I am not a hater of Ghost. I happen to love their prior albums, actually. A lot of people jumped on the hateorade train thinking that Ghost were just an elaborate hoax of a band. I’m not one of those. I mean, how can a classic metalhead slag a band that has influences ranging from Mercyful Fate and Blue […]
I find many unjust situations bordering on criminal acts. Here are some examples. The fact that I have been playing the Mega Millions for close to 2 decades and I have only won, maybe 40 bucks over this course. Another one that comes to mind is my damn Dallas Cowboys have only won 2 […]
Denmark never has a shortage of quality bands and Crocell return with their fourth long player, in their relatively short existence. I had never heard of them until last year when Deepsend Records label owner, Graham recommended them to me. I picked up their discography from him and have been a happy camper ever since. […]
Ahhh good ‘ole Middletown, NY. Growing up, my family and I would always pass Middletown, NY, on our way to The Catskills, in upstate NY. I remember this rest stop we would always get breakfast, memories…. This is where Morpheus Descends hail from. They added the Descends to the name in ’92. The band […]
Several years ago, Ohio’s TON reformed and now we are finally seeing the fruits of their labor. Bow Down To Extinction is their second album, their ’99 debut, Plague, is outstanding. I was a huge fan of TON’s demos, in the 90’s Internal Bleeding and TON shared many good times together onstage. They are also […]
If you enjoy ultra-brutal death metal, played with extra hot sauce from good ‘ole Houston, Texas, well than look no further than Desecrate the Faith. I see the band being labeled in the deathcore territory. That’s B.S. I mean I do enjoy deathcore, but this is slam death metal and yes, there are differences. […]
Ok, ok, Dark Descent Records…stop it, really. Mr. Matt Calvert, truly over the last 2 years, especially, is making other labels squirm in their chairs. While obviously having a penchant for the awesome Finnish scene, he signs bands from a variety of extreme genres and goddammit he gets it right every effin time!!! With the […]
Wombbath is a Swedish death metal band who were kicking it around in the early 90’s but broke up in 1995. Their lone album, 1993s Internal Caustic Torments was a classic for me and grossly overlooked back in the day. Had no idea it was remastered a mere 2 years ago and I snagged it recently from […]
I was so stoked when Morgoth reformed several years ago and even more stoked when the band announced they would write a new record. I was a fan since their ep’s in the late 80’s. I saw them live on their mini east coast tour, for The Eternal Fall ep and the band tore the […]
This reissue was impossible to find in the U.S. For imports, as usual, I had to go and get it from a European distro and paid over $20 for it. But it was worth it since Odium is my favorite Morgoth album. In 1993 Odium was released and polarized a lot of Morgoth’s fan base […]
Well, well, well, look who decided to reform?? New York’s Immortal Suffering putting out a brand new 7 song 22 minute ep, ready to rip your head off. I could not think of a better cd to come back to sending in Teeth of the Divine some new reviews every once in a while. I […]
2012 marked the debut album from Germany’s Revel in Flesh. Deathevokation sported an album cover that was an homage to Dismember’s Like an Ever Flowing Stream. The album is punishing from beginning to end with that classic brutal Swedish sound, which is something Revel in Flesh …hmm. revel’s in. 2013 saw the release of Manifested Darkness, an even darker and more brutal album than its predecessor. The end of 2014 Revel in Flesh punished worldwide audiences with their greatest album thus far-Death Kult Legions. Showing more maturity, atmosphere, melody, darkness as well as retaining their brutal edge, Revel in Flesh are on fire. Death Kult Legions was one of the best albums of 2014 and truly one of the best produced. If you enjoy all the classic death metal albums from 1988-1993, then there is no doubt Revel in Flesh needs to be in your collection.
