Monday, January 10, 2011

NADIWRATH (Gre) - 'Nihilistic Stench'


NADIWRATH (Gre)
'Nihilistic Stench'
MORIBUND RECORDS
Release Date : 25/01/2011

Greece used to take centre stage when it comes to extreme metal, standing proud with ROTTING CHRIST ('Thy Mighty Contract' still fuckin' rule !), VARATHRON, NECROMANTIA, THOU ART LORD etc. We haven't heard anything impressive since then. Was it us who were too ignorant to discover new potential Greek bands ? Or there were really none actually ?

So, let us answer that - Fuck You ! Here is NADIWRATH !

WRATH of DODSFERD returned with this fuckin' heavy bad ass Black Metal outfit. DODSFERD was his one man band, and NADIWRATH is with a complete line up. The band is not interested to be original or whatever fuck, simply, they just wanted to break every necks possible with their hell-speeding riffs.

NADIWRATH is genious in churning killer fuckin' fretworks. Clearly, that cannot be denied ! That is also important for the band to run amok on stage and get the mosh pit soaked in blood. We have no problem with their long track (more than 5 minutes in most occasions) and repetitiveness as clearly this is what NADIWRATH stands for. We still can't stand a long fuckin' title track like DODSFERD did though.

There are 8 tracks here with highlights like "Darkness Has Lost Its Meaning" (part of LEMMY is still trapped in WRATH), "Two Face Shit Fuckers", "There Is No Light" and "Memories Are Dead" - the later two are fuckin' brilliant ! Recommended ! Having said all, we leave you with one important message however - Fuck You !

myspace : http://www.myspace.com/nadiwrath
order : http://www.moribundcult.com/

Monday, January 3, 2011

ACID WITCH (USA) - 'Stoned'


ACID WITCH (USA)
'Stoned'
HELLS HEADBANGERS RECORDS
Release Date : 18/01/2011

The year 2011 opened quite brilliantly for HELLS HEADBANGERS RECORDS. We have in hand killer 2nd full length of this original USA Stoner Metal - ACID WITCH.

The title 'Stoned' described ACID WITCH well musically. Imagine a perfect blend of Doom Metal/Psychedelic/Acid Rock ("Metal Movie Marijuana Massacre Meltdown" anyone ?) comes crushing with those heavy, infectious and addictive riffs stamped all over the album. Fuckin killer ! The raw sound sealed the package as 'a must have' !

Formed in 2007, the band has earlier released 'Witchtanic Hellucinations' debut full length (2008) and two 7'EPs 'Witch House' (2009) and 'Midnight Mass' (2010). While, this album featured 10 top notch tracks of head-'bong'-ing extravagenza.

For those who has no fuckin' idea of ACID WITCH, just have a taste of "Live Forever" and take a trip back to the 70's. Groove on and please do watch out for the organ solo along the way ...

Highly recommended ! Highly fuckin' recommended !

By the way, did the track "If Hell Exists" ripped "Live Forever"s riffs ?! It heard so ...

Saturday, January 1, 2011

2010 : END WITH A HEADBANGED !


An interesting year 2010 was ! After more than 5 years of silence, we have finally started working for the new ISSUE # 6 (we wonder, do people care ?! we don't give a damn either !). Based on the positive pace that we've made, the new issue is goin' to crush the readers tentatively by the last quarter of 2010. This is the commitment that we have given to the bands.

Albeit it is goin' to take us about 12 months of adrenalin rush and bloody hell putting everything together, it looks that we were on track to meet the dateline (if there was any ?!). However, we have re-scheduled the release to a later date due to major technical setbacks that we were unable to solve. At least, this provided us with suffice time to bring in more killer bands that we have recently came across. 

Gladly to say, we have continued working with those few but dedicated labels like PAGAN RECORDS (Pol), MORIBUND RECORDS (USA), HELLS HEADBANGERS RECORDS (USA) etc. We greatly appreciated their trust despite some delay in our part in getting the review out on time due to our tight commitments, our apology. 

To our suprise, none of the many local labels were brave enough to work with us. Keep up the good works anyway !

So, let 2011 come ! Metal Reigns Supreme !