Obliteration ( nor ) - Review

This band is from Norway, from city named "Kolbotn" formed is in 2001, in first they wanted to play experimental "Punk" with two bass guitar's, but later they decided to play traditional death metal, and from that decide was made death metal that looks a little like "Incantation".

Dead Shell of Universe - 2008 - Tamo Gde Pupoljak Vene...Tamo Je Moje Seme EP - Review

"Tamo gde Pupoljak Vene, Tamo je moje Seme" one of the original artwork in "Black Metal" scene, the name of this great EP means on Serbian "Where Bud veins, there is my seed".
Lyric is very mystical, and each word carries a message, and the story is about "destroying yourself and sorrow".
The lyric recital intro on first song "Sanjar" is spoken by "Veljko Lukic" aka "Manijak".
Lyric of the intro and Translation:
"Šta te sve može snaći
Kada u paklu otpočne gozba
I sve zvanice za stolom se slade
A na trpezi tvoja glava?!?!"

Translate from Serbian to English:
"What you can all manage
When in hell start treat
All guests at the table are taste
And your head is on the table??"

In this Ep, is very high quality of instrument's sound, you can see what's is what.
Guitars have special distortion.
On both songs you can hear very nice clean vocals, and on 2 song same named like EP at the beginning of song have clean vocals almost to half song.
3 song of EP ,," is clean instrumental.
Ponor do screaming vocals "Chaos meditation and hallucinations of life..."
Vermis do clean vocals guitars and bass "Orchestrating the disharmonies of dreams..."
L.G. break the drums "Deuterium"
Marko Adamovic do Album cover, design and layout.
Marko Stamenkovic make logo.
Music and lyric are maked by "Dead Shell of Universe" and with help Ivan G.
Ep is recorded and mixed in Belegrade in studio "Draft" in May 2007 by "Dead Shell of Universe" and Ivan.
Released is in 29th September 2008 by "Eichenwald Industries" and is limited on 500copies.
Track list on this EP:

1. 1. Sanjar 13:11
2. 2. Tamo Gde Pupoljak Vene... 12:15
3. 3. ,, " 08:54

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Dead Shell of Universe - Review

Dead Shell of Universe is band from Serbia, they are only two members in band:
V( Vermis ) - Vocals, Guitars, Bass
L.G. - Drums, Keyboards.
Genre of this band is "Black metal"
Themes of this band are:Nihilism, Melancholy, Hypocrite and Malice.

Shining - 2009 - VI - Klagopsalmer - Review

This album is something new for shining, its melodic with progressive rifs and solo guitars, in this release is one ballad named "Fullständigt Jävla Död Inuti" with whispering and clean vocal.

Shining - 2007 - V - Halmstad - Review

Very good album with nice acoustic rifs and solo, and somehow is like in rock style guitars and acoistic guitars.
In this album you can hear very nice bass solos, and drums are more based on "exceeds" than on something faster, but of course here you can hear and faster parts in almost all songs.

Shining - 2005 - IV - The Eerie Cold - Review

Revolution for Shining.
If you ask me, this album is best release of shining, story is very good, acoustic rifs are perfect, bass guitar almost all time working on solo, raw guitar rifs and fast drums, vocal is sick than ever, better cant be.
And in this album is ballad named "The Eerie Cold".

Shining - 2001 - III - Angst, Självdestruktivitetens Emissarie - Review

This album is totally different story but still have depressive agression, and is truework of Niklas Olsson "Kvarforth".
Here you can hear very dark keyboards, some good guitar rifs, and bass solo, drums are faster than in previous album, vocal is totally original, here Shining begins its career.

Shining - 2001 - II - Livets Andhallplats - Review

In this album i can see its work of Kvarthforth, with acoustic rifs and good guitar rifs, bass here make really good job, keyboards are very very darkly here, drums is not so fast but is agressive than on first album, vocal is much better.

