Noise Trail Immersion/Womb/Triton's Orbit/2016 CD Review

  Noise  Trail Immersion  are  a  band  from  Italy  that  plays  a  mixture of  black,  death,  post  and  math  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2016  album  "Womb"  which  will  be  released  in  Noveber  by  Triton's  Orbit.

  Distorted  drones  start  off  the  album  and  after  awhile  grim  black  metal  screams  are  added  onto  the  recording  and  after  the  intro  hardcore  style  growls  along  with  some  technical  guitar  rififng  are  added  onto  the  recording  along  with  a  great  amount  of  math  and  progressive  rock  structures  and  the  faster  sections  of  the  songs  use  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats.

 At  times  the  riffs  get  melodic and  you  can  also  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are present  on  the  recording  and  the  solos  and  leads  remain  true  to  a  technical  style  and  the  songs  also  being  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  clean  guitars  can  also  be  heard  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording  and  as  the  album  progresses  more  post  metal  elements  are  added  into  the  music  along  with  a  couple  of  the  tracks  being  very  long  and  epic  in  length  and  there  is  also  a  brief  use  of  whispers,  spoken  word  parts.  and  experimental  elements.

  Noise  Trail  Immersion  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  black,  technical  death,  post  and  math  metal  and  mixes  them  together  to  create  something  very  original  sounding,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  philosophical  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Noise  Trail  Immersion  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  black,  death,  post,  and  math  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Border"  "Placenta"  "Hypnagogic"  and  "Birth".  8  out  of  10.

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Nangilima/Shards Of Loss/Xtreem Music/2016 EP Review

  Nangilima  are  an  international  band  that  has  been  featured  before in  zine  with  members  from  Sweden,  Bulgaria  and Spain  that h as  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  a  blackened  and  atmospheric mixture  of  doom  and  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2016  ep  "Shards  Of  Life"  which  was  released  by  Xtreem  Music.

  Acoustic  guitars  start  off  the  ep  along  with  some  keyboards  a  few  seconds  later  that also  bring  in  a  touch  of  ambient  and  they  also  mix  in  with  the  heavier  sections  of  the  music  which  is  also  very  heavily  rooted  in  doom  metal and  the  vocals  are  mostly  death  metal  growls  and  you  can  also hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  the  recording.

  When  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  are  done  in  a  very  dark  and  melodic  style  and  black  metal  screams  can  also  be  heard  at  times  while  both  of  the  tracks are  very  long  and  epic  in  length  and  the  music  brings  in  a  lot of 90's  influences  from  the  doom/death  genre  while  also  mixing  it  in  with  a  more  modern  and  atmospheric  style  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  decent  amount  of  tremolo  picking  and  blast  beats  can  be  heard  and  towards  the  end  there  is  a  brief  use  of  operatic  female  vocals.

  Nangilima  creates  another  recording  that  remains  true  to  the  keyboard  orientated  style  of  doom/death  metal  from  previous  recordings  while  also  mixing  in  a  great  amount  of  black  metal  influences,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  sorrow, melancholy,  nature  and  passion  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording from  Nangilima  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  atmospheric  and  blackened  death/doom  metal, you  should  check  out  this ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACK  "Shards  Of  Loss".  8  out  of  10.

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The Black Scorpio Underground/Necrochasm/Husk/Prison Tat Records/2016 CD Review

  The  Black  Scorpio  Underground  are  a  band  from  Los  Angeles,  California  that  plays  a  blackened  form  of  death  metal  with  some  elements  of  industrial  and  harsh  noise  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2016  album  "Necrochasm"  which  will  be  released  in  October  as  a  joint  effort  between  Husk  and Prison  Tatt  Records.

  Spoken  word  samples  and  elements  of  harsh  noise  start  off  the  album  along  with  some  heavy  guitars  and  you  can  also  hear  the  more  underground  and  dark  side  of  industrial  quite  a  bit  throughout  the  recording  and  power  electronics  are  also  used  in  all  of  the  tracks  and  there  are  also  traces  of  ambient.

  At  times  the  music  can  get  very  ritualistic  and  occult  sounding  and  grim  yet  high  pitched  black  metal  screams  can  also  be  heard  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording  and  a  couple  of t he  tracks a re  very  long  and  epic  in  length  and  you  can  also  hear  death  metal  influences  in  some  parts  of  the  songs along  with  a  few  growls  and  the  music  also  brings  in  a  great  amount  of  variety.

