Review from Nathan T. Birk of METAL MANIACS/ZERO TOLERANCE:
If you ask me (and you didn't), the first era of Deathspell Omega beats the newer, second era everyone's seemingly so enamored with, hands down. Dunno specifically, but there was simply an intangible something - filth meets mysticism, maybe? - that made the once-shadowy band stand head 'n' shoulders above most other early Noughties black metal. Now, the secret's out and the "message" seems more profound, but it's also a lot more complicated/convoluted, and I just don't got the time to figure it out. (And I could name the reasons why Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum won this mag's writers poll last year, but it'd make me appear more of an asshole than I already am.) Give me back the days when everyone hated BM.
Which is all to say it's quite interesting to see/hear former DsO co-founder Shaxul back in action with Arphaxat. Loudun la Maudite is the French duo's debut album, and it features no guitar whatsoever. In other words, this is all drums and bass (but not drum 'n' bass, mind). And surprisingly, it's not the downtuned dirge-fest - or Beherit buried in mud, whichever - I was expecting. Instead, Shaxul and vocalist Draken erect coursing, cruising waves of total dinge, the former favoring the high strings and then running that shit through a broken distortion pedal, in effect giving proceedings a classic crust sound: more Prophecy of Doom than Fallen Angel of Doom, if you will. Despite the abundance of hooks - and a handful of 'em mightily reminiscent of the Infernal Battles era, too - much of the record begins to blur into itself, but for sodden, sooty atmosphere alone, you can't do much better these days. Let the hate begin again.

TRACK LIST:
1)   Leave Nobody Standing!
2)   These Hands Will Never Be Clean
3)   It Soon Became A Fast Track Into Hell
4)   A Cold Farewell
5)   And Dust We Again Shall Be
6)   The Finality Of Death vs. The Pursuit Of Scientific Advancement
7)   The Undoer Of Creation
8)   A Cold Farewell (Reprise)
9)   Speak English Or Die (S.O.D cover) *BONUS TRACK

The bleakest, most powerful ATOMIZER offering, completely evolved and removed from the conjurations of any other thrash or black metal outputs of today. The band has stripped down their already well-known style and dejected the atomic metal power with a dismal aggression full of depth and gritty catchiness backed by a strong murky production, compliments of Kurt Ballou (Converge). In addition to the radical audio and superb gloom packaging, guest contributions have been made by drummer Sean Cummiskey (Astriaal), Iscariah (ex-Immortal, Dead To This World) and Yasuyuki (Abigail, Barbatos).

TRACK LIST FOR BONUS DISC:
1) Now That's Fuckin' Evil - Taken from Rehearsal Tape 15.10.1998
2) The End Of Forever - Taken from Rehearsal Tape 15.10.1998
3) Gimme Natural Selection - Taken from the 'Gimme Natural Selection' 7" Recorded mid 2000
4) I Wish You Were A Beer - Taken from the 'Gimme Natural Selection' 7" Recorded late 2000
5) Ace Of Spades - Taken from the 'Gimme Natural Selection' 7" Recorded 19.11.1999
6) Ritual - Taken from Atomizer Demo January 2001
7) Unit 731 - Taken from Atomizer Demo January 2001
8) Somebody's Gonna Die Tonight - Down Home Hatebreeder Mix
9) The Only Good Human - Seething Mortal Flesh Mix
10) Intro Oriax/Thy Blood Eterne - Taken from the Tyrus: The Doom War 7". Recorded October 2002
11) Cold Steel, Warm Death - Taken from the Tyrus: The Doom War 7". Recorded October 2002
12) The War That Never Ended - Taken from Atomizer Demo July 2002
13) The Only Weapon Of Choice - Taken from Atomizer Demo July 2002
14) For Blackness Absolute - Taken from Atomizer Demo August 2002
15) And The Hunt Starts Again - Taken from Atomizer Demo August 2002
16) Untitled - Taken from the Songs To Swing To Demo 2005
17) Hail Hail To The Hangman - Taken from the Songs To Swing To Demo 2005
18) The Bellman's Lament - Taken from the Songs To Swing To Demo 2005
19) Fucked Up - Taken from the Songs To Swing To Demo 2005
20) A Song To Swing To - Taken from the Caustic Music... Demo 2005-2006
21) Science: The Great Usurper - Taken from the Caustic Music... Demo 2005-2006

CEREKLOTH announce Jarro Raphael (Nocturnal Graves, ex-Destroyer 666, etc) as their new drummer. Watch for the bands debut full length on HHR early 2010. For now grab this MCD appetizer with exclusive tracks (not to be featured on their upcoming debut).