Shining - 2000 - I-Within Deep Dark Chambers - Review

The first album of Shining is very depressive and slow, guitars have some better slow rifs and few acoustic, drums is slow and they dont have exceeds.
And there is something new about this album on last song "And Only Silence Remains..." Kvarforth played "Keyboards".
Vocal is changed and is better than on ep
Their first album is released by "Selbstmord Services" and is second shining release for this label in year 2000.

Line - up of this release is:

Kvarforth - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards ( here he did vocal first time in shining )
Andreas Classen - Vocals ( he is new vocalist on this release )
Tusk - Bass
Ted Wedebrand - Drums.
This release is released as a black LP and is limited on 237 copies.

Track list of this release:

1.Reflecting In Solitude 08:46
2.Stonelands 08:58
3.Vita Detestabilis 06:48
4.Ren Djävla Angest 07:38
5.Inisis 08:12
6.And Only Silence Remains... 10:55

Shining - Submit to Selfdestruction ( EP ) 1998 - Review

This release is clear depressive black metal with very slow and dirty guitar rifs.
Vocal is not original on this release, its like Burzum.
Bass have very good rythm, and drums are classical inspiration.

Ov Hell - The Underworld Regime 2010 - Review

The first "Ov Hell" album "The Underworld Regime" is based on Satanic, Antichristian and War lyric, and slow unusual guitar rifs, which are played on almost all strings.
Bass guitar is main in rithm, and drums are very fast.
Vocal is very powerfull, pronouncing of the words is numerically superior!

Ov Hell - Review

Ov Hell is Black Metal band from Norway, formed by "King ov Hell" former bassist of "Gorgoroth" in 2009.
Band was supposed to be called "God Seed" after the kick from "Gorgoroth" "Gaahl" and "King ov Hell" continued to work on a new band, they formed band in July 2009 but "Gaahl" was withdrew from the metal scene, and King Ov Hell was called "Shagrath" ( Dimmu Borgir vocalist ) to make the band, and they make the great one "Ov Hell".

Gorgoroth - 2009 - Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt - Review

With this album "Gorgoroth" are back on old style, album is not very agressive, with melodic guitar riffs and very good quality of sound on the drums.
On 8 song "Satan-Prometheus" have perfect clean vocals.
On this album is completely different line-up, except "Infernus" who is founder of the band.

Silencer - Death - Pierce Me 2001 - Review

This album is very good, but is not for every one, is very sick and "not for those with weak hearts".

This album have great acoustic rifs on first song "Death - Pierce Me" and very fast rifs.

Screams are suddenly and strong.

This album is released by "Prophecy Productions" in 30th October 2001 and is limited on 200 copies.

The members on this album is: 

Nattramn - Vocals

Leere - Guitar, Bass

Steve Wolz - Session Drums

Track list of this album:

1.Death - Pierce Me 10:33
2.Sterile Nails and Thunderbowels 06:19
3.Taklamakan 08:35
4.The Slow Kill in the Cold 11:37
5.I Shall Lead, You Shall Follow 08:50
6.Feeble Are You - Sons of Sion 03:03

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Silencer - Death, Pierce Me ( demo ) 1998 - Review

 

Silencer is released first demo named "Death Pierce me" demo have one song same named like demo, and is very sick song, it is "Self-Released" in early 1998.
Members of this release is:
Nattramn - Vocals
Leere - Guitar, Bass
Jonas Mattson - Drums.

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Gorgoroth - 2008 - Black Mass Kraków 2004 - Review

This DVD is filmed in Poland, in 2004 in content with very strange scenes, on the stage they had like "10 - 20" decapitated goat heads and few crosses which thery  spread naked mens and womens covered with blood, its a pure "Satanic" ritual.

Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam 2006 - Review

Terrebly strong album, this album is a complete masterpiece of "King ov Hell" this is the fastest album of "Gorgoroth" the drums poundinger was "Frost" and many felt his presence.

On 4 song "Sign Of An Open Eye" is clean vocal "Literal recitation" Lyric are based on the philosophical way, this album is very unusual for "Gorgoroth" and is last for vocalist "Gaahl".

"Gaahl" will never do vocal for "Gorgoroth" ( Because he is kicked from the band ).

