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As an idea in the back of One's mind, the Swedish “Black Metal” act Vanhelga has been in existence at least since 2001, but the nihilistic hateful thoughts behind it have been the core life teachings of One, also known as 145188 (in real life as J. Ottosson), whom as a child looked around at all the domesticated people with their meaningless lifestyles around him... and decided that society was no place for him, and from there that life itself, as lived by so many around him, was no place for him.

I very recently reviewed the six-way split Monsters! … (see update June 2^nd 2014 under ‘various’), which brought pretty refreshing, original and / or at least distinctive Grindcore-attacks, and now Kaotoxin are here again with another grinding split, this time by two sweet combos that will make you gradually nauseous. A Fairytale Full Of Apotemnophiliac Moments is how this collection of Gore / Porn lullabies is entitled, and it will be released in a limited edition of 1,000 copies with no repressing afterwards.

I do not think Triptykon need any introduction anymore. They actually started six years ago as a side-project of Celtic Frost, but soon it all turned more serious. Tom G. ‘Warrior’ Fischer left Celtic Frost (and Celtic Frost disbanded soon after), and lots of material he wrote after the Monotheist-sessions (which I still think was a splendid album) seemed to be a logical basement for his new group.

Thine, from West Yorkshire UK, first formed in 1993 as Blood of Thine but it wasn’t until 1996 (& a name-change to just Thine), that the band decided to record their first studio demo. But it wasn’t until January 1998, for them to record the debut album under Peaceville Records. ‘A Town Like This’ was recorded at Academy Studios and was engineered / mixed by MAGS.

Anthology sort of means career overview, in the case of Florida”s  power metal band  “ SEASON’S OF THE WOLF“ it’s a rather a rerelease  of  two albums  only available on tape when originally released end of the eighties early nineties…   The  band info sheet that comes with this double cd,  mentions  that  SOTW  has influences from such  eighties class acts like  “METAL CHURCH” and “SAVATAGE”..

Scourge from Brazil (there used to be another Brazilian Death Metal act at the end of the former century) were formed in 2008 as some kind of Sarcófago-tribute project, yet with the aim to play own material instead of playing covers only. Their debut …On The Sin, Death, Lust And Hate… proved that they were able to pay honour to these Brazilian Cult-masters (and FYI: it was produced by Sarcófago’s Gerald ‘Incubus’ Minelli).

Reactory are New wave of thrash no doubt about it, the young Berlin (Germany) based quartet give us with their first full length album “High on Radiation“ a hefty does of EURO THRASH,  unavoidably  very much influenced by the oh so famous German original wave of thrashers such as Kreator, Sodom, Assassin,  Violent force… to name but a few.

Because Dutch band Phlebotomized were different from the average Death Metal band, and then I am talking about the very early nineties, they were both loved and hated. Their approach was pretty unique back then, so I’d like to refer to the review on the compilation album Devoted To God, Preaching Eternal Gospels, posted on July 20^th 2013.

Patria are a Brazilian Black Metal formation, forged in 2008 by two very experienced musicians: multi-instrumentalist Marcelo ‘Mantus’ Vasco, known from e.g.

Paranorm is a thrash metal band based that comes all the way from Uppsala, Sweden. They have been playing together since 2008. 2010 saw the release of a demo and two EPs (Pandemonium's Rise, 2011 and The Edge of Existence, 2014). During that time, the band has been playing numerous shows around Sweden. They aim to create a melodic and progressive form of thrash metal, while still retaining power and aggression that is the foundation of their idea and music.