Misery - A Necessary Evil

Here we have the 93 debut of this vastly underrated Austrian death metal band. Sure they may have gotten a bit of a late start (not putting out demos until 92) and they havent been the most prolific band, aaaaaaand i havent heard their most recent output, but this is a damn fine album that any death metal fan should hear. Excellent brutal mid paced with lots of groove, solid musicianship and songwriting thats up to par with the greats.

excellent misery

Summoning - Lost Tales

We all know Summoning by now and im sure our opinions are divided as well. Me? I love em, so whatever. Heres an EP by them thats been kinda overlooked in my book, probably because it has no vocals (minus the samples), absolutely no metal elements, and has only two tracks clocking in at under twenty minutes. Its a totally nerdy but pretty cool listen, so get on it.


 YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!

Trifixion - The First and the Last Commandment

Ok, not a great or monumental release by any means. Probably not even a good release. There are other releases that would make more sense that feature Trifixion drummer/vocalist Trifixion of the Horned God. After all, he has appeared in better Austrian black metal acts such as Summoning, Pazuzu and Pervertum. So why did I choose to post this you ask? Your morbid curiosity would be my answer. This particular release is a bit strange and I believe every fan of the black metal genre has to lend their ears to this disk just once. Once is probably enough. Mainly due to the vocals, which sound like an evil character from those 80's Tom and Jerry cartoons. This is the only full-length release from Trifixion, which makes sense given the album title. Then again, it could just be ironic.

trifixion