Yes this is my first review in a year.

Caedere – Corruption

Caedere is a Dutch death metal band from the far eastern part of the country. You know the area where the legends Asphyx and Pestilence came from. This band has been active since 1998. This is their 2nd EP and 4th release overall. They released 2 full lengths in the past. This EP is meant as a teaser for their new album of which the release date is not known.

I personally heard of this band a few years ago when they were opening a local metal festival.…

Fri 2 Mar – Neurotic Deathfest 2012

http://www.vgrc.net/2012/03/so-i-went-to-neurotic-deathfest.html#more

Ill be writing more metal related stuff for this site in the future.

I was making a best of 2011 list for a website and thought i might as well post it here.
However considering it always takes a few years before a i really know the best releases of a year this will change.

1) Autopsy – Macabre Eternal
2) Manilla Road – Playground of the Damned
3) Orphaned Land – The Road to Or-Shalem
4) Volture – Rulebreaker (single)
5) Septic Flesh – The Great Mass
6) Moonsorrow – Varjoina kuljemme kuolleiden maassa
7) Crowbar – Sever the Wicked Hand
8) Rudra – Brahmavidya: Immortal I
9) Vintersorg – Jordpuls
10)…

Dead Congregation - Graves of the Archangels

Ahhhh I remember how I felt when I first heard this album. My first reaction can be summed up in 1 word: UAAAAGGGHH. Maybe that is not a word. Whatever this album has so many awesome riffs. In fact more awesome riffs than pretty much every album ever. However this gem is more than just riffs. I’ll tell you what s this album has and why you should buy it. You could also not buy it if you hate yourself for some reason, really really hate yourself. Really, really, really hate yourself. Really,…

Asphyx has been releasing quite a few things over the last few year. First the comeback single, then the comeback full length, followed by this compilation, the Abomination Echoes boxed set featuring rare material and their first live album Live Death Doom. What unites all this new material is the fact that it is all kickass and thus Asphyx showed that they are still capable of being what a death metal band is all about even on releases which contain no new material as like on this release and Abomination Echoes.

So what does this compilation offer?
Well it features…

First a note: This review is of the DVD+CD version.

Asphyx are for me local superheroes. Arguably Asphyx are one of the very essential death metal bands that changed and defined death metal. Finally after being around in various states for the last 23 years they finally released their first live offering. Asphyx as a band is known for their great live performances and just sounding like a steamroller so the question is how well did it transfer to live DVD and the 2 CD's?

In short the answer to this question is very well, extremely well even nay even…

Sun 19 Sep – Heidenfest 2010

Horrible snoozefest, they have just 1 song and keep on playing it for an hour. Everything whats wrong with modern "viking/folk" metal aka keyboardy power metal with black metal influences.
I bet all the kiddies who enjoyed this band left for Twilight of the Gods, which were in the end by far the best act of the day.
Ill just go back to my Skyclad, Cruachan and Moonsorrow.

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Dies Irae – Sculpture of Stone

Dies Irae from Poland. Not the most well known band from that scene. Half surprising considering its line up consisting of (now) former Vader, Decapitated and various members who are known for their other bands/projects. The reason seems to be because this band has been sort of treated as a side project by Mauser, the last remaining founding member, and absolutely not because of the musical quality as i will explain later on.

The evolution of this band has been fairly standard with their debut album being the most straightforward albeit very competent typically…

Thu 4 Jun – Hell Over Europe 2009

both rocked.

forbidden seems to ignore their later half of their discography. Which although compared to the first 2 isnt as good. Is still better than about 95% of all other groove/thrash albums.