Thanatos formed in 1984, under the watchful eye of a youthful Stephan Gebédi, in the Netherlands. So essentially one could make the argument that he is responsible for starting the death/thrash movement in that part of the world. Without going into too much history I’ll just say Century Media, from 2013-2014 re-issued and remastered all […]
In 2011 Finland’s Desolate Shrine released their debut album, Tenebrous Towers. To this day I still feel this is their best work. It could be partly due to the song “The Brightest Night”, which for me, is not only their finest song ever, but one of the best death metal songs, that has come out […]
In 1998 the Dutch death/doom outfit known as Asphyx disbanded for a short period of time and put out an album under the new name of Soulburn, with a crushing album – Feeding on Angels. Wannes Gubbles on bass/vocals, Eric Daniels providing the ultra heavy guitar crunch and Bob Bagchus rounding out the punishing drums. […]
In their relatively short existence, Germany’s Revel in Flesh have returned with their third album in 3 years. Revel in Flesh play a brutal form of old school death metal rooted in the late 80’s Swedish death metal scene, as well as Bolt Thrower-ish moments of rumbling and teutonic heaviness. Deathevokation from 2012 and Manifested […]
Omnivore is an Italian death/thrash band that released their self titled debut earlier this year on the up and coming killer Unspeakable Axe Records. It’s a short album, clocking in at 31 minutes with an instrumental intro and a blazing cover of ‘Arise’, from Sepultura. The 6 original tunes are classic death/thrash, from the 80’s scene. Think old school Sepultura/Dark Angel/Kreator. Vicious and very catchy. I really like this debut quite a lot. However due to some circumstances, that their vocalist/guitarist Pol, will talk about in this interview, the band is currently on hold
In 1991 I picked up the Nausea debut album Crime Against Humanity on cd and cassette, from Wild Rags Records. The music is best described as punk crusty grindcore and while it may not be the tightest played album to this day is one of my top 5 grind albums of all time. The catchiness is ridiculous and it’s one of the best in my opinion. 2014 has been a great year for Nausea in terms of releases. Their Willowtip records debut and second official record, Condemned to the System is my favorite grind album this year and on of the strongest releases this yr. It punishes from beginning to end. Lethal, brutal, grinding and groovy, this album destroys. Also last years World Struggle demo comp has been reissued this year on F.O.A.D. Records. All their demo material and bonus material and eps and splits all remastered with a killer booklet. You need this now.
Humiliation, coming out of the deep dense jungles of Malaysia, are one of my favorite bands. Graham Landers, owner of Deepsend Records, signed them less than 2 yrs ago and in 2013 they unleashed Turbulence from the Deep. This year they are back with another new one, Battalion-their 5th full length and it’s pummeling. For me they, along with Hail of Bullets, are the successors to Bolt Thrower. Humiliation are simplistic in formula, but heavier than most bands out there. Punishing. As heavy as 10 Sherman tanks with treads 10 stories high, destroying all in its path. The Humiliation war machine is a rumbling death tank of terror.
The Malaysian bulldozing death metal machine are back with yet another album, Battalion. Ever since their inception, in 2009, Humiliation have released eps/splits’7” and albums, and with this marking their 5th long player, one has to wonder are they over-saturating the scene? As we speak, I am pretty sure they have ideas for album #6. Prior to […]
Let’s face it folks in the world of brutal death metal some bands come and go or are either handed so much to them early on that they do not have to do the real hard grunt work, that is sometimes needed, to keep a band together. Enter in Beheaded, from Malta. For over 2 decades Beheaded have been slinging their brutal take on the death metal genre. Through the struggles of band members leaving, people having family responsibilities-unable to tour, or whatever the case may be, bassist, David Cachia has been the glue to this wonderful brutal band.
Milwaukee’s Emblazoned just ripped our heads off last year with their debut Deepsend Records release with The Living Magisterium ep. I enjoyed their blackened death metal brutality that also had plenty of nods to the 90’s death metal movement, which is what the band is heavily influenced by. Now a year later the band have […]
To this day, Canadian thrash metal band, Sacrifice, have not only put out quality music, but have been one of my favorites in the extreme metal music scene. Ever since their incredible 1986 debut, Torment in Fire, they have been highly influential to the scene that they helped to create. They started out primarily as a death/thrash band, with even some black metal influence early on then developed into a speed/thrash band. Put on any one of their albums, Forward to Termination, Soldiers of Misfortune or Apocalypse Inside and you will hear a band that has created outstanding music that has aged extremely well. When the band put together the pieces and reformed and put out the 2009 The Ones I Condemn album I was skeptical as to how they would sound.
Several months ago, Lacerated Enemy Records sent me the Inquisition EP from UK brutal tech-death metal band, Cognizance. I was blown away by the production and song structures. This did not seem to be a band that had only one EP under their belts. Then the band released a two song promo EP and the songs continue along the same lines as on their first EP; brutal riffing, blast beats, guitar solos, pummeling double bass drums and bass twangs to snap your ribs outta your body! If you dig bands like The Faceless, Obscura, Deeds of Flesh, Rings of Saturn then you must check out Cognizance — an up and coming band looking to eventually put out their debut album…
If you’re a self respecting death metal fan than you already have this classic album in your collection, in some form. To show you how old this album is, it was released in 1988, the same year Slayer released South of Heaven. To go over such a classic album could be mind numbing for some, […]