CD

The roots of Agathodaimon are originated in Romania, and go back to half of the nineties. In the earliest years, this band performed a dark and slightly gothified form of Black Metal (Blacken The Angel …, Higher Art Of Rebellion), but they went into a catchier Dark Metal approach as from the beginning of this century. This evolution not quite continues with the newest full length, In Darkness, because this currently-in-Germany-residing act reinvents the most obscured elements from Old again.

A few years ago, a brand new band popped up amongst so many other acts who sounded just the same. Very quickly, one band really stood out and that was the American metalcore band We Came As Romans.

As you probably guessed, you smart-ass, 1) Bloodbrothers II is the second Bloodbrothers-compilation and 2) Bloodbrothers II consists of tracks from Rock and Metal bands from, indeed, the island of Cyprus. Cyprus isn’t the most known country when it comes to heavier outfits, but apparently there is a vivid local scene, which includes a handful of bands that have international fame too in mean time.

The Toiling Midgets? If memory serves well, I have a 1992 album entitled Son (issued through Matador) by that band. I'm not certain (I should check my data banks on that, I guess – and then perhaps dish out the album and listen to it again – if it is not one of a shit-list of albums I still have to listen to, to begin with – because I really like what I hear on this here live album!), but the cover artwork I saw while researching info on the band sure looks familiar!

The Senseless is a solo-outfit by former Berzerker member Sam Beam, with a first album in 2007, called In The Realm Of The Senseless, and a follow-up one year later on, entitled The Floating World. The latter, however, never got released for a couple of reasons. The contract in between The Senseless and the former label, Anticulture, came to an end, and Sam’s perfectionism implemented a release-cancel time after time.

Reproacher’s history starts at during Autumn 2009 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Some former members of different Hardcore bands joined forces to create their own material and to perform live on stage. Especially those live gigs were (are) very well appreciated, and Reproacher were able to play along notorious acts like Weekend Nachos, The Body, Clinging To The Trees Of A Forest Fire, Trap Them or Early Graves, amongst tens of others.

Israel's breakthrough band Orphaned Land  (also known as” the pioneers of Oriental metal”), have returned with their latest record entitled ”All Is One” witch contains a certain message for everyone to embrace: "People should be judged by their hearts and inner sincerity, not their religious beliefs."

Once I Saw A Ghost are a quintet (Jon McIntyre-v, Artur Schulz-b, Konstantin Schulz-g, Louis Teige-d, and Fabrizio Costantino-g) that debut with Architects Demise, a thirty six-minutes long player that follows up to 2010’s mini-album Beyond Good And Evil. With this album the band brings a mixture of Death Metal and Hardcore, coloured by elements of Metalcore, Grindcore, Thrash Metal and more of this sh*t. It’s technical for sure, but unfortunately it lacks of an own face.

Canadian power violence and hardcore act Left For Dead has only been around for two brutal years, but really made an impact on the hardcore scene. In January 2012, they played their first shows again after more than seventeen years. In conjunction with that reunion, A389 Recordings released a Left For Dead discography, called Devoid Of Everything. The album contains all material the band ever wrote.

Canadian power violence and hardcore act Left For Dead has only been around for two brutal years, but really made an impact on the hardcore scene. In January 2012, they played their first shows again after more than seventeen years. In conjunction with that reunion, A389 Recordings released a Left For Dead discography, called Devoid Of Everything. The album contains all material the band ever wrote.