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A new review section: Buried by Time And Dust

We added a new review section, coincidentally another Mayhem reference following 'The Past is Alive', with the title 'Buried by Time and Dust'. Over the years, a lot of promos have been gathering dust simply because a fresh wave of promos arrived the following month and they were consigned to oblivion. We will review them here to make a clear distinction with our other reviews. We will also use it to complete a discography in terms of reviews. Feel free to contact us if you would like to submit your music or would like to join the staff.

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Old School Death Metal from Norway? Gimme Gimme Gimme! This 3 track demo starts off with a familiar intro as it has the starting part of Obituary’s “Internal Bleeding” all over it. After a while the instrumental “Left Hand Path”-melody kicks in. Old School you say? Hell yeah! When the real music begins it really has a demo of the 1990s feeling. The bass almost snores and drowns a bit in the sound, the grunt is totally 1990s, sound changes a bit during the songs and the pounding drums…well, they are being pound like hell! A link with Repugnant isn’t that crazy, if you ask me. At the end of the second track “Reach From Beyond the Grave” there is again a little wink towards the instrumental part of Entombed’s “Left Hand Path” and Bloodbath’s “Furnace Funeral”. Don’t get me wrong, I love it! Are we dealing with the newcomers of the year? I don’t think so, but we are dealing with a band who knows how to play some putrid Old School Death Metal and creating 2 good songs. Absolutely an enjoyable demo! (Ricardo)