The album was produced by Gorgoroth and mixed by Gorgoroth and Herbrand Larsen
in Bergen and mastered by Infernus and Thomas Eberger in Cutting Room, Stockholm
in April 2006. The drums were recorded in Lydriket Studio in Bergen in January2005 (Engineer: Geir Luedy). The guitars and bass were recorded in SteelProduction's studio in Spydberg in May 2005 (Engineer: Svein Solberg). Thevocals recorded in Earshot Studio in Bergen in March 2006 (Engineer: HerbrandLarsen).

Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam has been released in a limited edition digipack on
Regain Records. This edition features slightly modified cover art and a bonus
DVD which includes the uncensored version of the "Carving a Giant" video not
previously seen on MTV or YouTube as well as "The Making of Carving a Giant"
documentary. More information on the release is available via Regain Records'
website.

The title is Latin for "For the Greater Glory of Satan". It is a parody of Ad
Maiorem Dei Gloriam ("For the Greater Glory of God"), the motto of the Society
of Jesus, conceived by Infernus after having read an article on the
counter-reformation and the Jesuits. This is so far the only Gorgoroth album not
to have any titles and lyrics in Norwegian.

 Album is released by "Regain Records" in 19th June 2006.

Line - up on this album:

Gaahl - Vocals

Infernus - Guitars

King ov hell - Bass

Frost - Drums (session)

 Track list on this album:

1.Wound Upon Wound 03:32

2.Carving A Giant 04:12

3.God Seed (Twilight Of The Idols) 04:16

4.Sign Of An Open Eye 04:06

5.White Seed 04:39

6.Exit 03:33

7.Untamed Forces 02:39

8.Prosperity And Beauty 04:54

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Gorgoroth - Twilight of the Idols ( In Conspiracy With Satan ) 2003 - Review

This album is quite different than others and much darker than any "Gorgoroth" album.

3 song on this album "Exit-Through Carved Stones" is slow but is one of the most morbid songs of  "Gorgoroth" hals clean vocal at the end of song is great, and on song 4 "Teeth Grinding" vocal is great.

On this album is the "King ov Hell" composer was on most songs.

"King ov Hell" was composing track: 2,3,4,5,6. "Kvitrfan" is composed song 1 and "Infernus" is composed track 7 and "Outro" track 8. 

On the cover of this album is burned church from 12th century, Which is burned by "Varg Vikerness", the cover is supposedly banned in Europe.

The name of this album is also taken from "Nieztche book" ( Twilight of the Idols, or how One
Philosophizes with a Hammer ).

Album is released by "Nuclear Blast" in 21st July 2003, recorded is in May 2002 and in January 2003, mixed is in "Shimmer Recordings" in Bergen. Re-released is by "Back On Black Records" in 2006 as a LP, and is also released by "Nuclear Blast Records" in 666 copies in a special track together with a "Incipit Satan". Members on this album: Gaahl - Vocals, Infernus - Guitars, King Ov Hell - Bass, Kvitrafn - Drums.

Track list on this album:

1.Procreating Satan 03:42 

2.Proclaiming Mercy - Damaging Instinct Of Man 02:56

3.Exit - Through Carved Stones 05:45

4.Teeth Grinding 04:34

5.Forces Of Satan Storms 04:34

6.Blod Og Minne 03:26

7.Of Ice And Movement 06:41

8.Domine In Virtute Tua Laetabitur Rex 00:50

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Gorgoroth - Incipit Satan 2000 - Review

With this album "Gorgoroth" was gained fame, because is diferent than other, is melodic with stuffy guitar riffs, so that has attracted the attention of other metal fans, and kept their.

"A World to Win" has attracted the most attention.

"Infernus" has made and record himsellf 5 song "An Excerpt of X".

Gorgoroth - Destroyer, or About How to Philosophize With the Hammer 1998 - Review

In this album is total different story about instrument's, all songs are different to each other by sound, this album is faster and aggressive than all previous, and almost on all songs is different vocalist.

