This Slovakian band has a definitely long story to tell. Formed back in 1992 and having a couple of releases on their account the band's previous materials were executed mainly under the strong influence of grindcore pioneers, i.e. NAPALM DEATH. The new era for the band started in 2006 with the addition of masterful guitar player – Ivan "Ivin" Babilonský (known from such bands as NOSTRUM, V13AULT and ZOMBIEMOLES). With his presence the band's musical approach changed quite a lot. I would say, it became more technical, varied and simply original! The first material in this new musical direction arrived in 2007 in a form of a 4-song promo called "We Haven't Given Up Yet". It was the precursor for the actual new album, titled "Something Wrong", which is a pretty well-guessed album title, by the way. After reading their lyrics, which are mostly talking about the errors of humankind and criticize it in all possible ways, it became rather clear why was chosen this title for. The album gathers 13 grind-oriented pieces with a totally innovative musical approach. During the 31 minutes playing time so much is happening in their songs that one listen is definitely not enough to get perfectly acquainted with their repertory. You can discover lots of great things besides the basic instruments there, for example the appearance of banjo gives an exotic mood to a few songs, while the use of different industrial-like effects throughout the whole material makes their music really varied and at the same time unordinary to my ears. To all this you have to add the awesome drum fills & breaks provided by Marcel "Barbuch" Malega (the only member left from the very beginning), a really talented drummer, who cares pretty much about all the details around his drumming. For the bass attacks none else responsible as Martin "Matkes" Martoncik (previously known for his bass-terror in bands like NOMENMORTIS, CARESS and MENTALLY PARASITES). He defines the bulldozer-like down-tuned sound for the album. And last but not least, as the final piece in this grind puzzle goes out to young vocalist Gabriel "Gabby" Kunay (KILLCHAIN, ex-THORWALD) who maximally spices up the album with his guttural vocals and hysteric screams. As a conclusion, I have to say "Something Wrong" is a genuine masterpiece, a milestone that defines a new chapter not only for OBLITERATE itself, but for all their supporters & followers too! If you search for a band that doesn't fear to manipulate with elements coming from different musical styles and try to be as open-minded as possible then OBLITERATE is surely for you!!! At the end, I also want to point out the remarkable sound production and booklet design done by Ivin himself. Preferred tracks: "Economic Megamessiah", "Unhope", "Human Parasite" and "Moving Targets".

PARASOPHISMA is one of those really few talented and not typical bands in the underground, whose music always have something new to display and whose lyrics always have something new to say! They belong to the most experimental camp within the metal genre. Their music gathers so many influences, beginning with elements from progressive rock through all the extreme metal styles known up to jazz & fusion. The chemistry of musical styles is simply unbelievable there; still the metal feeling dominates most of the time. This album was recorded back in 2000 and yet with the second generation line-up, which consisted of Dalibor Figura (vocals, drums), Monika Hrubá (vocals, flute), Radim Darda (guitars) and Martin Krul (bass). In 2007 the material has been re-mastered and finally released in CD format. This 47 minutes long journey includes 9 carefully selected chapters, which will guide you to the landscapes of experimental music. Their visions of a sonic sophistry are so huge that even 10 years later this material sounds pretty futuristic to me. Each song has its own atmosphere and thus vital presence on the album. Moreover, all those different types of male & female vocals used throughout their album are as impressive as the mixture between all the incorporated instruments there. Unfortunately, due to the musical overpopulation and actual trends, such talents remain hidden for the masses and in most of the cases underrated by incompetent people. Believe me PARASOPHISMA deserves not just the attention of the experimental music fans, but the support from the Black/Death/Doom Metal fans as well. Their music is awesome and should be recognized by as many as possible fans worldwide. Lately Dalibor has collected a new unit of progressively thinking musicians and established the third generation of PARASOPHISMA. Needless to say, can't wait to experience their new visions.

