name: IMMORTAL
from: Norway
genre: Black Metal
label: Nuclear Blast Records
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/immortalofficial
band website: www.immortalofficial.com
band members:
ABBATH - Vocals/Guitar
HORGH - Drums
APOLLYON - Bass
Well we're still waiting for the Bergen boys to release their long awaited opus of indignity. Is the title "The Battle Rages On"? We were expecting it in 2008 but hey you know how genius works. Whatever happens Abbath and company promise extensive touring for 2009 & 2010. Please do because if I see another 16 year old kid at a show wearing an IMMORTAL shirt he bought at Hot Topic, I might have to hurt some people. My friend James At 15, singer for the band KNOWLEDGE IS FOR FOOLS, told me that goth people are now getting into IMMORTAL. Beautiful just fucking beautiful maybe the band should hold out for the hipster crowd also. Our expectations for this new IMMORTAL release are ??? Will the last Black Metal fan of IMMORTAL please turn off the fuckin light when you leave? It'll probably be us.
name: WOLFCHANT
from: Germany
genre: Black/Folk Metal
label: CCP RECORDS/SPV DISTRIBUTION
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/wolfchant
band website: http://www.wolfchant-metal.com
band members:
Lokhi - vocals, mouth harp
Derrmorh - acoustic guitars, rhythm guitars
Skaahl - acoustic guitars, lead guitars
Norgahd - drums, vocals, recorder, accordion
Bahznar - bass
So who doesn't like Epic Pagan Metal from Bavaria whose band name reminds you of this zine's editor? Yeah I'll admit it a little self indulgence on my part. But ever since we first heard WOLFCHANT in 2008. We've been waiting for info on a new release and hopefully a tour in the US. Their 2007 release A Pagan Storm was an incredible piece of Pagan Folk Metal. We expect the same when WOLFCHANT releases their next one DETERMINED DAMNATION scheduled for spring 2009. Too bad they won't be on this year's Pagan Fest tour. They would've been a perfect addition.
name: HAMMER
from: Italy
genre: Metal/NWOBM
label: unsigned
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/hammerband
band website: http://www.hammerband.net
band members:
Ricchard - Bass Guitar, Harmonica & Vocals
Christian - Guitars
Arlek - Drums
Near the end of December this band's 2007 self released CD, No Way Out, arrived in our mailbox. After one listen by me (Wolf) I kept the CD in my leather jacket and carried it wherever I went from December 24th to January 1st. I'm talking about going to parties, shows, driving around doing errands, etc. And every chance I got to place it into someone's CD player, I did so. I turned it onto two NWOBM uber-fans James At 15 & Dracutard both of the band KNOWLEDGE IS FOR FOOLS. Those two guys went apeshit when they heard it. HAMMER are Heavy Fuckin Metal as if they stepped into a time machine back in 1980 and out they came 21 years later. This is Drinking Metal, Partyin Metal, Fighting Metal and of course Fucking Metal. Let me tell you something, if a average copycat band like AIRBOURNE can make a decent sounding record and tour in support for it. A band like HAMMER can surpass that mark by miles. We're looking forward to it.
name: GERNOTSHAGEN
from: Germany
genre: Black/Pagan/Folk Metal
label: Trollzorn/SMP Records
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/gernotshagen
band website: http://www.gernotshagen.de
band members:
S. Jung - keyboards
T. Volker - drums
Damien - bass
Askan - vocals
Diabolus - lead & acoustic guitars
Daimonicon - rhythm guitar
"The place once lying in the Thicket thuringian of the forest, in the shadow of the castle wall-tower, is definite lost. He just lives in our thoughts, in our hearts and in our blood! He just lives in our thoughts, in our hearts and in our blood! We tell stories about the days where glory, freedom and grief were dominating. We tell stories about the glory days where, freedom and grief were Dominating. The days of Gernotshagen." The days of Gernotshagen are as of this writing being spent on the Light A Pagan Fire Festival tour in Europe. Their sound is part reminiscent of other greats in this genre of Black/Pagan Folk Metal but another part is totally original. We here at SFMZ hope that after touring the band will start working on their follow-up to 2007's Märe aus wäldernen Hallen release. Although a mighty feat to try we feel a worthy challenge to this band is all they want.
name: Detrimentum
from: United Kingdom
genre: Death Metal
label: unsigned
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/detrimentum
band website: http://www.detrimentum.co.uk
band members:
Jonathan Butlin: Guitars
Paul Wilkinson: Guitars
Luke Robinson: Vocals
Phil Williams: Bass
Steve Powell: Drums
Who says there's no great Death Metal coming out of the UK? Ah no Grindcore doesn't count. Well we here at SFMZ learned about Detrimentum last fall and decided to keep an eye on em. We were hoping that some decent label would have signed em up by now, their second release would be in stores and they would be part of some Death Metal package tour. So far nothing like that has happened as of yet. The key word there people is "yet". You see Detrimentum specialize in old school Death Metal with touches of Black and Doom Metal. If you remember our Death Metal faves list for 2008 then you saw that we marinade dead burnt bodies in that kind of stuff. So yeah along with SFMZ we expect all of you to check out Detrimentum. Hopefully by the end of 2009 we'll be choosing their release as one the the favorites of the year.
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