================================= http://www.geocities.com/behind_the_veil2001/ SUPPORT THE UNDERGROUND Compilation (xxxxxxxxxxx[censored]) Support The Underground is the title of this compilation and I think it's a great advice on behalf of xxxxxxxxxxxxxx[censored]. These last few years that I am thoroughly searching for good bands, I find most of them in the underground. This is a gold mine believe me! So, let's just step by step start presenting each band participating in this compilation... 1.FALLEN EMPIRE "Storm Of Annihilation": the opening track of this compilation is a black metal storm. Up tempo and extremely hateful song! Interesting, but the production could have been better. Taken from the "Through The Blackened Gates Of Immortal Hell" CD. 2.NORDAFROST "Nocturnal Cult": A black metal holocaust with some death metal edges. One of my favorite in this compilation with an extremely good production!! Taken from the "Dominus Frigoris" CD. 3.CORONA BOR "Batida De Coco": This is an interesting, fast and rhythmical punk rock song with a good vibe and some heavy metal touches! The production is poor. Taken from the "Like The Giant Hits The Dwarf" CD. 4.LEYENDA "Llegare Al Final": Leyenda come from Spain and as most Spanish metal bands they pay their homage to the masters of heavy metal, IRON MAIDEN. A very interesting and catchy song with a very good production. If you are not annoyed from the Spanish language (I am not!), check them out. they are in the vein of MAGO DE OZ and TIERRA SANTA. Taken from the "Leyenda" CD. 5.FALL OF EMPYREAN "The Catatonic": Slow, catatonic old fashioned doom death metal, that is creeping slowly like death itself, corrupting everything standing in its way. Beautiful with a melancholy and catatonia filled with rage and anger. Taken from the "Anhedonia" CD. 6.ASTRAL DEMISE "My Horizon": Majestic black metal with keyboards having an important role and a vocalist that shows his disgust and hatred by slowly spitting the lyrics word by word. The production is extremely poor for this kind of music. Taken from the "Heart To the Cosmos" CD. 7.ENTIRETY "Spuerco": Italian extremely fast and satanic black metal in the veins of MARDUK and NAGLFAR. Good production! Check it out! Taken from the "From...To Fuck" CD. 8.NOCTAMBULANT GRIMNESS "I Hope That Tears Will Bind": Great mid tempo brutal death metal with some very catchy riffs and classic heavy metal solos coming from The Netherlands. The production is very bad and poor and doesn't allow the songs to elevate. If they pay some more attention on this field they will astonish us! Taken from the band's demo CD. 9.KINETIC "The Realms Of Nightmare": Kinetic is one of the best bands in this compilation. Incredible, fast Americal technical death metal, reminding me of DEATH. Catchy riffs and great rhythm section! My congratulations to the band's drummer! Taken from the "Kinetic" CD. 10.VESPERS DESCENT "Plains Of Azure Light": Great death/black metal with catchy riffs, great solos and some very interesting melodies and a really dark atmosphere. Hail! Taken from the "Three Faces Of Eve" CD. 11.SOULLESS HEART "Soulless Heart": This is an interesting retro thrash/black metal band from Germany with classic heavy metal solos and an 80s attitude that brings to mind VENOM, RUNNING WILD and ROTTING CHRIST. Very interesting and with a good production! Taken from the band's split CD. 12.ELENIUM "Up The Long Ladder": Brutal and yet catchy death metal with keyboards playing an important role in the composition, enriching the songs depth and atmosphere. Plus, the production is very good! Great, great, great! Taken from the "For Giving - For Getting" CD. 13.DEATHFROST "Killed In Action": I don't have any info on this band, so the only thing I can tell you about them is that they play suffocating and imposing doom death metal. However, the production is poor and the use of a drum machine don't help them that much. They have potential for sure though! 14.SADOK "La Miranda De Co Incierto": Brutal death/thrash metal with groove and volume is what Sadok offer us and they are really good at it! Another interesting thing is that the lyrics are sang in the band's mother tongue. I hope this doesn't bother you. The production could have been better... Taken from the band's split CD. 15.BELYERATH "Revenge": Fast death metal with brutal and female vocals co-existing and keyboards having an important role. The production is good and the composition is interesting, but I think that the female vocals don't match completely with the rest of the song. Taken from the "The Eternal Fight" CD. 16.ANGELUS APARTIDA "Supremacy In Chaos": Excellent song! One of the best in this compilation! This Spanish band delivers a catchy and beautiful heavy/speed attack bringing to mind bands like MEGADETH, ANNIHILATOR and IRON MAIDEN. You have to listen to them! Taken from the "Unknown Human Being" promo CD. 17.DEATH FROST "Idle Brain": This is the second song that Death Frost present to us in this compilation, moving on the same genre and standards with the previous one. So, I won't say more. Just read above... 18.HINTHRUNA "And The Black River Flows": A great black/death metal song from an Italian band. I liked it very much and I enjoyed not only the singer's brutal vocals, but the clean ones too. A better production is a must! Taken from the "Black Woods Of Oblivion" CD. 19.ONE STEP BEYOND "Cryopsy": This Australian band delivers an excellent song of American mid tempo brutal death metal in the veins of bands like CANNIBAL CORPSE and SIX FEET UNDER. The song structures and compositions are extremely interesting and fresh. Taken from the "Life Imitates Art" CD. EMAIL: underground@freemail.lt Christine Parastatidou =================================