The ways of brutality are inscrutable indeed. Polish PARRICIDE opens the split with 12 massive death/grind cuts. Their music changed a little bit since their pretty experimental sounding "Pathogen" (2005) and their most brutal album "Kingdom of Downfall" (2003). Nevertheless, those changes are just natural and positive in all sense. Their new songs are more fun-oriented and less complex so to say. Still the speed dominates most of the time. The blasts are awesome there, while the guitar parts contain lots of crazy tempo variations and grooves to bang your head in a nonstop regime. Lately the band went through some changes and thus the recording line-up was the following: Michal Wojcik (vocals), Piotr Sabaranski (guitar), Albert Kraczkowski (guitar), Lukasz Popielnicki (bass, vocals) and Krzysztof Saran (drums). The frequent use of the cow-bell and all those sick vocal parts make their material sounding quite unique plus you should add 2 extremely-well executed covers as well, the first is on BRUJERIA's well-known "Matando Güeros" song, while the second is a cover on their grindmates' tune, namely DEAD INFECTION's "Gory Inspiration". This nearly 22-minute long sonic madness got a title "...and my name is 10". Place number 2 on the split is reserved for INCARNATED. They are also from Poland and play the Swedish way of Death Metal. Their main influences are definitely ENTOMBED and DISMEMBER. So it wasn't a big surprise to notice the cover of ENTOMBED's "Abnormally Deceased" there. The trio – Pierscien (guitar, vocals & bass), Thomas (guitar) and Bartosh (drums) – offers us 6 songs into total old-school Death Metal without any compromises. Their part is entitled "Neverending Gory" and lasts about 20 minutes. Die-hard fans of old-school Death Metal will surely value this material! The third band of the split is Japanese REEXAMINE. This young Death Metal quintet, namely Brutal Baby (vocals), Robin (guitar), Deathkaya (guitar, vocals), Fukada (bass) & Sekeguchi (drums), mixes some weird sounds in their "From the Cradle to the Grave" material, which consists of 6 tunes and lasts 19 minutes in total. It's Death Metal, but apart from the melodies they like to operate with I found there lots of modern solutions too. Moreover, their bass player is the one who makes their music & sound a little bit unordinary, 'cause he really likes to spice up the songs with strange ideas. Their last track is a cover of BOLT THROWER's "...For Victory" anthem. Like their version, good job. This way ends the brutality and there's only one thing left to say, buy or die!!!

Slovakian Death Metal perverts strike back with their third long play. "Nezpyred" binds 10 well-structured Death Metal songs filled up with lyrics on social and political themes. Their new material is the logical continuation of their previous "Accion Mutante" disc. The character of the songs remained, but the number of grooves per songs increased. This goes generally to the tempo too, which is a bit higher here. The album sounds proportional and totally devastating, but unfortunately compared again to "Accion Mutante" there's really nothing new occurs within its 36 minutes of playing time. Second-hand riffs of early DEATH materials (check the title track for) and the general usage of 90s NAPALM DEATH riffing can be observed during their songs. On this record the band shriveled to a 3-piece, namely Báro (vocals), Lumír (guitars/bass) & Vlado (drums). I would also strongly advise Báro to pay more attention to the pronunciation of the English lyrics, 'cause it sounds ridiculous sometimes. Anyway, it's a good Death Metal release, just lack of originality! Let's see what the future brings them!

After 5 years of silence PATHOLOGY STENCH returns with their best album to date. The sound production went through potential changes and now it's massive as it should be for such a release, especially I liked the sounding of the drums. Moreover it's full of energy and has a cool dynamic flow. The band started to operate with modern riff-structures and synthesizers as it can be heard for example in their damn-cool "Suburbs" or in the mechanic "Guillotine" tune. The razor-sharp guitar parts of Lumír and pulsating bass lines of Julo have been rightfully executed and laid down onto the precise, like a robot, drum parts of Vlado. Unfortunately Báro still pronounces in a bad way, but he's deep growls compensate that defect here and there. The band not feared to experiment on "Meatall" a little bit and thus a small portion of originality appeared. I wish them to follow this path and to try going even further in creating unique atmospheres and riffs that can be associated only with their band. Songs like "For Meatall" and "Frankenstein" seem to be a good option to develop further their style. There's also a DEATH-inspired song called "Desperate" there, especially it goes to the very first minute of it. In total, it was a pleasant surprise to experience the great modifications took place in PATHOLOGY STENCH's music. The CD lasts over 37 minutes and comes with a laconic but decent booklet design!

