(Revenge Productions/Qabalah Productions)
Release date: 1998
Running time: 15:23

Review: This german band plays pure death metal to me. Really awesome, brutal, always with a thick heavy sound. I would firstly compare them to Blood, mainly for the vocals, certainly because Dawn singer, Martin was doing the growls on third Blood long length record, "O Agios Pethane". He didn't change his way of bestially growling there! But musically speaking, Dawn is quite more in a death metal vein than Blood. It's hard to compare them to another band, because death metal often sounds alike but it reminded many famous death metal bands but it would be pointless to talk about them... Let's say compositions are quite complex, and structured to be catchy, alternating fast and insane blasting parts, intense midtempos and more moderate parts, with lots of double bass and a fucking tight drum sound. Guitar parts are also very well handled with varied energic thrashy and heavy riffs plus some high pitched notes here and there. As well, bass have a wonderful heavy, pounding sound and perfectly support the rythms. Vocals are brutal growls then, but with alot of screamy backvox which makes the songs even more powerful! The whole is quite big sounding heavy death metal. Lyrics are common ones, in death metal scene; about fantasy, violence or even existential texts about despair ("Blackened tomorrow")... Personally, I really enjoyed this mini album! Even if death metal isn't my first love, it's really great to listen good catchy stuffs like that, moreover there are great grind touches à la Blood... Look forward for this really great band!

Tracks: 1)Intro 2)Surrender to the apocalypse 3)Entrance to malevolence 4)Blackened tomorrow 5)Relentless havoc1)Intro 2)Surrender to the apocalypse 3)Entrance to malevolence 4)Blackened tomorrow 5)Relentless havoc

Contact: REVENGE RECORDS
Daniel Wenderoth
Box 12 20 01
68071 Mannheim
GERMANY
Fax: +49 621 20762
Email: revenge@junior-net.de

(Nightfall/Terrorizer Records)
Release date: 1999
Running time: 30:19

Review: These times my infatuation for death metal is increasing, as I discover more and more good bands... like this japanese band called Defiled... The sound production on this album is really solid and clear, maybe slighty cold at times, but respecting all the thrashing energy of the songs. The recording dates back to 1997, and was made in the USA, the mixing was made at Morrisound Studios! (George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher even performs some backing vocals on one song..) All the songs are intersected by short atmospheric sound effects, it adds more eerie to the compositions, which sometimes lack of mood, as they seem to concentrate on the thrashing sound. And it thrashes hard for sure! Their technical abilities are used to the upmost, through relentless, fast and brutal technical death metal compositions; Rythmed by tight speedy beats, double bass, and a few well placed brutal blasts(quite rare though)... Songs are structured by many rythmic changes, mostly blazing fast (but not grindy) thought out with a strong, coherent composing feeling. Guitars are thrashy and skilful, and bass carries a cool twisted sound. All the instruments have a good clear sound; the drums are especially really big sounding and tight. The well written lyrics(quite good but common for death metal genre: dark fantasy, reflection on religion etc...) are recited with an effective and confident mid-low-pitched gruntroar voice which varies alot and sometimes becomes some kind of very aggressive screams... I see influences of classic bands like Immolation, Deceased or early Malevolent Creation maybe some other dirty old thrash/death acts of the late 80s... When I saw the cover artwork, it immediatly reminded me Sinister "Hate" artwork! And yes, it's another artwork by Wes Benscotter! The design of this cd is also very well made, at least nice to look at! If you look for tight, brutal, talented & technical death metal... Check this out! Available from the contact below...
Tracks: 1)Fall into dilemna 2)Nihilism 3)Rush of hostility 4)Erupted wrath 5)Defiled 6)Boiled in limbo 7)Addicted to occult oath 8)Crush the enemy rising 9)Depths of psycho 10)Defeat of sanity
Contact: NIGHTFALL/TERRORIZER RECORDS http://www.darkmetal.com/nf/tr-recs/
P.O. box 6022
Minneapolis, MN, 55406,
USA
Email: nftrrecs@aol.com

DISCIPLES OF MOCKERY "Prelude to Apocalypse" Cd

(Necroharmonic Productions - Sleazy 007)
Release date: 2004
Running time: 53:09

Review: This is a re-release of material recorded in 1999 with some additional tracks (demo songs perhaps?)... This band struck me as familiar from the get go... I listened to the first few songs and it just screamed Incantation! Plus that guy on the band picture looked familiar too... I checked on the band members and well yeah, Disciples of Mockery is basicly the original Incantation line-up from the classic "Onward to Golgotha" album, minus one member! Musically, this is also in the vein of "Onward..." and "Mortal Throne of Nazarene", perhaps not quite as haunting and as perfectly arranged, but still something pretty deep and gripping like that; Disciples of Mockery is mostly about dark, melodic and fuzzy riffs, very atmospheric type of stuff; sometimes the speed and chaotic vibe can get close to grindcore-type of things but the next minute, you might also be listening to excruciatingly slow-paced, sludgy doom! The band is a mixture of all these things, but it always keeps a coherent death metal sound, all incredibly heavy and down-tuned, and some parts really get under the skin too... The vocals are deep and guttural, a bit too repetitive at times, but most of the time, they just go hand in hand with the music... If you miss the early Incantation sound, or if you're looking for good, infernal atmosphere-type death metal, I don't think you'll regret acquiring this...

