» 4 out of 5 Evil Faces
Just in time for Halloween here is another review.
For a change a band that might actually need an introduction. Though maybe you are ahead of the curve and are already listening to them. Either way enough rambling and on with the review.
Hells Eden hails from Colorado. They are a 5 piece outfit that seems to be on the right track musically. There is nothing new here. More of a return to old actually. Straight death metal in the vein of Morpheus Descends, Suffocation and Insatanity. This is not bad. In fact, this is good news.
This style of metal is right up my alley. Hells Eden conjures up memories of the good old days. When pure death metal was the pill I needed to make it through the day. Or wait, maybe that was another pill. 
A few years ago this is all I wanted to hear. As I have mentioned previously, I opened my ears to a more wide range of metal, but still have a special place in my heart for this style.
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» 5 out of 5 Evil Faces
Okay, again it is time for me to share my opinion of a new metal CD with the loyal readers of my little site here. If there are any that is. 
This time it is for another well established band that really needs no introduction or a review from some fan like me. Incantation.
They released a new CD “Primordial Domination” like a month ago, and as usual I am late getting my copy and even later publishing this review. So without further ado…
This is the 8th Incantation CD I have purchased in my life.
Let me just say that I am glad I purchased each and everyone of them. Except for the one I got directly from Relapse. It came with a huge scratch on it.
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Q: Where is Insatanity from?
A: (Lytle) We are from Philadelphia, PA, USA
Q: How long has Insatanity been together?
A: (Lytle) We started in the summer of 1992 in the basement of our first drummer’s house in North East Philly
Q: How many members are in Insatanity? Names? Instruments?
A: (Chamberlin) There are four of us.
- Chris Chamberlin: – Guitar
- Chris Lytle: – Bass/Vocals
- Justin DiPinto: – Drums
- Ed Drozdowsky: – Guitar
Q: What is the age range of the band members?
A: (Chamberlin) Early 20′s to early 30′s, some of us are old
Q: What (if any) is the message behind Insatanity’s lyrics?
A: (Lytle) Praise thy self, Respect the few, and bow to none!
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» 5 out of 5 Evil Faces
Okay, it seems as though it has been a long time waiting for this one to come out.
Though the time has finally arrived for the release of the newest CD from Suffocation simply entitled Suffocation. This one has been released by Relapse records.
I remember back in my youth, before I really knew anything about Death metal. I would listen to a local radio show and they would play various stuff (some I liked, some I did not) though everytime I would hear a song that I really liked it would turn out to be Suffocation.
So I bought their CD’s and can honestly say that they are one of the best DM acts from the 90′s. The riffs and intricate picking we’re unlike any other bands I was hearing. Of course there are bands that have mimicked their style over the years, but noone has ever really captured the true essence of this band.
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» 4 out of 5 Evil Faces
Here is a review of the newest CD from Sweden’s Anata. This is a great band, that I have just recently had the pleasure of listening to. We’ll, it has been awhile now but they still seem new to me.
Though this release is not all that new it came out way back in January/2006, but I just bought it over the weekend.
There’s a radio station here in Dallas that caters to metal fans, so I have had the pleasure of hearing this band on there a number of times over the years but for some reason hearing stuff on the radio just does not do it for me. It’s a great way to find new bands to check out and such but I have to get a copy of a CD and listen to it in it’s entirety (a few times perhaps) before I can really say that I like or dislike it.
I mean what can you tell by hearing a band play one song, other than if you want to hear more songs by them or not.
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» 5 out of 5 Evil Faces
Okay ladies and gentlemen, here is another CD review and once again it is for a band that needs no introduction. Deicide!
The long awaited new release The Stench Of Redemption is finally upon us.
I will admit that over the years I have not been a huge fan of this band. When they first came to my attention back in 1990. I was taken by there style, but hey that was 16 years ago. This band was doing what everyone would try to emulate for the rest of the decade (if not still today) way back then.
It was a brand new style of heavy!
Their first few albums we’re good but then I got a copy of Serpents Of The Light and somehow it all just fell apart for me.
The music was not as good as all the bands trying to copy the style in my opinion. I did not care for the vocals. It was like they we’re trying to hard to be heavy. Then Glen Benton cuts/burns an upside down cross in his forehead and well…. It just did not gel with me, for whatever reason, though mostly it just seemed a bit silly.
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