This 5-piece Slovakian formation offers us 9 tracks of dark Death Metal insanity. Their circa 33 minutes stuff mostly builds upon mid-paced groovy riffing technology and precise playing. Won't say they discovered something new or mind-breaking, but their songs are very good to listen to. They simply flow with a dynamic pace and let you enjoy their old-school kind of riffing. Well, in a few songs we can experience some progressive kind of riffs, keyboards and acoustic inclusions as in the rightly guessed "Experience of Death" tune or in the song called "Seeds of Damnation". I would call their music obscure Death Metal, mainly because of the vocalist's die-hard growling attitude and 90s sound-production. If I would compare their music to anybody I think the right ones will be IMMOLATION and INCANTATION. Underground music prevails!

Aleksi Ahokas (guitars/bass/vocals), whose work is well-known with Finnish Gothic Metal band PROPHET in the period from 1997 to 2001, originates this new unit. Members of FRAGILE HOLLOW and DENIGRATE supports him in his future visions, namely Sami Koikkalainen (guitars) and Tim Toivanen (drums). So RAIN PAINT takes its start in 2002 with the unfortunate end of PROPHET. Their debut album provides 50 minutes of Intense & Emotional Metal as they call, which is surely to be please the fans of Gothic Metal too. In fact, it isn't intense at all, but be it so. Moreover, I found their music pretty close to what Doom Metal bands are doing lately, mainly because of all those mesmerizing guitar riffs, funeral-like marching grooves & slow drum patterns. Their music is kept mainly in the range of slow & middle tempos. Sometimes keyboards appear as a background element to make their songs more atmospheric and hypnotizing. The album has a decent sound production, which here and there reminded me bands from the 70's, again due to the specific keyboard sound. I can advise this music for both metal & rock fans, because it's just so soft, melodious and not heavy at all. By the way, the band already has a new album out called "Disillusion of Purity" (2006). So if you are fond of such music get both albums from their label!

Slovakian extreme guttural maniacs have triumphantly returned! Their latest album features 9 tracks of the finest grinding Death Metal brutality. Needless to say, the sound is as massive and pounding as the noise of a bulldozer's engine at maximum rpm. These tunes of decay have been precisely structured with the aim of crushing and smashing every weak brain around the globe. In their repertory we can find both extremities, i.e. the slow groovy writhing parts as well as the hyper fast blast beats. Vocals are rather sick; especially it goes to the inhales. So being covered by the piles of brutal yet complex riffs we are about to experience an ominous attack on our ears. Sure, one can find there some melodic parts too, for example in song "A Pile of Skulls" or the nice female vocals in the opener track called "Desecrated – Decapitated (A hymn to Monika D.)". There are also 2 tracks previously featured on "Fetus Rape" MCD (2003), namely "Fetus Rape" and "Oral Fistfuck". I would also like to add that the artwork became simply awesome and deserves to be seen/known amongst every sick heads' worldwide, plus in addition a bonus track "Rectum Hook" was also included. In total we have 31 minutes of great brutal musick there. Attention sickos! Warmly recommended stuff! On "Celebration of Exhumation" the band's line-up was Martin (inhales/exhales), Magick (guitar/bass), Radodarebak (guitar) and Dzordz (drums).

SICKBAG's debut album howls and ravages like an unstoppable typhoon. Their massive death metallic grooves storm over the entire album, which was limited to 10 songs and 28 minutes of enjoyment. I have to note that 4 songs out of 10 are already known from the band's first 2 EPs, but sure they've got a new interpretation and totally mind-blowing sound quality here. Newer songs are faster, more focused on the flow of energy and rather insane in tempo changing. Moreover, they don't fear to slow down for a few seconds between the blasts to crush our brains with some heavy & dynamic grooves. Just listen to "Dirty Ego" or "Without Lucky Star Hero" for example, the level of energy and intensity is simply overwhelming there. I can assure you that this stuff will make your head banging and banging from its very first note until the last one! The powerful sound production will also help to maximize the destroying character of "Bushido Codex". Can't wait to check out their second album, hopefully it will come out soon! Until then try to get your hands on this piece of groovy Death Metal art!

