HEDON CRIES „Hate Into Grief”
Hedon Cries is a new band from Greece and “Hate Into Grief” is their debut album. The album contains 8 songs of death metal from witch other reminds of Dark Tranquility and others of My Dying Bride and Saturnus.
HEFEYSTOS „Psycho Cafe”
I have never heard this Polish band before and I have to admit that I don’t regret it that much. First of all I have to say that the vocals are awful.
INFECTION CODE „Life Continuity Point”
This is strange stuff made by some crazy Italians that started spreading the disease back in 1999! They have had a great deal of success in Italy and in magazines and were even on some compilation with bands such as: Biohazard and Spineshank… not bad! I really enjoyed this chaotic disarray.
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IRON MONKEY „s/t”
To begin with the music: heavy doomy with that metal edge on the guitars. Not really stoner-rock but 70-influenced in the same vein as the bands mentioned earlier on.
GODDAMNED, THE „s/t – Demo”
It's not stoner in the same way as Kyuss but these Swedish guys kick out quite a jam. The music is 70s influenced but there is a little touch of metal and hardcore in their sound, guess it's the Cathedral-sounding production.
GODHEAD „Evolver”
This CD really took me by surprise. I've heard a couple of tracks from their first album “2000 Years of Human Error” (released in 2001) and I really hated their Marilyn Manson-like boring electro-rock.
FADING COLOURS „The Beginning 89-93”
“Well, everything started in 1986 in Boleslawiec, Poland (near Jelenia Gora). Brothers Leszek and Krzysztof Rakowski, together with Piotr Jerominow and Pawel Nowak, created the band “Bruno The Questionable.” The name was taken from the movie “Jabberwocky” by Monty Python.
FADING COLOURS „Black Horse”
This 12 track album is nothing over the top and after a couple of songs it gets really tiring. It's goth rock but I've heard it all before and I have to say that Sisters of Mercy do it way better! To be honest this album has got some good qualities but the over-all impression is poor.
FADING COLOURS „Time”
This is an album (?) full of remixes three songs: “Time”, “Spring” and “Lie”.To be honest it is quite enjoyable but a little too much. The band seems a little schizophrenic not settling for one different version of each track.
FALLEN WISDOM „Pleasure Turns To Pain”
This is a true underground release. These four Puerto Rican guys (Steph, the guitarist, is a chick!) deliver ten songs, one of which is recorded in two versions (one in Spanish).