(book) David G. Marwell – Mengele:Unmasking the Angel of Death

All of you who listen metal know about Slayer´s anthem Angel of Death, ain´t that right? Well, you might know that the song is based upon life and crimes of Josef Mengele, SS doctor in concentration death camp Auschwitz who experimented upon living twins, women, men, children of all ages and later on escaped and myths and legends were created of his life, death, escape…

Well, David G. Marwell, former chief of OSI, decided to put final touch on this villain, writing a book which will unmask the myths, bring forth real man behind the fear and legends and thus help understand better the nature of true evil. This book is a documentary in two halfs or parts. First is Mengele´s childhood, student days, entering SS and Auschwitz days. Second half is escape, chase and facts about Mengele´s death, exhumation of his body and forensic investigation whether the bones are really him or is it another scam and he still lives somewhere safe. This book does not try to explain or investigate into his sanity, his deeds or his reasons behind it, it is straight cold facts but written in style of exciting fun to read thriller and it just makes you turn the page after page and reaching the conclusion. Good one.

7,5/10

(review) Mind Imperium – Nemesis (Wormholedeath)

Wow! That is only thing I can say after listening to this sophomore opus of French trio called Mind Imperium. There are eight songs on this one, first being kind of synth atmospheric eerie intro to the maelstorm that follows afterwards. Mind Imperium play a mixture of melodic doom metal, atmospheric death metal with some post metal and thrash metal influences in guitar riffs and song structures. Vocals are growling and anguished sounding, but you can understand what they are singing about and that is always a plus in my eyes. Lyrics are so superb, personal and speak about depression, hopelessness, anger, resentment, death and being able to survive through the day, also loss. Besides growling, there are clean melodic vocal lines, spoken words and I love how all that fit perfectly in the picture. I am so glad that underground provides the way to have a listen to bands like this one. Superb. My personal favorites: Screaming out your name, Burning Embers.

9/10

FlowerLeaf release new single and music video The Storm!

FLOWERLEAF are back and they are ready to start their Dreamerie journey! As a forerunner, they just released a brand new single along with a music video called The Storm. 

The Storm
 is the first single from the Dreamerie – Chapter I: Time. It’s a song about self-confidence, fighting for what you want and fulfilling your destiny. 

“It was an amazing experience recording The Storm because it gave FlowerLeaf a new dimension and it gives us lots of possibilities for what we can create in the future” – singer Vivs Takahashi says.

FlowerLeaf are preparing their next release in an ambitious project called “DREAMERIE”. The Dreamerie is the book of dreams, full of wishes, fantasies and nightmares. It contains the desires of the heart and the fears of the soul. Like every book, the Dreamerie is divided into chapters that will be released as a sequence of five short-albums within the next few years. Each chapter will bring its own theme and the first one will be called TIME. And Chapter II is already in the making.