This CD contains the French sickos 2 previously just self-released EPs, namely "A Perfect World (Of Shit)" from 2004 & "Who's The Next?" from 2005. It was definitely a great option to combine them on one CD, 'cause I suppose not so many underground freaks could get their copies back then. There are 9 songs in total with almost 27 minutes of playing time. Both EPs were executed with a straight death/grind attitude and supported by a tolerable sound production. The team behind these EPs was: Julien Henri (vocals), Diego Janson (guitar), Julien Divert (guitar), Joakim Picot (bass) and Francois Roux-Vecchiali (drums). They crossover the classical grindcore style with modern death metal patterns, thus the result is quite good and I would say it is even unusual for a few moments. Especially great to notice Julien's variegated use of vocals and his emotional flows in some songs. Anyway, the riffs on the second EP are less interesting and make my ears tired after a few songs, but all those groove-influenced ones used during their first EP are just amazing and full of positive energy. The CD comes with a fantastic 12-paged booklet design and a remarkable pit art on the working side of the disc! SICKBAG fans hurry up to get this special CD from DAC Productions!

At first sight the musical approach of SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION reminded me very much DESULTORY. And indeed both riffing- and vocal-wise the band is rather close to the Swedes' "Bitterness" album. Of course, beside my comparison they have their own ideas and face (especially the use of viola, trumpet, trombone and female vocals indicates it), which remarkably appear in the endless chains of guitar harmonies and melodies. The band definitely plays Death Metal, though its most melodious kind (mainly because of the ultra-melodic vocalizing), which the 4-piece (Doctor – vocals/bass; Canni – guitar; Wlassoid – vocals/guitar; Pickard – drums) became to combine with enchanting melodies and meditative tuneful passages. As much we dive in their songs as better we going to love their music. It's emotional Death Metal at its best! The band dedicates their album to mighty Chuck Schuldiner and this thing makes me to discover some slight influences of DEATH over their repertory, but there's unfortunately just a few riffs reminiscent of DEATH. I should say I had a pleasant time listening to this album even if the band was totally unknown to me until now. Professional musicianship, well-structured music, great sound production and dedication to metal characterize this material. Fans of melodic yet emotional Death Metal must get this nearly 1 hour long album immediately! Preferred tracks: "Shade of Triotus", "Separated" and "From Twilight to Dusk" (it simply can be a Heavy Metal hymn as well!).

On the second CD this Czech Death Metal band puts a little bit backward the brutality and pays more attention to the grooves. At once I should point out that the overall mix is quite unbalanced. First of all, the guitars are too loud and the level of the kick drum isn't proportional with the level of the snare and toms, thus in some songs the latter ones just seem to be repressed. The same goes to a few vocal parts, which simply drown in the massive wall of the guitar sound. The band on this CD is: Fred (vocals), P.A.T. (guitar), Eda (bass) and Pavel (drums). The 10 songs of "Virulent Procreation" are definitely less brutal as those ones featured on the debut album "Human: Earth Parasite" released in 2004. And what's more those new cuts are really lack of cool ideas and are structured pretty plain. I really do hope their third album will be better in every respect. The over 31 minutes long CD comes with a masterfully designed booklet and with lyrics dedicated to different social themes.

