A few months back, I ran into Mark Kloeppel, one of the guitarists for Misery Index, and Missouri act Cast The Stone, Ive ‘known’ him and fellow Cast The Stone member Derek Engemann from various shows I’ve attended in St Loius over the years. We got to talking about Scour, the black metal band he […]
Scotland’s Folk/Pagan Black Metal band Saor, under the sole guise of Andy Marshall, and guest musicians, return with Amidst the Ruins, their sixth album. This is their most adventurous and most expansive album to date. The 12+ minute title track leads the charge, opening this terrific album, with a long blast beat which has other […]
Germany’s Obscura needs no introduction. They have resided near or atop the tech death heap since 2009’s Cosmogenesis. For me, they peaked with 2016s Akroasis, but all of their albums have been excellent, including their last effort, 2021s A Valediction, which saw former members Christian Munzer (ex-Necrophagist, ex-Spawn of Possession) and fretless bassist Jeroen Paul Thessling return […]
You can virtually cut and paste my review of 2021’s Maere for this Austrian duo’s 6th album, as they are so locked into their despondent, post/ shoe gaze/ atmospheric black metal sound, it’s scary. That said, at a trim 67 minutes on 1 CD as opposed to Maere’s 2 CD, 84-ish minute affair, the band […]
When Panzerchrist released Last of a Kind in 2023 I was fucking ecstatic. It had been a long minute since 7th Offensive and their departure from the Metal community was deeply emotional (I know I cried like a bitch… not really but I was sad for sure) so when Last of a Kind was announced, […]
Remember these guys? At one point in the mid-1990s Denmark’s Konkhra was on the very cusp of international metal stardom. As nu-metal exploded and death metal was selling out/transitioning to more commercial groovy sounds (Gorefest, Grave, Obituary, Entombed, Mercyless, Dismember, etc), Konkhra capitalized on this. And with albums like Sexual Affect Disorder, Spit or Swallow […]
We at Teeth of the Divine have had our ears full of tons of new releases for 2024. There’s been a lot going on in music as well as the world in general. Whether it’s in the USA with a changing of the guard as our next POTUS, set to take office in January to the celebrities wanting to exit our country. Have you heard about the four year cruise that is in flux with a cruise ship set to be out in the ocean waters for the next four years, before returning, after our next POTUS’ four year reign? – it is a sight to behold.
Let’s see what else. Well we have seen some major bands not touring overseas due to the rising fuel costs, especially in Europe where the Diesel prices are astronomical, and …well you’ve read all the band members left As I Lay Dying again as the singer tries to put the band back together again. The memes and GIF’s have been pretty funny to say the least.
We hope you had a great Christmas and that no coal was received. We here at TeethoftheDivine will be taking a little winter break this week.
Back in 1987 I was still discovering what Thrash Metal was. I was familiar with Metallica and Megadeth and when the opportunity came, I found myself buying Helloween’s Keeper of the Seven Keys part 1 at the local mall in Shreveport, Louisiana. Holy shit, not only were these guys fast as a fucking shark; they […]
Back in 2020, along with fellow revered 90s Black Metal acts Naglfar and ..And Oceans, Sweden’s Mörk Gryning returned after a long hiatus to deliver Hinsides vrede, and it was, like their peers, a killer return to the fray. delivering a perfect 90s throwback to…. themselves? and of course, the other two bands mentioned above. […]
Switzerland’s Aara return with their sixth full-length album and marks the end of their Triade trio of releases. I reviewed the last one in the series, Triade III: Nyx, in 2023 and Eiger, continues forth with the same stable lineup, as their prior albums. Boasting a very cold and depressing album cover ( “Eiger” is […]
What the fuck is up with Deathcore vocalists? CJ McCreery (ex-Lorna Shore), Lucca Schmerler (ex-Mental Cruelty), CJ McMahon (ex-Thy Art is Murder), Jay Evans (ex-Ingested), and Worm Shepherd‘s Devin Duarte. All ousted/left due to some controversy or general shittiness. Well, Like Lorna Shore back in 2020 with Immortal, Worm Shepherd‘s third album was already mostly recorded before the […]
