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(review) 1914 – Where Fear And Weapons Meet

When Bolt Thrower called it quits there was a vast open space left on the extreme metal scene regarding war metal or poetry of war done in atmospheric and dark way. Sabaton does great job in power metal with war themes, also Minenwerfer in black metal, but I have heard only words of praise for 1914 from Ukraine. Besides great name, fantastic band photos, these Ukrainians offer great music and I am ashamed to say, but this is their first record I have listened to and I am awed. This is kinda conceptual album with WWI thematics starting from awesome Intro that is interesting to this region and us who live in it, because it is Tamo Daleko, Serbian folk song. First opener hits you away with vocals screaming Dobrodošli u Sarajevo, talking about assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo 1914 by Gavrilo Princip, which started WWI. Lyrics are fantastic and 1914 s mixture of blackened death metal, doom, atmosphere done with samples, synths and electronics provides picture of Hell on Earth which was that war. The album also featured prominent guests as Nick Holmes and Sasha Boole. I want to hear this band live. I am sure that would be an awesome experience. Recommended songs: …and a Cross Now Marks His Place, Mitt Gott Fur Konig Und Vaterland.

10/10

NEVER AGAIN – new music video by metalcore band TOTAL RECALL!

Milan-based metalcore band Total Recall releases today the video for Never Again, third extract from the LP Always Together released worldwide on July 16th, 2021 by Australian label 1054 Records.

Never Again is the result of a deep introspective journey between the darkest and most hidden parts of our personality. Directed by Brace Beltempo, the music video recalls and further develops this concept – as opposed to the other singles released by Total Recall so far. In fact, the energetic band performance scenes are interspersed with bloody shots of frontman Andrea “Ronda” Rondanini and model May Padme.

Regarding the single, singer Andrea “Ronda” Rondanini declares “Never Again is like a really bad trip. You are going to be dragged into the deepest void”. To this, guitarist Stefano “Bleed” Bigoni adds: “Never Again have always been my go to song off the new record. It’s brutal and very percussive, and it moves a lot of air when played live. It is definitely the song that produces the most severe damage among the crowd in a live situation. I absolutely love it!

Most remarkable about the birth of Total Recall is the deep personal friendship and respect between its founding members.
Vocals are performed by Andrea “Ronda” Rondanini – Rise Above Dead, Crushed to Dust -, while guitars are masterfully played by Stefano “Stef” Anderloni – Face your Enemy, Die Trying, Traces of You, K-again – and Stefano “Bleed” Bigoni – Rise Above Dead, Thunder Brigade -. Bass player Luca “Pigo” De Simone – Embrace Destruction, Samaritan, K-again – and drummer Daniele “Danny” Calleri – Embrace Destruction, L’Oceano Sopra, Monalisabay – takes care of the rhythmic section.

INFECTED CHAOS • Death Metal band released lyric video for When Yonder Calls My Name!

The band comments on the background of “When Yonder Calls My Name“:
“The song contains the first lyrics written for ‘Dead Aesthetics’. Thematically, it’s about that very special moment when you realize that this existence is now over and a new journey begins. The call of the afterlife becomes louder and louder and the spirit dives into completely alien spheres.”

The Austrian-South German Metal commando INFECTED CHAOS holds a giant mirror right in front of the rotten, perverted part of humanity. Yes, the truth, it is painful.

Creatively, these hard steel enthusiasts are just as ruthless, and that hits like a forge hammer on an anvil!

The delightfully rough riffed and at the same time really colossally rhythmic DEATH METAL of the perfectly coordinated shock troop shows itself on the new and third long-player “Dead Aesthetics” from the most varied and most coherent side.