Damn these guys are ruling supreme! This monster of a disc contains the band's early demos, namely "Blood Serology" (3 songs) and "Pain Has a Face" (4 songs) + 1 new track "Tapping the Veins" featuring Kevin Talley on drums, 1 live track called "Epoch of Barbarity" (cover of INTERNAL BLEEDING song) and a video clip for song "Insider". I suppose this compilation kind of material is quite good in getting an insight to the band's carrier from different angles/eras, be it past, present, live or studio. The demos sound fair, but in my opinion the music lacks of originality and variety there. Those songs were written mainly in the typical brutal Death Metal approach and were supported with ultra deep growls. In case of the opener/new track "Tapping the Veins" we have an evident rise of songwriting potential. Don't know why but this song reminded me very much Kevin's former band DYING FETUS here and there. Pulsating, dynamic, riff-oriented tune for sure with lots of changes, groovy guitar parts and awesomely executed guttural massacre. This is definitely a highlight of the CD. The cover/inlay and video clip for "Insider" were arranged by Pierre Dembri. Good work bro! Fans of brutal death/grind music will definitely have a good survey over the 35 minutes long material. All is left to add, SOILS OF FATE consists of Henke Crantz (vocals/bass), Mange Lindvall (guitars) and Kevin Talley (drums). Brutality is the law!

Hey, this warlike Death Metal quartet comes from Sweden, but music-wise they mainly follow the US brutal Death Metal way. The musicianship combines of Samuel (vocals/guitars), Johan (guitars/backing vocals), Karl (bass) and David (drums). They mostly concentrate on the CANNIBAL CORPSE type of riffing but spice it up rather interestingly with the well-known Swedish chain of melodies and modern groovy elements. In the function of time length their mid-paced songs are between 2 and 4 minutes, but still featuring enough good riffs, changes, breaks and blasts. I would like to point out the well-guessed ultra tough and blade-like guitar sound. It makes the overall album sound like a massive kick in the backside. Vocals are rolling brutally along with the weighty riff-structures, while the rhythm section makes a concrete runway both for them and for the music in general. I think the band made a perfect mix of dynamics and brutality in their 10-song repertory! Keep it developing further guys! All is left to say, the formula is working and lasts about 28 minutes! Preferred tracks: "Obliterate" and "Hate Crime".

SPAWN OF POSSESSION was formed back in 1997 and since then they managed to release two successful demos "The Forbidden" (2000) and "Church of Deviance" (2001). The latter one yields the band a deal with famous Unique Leader Records and thus in 2002 "Cabinet" takes its final form in Pama Studios (Sweden). The recordings were committed by four demonic souls, namely Jonas Bryssling (guitar), Jonas Karlsson (guitar), Niklas Dewerud (bass) and Dennis Röndum (drums/vocals). "Cabinet" contains 11 ultra technical tunes executed mainly in the US Brutal Death Metal style. Sure their repertory features melodies too, but they mainly appear in the soloing work and here and there in the riffs as well but just for a short time as they gallop over and over again with a speed of light. At once I should point out the mega clean sound of the guitars that makes easy to remember the riffs and their songs in general. I would say due to such comprehensive sound production they managed to get an incredibly catchy material. Almost all of their songs constructs from at least 30-40 riffs (and what riffs?), which is really cool as you can't be bored by their songs at all. You can listen to it over and over again and you would always find something "new" and interesting for your ears. While the guitarists like to play hyper fast yet complex riffs the drummer takes the overall level even higher with his non-stop grinding assaults, clever breaks, jazzy stand-outs and precise cymbal-work. To all this you should add a strong as concrete and deep as supersonic boom bass sound. The growling vocals have been executed in a usual way, though I found pretty exciting the sometimes very fast manner, which results with more brutality as the slow-pronounced, for example. I can't explain how good the mix is. It should be heard by every Brutal Death Metal fans for sure! Songs like "Swarm of the Formless", "A Presence Inexplicable", "Dirty Priest", "Inner Conflict" or "Church of Deviance" are about to smash your brains in seconds, while "Spawn of Possession" or "Cabinet" display how sophisticated the band can be. Furthermore we have dynamically constructed songs as "Hidden in Flesh" and "The Forbidden", which are full of ferocious energy and killer thrash-like riffs! And at the end we have a composition like "Uncle Damfee" that perhaps contains the most emotional parts of this album and a great atmospheric inclusion in the middle of it. Oh, and the album ends by those demonic whispers which are familiar for us from the opening intro called "Lamashtu". In a word, it's an extremely well-done Death Metal album! Hats off! Eagerly waiting the next chapter guys!