Tracks: (10/7-16/'99) 1)Literal upheaval of the earth 2)Our father who art as nothing 3)Prelude to absolution 4)God of love 5)Behold the holy virgin whore 6)An endless pursuit for a satisfying pain 7)Sustained in desolation 8)Desolation 9)Rotting immaculate like you
(9/20/'99) 10)Prelude to absolution 11)An endless pursuit for a satisfying pain 12)Literal upheaval of the earth

Necroharmonic Productions Website: http://www.necroharmonic.com

DERKETA "Goddess of Death" Cd

(Necroharmonic Productions - Sleazy 005)
Release date: 2004
Running time: 52:23

Review: This cd is a collection of demo and ep material from late 1980's and early 1990's (plus some 1999 material when Derketa was raised from the dead). This is old and obscure death metal then, mid-paced and with some elements of slow doom, but not without a few raging parts here and there as well... It especially reminds me of early Bolt Thrower but also early Morbid Angel, Autopsy, early Immolation; etc... What however gives Derketa its edge is the fact that it was a death metal band composed of female members... Vocals are killer, quite demonic-sounding female guttural roars which gives the band extra appeal... Musically, this is very effective, grim, sinister and slow-burning death metal with solid thrashing guitar riffs and an overall really morbid atmosphere. This is another well-made cd by Necroharmonic here, with a great booklet containing the very entertaining lyrics, all the demo and ep cover artwork, some band pictures and liner notes with Derketa's biography... All I can say is that this cd left me craving for more, so I'm totally looking forward to new stuff by the recently reformed Derketa...

Tracks: 1)Premature burial 2)The unholy ground 3)Eternal misery 4)Time of awakening 5)Crypts of darkness 6)Begotten son 7)Spirits in the morgue 8)Premature burial 9)Eternal misery 10)Your rotting flesh 11)The unholy ground 12)Time of awakening

Necroharmonic Productions Website: http://www.necroharmonic.com

http://www.derketa.com
sharon@derketa.com

(Cutting Edge Records)
Release date: 2000
Running time: 30:39

Descend Review: Well, I wasn't expecting much from this cd. I had wrong preconceived ideas because of the cover. But when actually listening to those 4 first songs by Descend, I found myself definitely caught up. This is very very well performed darkish death metal with cool growling vocals (and even some cool Demilish-style gurgles at times) and manic-style backing vox; surely technically and musically acutely elaborated. But also with its pretty tight and brutal moments too. so, it's really melodic and musical but never in a ridiculous way. Descend happens to be a dense and a sharp band. Don't expect incredible extremity but more of fairly good musicianship and darn well-made song structures and catchy riffs. Dark death metal vein fellow listeners should like it. Anti-music Grindnoisecore integrists should not even try it, that's without saying. But personally, I liked it.

Tracks: 1)Unseen 2)Visions to come 3)Toutatis Strikes (Instrumental) 4)To infinity we shall fall

All That Is Evil Review: Well this is one is not too bad either, in the very same fine vein. Really tight and with pretty good sound production. They're also into dark death metal, with maybe more of heavy metal influences. Two types of vocals too, from growls to manic vocals, nearly black metallish or early Kreator-like... This sometimes sound like near-Deicide (pretty less intense though) and sometimes like Mercyful Fate (less mellow)... Sure it's thrashy and melodic, but I thoroughly enjoy this band too, it's not horrible at all. It's been a long time I haven't listened to bands actually playing with really great technical abilities (being totally immersed into harsh noisecore for a few months) so a little metal is a pleasure to me right now. People into into good dark death metal, with lots of thrash/heavy metal-influences... Try this cool split cd.
Well stuff like that is good, but not all the time. Now I return to my dank hole mincing my ears with disharmonic slabs of obscure nihilstic noisecore & brutal grind! To finish, I wish you all a painful death by spider bites... you all go to fucking hell! Shit.