  The  Black  Scorpio  Underground  plays  a musical  style  that  is  mostly  rooted  in  industrial,  ambient  and  harsh  noise  while  mixing  in  elements  of  black  and  death  metal  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  the  production  sounds  very  dark  while  the  lyrics  cover  darkness  and  Occultism  themes.

  In  my  opinion  The  Black  Scorpio  Underground  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  black, death  metal,  industrial,  ambient  and  harsh  noise  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "She  Who  Cannot  be  Saved"  and  "Whore  Of  The  Black  Sun".  8  out  of  10. 

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Kingdom/Sepulchral Psalms From The Abyss Of Torment/Godz Of War Productions/2016 CD Review

  Kingdom  are  a  band  from  Poland  that  plays  a  blackened  form  of   death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2016  album  "Sepulchral  Psalms  From  The  Abyss  Of  Torment"  which  will  be  released  by  Godz  Of  War  Productions.

  War  samples  start  off  the  album  along  with  some  demonic  voices  in  the  background  before  going  into  a  heavier  musical  direction  along  with  some  death  metal  growls  and  morbid  sounding melodies  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  black  metal s creams  can  also  be  heard  in certain sections  of  the  recording.

  When  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  brutal  blast  beats  can  be  heard  and  the  solos  and  leads  bring  in  more  of  an  old  school  death  metal  style  and  the  songs  also  bring  in a   great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  the  whole  album  also  remains  very  heavy  from  beginning  to  ending  of  the  recording.

  Kingdom  creates another  recording  that  remains  true  to  the  blasphemous  style  of  death  metal  from  previous  releases  while  also  mixing  in  more  elements  of  black  metal  this  time  around,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  anti  christian,  blasphemous,  Luciferian,  Satanism,  and  dark  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Kingdom  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  blackened  death  metal,  you  should  check  out  this  album. RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Monolith  Of  Death"  "Abyss  Of  Torment"  and  "Cromlech".  8  out  of  10. 

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Warfist/Metal To The Bone/Godz Of War Productions/2016 CD Review

  Warfist  are  a  band  from  Poland  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  a  blackened  form  of  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2016  album  "Metal  To  The  Bone"  which  was  released  by  Godz  of  War  Productions.

  A  very  old  school  thrash  metal  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  black  metal  screams  and  blast  beats  a  few  seconds  later  and  the  riffs  also  bring  in a   decent  amount  of  melody  and  there  are  also  some  fist  wave  style  vocals  also  being  utilized  at  times and  the  music  is  very  heavily  rooted  in  the  80's.

  While  the  music  is  very  old  school  and  retro  the  production  makes  the  songs  sound  more  modern  and  the  solos  and  leads  also  stick  to  more  of  a  classic  thrash  metal  style  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  one  track  also  brings  in  a  brief  use  of  melodic  chanting  and  the  whole  album  also  remains  very  heavy  from  beginning  to  ending  of  the  recording

  Warfist  creates  another  recording  that  remains  very  true  to  the  blackened  thrash  metal  style  of  previous  releases,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  blasphemy,  alcohol  and  sex  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Warfist  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  blackened  thrash  metal,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Written  With  Blood"  ""Tribe  Of  Lebus"  "NecroVenom"  and  "Reclaim  The  Crown".  8  out  of  10.

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Wolf's Hunger Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording of the new album?

Regards BlackenedDeathMetalZine!
Our second full length album “Bez’te zivi vracaju se mrtvi” is released on September 9th via Symbol of Domination Productions and now we are spreading it to all medias worldwide. ‘Till now we got pretty good marks(90/100, 8/10 etc) in couple of webzines and we hope we’ll also get great feedback from the audience.

2.You have a new album coming out, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the stuff you
have released in the past?

We kept the same formula that we are using since our first demo in 2001. and that’s combination of thrash and black metal with lyrics covering historical and pagan themes. But this record is two steps forward in our music, sound is much more powerful, production is on higher level and we as musicians have improved. It took us couple of months to finish record, made cover, record video etc. and yes it was stressful, but in the end we think it was worth of it.

3.This is the first album to be released in 9 years, can you tell us a little bit more about what has been going on during that time frame?

Uff...tons of crappy things happened during these 9 years. We split up in 2007. - couple of months after we released our debut. Then we had 2 years of break, personal issues, reunion, couple of line-up changes etc. Last year we finally said to ourselves: either we’re gonna make a new record or we’ll split up. We recorded the album in autumn 2015.and made a deal with guys from Symbol of Domination for releasing it.