"Nemesis Enforcer" is the second full-length album from this Dutch turbo Death Metal squad. Their opening track "Darkening Age Rise" reminded me quite a lot DISSECTION's "At the Fathomless Depths" song out of the "Storm of the Light's Bane" album, mainly due to its grim guitar harmonies & dark atmosphere. After this short intro the quintet – Aad Kloosterwaard (vocals), Erwin Harreman (guitar), Bas Brussaard (guitar), Tadej Cholewa (bass) & Toep Duin (drums) – serves us 8 incredibly massive tunes kept in the good old-school Death Metal way! You will witness the crushing brutality of the Dutch Death Metal school there mixed up with some USDM influences coming from such great bands as SUFFOCATION, MORBID ANGEL or INCANTATION just to name a few. The speed is mind-blowing throughout their sonic cuts plus Toep tops them up with an awesome drum work. He's a master & flawless weapon to execute all those hyper speed blasts and devastating double bass attacks! Both stringed shredders inject a big portion of twisted riffs there and their solos are just captivating (They come mostly in the classical DM way, which I prefer so much!). The guitars' sound tuned to as sick as possible level, while the bass sounds enough tough and has that specific rattle in it. To all this you should add the vocals of Aad, which are maximally brutal and leave no mercy for the listener. It's undoubtedly a 100% Death Metal release! No compromises, only supreme brutality and total dedication to the style itself!!! A must for all the old-school DM breathing freaks worldwide!!! Preferred tracks: "Vengeful Wrath", "The Unholy Throne" and "To Serve in Slavery".

SVARROGH is a Bulgarian Black Metal band, though its only member (Dimo Dimov) dwells now in Germany. "Lady Vitosha" features 8 songs written & composed in the best traditions of the pagan Black Metal style. To my surprise Dimo handles all the instruments maximally good (except the drums that are synthetic, but were programmed pretty good too) and the variations of different string-based folk inclusions are also remarkable. This guy really knows how to mix the raw guitar sound with sad yet heart-rending harmonies. The folk acoustic parts appear mainly in every song, except the war-like "Kum Vihúr v slamenata gorica" song, which storms like a tornado. The music is very varied so to say. You can find there everything from slow to fast, from sad to melodic, from meditative to depressive, etc. The lyrics (which are in Bulgarian) and the music itself were totally inspired by the ancient Bulgarian culture. Sometimes the atmosphere becomes very ancestor-like. I would call it as the voice of the ancients interpreted by Dimo himself. There's no doubt that the colorfulness of the vocals adds a big potential to the circa 48 minutes album. They are not just about the usual grim shrieks and rasping screams. For example the slow monumental parts were mainly accompanied by clear hymn-like vocals. The feeling is what counts and it is there for sure. Fans of folk-influenced Black Metal should put their hands on this unordinary stuff. Preferred tracks: "Grohnal pod edin dúb (Broken Under and Oak)" and "Ovchari na Bezbogg (Shepherds on Godless Mountain)".

"Kukeri" is the third effort by SVARROGH. As you might already know, there's only one member behind it, namely the talented Dimo Dimov, who pleases us with his wide range of knowledge of playing on different folk instruments again. The album embraces 12 hymns of Pagan Folk Black Metal with lyrics based on the Bulgarian folklore. Moreover, they've been sang on this special language, which adds an exotic mood for the whole album. It's amazing how beautiful is the combination of those folk instruments there. Just listen to the magical sounds of "The Solitude of Stara Planina", which is the longest tune on "Kukeri" with its 11 minutes length. The CD lasts a bit more than 69 minutes, so there are really plenty of things to experience there. I am sure all those fans of orthodox Black Metal will also find their favorites there as Dimo easily forges the best proportions between the harsh Black Metal riffs and storming drum parts too. If you want to be guided through the wide landscapes of Bulgaria and to get acquainted with the native rites without visiting that land in reality you have to pick this or any other releases by SVARROGH.