Tracks: 5)Peril at sea 6)I am wolf 7)The god of duality 8)Her only wish

Available for $12 PPD (Usa) $14 PPD (World) from:
Contact: Cutting Edge Records/Descend
P.O. Box 770376
Cleveland, Ohio 44107
USA
Email: souldger@en.com

(Pibeoneck Records)
Release date: 1997

Review: 100 percents hatecore/grind/noise right in your face!!! These american degenerates escaped their lunatic asylum to mince stupid grinders' ears... Frenzied, aggressive, catchy, noisy, fast and stenchy GRIND! For 50 minutes of pure headachy insanity!!! Hard to do something more pissed off!!! They are really insensible and violent! They scream, they bark, they growl, they make unnameable noise with their instruments; and they're fucking kill-crazed!!! It comes with a bunch of violent movie samples from Reservoir dogs, Full metal jacket, Cape fear...... A very very disturbing and revolting band! (they also use well-done ultraviolent gory artwork able to shock many...)

Tracks: 1)Intro 2)Maggots 3)Noise 1 4)Colfax 5)Noise 2 6)Ebola 7)Noise 3 8)Bloody vomit 9)Noise 4 10)Ode to Nathan 11)Noise 5 12)Beaten to death 13)Noise 6 14)Whores 15)Noise 7 16)Shit on everyone 17)Noise 8 18)Panic attack 19)Noise 9 20)Dogrape 21)Lesbian grandma 22)Ooka Mooka(Festering Puke cover) 23)Bloody vaginal discharge 24)Noise 10 25)Gutted 26)Noise 11 27)Godfuck 28)Noise 12 29)Violent planet 30)Noise 13 31)Generation of hate

(Relapse Records)
Release date: 1994

Review: Remember Extreme Noise Terror? Well, here is Disrupt! One of the best thing in crust/grind since a fucking while! Two types of vocals, growls and screams(like E.N.T.!), with some guest vocals from a girl, and a very furious girl! sad that she only sings on a few tracks... coz she screams fucking loud! She kicks ass! Drums and guitars are perfect, in the good crustcore tradition... Check the interesting lyrics too, against nazism, against vivisection, against meat-eating, against mc donalds, against sexism, against human fucks who spread their garbage everywhere, against all the scums and the really bad things happening of planet earth! Extraordinary Crust/Grind like I'd appreciate hearing more often! Disrupt broke up since this release... so sad!

Tracks: 1)Domestic prison 2)Mass graves 3)Complaint 4)A life's a life 5)Pay for... 6)Unrest 7)Reality distortion 8)Down my throat 9)Tortured in entirety 10)Religion is a fraud 11)We stand corrected 12)Faction disaster 13)Human garbage 14)Without sincerity 15)Neglected 16)Same old shit 17)For what? 18)Squandered 19)Mindlock 20)Green to grey BONUS TRACKS: 21)Critics 22)Dog eat dog 23)Deprived 24)Give it black 25)Victims of tradition 26)Exorbitant prices must diminish 27)Smash divisions 28)Lack of intelligence 29)No values 30)Solidarity

DR. SHRINKER "Grotesque Wedlock" Cd

(Necroharmonic Productions - Sleazy 008)
Release date: 2004
Running time: 68:39

Review: Necroharmonic exhumes old material by this defunct and pretty much forgotten band... this cd is excellent and a great way re-discover them. This is a collection of Dr. Shrinker's amazing 12 song demo "Wedding the Grotesque" from 1989, a 2 song ep "The Eponym" from 1990 (unreleased at the time?) and the band's debut "Recognition" 1988 demo. This is pure excellence, some really tight, thrashing death metal, in the lines of Repulsion, Death, Autopsy & with a touch of 80's german thrash metal perhaps too... Some really fantastic gems of songs, all memorable, long (no short songs here, just check out the cd's running time) and tightly composed, with killer, heavy and thrashing guitar riffs, dynamic, pounding drumming and pretty unique vocals, a sort of maniacal, high-pitched shriek. This stuff is raging, catchy and fast... Definitely up there with stuff like "Scream Bloody Gore" and "Severed Survival"... The intensity also reminds me of Pestilence on "Consuming Impulse" and early Kreator... Just killer early thrashing death metal. Sound quality for the 12 songs demo is a bit muddy, this is demo material, but still it all sounds clear and damn heavy, it has an old school, gripping sound that's really awesome... The 2 songs from "The Eponym" come with a clearer sound production which makes the band sound amazing too. The 1988 tracks has a rougher sound and the material isn't as well-rounded as the later stuff but it's still quite fun. The lyrics are also really cool and very well-written, they all read like nice and gory little horror stories, sometimes inspired by actual horror movies like Re-animator, Rawhead Rex, Evil Dead, etc... The cd is amazing with a great booklet, killer packaging and layout, a complete lyric sheet, demo covers, show flyers, band pictures, some liner notes from a band member and everything... So yes, Dr. Shrinker is another proof that fine death metal definitely gets better when it ages... Absolutely recommended!

