Maggot Stomp, with yet another home run of a band in Corpse Pile. If you’re into bands like Creeping Death, Deadly Remains, Sanguisugabogg you are in for a real treat. Corpse Pile combines heavy hardcore beat down moments, but make no mistake, this is death metal through and through. In the Beginning… is their new […]

France’ Horror Within released a damn good EP in 2022, Awaiting Extinction, and now equipped with a brand new label, Soul Awakening, their debut album is unleashed. The band also welcomes in new vocalist Loris Padovani. The EP had some technical death metal moments as well as deathcore nods. Soul Awakening is a different beast […]

What can be said about Switzerland’s Coroner at this point, right?! A few things to point out before getting into Dissonance Theory, their 6th album. Their last album, the disjointed Grin, released in 1993, polarized fans, and this new one, quite honestly, is the comeback album Dark Angel should have written. That is how great […]

New Jersey’s Condition Critical have been rather quiet since their second album, Extermination Plan in 2016. They had followed their 2013 debut, Operational Hazard, with that killer album. Brazil’s Marquee Records did remaster reissues of both albums, which I reviewed here. The band is made up of Mike Dreher on bass/vocals (backing), Ryan Donato on drums, […]

  I have reviewed all of Sanguisugabogg’s prior releases, so it would make sense that I reviewed their latest album, Hideous Aftermath. I predicted years ago the band was going to blow the F up, and that is precisely what has happened – I am Nostradamus. With their incessant worldwide touring, huge social media presence […]

Italy’s brutal death metal act, Demiurgon, has returned with their third long player, Miasmatic Deathless Chamber. Fans of the Italian brutal death metal scene, who are fans of Septycal Gorge (RIP), Putridity, Hideous Divinity, Devangelic, etc., must check this out. Some of these bands lean on the side of tech-death metal, and not to say […]

Unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard of Oklahoma’s PeelingFlesh. With many bands incorporating the illegible band logo technique, PeelingFlesh, believe it or not, has one of the more legible ones, and you can actually make out the letters. I have reviewed their last several releases, and hot on the heels […]

NY Hardcore legends Biohazard have returned with their 10th studio album, Divided We Fall, with the original band back together, once again like their last album, in 2012 – Reborn in Defiance. Evan had left right after, but returned in 2014. So Billy Graziadei – vocals/guitar, Bobby Hambel – lead guitar, Danny Schuler – drums, […]

My friend, Brian Ferrell, runs the record label, Ossuary Industries, outta Texas. If you are unfamiliar with the types of death metal bands he has, I would compare his label to Sevared Records and Comatose Music. So what does that mean?? Well, it’s the ultra-brutal sort of death metal that has one goal in mind. […]

Canada’s brutal knuckle-dragging slam death metal band NecroticGoreBeast returns with this 5-song ep, titled Brute. With three full lengths already under their belt, alongside their debut demo and split ep, the new ep should tide us all over until their next album. This year has been quite the year for ultra-brutal slam death metal with […]

Shadows is an up-and-coming German blackened death thrash metal band, and outside of a demo from 2022, Miseria is their first official release. 9 songs in 48 minutes with a classically named song in the occult realm – “As Above so Below”. No fancy intro, just a robust organic production. There are some nods to […]

Barbarous is a new death metal band out of California. They released a two-song EP last year, Coup de Grâce, as a precursor to their debut album, and both those songs reappear on this album – Initium Mors. Eight songs in 29 minutes and all encapsulated in a fun album cover equipped with a neat […]

Thorn – the one man wrecking machine of doom/death metal returns with the fourth album Nebulous Womb of Eternity. I have enjoyed all the prior releases, although at times, the production can get a tad muddy. “Ooze Maelstrom” starts this seven-song 37 37-minute onslaught with a blast beat. I was not expecting the opening to […]

Imperial Crystalline Entombment hail from Waldorf, MD, and is the brainchild of Ron Vento from Aurora Borealis, who also owns NightSky Productions and is a well-known name in extreme metal for his recording and production qualities. Abominable Astral Summoning is the newest and third creation for I.C.E. Ron provides all the instrumentation, while Mike Hrubovcak, […]

I was a huge fan of brutal TXDM band Kill Everything’s 2018 debut album Scorched Earth.  There were a few split releases since, but it’s not until the lovely titled Headless Cum Dumpster that we finally get the second album. Brian Wynn – Guitars and Shane Newbrough – Drums remain intact as the sole remaining members […]

I’ve been a fan of Angerot for the last several years, reviewing them here and enjoying their version of Swedish inspired death metal. I really enjoy it when bands think outside of the box. Angerot’s longtime drummer Matt Johnson, departs, but the band has new songs to record and to keep their label happy. So […]

I cannot believe it’s been 23 years since Relapse released the discography of Ohio’s brutal goregrind band – Hemdale. As it is called once again here, Rad Jackson took all the complete works of the band and released a beautiful reissue. Christ, I remember playing a show with these fellas, and there are a bunch […]

I reviewed France’s Creeping Fear Hategod Triumph, their second album, several years ago and commented on what a damn fine slab piece of Morbid Angel/Immolation and some Hate Eternal-inspired death metal it was. Realm of the Impaled is the third album, and yes, the band is still going with the goofy-looking Baphomet to adorn their cover […]

I reviewed Minnesota’s doom death band Red Vinter’s demo We Built Our Own Death Machine, on here and one of the band members, is originally from the DC/MD metro area, Mike Bullock (vox/bass). He was in local bands Indestroy, Ironchrist, and Scab, from that area. Earlier this year, they released their first official release – […]

  Italian brutal death metallers Putridity returns with their fourth album, Morbid Ataraxia, their first in ten years, though they did release a nice stopgap EP Greedy Gory Gluttony, in 2023. The band has remained intact for the last several years and as with their other releases, Putridity goes straight for the jugular, not really […]

Sweden’s Puteraeon are back with their fifth full-length album, Mountains of Madness. Their running themes across their albums are of Lovecraftian lore, and this album delves into one of, if not my favorite, of all of Lovecraft’s tales – At the Mountains of Madness. Many bands across the decades, as well as currently, have tackled […]

What the hell am I listening to and why do I love this?? Our acclaimed site owner Erik “The Brave” Thomas did a bang up review of Impureza’s second album, La caída de Tonatiuh, in 2017 and it made his year end list as well. I overlooked the band, there are just too many bands […]

Thaumaturgic Veil, the fourth full-length from Milwaukee’s Viogression, came out of nowhere. It could be that the band has no label, and maybe that is why? Their last album, 3rd Stage of Decay, was a damn good album, and this album has a very striking and cool AF album cover. Brian DeNeffe, vocals, is the […]

Graceless, from the Netherlands, returns with their fourth album, Icons of Ruin. The band continues with their OSDM approach, which has nods to melodic Swedish death metal. They’ve never been interested in creating super brutal death metal, but their albums showcase memorable riffs and songs, which this fella appreciates immensely. I think anyone in the […]

When calculating all of Sodom’s albums, The Arsonist, comes in at album #18, even with their covers albums, etc.. The long-running Teutonic German thrash metal band has had some clunkers along the way; however, Genesis XIX, from 2020, their last original full-length, showcased the band on fire ,especially with incorporating blast beats and showing a […]