Comes in high quality packaging and includes tons of photos from all eras of Church Bizarre. A fucking massive overdose of Bizarre, catchy, filthy and fucking Evil black/death metal with a vengeance! "From the river of Styx to the womb of judgement". Booklet features a nice metallic silver foil stamping.

DISC 1:
1. Into the Womb of Judgement
2. The Liberating Darkness
3. Where the Souls Were Sold
4. Chapel of Suffering
5. Son of the Burning Path
6. Redeemer and the Scythe
7. Into the Womb of Judgement
8. Return of the Gemini
9. Church Bizarre (NunSlaughter cover)
10. The Horned Majesty
11. Death Incarnate
12. Into the Womb of Judgement
13. Son of the Burning Path

DISC 2:
1. Judging Eyes (Intro)
2. Evoked or Not: Evil Will Come
3. Chapel of Suffering
4. Son of the Mourning
5. Return of the Gemini
6. Burning Sentence (Outro)
7. Consumed by the Southern Cross
8. Jesus Is Doomed (NunSlaughter cover)
9. Judging Eyes/ Evoked or Not: Evil Will Come
10. Consumed by the Southern Cross
11. Sinister Glorification
12. Intro/ The Horned Majesty
13. Into the Dark (Where Witches Burned)
14. Chapel of Suffering
15. Enter the Temple of Shadows
16. Intro
17. The Horned Majesty
18. Enigma of Hades
19. Devil Metal (NunSlaughter cover)
20. Church Bizarre (NunSlaughter cover)

SONG TITLES INCLUDE: 1) Smoke Of Death 2) Wish Of Suffering 3) The End Here And Now 4) Exterminate The Parasite 5) Werewolves On Wheels 6) Pain In The Ass 7) Into The Bong 8) Asmodeus (By My Side) 9) Blessed With Catalepsy 10) Age Of Disgrace 11) Bomb In The Womb 12) Vintage Addiction

TEETH OF THE DIVINE
"From the opening moments of that chainsaw riff and bruising bass/drum propulsion on "Smoke of Death" you just know that you are hearing something some of us like to call "the real deal." It is just something about that raw, live-like production and bullshit-free bass/drum/guitar attack on Dishammer's Vintage Addiction that cannot be copied by faux metal wannabes. It is the kind of sonic atrocity that you feel in your guts. And when the pace picks up on that very same song and gets all Discharge on your ass, the feeling is pure 'n crusty metallic punk bliss.

With a vocal style that falls somewhere between Venom and Darkthrone, along with a blistering and ugly guitar tone and an amp-blowing sound mix, Vintage Addiction is designed to be played at one volume only: loud as fuck! Every damn song is a monster; the lyrics spat out like poison and the attack absolutely pummeling. Much of it is played in crust punk overdrive with the occasional thrashy riff (the title track in particular) and a layer of dirt reminiscent of Hellhammer and the first couple of Bathory albums. "Wish of Suffering" and "The End Here and Now" are probably most representative of the style.

The bass work is tough as hell too, often vital to the heart and soul of the song, as "Exterminate the Parasite" demonstrates. The bass rumbling on this one is fantastic and when the (early) Motorhead-ish solo hits with that rock-hard rhythm section backing it up the result is nearly orgasmic. Nobody is bullshitting around with Pro-Tools or needless overdubs here.

Indeed, Vintage Addiction is about as real as it gets. And how about that album cover? Makes ya feel a little dirty, doesn't it? It's ok, just go with it, man. Besides, wait until you see the back cover and the pictures in the booklet - pure filth and degradation, just like the music! Seriously, get off your ass and buy this album. It is essential!" - Scott Alisoglu

Some of the very best real thrash around these days! Not to be lumped in with the latest craze of crappy thrash polluting the underground. Features 13 tracks of demonic driven speed metal with a raw hardcore attitude. For fans of old SLAYER, D.R.I., old METALLICA ("Kill 'Em All" era). GET THIS!

