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Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Tuesday, February 25th, 2020
Well here is a unique release. French death metal band Ad Vitam Infernal debuts with their first full length record Infernal Comedy. This group consists of Jerome Mahe on guitars and bass and Samuel Girard on vocals. Both of these guys program the drums. This is kind of surprising to discover writing this review as […]
Tags: 2020, Ad Vitam Infernal, Death Metal, Lavadome Productions, Nick K, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Wednesday, January 15th, 2020
Poland’s Deivos have returned with their 6th full length album Casus Belli. I must say I was quite please and hooked with their 2017 effort Endemic Divine. Their 2019 effort follows a lot of similar elements and expands upon some. Deivos play a form of brutal, groovy technical death metal that is a bit in […]
Tags: 2020, Death Metal, Deivos, Nick K, Review, Selfmadegod Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › U on Wednesday, December 11th, 2019
England’s Unfathomable Ruination return with their third full length Enraged and Unbound. I must admit I am not too familiar with this group. Unfathomable Ruination play a style of brutal technical death metal similar to: Cryptopsy, Origin and Internal Suffering. Needless to say these gents waste zero time getting things moving and shaking. “An Obsidian […]
Tags: 2019, Brutal Death Metal, Nick K, Review, Unfathomable Ruination, Willowtip Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › G on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019
With autumn upon us and the seasons starting to turn colder this review is a bit ironic for this reviewer in that if fills me with so much joy to review another insanely talented band from Minnesota for your ears to discover. Formed in 2008, Grand Demise of Civilization is a meticulously layered Black Death […]
Tags: 2019, Black/Death Metal, Grand Demise of Civilization, Nick K, Review, Self-Released
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Thursday, October 10th, 2019
Greece’s Murder Made God have been on my radar since their 2013 Brutal Bands Release Irreverence. If you are not familiar with the style of death metal Murder Made God play I would describe as quite percussively rhythmic and groovy. Murder Made God’s 2019 effort Endless Return is no exception. Kicking things off with “Alive”, […]
Tags: 2019, Murder Made God, Nick K, Review, Technical Death Metal, Unique Leader Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Tuesday, September 24th, 2019
Wow! I know I talk up Everlasting Spew Records quite a bit when I review their artists but I cannot help it. They put out such amazing releases! The trend doesn’t stop with Italian brutal tech death metallers Demiurgon and their 2019 2nd full length album The Oblivious Lure. It has been four years since […]
Tags: 2019, Brutal Death Metal, Demiurgon, Everlasting Spew Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › O on Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019
I have been looking forward to reviewing this since reviewing last year’s reissue of their 2017 album Domain of the Wretched. I was highly impressed with the meticulousness of these sick slamming death weirdos from Christchurch New Zealand. Existential Disconnect does not disappoint and the bar has really been risen with their 2019 effort Existential […]
Tags: 2019, Brutal Death Metal, Nick K, Organectomy, Review, Slam, Unique Leader Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › P on Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
Sometimes as a reviewer social networking helps. A YouTube link from a record label might pop across your timeline and give you the choice to listen to or not. Thus was the case with Atlanta’s Paladin and their video for their tune, “Shoot for the Sun”. First off, the riffing is so over the top […]
Tags: 2019, Melodic Death Metal, Nick K, Paladin, Prosthetic Records, Review, thrash metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Friday, May 17th, 2019
Richmond Virginia’s Appalling return with their second full length album Inverted Realm out on Redefining darkness records. I must admit I was not familiar with this group until reading the band’s bio in which Angel Corpse was mentioned as an influence. Appalling play quite a catchy form of blackened death thrash that reminds me of […]
Tags: 2019, Appalling, Black/Death Metal, Nick K, Redefining Darkness Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › W on Friday, April 26th, 2019
Well this is most definitely a front runner for EP of the year. Wow! Chicago’s Wounds have got my tech death appetite drooling with their debut EP Light Eater. I had heard from word of mouth from other bands in my area here in Minnesota regarding this incredible band. I had been hearing the name […]
Tags: 2019, Everlasting Spew Records, Nick K, Review, Technical Death Metal, Wounds
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › H on Friday, April 19th, 2019
Willowtip Records have to be one of the most diverse underground metal labels out there. With over a half dozen new releases on deck for 2019 Jason Tipton has built quite the label lineup of diverse talent (Ceremony of Silence, Vale of Pnath,). New Jersey’s Hath are no exception. Debuting way back in 2015 these […]
Tags: 2019, Black/Death Metal, Hath, Nick K, Review, Willowtip Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › N on Friday, April 12th, 2019
Every once and a while a band manages to make a few lineup changes and all of the sudden their sound has been elevated. Thus is the case with Nordjevel’s latest effort Necrogenesis coming out latest this year on Osmose Productions. Holy hell! Does this album pair well with -50 degree weather! I must say […]
Tags: 2019, Black Metal, Nick K, Nordjevel, Osmose Productions, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Friday, March 29th, 2019
