Exiled on Earth are hailing from Italy, after three full lengths this is their new e.p. containing five songs, one being cover of Death´s Zombie Ritual. The history of these guys reaches to 2000 so they have been around in the scene for more than two decades now with this band. Music of this band can be described as progressive thrash metal, with some power metal influences here and there that go more into USA power metal territory than European melodic speed power metal, meaning more thrashy aggressive guitar work with some catchy hook here and there and great solos, thundering bass and superb drum work. The musicianship of this band is on the higher level than many, also another plus is that the songs are not too long and they do not get boring or pretentious as some bands do with this kind of metal. Vocals are snarled, shouted, but sometimes also melodic and this band was a pleasure to discover and listen to this e.p. Now I am gonna check out the full lengths too. Personal favorites: Psychic Retaliator, The Onyx Path.
Wasteland Viper is a band from Holland and they recently released their new full length opus via Wormholedeath worldwide. This new album contains ten songs and I can say with certainty that this is a strong release and full of energy head on record with no holds barred. Wasteland Viper play a mixture of hardcore punk, heavy metal and hard rock with clean, melodic, yet not cheesy vocals that fit so great in the whole structure of the band. While listening to this record you can just feel the energy flowing through your body and you catch yourself humming along and singing to the lyrics. From fast Motorhead/hardcore punk of Overdrive, more hard rock oriented Black Snow, pure heavy metal blooded title song, to surprise in the almost doo wop oriented Different World with such superb lyrics and one of my personal favorites on this opus, this album is varied and doesn´t have one filler song or one song that will not make you smile with satisfaction and joy with discovering another great band in the vast sea that we call the underground scene.
International Black Metal Band NASTERGAL struck a deal with Wormholedeath for their EP “Solitude”, due for release on May 13th, 2022.
The band speaking of signing the EP,“Nastergal is proud to say we have signed with Wormholedeath. We are excited to work with such an amazing label and are looking forward to many years together. Our “Solitude” EP is Nastergal’s first release and features musicians from across the world. For us this is the next step into a realm of extreme metal, having played in various death and black metal bands in the past. We are very thankful of Wormholedeath for giving us this chance to share our music with the rest of the world.”
Nastergal is an international black metal bandstarted by Jacques Valentyn (guitars) and Riaan Coertze (drums) and completed with the help of Marco Toba (bass) and Evgen Zoidze (vocals). The music draws its inspiration from bands such as Dark Funeral with lyrical content influenced by the works of Friedrich Nietzsche. Nastergal proudly presents a unique take on the Black Metal genre with their own unique sound. They are committed to the music they create and strive to deliver the best to their audience. The “Solitude” EP explores the dark world of self realization and war in the mind of Zarathustra as he struggles to validate himself in a world filled with deceit and ignorance. The underlying argument is that all human values are created by humans, rather than gods, or nature, or some underlying fundamental reality.
Cover & Tracklist
1. Solitude 2. Eternal Winter 3. Hermit 4. Beyond Good and Evil
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