TRACK LIST:
Edge Of Destruction, Evil Army, Driven To Violence, Realm Of Death, Wrong Approach, Sgt. Says Kill, Conquer Human Life, Severe Mental Disorder, Relentless Assault, Satan Made Me Do It, Scum Of The Earth, Watch Me Fall, Friday The 13th

"This is what I call a bullshit-free release, an attribute that always scores points in my big book 'o reviewing. One might even call it an unmitigated mofo. The "it" to which I refer is Evil Army's self-titled album, an offering that is pedal-to-the-floor vintage thrash metal without an ounce of pretension, studio gloss, or mall crawling plasticity.

Originally released by Get Revenge Records in 2006, the only differences with the Hells Headbangers re-issue are "re-worked layout with new interior artwork and band photo." Works for me. More importantly is that if you didn't know about these Memphis boys when the original album was released, then I'm about to tell you why any self-respecting thrash-head should run right out and plunk down the bucks for this bad boy. The reasoning is without complexity. You get 13 tracks of consistently played and well-written old school thrash. The style is largely of the Kill 'Em All era Metallica variety (the young Hetfield approach style in particular) with shades of early Slayer and, to some extent, D.R.I. There isn't a stinker in the bunch. "Evil Army," "Edge of Destruction," "Realm of Death," and "Driven to Violence" represents only a handful of these savagely delivered and pretty damn memorable songs. The playing is loose (as in wild 'n wooly, not sloppy), the feeling is raw as hell, and the atmosphere stinks of smoking bomb craters. It's also a treat to hear a drummer that is actually playing without the assistance of studio machinery.

Oh, it is not as though it hasn't been done before, but since when was that of paramount importance for a vintage thrash affair? Evil Army delivers the goods with conviction and genuine passion. Fundamentally sound songwriting and hair-raising tempos don't hurt either. This is the good stuff." - Teeth of the Divine

REVIEW BY NOKTORN:
"To say that this is oldschool would be a vast understatement. Evil Incarnate is music for people who own completely threadbare Throneum and Nunslaughter shirts and about thirty different Angelcorpse patches sewed onto anything they can get their hands on, and not just limited to clothing (Angelcorpse couches/chairs/bedspreads, etc.). This is a band that's part of that oldschool death metal scene that never really changed or went away; it just languishes in its sort of mid-level obscurity, content in its position in the underground. I guess it's ironic, then, that that scene routinely produces some of the best metal out there today by virtue of how un-self-conscious it is. And I can imagine that, for people fully immersed in that wide range of subterranean death metal, 'Waiting For His Return' is exactly the sort of music that they would love and expect from such a long running band as Evil Incarnate. For those outside of it, it's still worth a look, though not with quite the alacrity of those whose Blasphemy hoodies are still stained with blood from when the wearer got in a fight with Chris Barnes outside of BB Kings back in '94.

Let's work backwards and start with the production, which is a perfect replication of the mid-range and mid-'90s sound. The mix is completely dominated by the dirty, ultra-bassy guitar tone, which is so distorted as to render some of the more minimalist riffs nearly indecipherable. Drums are pushed into the background and nestled next to the vocals, with only bass drums and cymbals being very readily audible for the former, and not much at all audible for the latter, as the gruff, mid-range growls of Michael Eisenhauer occupy a similar acoustic space to the guitar, pushing them together into a single homogenous mass. The overall sound is very forceful and seething, and it fits the somewhat chaotic style of death metal that Evil Incarnate plays pretty perfectly. It's clean enough to allow the listener to understand everything that's going on, but not so much that the evil, anti-Christian atmosphere is compromised.

The music is structured in a strangely disjointed, linear style, a lot like Immolation minus some of that bands deeply technical passages. Maybe it's more like Nunslaughter covering Immolation, injecting more attitude and spite to that band's convoluted constructions. The riffs are entirely unmelodic tremolo/chug affairs that segue into each other somewhat awkwardly, with a complete refusal to construct riffs in a clean, cyclic fashion. It's not 'smooth' death metal at all, with high production values and ultra-refined songwriting; it sounds like these are the best of the band's basement tracks, with some movements that only make sense to them and just seem bizarre to everyone else. And yet that's part of its charm; for all the strange midpaced Bolt Thrower-esque grinding that the band does, when it works, it really works (midway through 'Temple Of Blasphemy'). The overall tempo of the music here is not very high, and it seems more intent on crafting this blasphemous, evil atmosphere than it does making anything catchy or accessible.