Minnesota’s Cold Colours return with their fifth full length release Northernmost. Cold Colours play a style of death doom akin to old Peaceville bands like Paradise Lost or Anathema mixed in with elements of Dark Metal akin to older Samael with maybe just a tinge of Sentenced in there as well. Having been releasing albums […]
Tags: 2019, Cold Colors, Death/Doom Metal, Nick K, Review, Self-Released
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
Unique Leader never ceases to amaze me when it comes to being on top of Californian technical death metal bands. Santa Cruz California death metallers Continuum’s second album Designed Obsolescence is an absolute treat. Featuring current and former members of Animosity, Deeds of Flesh, Decrepit Birth, Allegaeon, the bar has definitely been set quite high […]
Tags: 2019, Continuum, Nick K, Review, Technical Death Metal, Unique Leader Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Friday, March 1st, 2019
France has to be one of my favorite European countries for Technical Death Metal. I feel like every year there is at least a half dozen bands from there releasing unbelievably catchy records. 2019 is no exception with Ad Patres Sophomore release A Brief Introduction to Human Experiments. These French sickos play a bit of […]
Tags: 2019, Ad Patres, Nick K, Review, Technical Death Metal, Xenocorp, XenoKorp
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019
Last year I had this unique thing happen around this time of year where The New Morbid Angel album came out and then right around the time of hearing it I discovered the Polish band Redemptor. I felt it was rather unique that releases that time of year within the same genre had such similar […]
Tags: 2018, Comatose Records, Death Metal, Mass Infection, Nick K, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › B on Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Montreal progressive Technical Death Wizards Beyond Creation return with their third full length record Algorythm. The album opens up with a symphonic orchestration piece which is so similar to many that I almost wonder if it is even necessary. “Entre Suffrage Et Mirage” is strong enough track on its own. The musicianship of the string […]
Tags: 2018, Beyond Creation, Nick K, Review, Season of Mist, Technical Death Metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Wednesday, December 5th, 2018
In what has already been an unbelievably busy year for technical, brutal death metal, it has been almost impossible to keep up. With so many bigger releases this year like: Hate Eternal, Morbid Angel, Deicide, Aborted, and Monstrosity ( Just to name a few). It would be quite easy to miss out a lot of […]
Tags: 2018, Apostasy Records, Deadborn, Death Metal, Nick K, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Friday, November 23rd, 2018
It is no secret my love of the releases of Everlasting Spew Records knows no bounds. They continue to put out incredible release after incredible release. This might be one of their best ones of the year. International Super group Serocs puts on a literal clinic with their 2018 release The Phobos/Deimos Suite. Where to […]
Tags: 2018, Death Metal, Everlasting Spew Records, Nick K, Review, Serocs
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Wednesday, November 14th, 2018
Earlier this year, I reviewed a group called Inexorum which in my opinion is one of the best u.s melodic black metal albums of the year. The songwriting and production is absolutely outstanding and if you have not checked them out. Please do. Now, on to Antiverse. Antiverse features two members of Inexorum, Carl Skildum […]
Tags: 2018, Antiverse, Nick K, Review, Seeing Red Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › B on Friday, November 2nd, 2018
Every once and a while a label puts out a release that is contrary to the majority of their prior releases. Such is the case with Memento Mori’s 2018 release of Grenoble France’s Barus full length debut Drowned. For one, these guys are from the same hometown as Andre the Giant. Number two, when a […]
Tags: 2018, Barus, Memento Mori, Nick K, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Thursday, October 11th, 2018
Dublin Ireland’s Malthusian have returned with their first full length release Across Deaths. Having reviewed their last EP below the Hengiform I was familiar with these lads meticulously layered approach to black death. The opening 5:47 track Remnant Fauna wastes no time sucking you into a vacuuming vortex of obsolete dissonant cacophony. As the track […]
Tags: 2018, Dark Descent Records, Invictus Productions, Malthusian, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
Man! This is release is totally out of my comfort zone so bear with me if I seem like NWOBHM is a new language to me. Newcastle England’s Satan have returned with their fourth full length studio release Cruel Magic. I was initially turned on to Satan by the singer of the band I am […]
Tags: 2018, Metal Blade Records, Nick K, Review, Satan
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Wednesday, September 26th, 2018
Getting to support and draw attention to new metal artists is one of the things I enjoy most about writing reviews. When I get the chance to review bands from my home state of Minnesota it is especially special as our scene has had quite the burst of talent over the last few years. This […]
Tags: 2018, Coffinrot, Nick K, Review, Zerobudget Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › B on Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
Oakland California’s Barren Altar have built quite a buzz with their unique style of funeral doom tinged black metal. Entrenched in the Faults of the Earth is their first full length effort and is quite a memorable one at that. Opening up with “Nexus of Grief” which starts off with a solo guitar line that […]
Tags: 2018, Barren Altar, Nick K, Review, Self-Released