lyrics. A sonic blast! The 19th band on the list is IRON BITCHFACE with their aptly titled "Ice Queen" tune. You won't expect such a sound from the track with such a title. Electronic holocaust with shrieks from beyond! Russian FESTERGUTS continues with their partly DEICIDE-like song called "Cannibalistic Perversion". Great musicians with cool sound but lack or originality and songwriting technique. Do you ever thought that there are metal bands in Dubai? Well, can assure you there are! NERVECELL is the fine example for it. Their song "Signs of the End" from the "Human Chaos" stuff will definitely impress you. Tough Death Metal played with an honest sound production and good skills. For the end we have another mind-breaking song from SENTIENT. The nicely titled "Misanthropy" which comes again from their "Sinesthesia" CD. The otherworldly one. I think it's worth to thank Bloodbucket for their work and the guys for such a great selection of tracks. More compilations like this one should be released in order to give metal fans the opportunity to discover some new things. Thanks to the "Buckets of Blood" many of us are able to enjoy the most extreme music in the world. Long live Death Metal!!! (Review written by Outsider)

This French Death/Black Metal band was established in 1996 and "Explosion of Elements" is their second full-length. The trio represents a collection of totally raw songs, which are maximally uncompromising in my opinion. BLOODY SIGN is a 100% underground band with an appropriate attitude, lyrical conception and sounding qualities. I really enjoyed listening to the 9 segments of their naturalistic & blackened to the core Death Metal stuff. I don't know why, but somehow their music was associated in me with early IMMOLATION & MORBID ANGEL albums, maybe due to the specific guitar riffs of Kalevi Uibo or the all-way captivating & technical drum parts of Ilmar Marti Uibo. The vocal parts of Hagend are also worth mentioning here, 'cause they aren't of those typical ones as they come in a bloodthirsty and powerful way. Die-hard fans of old-school Death & Black Metal should put their hands on this obscure release! The CD features a live video clip as a bonus done for "Serpent's Sky Secrets" song. Buy or die!!!

Yet we have another band, which mixes a couple of styles altogether. You can hear a strong Heavy Metal influence on "Infant Brutality" but on the other side the Black Metal attitude is rather than evident and all this you should mix up with some classic yet Power Metal-like elements. Interesting? For me it's too bizarre, but let's go into details. There are 4 men responsible for this strange creation, i.e. Martin Kajzar (vocals, screams, guitar), Tomáš Jochec (guitar), Martin Belovský (bass) and Svatopluk Kolísek (drums). In my opinion the album's structure is quite formless due to the drastic rhythm and vocal changes. For example when a cool heavy metal riff begins to wheel with clear high vocals on it and from a sudden it turns to a double-bass motivated howling guitar-cloud with rasping black metal screeches I simply go crazy, ha-ha... But we can find this kind of transformation in the way of deathly growls turn to hymn-like clear vocals. Is there any point behind this? If so, this album is definitely for you, because here you can really expect some unexpected riff- and vocal-changes. Not mentioning the weird classical or acoustic inclusions in the middle of a song for instance. I think this kind of strange combination would fit any fan of progressive music pretty well. Anyway, I can recommend "Infant Brutality" to fans of heavy, black, power and classic music as well. Try and make a test with CARPATIA!

Got this CD from Matt (who also plays in MONSTROSITY) at the Brutal Assault Festival in 2010. This is the band's debut release, which consists of 10 obscure Death Metal tracks. The album totally insists on the uncompromising side of Death Metal, the way it has to be! I was really surprised how dedicated they play and construct their compositions. Dark riffing, evil vocals, insane bass lines, blasting drums, furious solos are just a small part of the weaponry CHAOS INCEPTION uses over their 32 minutes long repertory. To me their music is a true dedication to the real old-school yet devastating Death Metal and also a manifestation against all that is modern, mainstream, etc. The musical essence of CHAOS INCEPTION can be obtained by a clever combination between the heritages of such godfathers of Death Metal as MORBID ANGEL, IMMOLATION and INCANTATION. The quartet, namely Chris White on vocals, Matt Barnes on guitar, Cam Pinkerton on bass and Gary White on drums, has a big potential in creating extraordinary and destructive Death Metal the old-school way, so keep your eyes on these guys! Die-hard Death Metal freaks should immediately order this CD along with the band's second album "The Abrogation" that was out in 2012 on Lavadome Productions! Contact the band through their Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/ChaosInception

