A curse is a thoughtform, a combination of a thought and a strong evil feeling. If someone binds you to it, it’s hard to escape. So is Malediction, the underrated for me band from Europe who although they didn’t manage to release a full length album like their compatriots MONOLITH, they had a richer presence and they come back frequently as in 2016 with the compilation “Chronology of Distortion” and now with the new single Black Narcissus.
Serpents Rise move in a sacriligeous way since 2007 away from the limelight and have just released their fifth album. The multi-talented American «Tiramola» Derek Roddy unfolds every aspect of his musical genius within 32 minutes of supreme technical Death Metal.
The truth is that what everyone hears is purely subjective. Perception is how one will distinguish one musical genre from another. It is an attempt to balance on a tightrope but where the tightrope walker turns is up to him…
Desert Wastelands is a hard working new underground label that although far from the main scenes of the American production Florida, New York etc has managed with quiet work to build something remarkable gaining ground and trust of the fans of classic death metal. Here we have a split in which two bands one from Australia and one from Italy unfold talent and character.