4.A lot of your lyrics cover Serbian Mythology and Slavic paganism, can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in these ancient religions?

Slavic mythology, culture and traditions represent our great passion, we’re very fascinated with it. A lot of beliefs and traditions which we practise today have it’s pre-Christian roots and most of the people don’t know that. Perun, Svarog, Dazhbog...those are our gods and we want to present them, our culture and tradition, just like the bands from Sweden, Greece, Finland present their culture.

5.You also have lyrics covering World War I, what are some of your interests in this war?

World War I was really important for our country and it’s consequences we feel even today. One third of Serbian population died in that war. Those soldiers that were defending our country...their bravery, their heart, struggles they have passed through… This is something really hard to describe. Those were GREAT people! Glory to the heroes! 
6.I have read that you have had negative feedback from some far left groups, what where some of the accusations they have made against the band?

Yeah it was long time ago. Those groups wanted to forbid our appearance on Exit festival(Novi Sad, Serbia) accusing us that we are nazi band. Of course those were false accusations. Wolf’s Hunger was always and always will be, band that is inspired by Serbian history and Slavic mythology. If we were born in Sweden we would sing about Odin and Thor, but we are born here in Serbia and it’s completely natural for us to sing about our history and tradition.
Anyway,  we had great support from fans and organizators and we played on that festival even more motivated. Not very comfortable situation but we got out stronger.

7.Originally the band was called 'Altair's Stone', what was the cause of the name change and also the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Wolf's Hunger'?

Honestly I can’t remember, it was long time ago. We were 15-16 year old kids back then when we started Altair’s stone. Those days our attitude was like “fuck satanism and those shits let’s write lyrics in Enslaved way but inspired with Slavic mythology”. Dusan, one of our former members gave the name of the band Wolf’s Hunger and I’m not sure where did he get that name nor what does it mean.

8.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?

Definitely the one with Infernal War, Kozeljnik and Bleeding fist at United Slavic Swords festival in Belgrade. It was our reunion gig, killer bands, lots of crazy fans and gallons of alcohol. Better part of the night I can’t even remember hahaha.
Also I would mention another great appearance in Belgrade last year(2015.) with our friends from Kolac(black metal) and Redenik(necro-crossover-thrash metal). Great friends, lots of fans and excellent atmosphere.

9.Do you have any touring or show plans for the new album?

By the end of this year probably we’ll have couple of shows in our country and we definitely have some plans for the next year to visit couple of European countries. There are some offers to play gigs in Russia, hope we’ll arrange something and play there.

10.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of black and thrash metal?

Well in this moment we are putting effort into promoting our band to worldwide media. Back in 2007.when we released our debut “Osveta u krvi(Retaliation in blood)” via Grom Records, we had pretty good reviews, positive feedback from fans abroad etc. But shortly after releasing debut we split up, had many problems, line up changes etc so all those things affected on our “position” in metal community. Title of our album “Bež’te živi vraćaju se mrtvi” translated into English means “run away alive ones, the dead ones are coming back” and in a way it’s metaphor that represents Wolf’s Hunger.

11.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

We are going step by step. First we’ll put maximum effort to promote this record and try to play abroad. If all goes well then we’ll see. There are couple of new songs, ideas etc. but we will leave them for some time until we promote this record properly. All in all, we are not planning to change our style or anything similar.

12.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

Our main musical inspiration, since our childhood till now is “holy trinity”: Darktrhone, Slayer and Aura Noir. Of course, each band member has it’s own favourite style. I’m into black/death metal. Guitarist Dovla is also into thrash/black metal, Igor(guitar) is into technical death metal while our drummer Ivan is into death core, hard core etc. But these 3 bands had biggest impact on us and our decision to start playing.

13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

Thanks a lot BlackenedDeathMetalZine for this opportunity to present Wolf’s Hunger to the readers and for keeping the flame of true metal alive.
For all people out there we encourage you to check out our brand new album “Bez’te zivi vracaju se mrtvi” which is out now on Symbol of Domination.
Slava!

Official website: http://wolfshunger.rs/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Wolfs-Hunger-62483787343/
Vkontakte: https://vk.com/wolfshunger
Email: wolfshungerserbia@gmail.com


Wolf’s Hunger are:

Caslav (vocals/bass)
Dovla (guitar)
Igor (vocals/guitar)
Ivan (drums)

Infinite Earths Interview

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?