After a pretty extensive stay with Willowtip Records Defeated Sanity was snatched up by Season of Mist and Chronicles of Lunacy is their first release for their new label. This is their seventh full-length album and Defeated Sanity knows how to pack a solid uppercut with streamlined songs. It fits them best since they’re pretty […]
I’ve not been shy about Molder being my favorite of these new school death metal bands. I have a vest with their Gremlins back patch, signed by the band. Frontman Aaren Pantke signed it with an “OUGH.” I swear I didn’t put him up to it, but if I had, that’s exactly what I would […]
There sometimes comes a point in a band’s career when it becomes very clear they’re no longer fucking around. And I mean come on! Look at that gnarly friggin’ cover art! While it can never be questioned what Ensiferum‘s contribution to the world of Folk Metal has been, it’s also fair to look at the band’s […]
Long Running Florida death metal act, Massacre, seems to always have something going on. Whether it’s the issues with the internet trolls or former members going on to form Inhuman Condition several years ago, rest assured, vocalist Kam Lee is sure to always comment. I met him a few years back at MDF and he […]
I have reviewed Connecticut’s Vomit Forth’s prior releases and since their debut album, Seething Malevolence, on Century Media Records, the band started to gain a lot more momentum, with tours and such. However, they have not crossed the threshold to reach the heights of labelmates Frozen Soul and Sanguisugabogg. However, that could all change with […]
… OK so, like, I CAN’T be the only one here who can’t wrap their head around the fact that The Crown never had a record called Crown of Thorns before now, right? Like, that doesn’t make any goddamn sense. They started their damn career under the name Crown of Thorns for crying out loud! How has […]
I have reviewed all of Blood Incantation’s prior albums and am a huge fan of their studio and live work. The band was smart with not releasing a COVID album and their last album Hidden History of the Human Race, from 2019, just like their debut Starspawn, was on Dark Descent Records. The stable line-up […]
1349 is the year that the Black Death swept through Norway. It’s only fitting that a Black Metal band would eventually take such a brutal portion of time and name their band after it. 1349 came out of the ashes of Alvheim in 1997 with Ravn (vocals, drums), Tjalve (guitars), Seidemann (bass), and Balfori (guitars). […]
“Before the tragedy, no one ever thought this band was going to exist without Trevor.” When Trevor Strnad passed away the world of Metal was shaken to the core. That above quote from TBDM co-founder Brian Eschbach is taken from the press release and it’s a heartbreaking statement. Trevor had such a huge presence, both […]
We don’t do interviews very much any more here. I mean how many times do you need to hear some megastar like Karl Sanders or Corpsegrinder say “yeah this album is better than the last one” or “this album was a very ‘personal’ one’?
That said , if I ever get the chance to promote one of the ‘small guys’ or even better a ‘local’ small guy, whose music I really enjoy, I often try and do it, especially if it means meeting the said band in person.
One such example of both is Vile Revelation, hailing from Columbia , Missouri.
For a while there in the early/00s, Nails was one of the flagship bands of what I call the “Southern Lord” sound. Bands like Nails, Trap Them, All Pigs Must Die, Black Breath, Dead In the Dirt, playing a filthy form of Swedish Death metal-hued d-beat, crust, grindcore/hardcore. And I’m confident in saying popular new bands […]
God Dethroned is back with album number 12, and at this point, it’s difficult to keep rewriting the same review as Henri Satler and whoever is in his band (yet another different drummer here) are so god damn consistent at this point in their career it’s silly. After a trio of albums about WWI, Satler […]
August 23rd 20024 saw both Fleshgod Apocalypse and Nile release new albums. That’s the music equivalent if Deadpool & Wolverine and Alien Romulus had been released on the same day. I love both but one has to be listened to and reviewed first, and be seen first. Well, hopefully, you already read my review of […]