In fact, the band seems entirely bent on making oldschool death metal devoid of thrash bounce or memorable riffs. This gives the music a decidedly darker, more negative tone, not unlike early Suffocation, but without even that band's more lively tremolo riffing. The overall package is very strange and oppressive; I can honestly say that 'Waiting For His Return' doesn't sound like any other death metal album I've heard. It works in sort of a grey area as far as the different corners of death metal go, but one thing is certain: this is probably the most willfully amelodic death metal album I've heard recently. Even your most brutal death metal features some catchy riffs or engaging rhythms or melodic solos, but this album is like a sheer face of death metal without any footholds at all. It's very hard to understand, and it's most certainly a demanding listen.

For that reason, I'd say that Evil Incarnate's newest LP is worth a try. It's an ambitious release that really gives no quarter to the listener and attempts to fill no expectations. It is the sound of a very specific breed of death metal, and it's that breed in its most tumultuous and uncertain state. It is not good-time, easy listening death metal; it is instead the essence of the genre and everything that defines it as the brutal, uncompromising force that it should be."

REVIEW FROM METALREVIEW.COM
"Never eschewing melody for the sake of sounding brutal, Australia's Grenade have found their happy place within the black/death metal realm and they're clearly channeling that sense of balance on their first full-length, The Howling Damned.

Much like Nachtmystium, Destroyer 666, I and a handful of other bands that take their influences from uniformly dark but recognizably different subgenres, Grenade prove that purity is for pussies. Who needs straight-up thrash, death or black metal when you can combine all three? Scenes can go to hell. Or heaven. Whichever is worse, I suppose. Anyway, the point is that there's an advantage to not having to fit some rigid set of rules that defines what makes a band black or death metal. I seriously doubt these guys, who, coincidentally, are now disbanded, sat in a room for hours on end deciding what exactly they were going to sound like, genre tag and all. I picture frontman Nygil picking up a guitar, playing a few practice notes, then kicking into some nasty riff before the other guys join in. In other words, it's an organic process, the result being an obliterating sonic holocaust.

While I'd argue that atmosphere is still pretty important to The Howling Damned, the principal element is certainly the guitar. Songs like "Hellsong" and "Metal of Death" are dense with rich, spine-tinglingly excellent riffage. A thick layer of good old-fashioned rock and roll attitude keeps the album afloat even when things start to sound redundant ("Carnivorous Lunar Activities"). Personally, were I Grenade I might have tried to keep this at under 40 minutes, but most of these 8 songs are very well-written and, generally speaking, The Howling Damned rips. This hybrid black/death metal sound hasn't been overly exploited, at least not yet, so the album's shelf life should be pretty long considering it's one of the best examples of the genre I've heard. There's a reason why these guys (well, guy now) are on Hells Headbangers (aside from the fact one of their song titles is "Headbanger From Hell)". They're talented, and the band has a keen ear for songwriting. While you will notice the hybrid sound, the focus is always on moving things forward in a uniformly thrashy fashion, so it never sounds superficially diverse. Whether you're into black, death, or thrash metal, this one's for you."

TRACK LIST
1) Spilling Holy Blood 2) Final Hour of Christ 3) Weeping in Heaven 4) I Arose 5) Heavenly Father 6) Once Removed Savior 7) Raping of Angels 8) The King of the Jews 9) Behold the Prince of Peace 10) Holy Blood Holy Grail 11) Fucking of Sacred Assholes 12) Nazarene Decomposing 13) Dethrone the Son of God