After a pair of demos and one EP released in 2001 this Chilean Death Metal brigade finally breeds their debut album out. Taking into account that the band was formed back in 1998 it took them 9 years to accomplish their monster of a disc. But it was worth waiting for, because their 10-song CD sounds massive and proportional in every respect, while the musical aspects of THORNAFIRE are focused on the patterns of traditional Death Metal. The entire album radiates a murky mood thus I would compare them musically to early materials of MORBID ANGEL, INCANTATION and IMMOLATION. Of course, THRONAFIRE has a big potential too, which mainly appears in the addition of melodious, classical-oriented guitar harmonies. The trio – Alexis Muñoz (bass/vocals), Víctor MacNamara (guitar/keyboards) & Juan Pablo Donoso (drums) – maximally dedicated to what they do & perform on "Exacerbated Gnostic Manifestation", but still I wish them to add more originality to their repertory in the future. The CD features a bonus video clip on "Deflagracion" song, which is a cool visual clasp so to say. If you crave to listen to a professional Death Metal band from Chile the chance is yours now to order their debut album from Ibex Moon Records!

Are you fond of Gothenburg-style melodic Death Metal stirred up with a dose of complexity? I really hope so, because the main musical aspects of TRANSLUNARIA are bounded by the Swedish Death Metal movement. Mostly, I can compare their music to early DARK TRANQUILLITY and IN FLAMES materials, but there's a technical aspect too, which reminded me massively the beloved by all riff-structures of DEATH. Riff-wise we can also hear some recent KATAKLYSM & SEPTIC FLESH influences as well. The vocal parts are really varied, as you can find there everything from deep growls up to clean voices. But mostly it's focused to those raspy ones, which are predominantly used by the Scandinavian Death/Black Metal scene. I personally loved those few PESTILENCE-like vocal shouts the most. The musicianship looks like as follows: Fred (vocals), Peca (guitar), Roman (guitar), Lad'a (bass) & Lukáš (drums, voice). The five-piece does nothing new or extraordinary on their circa 33-minute long debut album, although it's done honestly & comes with a professional sound quality. If you want to experience the Czech way of melodic Death Metal, then these 7 songs will be a great opportunity for you. Get in touch with the band at one of the below mentioned links.

Oh shit, Belgorod gangstas are back! Their newest effort became pretty variegated so to say. It still follows the well-guessed path of their previous releases, though with "Chotko" the quintet goes even further in developing their multilateral musical taste. To have a better understanding about what they do, you have to imagine an unbalanced mix between grindcore, brutal death, goregrind, folk, disco, industrial, etc. styles plus to add the unavoidable component, i.e. chanson, on top of it. This specific mixture will be finally spiced up with lots of weird sound effects and black humor motivated lyrics. I could listen to this album once, but somehow it doesn't attract me to listen to it twice. Nevertheless, it was cool to discover the unique versions on CEREBRAL TURBULENCY's "The Strach Na Vruble" and ULCEROUS PHLEGM's "Consequence" covers amongst the 19 tracks of "Chotko". This circa 41-minute long album comes with an outstanding sound production and a flawless DAC workmanship (high-quality slipcase, 8-paged booklet & killer pit art on CD). Let the fans of chanson grind argue further on!

This is the debut album by this funny Russian grind combo. Their songs are pretty plain & nothing special I would say. They try to mix some 2nd generation NAPALM DEATH riffs along with the nowadays rather trendy groove-oriented links, but in my opinion today it isn't enough just to copy well all those new and old bands, right? You have to show some originality during a 44-minute long album or at least a small part of it. Instead of this, you will get 21 songs of quite boring death metal influenced grind stuff with lots of annoying sound effects. The only thing that is great about this release is its powerful and crystal clear sound production. And for this final result Ukrainian Beasts Studio is the responsible one. I really don't know why DAC signs/releases such an unworthy band at all, because in my opinion there are better & better bands and I don't mean just Europe or USA herby, I can assure you Ukraine has them too! In fact, there's a second thing, which is great about this release and it goes to the overall design of it. Dima of DAC was always known for his superior CD designs. This release isn't the case for an exception as it comes with a superb slipcase, a totally awesome 12-paged booklet design and a pit-art on the CD itself. I can recommend ZOEBEAST only for freaks that don't have anything to listen to at the moment and they crave to get an album with a Russian pseudo-grind band!