I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing the first two albums from Bolt Thro.. I mean Frozen Soul, and I have enjoyed all their material, dating back to their Maggot Stomp days. I truly hope they give credit to Scott, since he helped them initially. By album number three, you want to see the band continue […]
NY/NJ death metal act Reeking Aura is back with their second album, On the Promise of the Moon. I really enjoyed their interesting, ambient, and brutal debut album Blood and Bonemeal, from 2022. I thought it was an improvement over their debut 2020 EP, Beneath the Canopy of Compost. Guitarists Terrell Grannum, Rick Habeeb, and vocalist […]
Inferi has had quite a nice little stint over its 20 years of existence. Our Editor-in-Chief, Erik “The Brave” reviewed the band’s last album, their sixth, Vile Genesis, and really enjoyed it. That album was incredible. One of the things I’ve always enjoyed about the band, and while it may seem odd, is the band […]
Mike and Horror Pain Gore Death Productions are at it again, causing trouble with the fourth album from Spain’s Caustic, and in my opinion, their best album. It’s been a while since their last album, Hate Generation, from 2015. That album upped the game in sheer intensity from the band. They have now one-upped that […]
France’s Towering has been around since 2016, and after a few demos released their debut album, Obscuring Manifestation, in 2019, on Dolorem Records. Tom J. Silver -Guitars (lead), Vocals, Christnach – Guitars (rhythm), Morte – Drums all return for album #2, The Oblation of Man. The band welcomes a new bassist, Arboria. The debut was […]
Here we are, nine years since Germany’s Anasarca’s last album, their fourth one, Survival Mode, was released. I have been in touch with vocalist/guitarist Michael Dormann for quite a number of years, and a few years ago, he sent me their Goddess of the Somber Shade – Promo 2024. They were shopping this three-song promo […]
So UK’s Venom have been around for a minute, eh?? If we are to look at the first three extreme bands using extreme lyrics, where devils, killing, and all things evil were first written about, the top three bands are: Black Sabbath, The Misfits, and Venom. I mean, with over 15 albums to their name, […]
Ohhhhh I thought I smelled something vile and putrid just now… Sniff…Sniff. Nope, not me, I took a shower today with my watering hose…Not my shoes….hmmmmm Oh it’s the new Cryptworm album – Infectious Pathological Waste. That’s what I smell….. These UK filthy death metal merchants released two prior albums and some EPs. Really quality […]
If you had told me in 1995 that down the road I would be reviewing the 19th album, Next to Die, from Six Feet Under, I would have said No Way!! I was very fortunate to have toured with them when I was in Internal Bleeding, with our first album Voracious Contempt, and Immolation was […]
Comatose Music keeps finding us more brutal slam death metal bands. This time it’s Engorgement, out of the UK, with their second album, They Rot Beneath Our Floor. It’s been a minute since the release of their debut, from 2012, Excruciating Intestinal Lacerations. That is a damn fine display of brutal slam death metal. Ricky […]
With only their second album under their belt now, Beyond the Reach of Enchantment, Iceland’s Power Paladin show the metal world why they are climbing the rungs of the power metal ladder. I reviewed their 2022 debut, With the Magic of Windfyre Steel, and was pretty blown away. I need my power metal fast and […]
Indonesia is dumping out some brutal bands left and right. For me, the leaders in this scene are Decaying Humanity. I reviewed their monstrous debut album last year, and now here is the debut album from Multiwomb. Much of the time, the Indonesian death metal albums are super short, and this follows the format, with […]
Believe it or not, still now and again, a debut album surprises me in a really good way. I’ve heard every style within every genre for decades, folks. Back in 2019, my longtime friend Matt Bishop was on one of my favorite debut brutal death metal albums, in a long time, Excruciating Extermination, from Horrific […]
Gore Machine, from Philadelphia, returns with album number two – Congealed and Foaming. The debut from two years ago, Macerated & Liquified, was a pretty good brutal death metal album. Just like that one, this is a one-man show with Druesome doing it all. The first album cover was fun and gruesome, however this album […]
I reviewed Immolation’s eleventh album Acts of God, four years ago and here we are with album #12, Descent. This album is a little more streamlined, and this lineup has been intact for a decade so they are firing on all cylinders with Ross Dolan on bass/vox, Rob Vigna and Alex Bouks on guitar and […]
Well, honk my hooter, this debut album from brand new tech/dm band Delirious Compulsion knocked my slippers right off my pathetic feet. The band is made up of individuals from the United Kingdom / United States / Czechia / Switzerland. My brother Dakota Rivera provides the putrid vocals, and I was blown away to see […]
Triumpher is a pretty killer power metal band, hailing from Greece. With album and lyrical themes surrounding Greek mythology and fantasy, you know the music had better back it up. Their 2023 debut Storming the Walls was a scorcher, only to best it a year later with Spirit Invictus. Now album #3 drops – Piercing […]
So quite a bunch of things have been swirling around the Exodus camp over the last few years. First and foremost, Goliath is the long-time thrashers’ 13th album and first for new label Napalm Records. I am a huge Exodus fan and have reviewed their last several albums and have seen them live a bunch […]
When seeing the band name Axe Dragger…I wonder why they did not choose the name Axe Dagger??? Anyway, you must scream in your highest power metal voice.. AXE DRAGGGGGEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!! From their bio: American heavy metal supergroup Axe Dragger (featuring current and former members of Fu Manchu, Pantera, Dark Funeral, and Pentagram) team up with Metal […]
Norway’s Bizarrekult are back with their third album, Alt som finnes, with the band remaining intact with Adv on drums, Bizarre on guitars, bass, vox, D on vocals, and Ignat Pomazkov on guitars. I reviewed their sophomore effort in 2023, Den tapte krigen, and I really enjoyed their approach to black metal as well as […]
Long-running Floridian death metalers Monstrosity return with their seventh full-length album, Screams from Beneath the Surface. It’s been eight long years since they released their last album, The Passage of Existence, which was an amazing album, and I loved the artwork as well. The band has made some odd choices in album covers, such as […]
International brutal tech blackened/deathcore/death metal band Phasma, returns with their 3rd album – Purgatory. With six songs, the band goes the simple route. They name each tune with a Roman numeral. The first song starts with some growls, beatdown deathcore, then right into a terrific blast beat. The above explanation of the various genres the […]
California’s long-running death grind outfit Exhumed returns with Red Asphalt, their ninth full-length album of original songs. I left out some of their covers/retrospective albums. The band has remained intact since 2018, and with Matt Harvey (vox/guitars), leading the charge, his band of goremongers- Ross Sewage (vox/bass), Mike Hamilton (drums), and Sebastian Phillips (guitars) return […]
Giorgio’s Everlasting Spew Records has a bunch of quality death metal acts on its roster. A few years ago, Brazil’s Fossilization came into fruition and since then have released an EP, in 2021, He Whose Name Was Long Forgotten, and their debut album, in 2023, Leprous Daylight. There have been some line-up shifts since the […]
Void Monuments hail from Russia, and after a brief hiatus, a few years back, reformed in 2024 and released the Temples of Pestilence demo. Armed with their debut album, Posthumous Imprecation, they are ready to take things to the next level. The band is listed as a blackened death metal band, but honestly, I don’t […]