Excerpt from SONIC FRONTIERS:
"Anyone expecting Profanatica part 2 is largely advised to take a hike. While both bands may wallow in black metal's filth-ridden underbelly, Havohej is an even more abstract and perverse descent into the genre's outer limits. Tracks such as "Bloud and Souls" and "Sundowning (Destroie Men and Beasts with Lookes)" would probably come off as standard black metal fare, were they not awash in layers of burbling distortion and noises that sound like they're being transmitted from the depths of a black hole. "Melancholike" is a ten minute decrepit epic of slow, creeping doom and static glitchiness, creating an effect that is both hypnotic and unsettling. "Homerica Medicatio" as well as parts of "Bloud of the Word" are pure ambient soundscapes that come off like a lo-fi version of Lustmord. Ledney leaves no stone unturned in his attempts stretch the boundaries of black metal into new territories of cacophony, and this is what makes Kembatinan Premaster so oddly compelling.
With the progressive, quasi-psychedelic turn American black metal has started to take in recent years, it's great to see folks like Ledney pushing things even further out there with a take on BM that is far more heavily indebted to early Merzbow than it is to Norway circa 1994 or Pink Floyd. While so many others talk about evil and ritualism, Havohej has actually created something that sounds truly aberrant and unnatural."{read more...}

REVIEW FROM "VOICES FROM THE DARKSIDE" ZINE:
"Last year the Ohio-based blasphemous three-piece released their Demo "Ritual Cleansing Of The Whore" on MCD / LP as a collaboration between Merciless Records and Breath Of Night and left behind an extremely positive impression when they toured Europe with BLACK WITCHERY, AVENGER, ARMAGEDDA and KRIEG. Now MANTICORE's BEHERIT, ARCHGOAT, PROFANATICA-influenced blackened Death Metal proves itself on their first full-length and holy hell... they really managed to top the MCD. Although they improved the sound only marginally, the song material is just destined to be a future classic (at least in my opinion). MANTICORE create brutal christmocking songs that unlike bands like MORBOSIDAD are not just infernal, blasphemous noise attacks but actually have a couple of really strong and – I hate to say this word – catchy hooks and lines. In MANTICORE's case this is not a sign for wimp-out or shit like that, but exactly what makes them so unique, individual and good. While retaining brutality and grim aggression they have memorable structures, understandable almost whispering Death Metal vocals and so managed to prevent the music from just rushing by. The fast opener 'Our Will Is His', the sinister mid-tempo track 'Feast Of The Beast', 'Urine Flowing Through The Veins Of Christ', the BEHERIT-Cover 'The Gate Of Nanna', 'Unholy Awakeneing' and all other songs just fucking kill!!!! If you like raw sounding, uncompromising, very dark, possessed Death Metal that will grant you long-time pleasure get this album. It's one of my favourites this year."

RECORDING LINE-UP:
KAM LEE - vocals (ex-Death/Mantas)
RICK ROZZ - guitars (ex-Death/Mantas )
JOE CANGELOSI - drums (ex-Whiplash/Kreator)
BUTCH GONZALAS - bass

TRACK-LIST:
1. The Second Coming
2. Bleed to Death
3. Devouring Hour
4. By Reason of Insanity
5. Mangled
6. Psycopain Trip
7. From Beyond (live 1992)
Total playing time: 38:03

TRACK LIST:
1. This is Fucking War, 2. I Hate Christians, 3. Pyre, 4. To Defile, 5. Immortalize, 6. Ogrish, 7. Unbaptized, 8. Hex, 9. Smell the Burning Churches, 10. Face of Evil, 11. Lucifer, 12. My Evil Concubine, 13. Slaughter the Heavens, 14. No Place for the Cross, 15. Rebuilding Sodom, 16. Riders of the Apocalypse, 17. Power of Darkness

CUSTOMER REVIEW:
Nunslaughter. If this most unhallowed name rings unfamiliar to your ears, heed these words for when the metal inquisition draws nigh, you shall be without excuse and the strained snapping of your breaking bones upon the unholy rack shall be the last sound you hear, unless you are one of the lucky ones and quickly run through.

Since 1987, these stalwart Satanic metal warriors have waged their campaign against all that is regarded as holy by the mindless thralls that have surrendered their humanity to the imagined whims of an invisible taskmaster. For those within earshot of this Promethean quartet, the message is clear. Free yourself or be crushed as you stand in the path of Nun-fuckin'-slaughter!