This Czech-based quintet doing something similar to MACABRE, I mean in terms of lyrics and wishes as the band not just simply writes lyrics about serial killers but even dedicates their songs to all the serial killers worldwide. So this album is definitely not for weak minds. "Massacre" has been recorded by the following mass-murders: Petr – vocals, Onecque – guitar, Pavel – guitar, Martin – bass and Smetak – drums. They offer us 11 murders in their detailed, raw and brutal form. Musically we have a mix between death and grindcore with an inevitable dose of fun and black humour. Due to DEFLORACE we can learn about such great people as Leszek Pekalski or Lada Hojer. Are you prepared to be murdered? Not yet? Then get this 26 minutes long album immediately as it will definitely help you to understand even deeper what's going on in the sick minds of serial killers and psychopaths. Get it before it's too late! The chainsaw has spoken! Preferred tracks: "Lada Hojer's Going" and "Christmas Song" (extremely well executed one!).

This MCD contains 6 short lessons on how to play old-school grindcore nowadays. The Italian quartet – Max Varani (vocals), Gianluca Lucarini (guitars & screaming), Fabio Fraschini (bass) and Cristiano Rotatori (drums) – doesn't open new doors for this style at all, on the contrary it's like a journey back in time, to be precise you have to travel back to late 80s yet early 90s when such great bands as NAPALM DEATH, TERRORIZER, FEAR OF GOD, REPULSION, DOOM or DISRUPT to name just a few reigned. The sound of the MCD is fair and the mood as one can expect is old-school to the core. Here and there you can bump into some obscure Death Metal influences too, but everything should be taken as old-school in the case of DEGENERHATE. The guys feel pretty right the atmosphere of the past thus the musical disappointment is out of the question. You will experience 11 minutes of pure nostalgic grindcore filled by the appropriate sociopolitical lyrics. I can only recommend this blasting piece of grinding brutality to all the death/grind freaks worldwide as well as to the fans of the above mentioned bands. You'll definitely like this MCD and as a conclusion I eagerly waiting its continuation in a form of a full-length release!

Just look at the cover art and you will know exactly what to expect lyrics-wise from this all-star formation. Right, the band dedicates their lyrical part to different horror stories. "They Rise" was recorded in the following line-up: Kam Lee (vocals; known mostly from MANTAS, DEATH & MASSACRE), Sam Williams (guitar; who was earlier involved in MASSACRE too), Terry Butler (bass; famous from DEATH, MASSACRE & SIX FEET UNDER) and Curtis Beeson (drums; pretty well-known from his awesome drumming in NASTY SAVAGE & LOWBROW). Needless to say, they are professional in what they offer within the 11 horror cuts of "They Rise". The band defines their style as Horror Metal, but for a better understanding I would say it's kind of partying death'n'roll there. Musically don't expect to experience some new ideas from DENIAL FIEND, because it's old-school music and that's it! I can recommend it for 100% to all the die-hard Thrash & Death Metal freaks worldwide! For one song you can also enjoy the guest appearance of Mike Browning (whose name should be familiar for all of you at least from such killer hordes as MORBID ANGEL, NOCTURNUS or ACHERON). Oh yeah, and fans of MANTAS & DEATH can experience a re-worked version of the now cultic "Legions of Doom" track! Buy this nearly 44 minutes long stuff or let your body rot eternally in hell!