Gorgoroth - Under the Sign of Hell 1997 - Review

Third "Gorgoroth" album is based on nice and angry guitars riffs, and fast drum crossings with some strange sound, Cymbals is heard in background, and the rest of drums is stronger sound.

Gorgoroth - Antichrist 1996 - Review

Second Gorgoroths album, nice work of "Infernus" here you can hear some nice black metal guitar rifs, and bass solo.
In this album would set aside a good guitar solo on 3 song called "Gorgoroth" and very nice clean vocal.

Gorgoroth - Pentagram 1994 - Review

The first Gorgoroth album "Pentagram" is released by "Embassy Productions" in 12th october 1994.
In this album guitar rifs are based on "subdivided" chords, and power chords.
Simply but very good combinations with guitars.
Vocal is very screamly so im sure you will understand nothing, drums and bass is classic story of black metal. They are two diferent versions of this album released by "Embassy Productions", one of them is with the logo band "Gorgoroth" on the black disc and second is black disc with the name of label.
In USA is released as a 1 long song this album all 8 were made as one.

Line - up of this release:

Hat - Vocals
Infernus - Guitars
Samoth - Bass
Goat Pervertor - Drums

Track list of this album:

1.Begravelsesnatt ( Burialnight )02:33
2.Crushing the Scepter (Regaining a Lost Dominion) 03:23
3.Ritual 03:52
4.Dr?mmer Om D?d ( Dreams About Death )03:45
5.Katharinas Bortgang ( Katharina''s Death )04:03
6.Huldrelokk 01:52
7.(Under) The Pagan Megalith 03:54
8.Maaneskyggens Slave ( Slave of the Moonshadow )05:55

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Gorgoroth - 1993 - A Sorcery Written In Blood ( demo ) and Promo ( demo ) 1994 - Review

Oldskull black metal this demos and with good guitar rifs, but sound quality is not good, in both demos.
"A Sorcery Written In Blood" is a "Self-released" in 28th April 1993.

Kampfar - Kvass 2006 - Review

"Kvass" album was made in perfect "Viking"
style, while listening first song "Lyktemen" you feel like you drove the "Vikings" go to attack, song have simple guitar riffs followed by excelent played bass and drums which bring the sense of marching, i have to mention that this song contains clean vocals, which sounded great! Other song "Till siste mann" are quite good, but contain a bit sad. The song "Ravenheart" describes, the power of Viking Heart and Nordic race, song have very good guitar riffs and completly song is very good. With these words i

Kampfar - Fra underverdenen 1999 - Review

Fra underverdenen, the third "Kampfar" album is faster than other releases, are noticeably faster, guitar riffs remain in their style, vocal is on some moments doubled with diferent screams and clean vocals.

On 2 song "I Ondskapens Kunst" in beginning there are very good acoustic riff.

"Norse" song is released again in this album.

Fra underverdenen means on norway "From the underground".

This album is released by "Hammerheart Records" in June 16th 1999, and is re-released by "Napalm Records" in May 5th 2006 together with "Norse" as a bonus tracks.

Line - up for this album:

Dolk-Vocals and drums

Thomas-Gutiras and bass

Track list for this album:

1.Fra Underverdennen( from the underground ) 03:15

2.I ondskapens Kunst ( the evil art ) 07:13

3.Mørk Pest ( dark damage ) 05:15

4.Norse ( old norwegian ) 05:32

5.Svart og Vondt( black and pain ) 08:04

6.Troll, død og Trolldom (troll death and witchcraft  ) 07:38

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Kampfar - Norse 1998 - Review

Is "EP" with 2 songs "Norse" and "Troll" and 1 outro "Taering". This 2 songs have very good guitars riffs based on break down chords and power chords, but very interesting combination with bass guitar and accustic riffs on outro "Taering".

Kampfar - Mellom Skogkledde Aaser 1997 - Review

The first "Kampfar" album, is Recorded in x-ray
studios in September and October 1996 and ensure the safety of the band, because they had problems with line-up and finance.This album have very unusual guitar riffs, and reminiscent of the old customs, its nice to hear this sound.