"Hex" was unleashed upon the underground just a month ago, but you wouldn't know it by hearing it. Nunslaughter adheres to a solid, time-tested sound and words like "progression", "maturity", or "commercial" will never apply. This is the sound of early Death Metal such as Venom, Death, and Possessed and there are simply no apologies. Remember when riffs were catchy, vocals were steeped in hatred, and the songs weren't bogged down in pretentious musical showmanship? Nunslaughter embodies that bloated carcass of Classic Death Metal (the One True Death Metal) and beckons you to partake in its flesh and drink deeply of it's tainted ichor in blasphemous communion.

With song titles such as "This is Fucking War", "I Hate Christians", and "Smell the Burning Churches" there is no question as to what motivates the band, and with the longest track on the disc clocking in at two and a half minutes, each composition is a swift, venomous blast of hatred that burns out quickly and never simply fades away. Also, as Nunslaughter was in the process of forging these unholy hymns, all weakness and other unnecessary elements were stripped away leaving "Hex" with a total running time of just 30 minutes; a finely tuned instrument of torture.

The packaging for this disc is also true workmanship. The 24 page booklet printed on heavy stock is filled with atmospheric photography, full lyrics, and band photos. Though my only complaint is the lack of a hand-drawn cover as in ancient times passed, the impaled effigy bathed in candlelight on the cover is most certainly evocative and not ruined by Photoshop filter-fuckery as most modern releases are plagued by. Highly Recommended.

Professionally manufactured & authored DVD compiling video footage from the "Damned In Japan" tour 2005. Deluxe 7" size multi foldout packaging (to be stored nicely with your collection of NunSlaughter 7" EPs) with tons of band pics/collage & commentary by Don of the Dead. A huge improvement overall compared to the previous "Metal Assault on Australia" DVD, now with great soundboard sound and multi-angle camera views + several other DVD features. Includes an exclusive bonus audio CD featuring the live "tour rehearsal" performed at an art gallery and witnessed by a destructive crowd cursing & throwing ignited fireworks at the band. Metal is Death - Death is Metal - NunSlaughter Death Metal.

DVD CONTENTS:
Feature: July 15, Osaka Japan (17 songs)
Video: "Power of Darkness"
Multi-Angle: "She Lives By Night" July 18, 2005 Tokyo, Japan
Photo Gallery

CD CONTENTS:
18 songs, Asterik Art Gallery. July 9, 2005 . Cleveland, Ohio

FIRST 200 COPIES WITH LARGE POSTER:

"DEMOSlaughter" showcases the chronicle evolution of the band from the very embryonic stages of them unleashing the rawest and most chaotic death metal of the mid- eighties to a gradual escalation of their very own unique genre known today as "Devil Metal".

Released as a deluxe DOUBLE CD (2-disc) set with 32-page book archiving the original artwork and photos alongside commentary from founding member Don of the Dead. 56 songs in total with a running time of almost 2 hours.

Review from Nathan T. Birk of METAL MANIACS:
"Profanatica: the original masters of mesmerizing filth, barbaric simplicity, heavy metal's minimal-is-maximal ideal alternately taken to its most retarded and most enlightened end(s). No introduction should be necessary.
Alas, since the band's original dissolution in 1992 and vocalist/drummer Paul Ledney subsequently sallying forth with the more concertedly primitive Havohej, only two releases of new Profanatica recordings resulted - one a two-song 7", the other a download track - leaving the promise/premise of a Profanatica full-length otherwise unfulfilled. Enter the overwhelmingly UG-anticipated Profanatitas De Domonatia, the band's official debut album following their sporadic rebirth at the beginning of this millennium. Does it meet expectations? Exceed them, or fail them? How high do those expectations need to be, anyway? Only you can decide, which ultimately hinges upon how proportionally fanatical you are about Profanatica.
This much is certain, and from as coolly biased a perspective as possible: Profanatitas is everything a Profanatica full-length record should be, no more and no less. It immediately sounds exactly like Profanatica, yet never a whiff of total deja vu. It is strict and sleazy, militant yet molten. Its waves of unfettered filth wash over you with a stench of familiarity, only because very few bands ever could milk lock-step simplicity quite like this. If anything, this is Profanatica at their "heaviest," the guitar/bass chunder impossibly thick and molasses-like, and rarely has Ledney's paradigmatic vocal blasphemy ever sounded this possessed, this stretched into the shit-strewn sewers of black metal's primeval underbelly."