This 5-track EP includes a very strange musical alloy by three very strange musicians: Pethers (riffs), Turnbull (lead) & Bateman (skins). The trio consciously eschews the use of a bass guitar for their songs, but have to say they sound enough interesting without it, so their plan worked out good. The music they perform is some kind of ultra progressive instrumentalism with lots of time measure changes, cyclic and trance-like motives. It's experimental, it's avant-garde, it's complex and it's reasonably versatile. It has a meditative character as well, thus their kind of music, in my opinion, would definitely fit as a soundtrack in some detective movies. The importance of math elements and influence of MESHUGGAH are quite evident too, but you have to imagine a less heavy sound-production there. Song titles are as follows: "Feed me a stray cat", "13 grades of filth", "8 4 5", "Basterd brew" and "Gone devil". You can get this eccentric mini album from Crash Records or directly from the band at the links below.

"Weavers of Unrest" is the first full-length album of this excellent Zlín-based techno Death Metal formation. At once I should point out that here we have a deal with a very skilled musicianship, namely Lukáš – vocals, Mira – guitars/keyboards/programming and Ivoš – bass/programming. The trio delivers us 9 opuses of highly quality professional music. Their songs combine so many riffs, harmony changes, insane breaks and emotional arrangements as well as classical influences that during the almost 36 minutes long masterpiece I felt I have a deal with an orchestra instead of a 3-piece band. Can't glorify them enough, but indeed in their interpretation every single note sounds so fascinating and outstanding. They aren't simply people who just rightly know how to handle their instruments; they are more, by far the best or I should say real composers, because the riffs and melody-chains they compose are about to cry and express deep feelings over and over again! The vocal parts are as suggestive as the instrumental side of the band; they tend from blackish screams, deep growls up to crystal clear vocals. I guess the boundless variety makes their music so unique and gives the key for their future researches. OK it's time to name you some bands whose heritage was influential on DRACO HYPNALIS' style, they are PESTILENCE, early DARK TRANQUILLITY, CYNIC, ATHEIST and last but not least a bunch of classical compositors. All is left to say, buy or die! Preferred tracks: "Disharmonic Points... In Opening", "Fortified Source of Invisible Light" and the extraordinary instrumental tune called "Coda".

The second CD by this technical Czech Death/Black trio continues the musical path of their debut album and even develops it further. The classical elements get more attention here and thus their music becomes more complex and hard to digest with 1 or 2 listens. This kind of music definitely needs multiple listens with a big care to all the details incorporated per each song there. "Imagination" embraces 10 super melodic and energetic compositions. All of them were executed with a high accuracy and professionalism. With the addition of new vocalist Petr, who plays on guitar too, the band gathers a bit more black metal feeling to their repertory, though it happens mostly just vocals-wise. Mira, the brain behind the band, is responsible for almost everything that has to do with DRACO HYPNALIS' music. His orchestration skills and arrangements are simply remarkable plus you have to imagine a perfect balance between all the composed guitar riffs, solos & keyboard parts too. The drums were programmed flawlessly, but still the effect of the non-human drummer leaves its mark on the overall sound. Anyway, if one neglects this small detail the album turns to be a perfect one, in my opinion. The bass lines were transported by Ivoš and they are great as usual. The album lasts nearly 67 minutes and features 2 hidden bonus tracks at the end. These tracks are close to the original ones, but they come without vocals and have extra arrangements there. Mira also prepared a special material that has been titled as "Orchestral Imagination", which includes 9 tracks in such an instrumental interpretation. Fans that adore classical music should ask for this special version too!!! I suppose you can get both from the band for the price of one CD! Almost forget to mention that "Imagination" has one more gem, namely a fantastic cover of Mozart's "Allegro"! Hurry up and order your copy now before it's too late!

"Nausea" is the third & best album of DYSANCHELY to date. The band had lots of line-up changes since 1995, now they are: Brano (vocals), Mimo (guitar), Dodo (guitar), Roman (bass) & Joseph (drums). The five-piece continues to widen the musical path of their previous "Secrets of the Sun" album. On "Nausea" we have 10 precisely worked-out ultra melodic Death Metal songs. Somehow at first sight I would compare the way their songs sound & structure-wise they are built to the Gothenburg-school, especially the name of AT THE GATES appears in me as a parallel to them. But after a few listens it was clear the band has its own face as well and following slogan would fit them perfectly: "Be as melodious & catchy as possible". They make a big emphasis on melodies like tons of Heavy Metal bands used to be, but they also make sure to serve them in an extreme shape. The sound which was provided by Exponent studio is massive & well-balanced. Like the way it comes out from the loud-speakers. At the end of the CD you can also get an insight to 6 bonus songs from the past, namely 5 songs from the band's "Songs of Sorrow" tape release and a song called "A Tale of Mankind" from some Colombian compilation release. In total there's almost 70 minutes of DYSANCHELY music on the CD. Get this release from any of the contact addresses below! Preferred tracks are "The Existence" and "Day of Selfreproach".

