92 pages (A4 – 21 x 29,7 cm) Full colour glossy paper, cover (135 gr.) inside (90gr.) English written 76 minutes Sampler CD 2 Posters (A3 size) – Carach Angren / God Dethroned Features: MIDNIGHT Almost a decade after the old stench of the emblematic debut album “Satanic Royalty”, the one-man black speed metal band, Midnight, embraces a new period which is celebrated in the form of the fourth album “Rebirth by Blasphemy”. Hiding behind the anonymity of a black hood has given multi-instrumentalist Athenar the possibility of sustaining his profane vision… Music is what matters the most! MY DYING BRIDE prove that ageing can actually be a good thing with an amazing new album THANATOS underline with their seventh album that they stand for quality above quantity HOLYCIDE again leading thrash metal towards social awareness TERATOMA leaving behind empty tombs with brutal death scars TRAUMA prove that Polish death metal has become an institution BLAZE OF PERDITION the escalation of their own eclectic black metal vision WELLS VALLEY alchemy is still a source of ominous lumbering rhythms MELEKTAUS the obscure threatening ways of Chilean death metal GRIFT embracing deep emotions as something inescapable NILE pharaonic death rites became grandiose again WELICORUSS symphonic black metal with coldness at heart ITNUVETH a warm Iberian pagan metal perspective of the black arts BLASPHEMATHORY bringing back the spiteful spiritual essence in metal BERZERKER LEGION hypnotic groovy death journey led by experts KEVLAR SKIN brutality mixed with both groove and grinding sci-fi ANCESTRAL KVLTV southern European black metal with Scandinavian marks AZURE EMOTE expand their own mazy rhythmic wanderings MORTUARY recycling death metal for more than 30 years SACRIFIZER the growing French answer to grim, raw speed TORTURER reviving the period of oppressive force without much hope ANVIL in between ganja puffing a new album is born Regulars: UNDERGROUND BANGERS prime selections that require immediate attention INTO THE DEPTHS WITH reissuing cult memorabilia from Americans ANACRUSIS CHOICE CUTS an exquisite audio selection of bands on CD LABEL REPORT the rise, fall, and rise again of ‘90s Hammerheart Records DIARY OF A METALHEAD ramblings of a mind plagued by the devil’s music POPCORN NOT ALLOWED Lovecraftian picks from Cult’s unequivocally jocular psyche SLICE & DICE only the strongest will survive our scrutiny MIXTAPE Joakim Sterner shares his fundamental selections POSTERS GOD DETHRONED / CARACH ANGREN Sampler CD: 01. THANATOS THE SILENT WAR Holland’s exceptional example of how to keep blasting since 1984 with no signs whatsoever of ageing or losing any deathly proficiency! 02. MELEKTAUS N.O.X. THE NIGHT OF PAN The Chilean way of enlightenment through the bestial eradication of incorporeal veils that overshadow the self with vile brutality. 03. HOLYCIDE EMPTY CYBER LIFE Destroying all mindless crappy traps that prevent humans from taking into account what really matters. A Spanish thrash attack that breaks all American barriers… 04. BERZERKER LEGION OBLITERATE THE WEAK A groovy death metal encounter laid upon a well-oiled international machine with the sole aim to create compositions that provide immediate headbanging impetus. 05. ASARHADDON DIE VERGÄNGNIS ERWACHT Feel the hate that flows in the veins of this Germanic duo! A proper answer to all those who seek to be plagued by the grim vileness of primal black metal. 06. MORTUARY DELETE-REPLACE The crescendo of the French metal scene just underlines why this quintet should be considered one of the best kept secrets in a country that has many other metal virtues. 07. KEVLAR SKIN SCOURGE OF HATE A band that took the time to mature and 4 albums later they have turned into one of the fiercest Spanish death metal institutions! 08. WELICORUSS SIBERIAN HEATHEN HORDE Freezing times are approaching, it’s a given fact. However, the orchestrations and melodies that the Siberians have crafted on a black metal groundwork can make the difference. 09. BLASPHEMATHORY OWNERS OF THE DEATH An impious manifestation of the ways to destroy the bonds that link humans to senseless revelations through vile desecration. 10. UNBOUNDED TERROR HIDING FROM THE LIGHT The return of one of the cult Spanish death metal acts of the early ‘90s with a second album that combines both enthusiasm and liveliness – a recipe for success! 11. NAWABS OF DESTRUCTION THE MERCILESS Bangladesh might not be an ideal place for metal, however the duo shows that exoticism and greatness can coexist anywhere. 12. EMBLOODYMENT MASTER OF DISASTER At a time when the world seems to be a big circus, the Spanish quartet violently squash clown heads with a bat and death metal. 13. JUST DARKNESS BETWEEN BIRTH AND DEATH Taking off the hoods of the Russian anonymous duo just to catch a glimpse of uncanny blinding blackness with the certainty that dismay will fade away… 14. THE FLESH TRADING COMPANY BLACK SPELL CONSPIRACY Don’t be fooled by the way that the German quintet shares the devil’s potion! In the end, your soul will be collected with a grim smile… 15. VxPxOxAxAxWxAxMxC AGAINST HUMANS, AGAINST ANIMALS, AGAINST EVERYTHING Vaginal penetration of an amelus with a musty carrot…that sounds wickedly fun! Austrian grinding, plain and simple. 16. DISINFECT WHITE LIGHTNING After a decade without releasing anything new, the Germans gain a vehemence for the sort of guttural brutality that hides more than meets the eye on the third album. 17. HANGATYR BLICK AUS EIS Coldness creates the sort of numbness that, depending on the environment, might culminate in total bleakness. The German quartet walk the path of severe desolation… 18. HARSH BIPOLAR CONFRONTATION Recording in just one take gives the sort of viscerality and liveness that propels the intensity of vicious brutal death metal.
