Tag death metal

Concert Kataklysm, Karnak, Dead Shape Figure si Pestifer – Bucuresti, Club Silver Church, 24 mai 2011

Am invatat din propria experienta ca in viata nu e bine sa ai asteptari foarte mari de la lucruri. Nu incurajez pesimismul, insa m-am trezit de nenumarate ori cu buza umflata in urma unor evenimente care s-au dovedit sub ceea ce imi inchipuiam eu ca trebuie sa se intample de fapt, astfel ca, in ciuda faptului ca trupa Kataklysm se afla printre preferatele mele (dintotdeauna) in materie de death metal, am pornit oarecum rezervat la acest eveniment.

Concert Dark Tranquillity – Bucuresti, Club Silver Church, 19 mai 2011

Multa lume afirma ca Dark Tranquillity ar fi cam ultimii purtatori ai stindardului death metal-ului tip Gothenburg. La fel de multe persoane considera ca muzica trupei suedeze nu prea mai are mare legatura cu stilul metalic amintit mai sus. Pana si membrii formatiei au afirmat in interviuri ca s-au cam saturat de aceasta eticheta si ca nu se mai considera, de multa vreme, altceva decat o trupa de metal. Fair enough!

Pestilence – Doctrine (2011) – Mascot Records – English version

Pestilence was never a band easy to listen to, that is clear.
After a thrash/death debut, more or less similar to the metal trend of the epoch (with the albums Malleus Malleficarum and Consuming Impulse), in 1991 (by the Testimony of the Ancients) and especially in 1993 (by the ultra-experimental Spheres), the band has chosen the path of a totally atypical death metal, very technical and complex, a decision that provoked both the breaking of the contract with the record label and the splitting of the band’s fan base.

Interview with Sotiris Anunnaki Vayenas (Septicflesh)

La Baza Gatului: Hello and welcome. When did you realize that music was going to be your “path”?
Sotiris Anunnaki V: When I was 8 years old I started taking lessons on violin, so I was introduced to the magic world of music at a very early age. But I have to admit that initially I wanted to become an astronaut…

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