Tracks: 1)Tools of the trade 2)Mesmerization (of a corpse) 3)Fungus 4)Rawhead Rex 5)Cerebral seizure 6)Dead by dawn 7)Open-heart surgery 8)No way to live 9)Pronouned dead 10)Chunk blower 11)Bacterial encroachment 12)Wedding the grotesque 13)Tighten the tourniquet 14)Germ farm 15)The command 16)March of the undead 17)Graphic violence 18)Inverted direction 19)Free at lasssst!!!

Necroharmonic Productions Website: http://www.necroharmonic.com

Release date: 2001
Running time: 15:23

Review: That's gory brutal death metal under a strong Suffocation influence, and a sound close to Regurgitate's side of their split cd w/ Dead. I hear the band has Cenotaph (Turkey) members in it, so if you liked Cenotaph, you should dig Drain of Impurity as well... And it's really good stuff: quite complex and brutal thrashing guitars, extremely guttural growls, typical brutal death metal with a bit more groove, gore and grind than usual; I think drums are programmed but they sound very natural. I didn't like the techno remix in the end though, really doesn't sound great. Anyway, the artwork by Jake (Tales from Uranus) is just awesome. If you're into brutal death metal, that mcd is definitely one to check out.

Tracks: 1)Reincarnated to human form 2)Dying in despair 3)Release the soul of flesh 4)My fantasy of murder 5)Ending human existence 6)Rooms of eternal sodomy 7)Tortured flesh mixed

Contact: Batu Cetin
SIEZENHEIMERSTRASSE 57/P
5020 SALZBURG - AUSTRIA
Email: batucetin@hotmail.com - Website: http://go.to/drainofimpurity

DRIPPING "Brind the Suffering" Cd

(Necroharmonic Productions - Sleazy 013)
Release date: 2005
Running time: 62:23

Review: This cd is a collection of Dripping's demos from 2000 & 2001 as well as a couple of earlier demos released under the name Cadaverment... What's to say about Dripping? This is really typical brutal death metal here... With pretty dark, somewhat complex songs, built on rumbling midtempos which burst into faster blasting parts at times... Obviously, you've got your deep guttural gurgling growls, some raspy shrieking backing vocals, thrashing and chugging guitars, pounding drumming... Sound is quite warm but with quite a lot of distortion... This made me think of Infester mixed with a little Suffocation and Demilich (clearly not on the same level though) Overall, this isn't too bad but honestly the cd gets pretty dull after a while, with some really meandering "technical" riffing... This all seriously lacks energy and personality, all the tracks bleed into each other, I'd be hard pressed to pick a song apart from the others... But Necroharmonic made a nice effort of producing a "discography" cd for this band here, and I guess some die-hard fans of brutal death metal might get a kick out of this...

Tracks: 1)Bleeding Virgin Whore 2)Decomposed Fixation 3)Schizophrenic Apparitions Of Molested Corpses 4)Inheritance Of Ancient Malignancy 5-12)Untitled 13)Temples Of Inhumanity 14)For Those Not Forgotten 15)Disembowelment Of The Throne 16)Life Is Uncreation 17)Bloodstream Desecration 18)Bring The Suffering 19)Beyond The Grave 20)Untitled

www.necroharmonic.com

(Wild Rags Records)
Release date: 1997

Review: Drogheda is from U.S.A.. The specific thing with their music is the systematic use of blast beats(which  nearly sound like drum machine beats)... the rest is huge grind/death with big low tuned guitars sound, animalistic growls and some noisy screams. But this band is more metal than noise/grind oriented; like Mortician in some ways...  This cd is a compilation of some of their previous releases, with a bunch of unreleased bonus tracks, running time is 60 minutes for 29 songs... As well, I'd like to say that my favorite track on the album is the second one called "Celebration of violence"(really great & emotional grind song!). Well, last word; you probably should get a hold of this cd right now if you freak over blastbeat growling deathgrind!

Tracks: 1)Horrorist 2)Celebration of violence 3)Revenge overkill 4)Maggot spawn 5)Abandoned the flesh 6)Spiraling alcohol demise 7)Introgression 8)Blood in the face 9)Mindbleed 10)Death by doses 11)Terror, fucking terror 12)Godgrinder 13)Clean up the chunks 14)Hate is my only reason to live 15)Karnivorkian 16)Desperation madness 17)Drogheda 18)Rejoice 19)Stygian nightmare 20)Obscure magical rethoric 21)Lords of chaos 22)Carcass dweller 23)Of pain 24)Darkening amoral morality 25)Caries 26)Break my body 27)Cunthunter 28)Set your own place 29)Lettered pigs