TRACK LIST: Master of Man Absolute, Unto Us He Is Born, Mocked Scourged and Spit Upon, Scourging and Crowning, God Dethroned in Heaven, Cursed Nazarene Whore, Palid Savior, Profanation of The Gods, Them That Dwell In Heaven, Betrayal of The Lamb

Prepare, as sodomy shall be brought upon the nuns rotting asshole once again!!! Legendary and influential, the Black Cult of PROFANATICA set the example for the first flux of 90's Black Metal. "The Enemy Of Virtue" compiles all of the bands work including the unreleased "Passion Of A Liar" 7" Single, an obscure rehearsal of TOTEN cover songs, and the bands first live performance in 9 years at "The Return of Darkness And Evil Festival 2001". Total of 29 blasphemies with detailed track listing and booklet documenting the entire history of the cult. PROFANATICA vomit on your god and shit on your so-called Black Metal!!

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FOR FANS OF: Running Wild (early), Assassin, Celtic Frost, Destruction, Gospel of the Horns, Destroyer 666

SOD #28 (review)
9 Skulls
"Thrashing Speed Metal from the land of kangaroos and Mad Max, Southern Cross Ripper is a breath of fresh air for those choking on the pollution of the Thrash Metal copy band resurgence. Fans of old Hobbs Angel Of Death and Destruction will feel right at home banging their heads to tracks like "Armoured Fist", "Morbid Crimes" and "Last Rites". This is Thrash Metal from the heart, and infectious as a dirty needle at a gay whorehouse, so sit back and prepare yourself for Trench Hell! (DH)"

REVIEW FROM VOICES FROM THE DARKSIDE ZINE:
"What a filthy treat, a true surprise. The sad fact of the matter is, ever since the retro craze began, hardly any band has reproduced the 80s vibe convincingly, not even bands who paved the groundwork for that special sound. TRENCH HELL is different. Haling from Australia, home of SADISTIK EXEKUTION, THE WIZAR'D, MORTAL SIN, and so many others, they've done their country men proud. "Southern Cross Ripper" is an EP showcasing 80s Metal worship at its finest. Elements of the finest bands that magical decade produced are observable such as HELLHAMMER, VENOM, DESTRUCTION and BULLDOZER. Clocking out at twenty two minutes, this EP is a short one, as EPs should be. Rest assured, this band gets it."

TRACK LIST:
1) Intro / Night Stalker 02:07
2) Southern Cross Ripper 03:27
3) Armoured Fist 04:38
4) Morbid Crimes 03:17
5) Last Rites 04:49
6) Infernal Screaming 03:12
Total playing time 21:30

TRACK LIST
1. Worthy of Hell
2. Reap the Nuclear Whirlwind
3. Resurrected Abominations
4. Lucifer's Domain
5. E-37101

Song titles for this skullcrusher: Pentagram Warfare, Circle of Annihilation, Pride of the Zombie Squad, No Escape from the Jaws of Hell, Demons in the Night, Beast of Slaughter, Tyrant's Genocide, Running Wild in Nuclear Streets, Raise the Fucking Knife, Flamethrower Madness.

REVIEW TAKEN FROM METALREVIEW.COM:
"Be careful what you wish for"; a statement that should have been tossed around a few years ago when metal fans were clamoring for a thrash metal revival. Now that it's here and bands are being snatched up by Earache and Century Media only weeks after releasing their first demos and EPs, many thrash fanatics are turning their backs to what they've been waiting over a decade for. Why? An overwhelming number of thrash metal albums that are uninspired carbon copies of what came decades before.

Thankfully, Denmark's Victimizer offer a much more inspired and memorable take on the rather limited genre of thrash metal. Of course, those who have done their homework will take note that Victimizer have been around for a few more years than your Fueled by Fires, Bonded by Bloods, or your Eviles. It was 7 years ago that the band released their first demo, and more demos, EPs, and splits have followed at an almost yearly pace. 2007 sees the end of that cycle as the band have called it quits, but not before unleashing The Final Assault.

