ザ☆メンテナンス / The Maintenance - 工事中 / Under Construction - Japanese speed metal straight in your face - 75% (14/07/14)

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Since the famous Japanese power/speed metal band Sex Machineguns is on hold since the departure of drummer Ken’ichi, the two remaining members Achang and Shingo decided to go on hold and form a new band called Maintenance (which is the most accurate translation...

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ดอนผีบิน / Donpheebin - โลกมืด / Dark World (1993) - A milestone debut record for the Asian metal scene - 95% (28/05/14)

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Metal bands from Thailand are very hard to find and not very known to people outside of that country. While Japan always had a very popular metal culture since the early eighties and countries like Bangladesh, China or Taiwan developed constantly growing...

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Masquerader - Masquerader (2011) - Old school thrash metal attitude from Taiwan - 75% (28/05/14)

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On their debut record, Taiwanese thrash metal outfit Masquerader plays a rather technical and pitiless style that reminds of bands like Slayer, Venom or even Voivod in the best moments. The somewhat brutal style including discordant guitar sounds is rather...

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ดอนผีบิน / Donpheebin - สองฟากฝั่ง / Collision (1997) - Collision of extreme metal and ethereal folk sound - 87% (28/05/14)

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Thailand’s most important thrash metal band Donpheebin finally found its very own style on their third output “อุบาทว์ – อุบัติ” or “Disastrous Device Occurrence”. After a live record called “Return To The Nature”, the band came back with its fourth studio...

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Masquerader - Singular Point (2013) - Thrashing around and showing the finger - 80% (28/05/14)

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The second EP of the Taiwanese Thrash Metal outfit Masquerader sounds much more traditional than the band’s first strike that had some rather harsh death metal vocals. This new release features more traditional vocals and a few energizing background screams...

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HexFire - Demos 2013 (2013) - Following the path of Chinese thrash metal legends - 60% (27/05/14)

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HexFire is a young thrash metal band with several black and especially death metal vocal influences. The band hails from Canton or Guangzhou in the Guangdong province of the People’s Republic of China. The five young men were inspired by a weapon in the...

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ดอนผีบิน / Donpheebin - สัญญาณเยือน / The Visit (1998) - Soundtrack of a constantly evolving horror movie - 92% (27/05/14)

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After the balanced fourth album “สองฟากฝั่ง” or “Collision”, Thailand’s thrash metal pioneers Donpheebin from Chiang Mei returned with a fifth album less than one year later. Popular bands of the genre should take this band as an example as the three...

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크래쉬 / Crash - The Paragon of Animals (2010) - Freshly revamped Korean thrash metal - 70% (27/05/14)

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Metal bands from South Korea aren’t very popular in the Western world but this culturally addicting country offers a few bands that should get some international praise from traditional heavy metal acts like Asiana, Baekdoosan or Sinawe to exotic contemporary...

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ดอนผีบิน / Donpheebin - ปรากฎการณ์ ปรากฎกาย / Phenomenon Appeared (2000) - In peace with the nature and the universe - 81% (27/05/14)

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“ปรากฎการณ์ ปรากฎกาย” or “Phenomenon Appeared” is the sixth and until now final record of Thailand’s metal pioneers Donpheebin. This record released in 2000 somehow closes the circle that once started with “โลกมืด” or “Dark World” seven years earlier....

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ดอนผีบิน / Donpheebin - เส้นทางสายมรณะ / Way of Death - A destructive change of style - 62% (1994)

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Only 11 months after its first record that varied between emotional and nature inspired ballads, melodic and technically appealing heavy metal songs and a couple of energizing thrash metal tracks, the trio ดอนผีบิน or Donpheebin from Chiang Mai in Thailand...

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