Torsdagsprogrammet var preget av headliner Black Sabbath. Resten av programmet var så der men det var vel ingen tvil om at "alle" var der for å se Ozzy & Co gjøre sin siste opptreden på norsk jord noensinne. Dette er min tredje tur til Halden og Fredriksten Festning og området er som skapt for denne…
Death metal night have risen from the dead and is back some 20+ years after the last incantation. On the poster is Degial (se), Mion´s Hill (no) and Filthdigger (no). Filthdigger debuts on the live scene tonight and thier swedeath brand of filthy death metal is for sure something to look forward to more in…
Girlschool har god og lang fartstid og undertegnede hadde ikke sett de live før så det var med noe hes og bles at man skulle rekke den tidlige starten (19) på kveldens triade av god gammel rock´n roll. Girlschool spilte hardt og presist med et godt utvalg av både nye og eldre låter på sine…
Pestilence did rule the earth once.The dutch outfit released some killer material before not doing it later in their careèr.Patrik Mameli started Pestilence out as a pure thrash outfit before moving into great death metal territory with "Consvming Impvlse" "The Dysentery Penace" is their first two demo´s re-released for your listening pleasure.This is worth your…
Horrendous (US) took the metal world with storm with their debut "The Chills" back in 2012. Their formidable follow-up two years later, "Ecdysis" continued in the same good manner and now the world must prepare it self for their third opus, "Anerata". Just to get it out of the way, "Anerata" is good, very good…
Sadistik Exekution, either you love em or you don´t (personally I fall into the first category). SE hails from Australia and have been spreading their ugly death/black metal since the late 80´s and they can truly be categorised as pioneérs of the now growing death/black genre that we all love. Their form of extreme metal…
Cattle Decapitation from US are quite an oddball in my book. Starting out with some really not that great grind, then morhping over to more deathish metal that worked out quite well and now on their seventh full-length adding more progressive elements into their mix of grind/death. I really dug their last album so when…
Mefitic hails from Italy and even though they have released several demos and splits since their inception back in 2004, it was their debut full-length "Woes of Mortal Devotion" that really got me interested. Their earlier material is not compareable to this formidable slab of blackened death metal only Portal could do right not many…
Cut Up hails from the ashes of the mighty Vomitory (RIP). For those unknown of Vomitory or thier brand of death metal, their metal can be described in two words, VERY GOOD! The sweedes kept the death metal flame burning bright from 89 to 2013 and now some of the past members have gotten together…
Nunslaughter should not need any introduction. Don of the Dead & Co have kept the death metal flame burning bright the last 30 years or so and their endless catalogue of albums and splits must have gotten in your musical path at least once in all this time. "Burn The Cross" is a new EP…
Inquisitor came, destroyed and left. The Dutch death/thrash act released their sole but deadly album "Walpurgis – Sabbath Of Lust" back in 1996 and this masterpiece have now been re-released by HammerHeart Records for your listening pleasure. 11 tracks of relentless and ugly death/thrash that borrows from both Sadus technicality and Kreator´s full force ahead…
Speedtrap hails from Finland and plays a formidable form of heavy/speed metal with a modern twist. Their debut from 2013, "Powerdose" was an powerladen disc with a lot of nice riffing and on their follow-up, "Straight Shooter" they continue on the nice trend. This is modern speed metal with an ok vocal on top. It´s…
Bonehunter from Finland have a couple of splits and EP´s in their catalogue to show for before their debut "Evil Triumphs Again" is released this summer on Hells Headbangers.Bonehunter goes all in on the thrash/punk thing and it works out quite well. This is no Midnight but the sound and feeling is somewhat related to…
Skepticism are back!The originators of true funeral doom are back. It has been seven years since the finnish powerhouse of sadness and sorrow released their fourth full-length "Alloy", a masterpiece in slow and melodic funeral doom. 2015 sees Skepticism release another formidable output "Ordeal" and the pioneers off just incredible sad (in a good way)…
The sun took command and it was lined up for a great day at Halden Fredriksten Festning and the second Tons Of Rock festival. The lineup for friday was formidabel with both cult acts like Aura Noir, Nifelheim and Mayhem in additon to the more "mainstream" bands on the bill, Venom, Gojira, DumDum Boys and…
Death Karma consists of members from mysterious Czech ensemble Cult Of Fire. Debut full-length "The History of Death and Burial Rituals Part 1" is released on the mighty Iron Bonehead label so automatically there the expectations somewhat increase. Death Karma plays a hybrid of death/black metal and this is some juicy stuff. A riff fest…
Vulcano from Brazil was together with Sarcofago and Chakal among the first black/thrash acts from that region of the world. Their debut from 1986 "Bloody Vengance" deliverd on all accounts and it still does to day, almost 30 years later. It´s now being reissued for the nth time and yes, if you still dont have…
Ghost entered the stage at precisely 1900 but there where surprisingly many twho had taken a early departure out to Telenor Arena to witness the swedes and their occult brand of rock. My relatively green companions in the field of metaal where somewhat stunned by the fact that Ghost wthere not more extreme based on…
Possession (Belgium) rules! Their first EP "Anneliese" from 2014 took me by storm and now their follow up "1585-1646" creates a new storm in my black/death glas of water.This EP has (almost) everything that you demand from a "modern" blackish death metal band. 4 songs of true extreme metal without any fancy s**t.Great sound, great…
The German death metal machine Morgoth are finally back. After a long hiatus the pionéers of european death metal on it again. Sadly this time without orignial vocalist Marc Grewe who (after internet rumor) departed with the band because of artistic disagreements. New vocalist Jaegerman is no Grewe but he holds up his end quite…