Victimizer seems more than happy to ignore most thrash post-1985, though this leaves ample room for influences from Artillery, Exodus, Sodom, Destruction and the like. The emphasis for Victimizer is on simpler thrash numbers with less notes, straight one-two thrash beats, and while the band can, and does, put the pedal to the metal, they don't overwhelm the listener with ample amounts of speed. While things aren't as simple and as lacking in variation as Toxic Holocaust I wouldn't say the bands are entirely dissimilar. The production is actually top notch for a band of Victimizer's size and the style for which they play, it's not fuzzy or muddy, and it doesn't have an insane amount of reverb on the vocals while also missing many of the other quirky production choices many bands of this ilk have come to love.

In songs like the opener, "Tyrants Genocide", Victimizer give a nod to a slightly less extreme style as many of their contemporaries. The guitar riffs bring forth images of pure '80s thrash, when it wasn't extreme simply for the sake of being extreme. There's a definite lack of "death" or "black" influence as well, aside from the vocals which are on the slightly more extreme angle, bringing Tom Angelripper to mind. "Beast of Slaughter" is definitely a song that caught my attention and immediately required the repeat button, mostly for its great chorus rhythm and the shouts of "RISE! RISE! RISE! Beast of Slaughter!". With that said, the speeding rager in "Pentagram Warfare" should not be left out. Did I mention Victimizer do better than to have simply noisy, Slayer-esque solos? While Mr. Born To Lose (yes, that's the name Victimizer's guitarist goes by) may not be a virtuoso he is able to craft interesting solos that aren't merely chaos. I also have to question what's up with the recent interest in Stallone movies for lyrical inspiration. Evile had Rambo and now Victimizer have taken what is arguably the best action film of the 80's, Cobra, and created a solid thrasher around it, but who can turn down the line, "This is where the law stops and I start, sucker" in "Iron Cobra (Pride of the Zombie Squad)"?

Fun, interesting, and filled with enough vigor to keep one interested for the long haul, The Final Assault is a thrash album worth owning, which is sadly the exception instead of the norm."

CUSTOMER REVIEW:
"Lately due to being sick of traffic, $3.06 a gallon gas, the war in Iraq, and global warming I have been walking a round trip total of 8 miles to and from work. The journey isn't strenuous, but I definitely need to hear something motivating during my mini trek. This is where Witchtrap joins the fracas with their brand of 80's Speed Metal/Thrash loaded up on cocaine, whiskey, and a "FUCK YOU TOO" attitude.

As usual my love for all things Colombia never fails, and 'No Anesthesia' proves this fact via addictive riffs jammed at high octane with a Metal pride theme gushing from each note played. Every song blisters with an exceptional main riff that twists, twirls, and loops intricately. Hooks are more gravitating than a bad case of herpes as they pile-drive the spines of unsuspecting listeners. The strumming is carpal tunnel inducing, but melted into a sense of dynamism and urgency, which is both spastic and violent. Most decadent are melodic guitar god solos that are heavy and precise enough to make my speakers sweat. Fuck, all I wanna do when I hear that guitar is bust my bald skull against the stage till it bleeds in concussed gore.

Making the methamphetamine guitars robust is the complimentarily rotund drums and bass. Together this unit performs well by giving the rhythm section a slightly sleazy speedy thrashy-bulge in a hotties face-sound. The bass is deep and poignant and it's played with a double flair for technicality and support. The drums are super fucking fast and the traditional single bass drum does not hamper the tempo. The cymbals crash delightfully in unison with headbanging, the snare has an energetic spring back, and the drum patterns, ripe with rolls and fills, are played methodologically, but raucously thereby giving the whole record an almost garage vibe hearkening back to days long gone when Speed Metal/Thrash ruled Metal. Not to be outdone by the guitar, bass, and drums are the vocals. The shrieking and shouting give Witchtrap an all out Metal in your face with an empty bottle of whiskey crushing your skull attitude.

Musically, Witchtrap is highly competent with their multidimensional arrangements that encompass variation between being blister machines, contemplative, catchy, and angry. Hell, the hooks alone will cause your chiropractor to make you 'Customer of the Month.' Therefore, Witchtrap is perfect for listeners NOT keen on an album where each song sounds the same but with a different title. So set your fucking hair on fire with a blow torch, turn up 'No Anesthesia,' down a bottle of booze, and go crazy cause if you love that Old School shit like Raven, Exciter, Slayer, Kreator, and a hint of Racer X then your gonna squeal like a gutted pig for Witchtrap!!!!"