At last I can hold in my hands the few times delayed split CD of EPICRISE & BALLGAG! Well, our natives and number one porngrind band in Ukraine – EPICRISE – opens the split with 7 tracks into the funniest porngrind ever. The sickos of this highly-acclaimed pornsquad are as follows: Max (vocalzzz), Slawko (guitarzzzz/vokillzzz), Mychaylo (bazzzz) and Eugen (drumzzz). Regarding "Kublo 69" I can say only one thing, namely that it is a quite professional stuff done by exclusively die-hard maniacs! It structured perfectly with a flawless dose of groovy grindcore riffs, pulverizing blast beats, roaring bass cuts and crazy yet guttural vocal parts, which embrace the most various growls/inhales/shouts/screams/etc. ever heard per a song. The result is simply overwhelming that easily proves the fact that bands from Ukraine have also something to say yet to add to this particular style! You can experience this fact in almost 14 minutes of grind-madness spiced up with lots of funny porno themes as intros and/or as other ingredients during their songs. In a word, it's a must for every porn-addicted grindcore freak worldwide!!! Preferred tracks are: "Diving Into Curd", "Milk & Dumbbells" and "Plexus 69". Next on split are the sick US black-humorists from BALLGAG. Their repertory features 12 quite insanely-structured groovy death/grind tracks. Needless to say, the porn-elements are as indispensable there as their well-disposed-humor. So let's see the names behind this bitch-hunting massacre titled as "Tales of a Cornered Bitch". Here we go: Mr. Friday uses and abuses guitar/bass/vox, while Pissy limits himself only onto vocals and Lee Gorebanks responsible for the extravagant instrument called drums. The trio as often as not dives into the ultimate spheres of Brutal Death Metal, although they like to mix it up with fine grindcore riffs in the very old-school style as REPULSION and TERRORIZER for example. In total we get near 18 minutes of death/grind-induced BALLGAG music(k)! Preferred tracks are: "Beef, Beer & a Bitch", "Douches Wild", "Meet and Greet". Get this split immediately or you'll be split-wide-opened!

After an awesomely successful split CD with BALLGAG, EPICRISE strikes back with their debut album, with a massive sonic blast! Still executed in the musical vein & atmosphere of their split, i.e. in the triple x way of grinding! This full-length is a natural continuation and yet progression of the band's furious carrier. The album consists of 19 chapters, from which 17 demonstrating a totally innovative groove-fueled grind attack + 2 covers on ROT and GUT respectively, of corpse, executed in the EPICRISE way. I can definitely say that this stuff won't 'cause a disappointment to any grind or even death metal fan worldwide. The band's rage and energy seems to be unrestrained over their 24 minutes long repertory! So it keeps the attention of the listener always standby. There's also a big portion of black humor & fun-oriented intros there as we got used from this quartet lately on their split too. The band's line-up is the same as on their split, that is Max (low grunts & growls), Slawko (guitars & screams), Myshko (bass) & Eugen (drums). This CD will definitely smash the listener's mind with its crushing down-tuned bulldozer sound provided by "Beasts" studio. Everything sounds just perfect there plus you will have a totally high-quality booklet for your consumption with nice pit-art on the disc itself. All is left to say, get your hands on this monster of a disc from the best Ukrainian grind-team ever! Grind or be grinded!!! Preferred tracks are "Mexican Gulf" (I simply love those crazy hysterical screeches by Slawko), the old-school-oriented "Catastrophes of Body" and the ending ballad-like "Bloody Daddy" (this exotic approach needs to be further pursued!!!).