Posts By: Apoch

Metal Review - Thanatos: Global Purification

Posted by & filed under Metal, Reviews.

Death Metal, Thrash Metal Century Media Records November 18th, 2014 Release length: 38:43 Facebook Myspace ReverbNation Website Youtube The Netherlands-based Death and Thrash Metal group Thanatos formed back in 1984, earning the distinction of being one of the first Dutch “extreme metal” bands to emerge. However, it took a total of five demos and the self-released live album Official Live Tape 1987 before finally being picked up by Shark Records for their 1990 debut full-length effort Emerging from the Netherworlds. Sadly, after another demo and a follow-up titled Realm of Ecstasy, they had called it a day.All was silent until Thanatos was reactivated by founding vocalist and guitarist Stephan Gebédi (former Legion) in 1999. He was joined by fellow Hail of Bullets bandmates Paul Baayens (former Asphyx) on guitar and Theo van Eekelen (former Houwitser), as well as Sinister drummer Aad Kloosterwaard. The latter two eventually parted ways, finding bassist Marco de Bruin (former Funeral Winds) and drummer Yuri Rinkel (former Liar of Golgotha) filling out the line-up to what we have today. With a number of major and side releases under their belt up to this point, we are given their sixth full-length effort, Global Purification. But will it capture the listener’s attention and refuse to let go, or is this one of the band’s least appealing offerings to date? Global Purification does have a fairly crisp digital production quality to it, but it in no way hinders the pissed off energy on display. “Global Purification” greets the listener with a mixture of pissed off socially charged aggression on par with Benumb. Frantic fretting with a deep, rich distortion works with the rather loud bass guitar and fantastic sounding drum kit to unleash a brutalizing assault that will get your blood pumping immediately as the slight melodies being woven Read the full article

Error 500 Update

Posted by & filed under Uncategorized.

As many of you who regular visit have noticed, this site has been having server problems. Unfortunately this is an issue with my host, and since October 30th, they have been “working hard on resolving this issue affecting all properties”. One of these happens to be this very site. There is still no word yet as to whether or not this will be cleared anytime soon, so please bare with me and this site. If you get an “Error 500″ code, wait a few seconds and refresh the page.

Metal Review - All Hell: The Devil’s Work

Posted by & filed under Metal, Reviews.

The Asheville, North Carolina based trio All Hell is a new band to come out of the underground woodwork. While the project came together in 2013, it didn’t take long for the old-school Black/Punk/Thrash Metal act to get picked up by Horror Pain Gore Death Productions for their debut full-length album, The Devil’s Work. With an attitude that is a blast from the past, does this outfit that is barely even two years old present anything worth getting worked up for, or is it something a lot less desirable?

Metal Review - Deathember: Going Postal

Posted by & filed under Metal, Reviews.

Deathember is a Swedish based Melodic Death Metal and Groove Metal act that formed in 2008. The line-up of Rikard Bonander and Staffan Birkedal as guitarists, Elias Ryen-Rafstedt on drums, and Pontus Wicklander on bass has remained consistent over the years. The role of vocalist, however, has changed twice since the formation came to be. Carl Yngvesson stepped down in 2010, the same year the band’s first demo was release, and at some point Tobias Sandin (former Kill the Parish) had joined in for a brief amount of time before Simon Tarasewicz was brought into the fold. 2011 saw the release of the A Thousand Flatlines EP, and about two years later was followed by the band’s first self-released full-length album Going Postal. But does this album have some solid material years in the making, or is it nothing but a cluttered litmus test of forgettable material?