Infinite Earths is a band that explores the far reaches of musical and lyrical ability while still being accessible. We try to engulf the listener from front to back, pulling themes and ideas from all sources to bring them along for the ride.

2.How would you describe the musical sound that is presented on both of the recordings?

Spiral From Spacetime is aggressive. Like a rocket ship taking flight, there’s a looming imminent danger. That danger is realized in Into the Void. it’s a little more transcendent like that drift as you exit the stratosphere.

3.The lyrics on the new recording are a concept album, can you tell us a little bit more about the song writing?

Writing for Into the Void was a pretty interesting endeavor. With our vocalist, Maz, living in South Florida, we have to get story structure and elements from him first so that the instrumental side compose around the story’s flow. Songs are written in a collaborative effort and then Maz will finish them up by timing vocals to the tracks.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Infinite Earths'?

Maz: It’s an homage to “Crisis on Infinite Earths”, a particular story arc in the DC universe written by Marv Wolfman. Since a number of artists and writers were taking liberties with the publication’s established characters until the time of it’s inception (mid-80’s). Alternating their origins and conflicting the continuity of storylines between different character’s story arcs. Crisis on Infinite Earths was a way to reboot the overall continuity of the DC Universe’s by redefining these conflictions as the result of a multi-verse. Each of the publisher’s characters having alternate versions of themselves, the primary continuity being referred to as Earth-1. This gave artists and writers the ability to truly engage these age old characters by reimagining them and making them their own.
Our band, in a way, is our version of taking the repetitions of concept albums and giving them a new dimension with comic books. Breaking the continuity of how these things are presented traditionally and build upon an ever expanding multiverse to house my narrative and characters, as well as the technical compositions of my fellow musicians.

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?

We’ve played a ton of great shows. Opening up for Rosetta was a blast. Our tour with Mindscar back in 2014 was a sweaty, fantastic mess. One major standout show was playing with East Of The Wall at Orlando’s hole in the wall home for wayward show goers… Uncle Lou's. That band sounded so tight and crisp in such a small place. They had a guest guitarist on tour named Rebecca Scammon, who could battle norse gods with that ax. I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure she was on that tour because she cleaned house at a guitar contest in front of a live audience.

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?

We are setting up plans for a small Florida run near the end of 2016, along with plans for a tour up the East Coast in early 2017. Otherwise, we have one-off shows around Florida on a regular basis.

7.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?

We’ve discussed the idea of working with a label and are more or less interested in some of the mutual arrangements out there, and who would be interested in working with us. It’s not a thing for us, only because it has yet to come up as a thing. There was a time that DIY is the only way we know how to be, and there’s still a bit of friction around that notion. Cross that bridge when we get there, in the meantime it’s just making music and art.

8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of progressive and extreme metal?

Overall, really well! People really dig the music conceptually, and sonically. We discovered on one tour that older fans of metal don’t necessarily get us, but even I get that. It’s a sort of Cynic syndrome, where you’re too “gay” for metal until people realize why you’re not so metal, in these particular ways. Then accept them for what they are because you’re passionate and believe in the art you make… and it’s still, at the end of the day, very metal.

9.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

We have some extremely interesting concepts we are working on in preparation for our full length album. Having so many musically talented members in the band allows us to push some boundaries and use extended techniques that not many bands want to try.
We want to try working with different media and create new concept albums around multimedia. Experimenting with different mediums to convey our narratives. Though they’re intended to forever and always be comic books, I don’t think we’re limited to that. We’re going to build these stories on the foundation of our music, and use different vehicles to drive those stories, and themes home.

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

The band all has a common core of bands that we generally enjoy and have influence on our sound, such as The Faceless, Between the Buried and Me, Dream Theater, etc. A lot of the members love Rush, Yes, and other 70’s prog. Our guitarist Mason is huge on Dillinger Escape Plan. Maz, our vocalist also enjoys hip hop artists like MF Doom and Edan. It’s a pretty eclectic mash of music overall.

11.What are some of your non musical interests?

Theater, video games, golf, art, visual effects and multimedia, running small businesses, woodworking, cooking, and teaching are a few of our interests outside of Music.

12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

Maz: I hope this interview was insightful to anyone who took the time to read it in our day and age of fast information and fast lifestyles. I hope this band inspires others to pursue their passions responsibly and put the time in to become the person they want to be. Doing whatever it is they want to do. I can’t wait to unleash the wild world I’ve been living in since I first discovered daydreaming, and what dreams this band helps build with their brilliant musical composition. Without my band my word would not carry sound.

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