PARADISE LOST
In the late 1980s, as the heavy metal landscape was dominated by thrash and death metal, a group of teenagers from Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, formed a band that would…
DARK THRONE Soulside Journey
Dark Throne Soulside Journey is one of the darkest metal albums ever. Dark Throne are known for being a Black Metal band, but at this early point in their career…
SEPULTURA Bestial Devastation
SEPULTURA Bestial Devastation is the first outing from this Brazilian band in 1985. The EP was hastily recorded over the course of a couple of days and orginally released as…
OBITUARY
Besides being one of my favourate child hood bands, Obituary, are one of the most influential bands in death metal history, the lads began their journey in 1984 in Tampa,…
SODOM Obsessed by Cruelty
Ok, here we go with Sodom’s next effort. Sodom Obsessed by Cruelty is more of the same after the release of their first EP “In the Sign of Evil“. However…
ROTTING CHRIST Passage to Arcturo
Rotting Christ Passage to Arcturo (released 1991) is the first release from this mighty Greek band. This is kind of their first EP before releasing an album proper and is…
LIK Necro
Here’s a band that I stumbled onto by accident, and what a pleasant surprise it was too! I knew nothing about this band before but hey, If Metal Blade Records…
CARCASS Reek of Putrefaction
Carcass Reek of Putrefaction is the first album from the British Grind / Death Metal band. A lot of people consider this album to be a little undercooked. I tend…
CANNABIS CORPSE – The Weeding
Cannabis Corpse the Weeding is the latest EP from these Virginia based smokers. As the more astute amongst you may have realised the name is a parody of well respected…
MORBID ANGEL
Among the earliest bands to start playing the music that would be known as Death Metal were Flordians Morbid Angel—a band that would go on to set new standards for…