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 […]

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 […]

Florida’s Heavy/Power metal band, Helms Deep, has released their second album, Chasing the Dragon. This is the follow-up to their excellent 2023 debut Treacherous Ways. For those thinking…Hmmmm I know where I have heard this band name before. Well if you are a Tolkien fan then you will remember it is an epic battle in […]

Long-running UK thrashers, Onslaught, are now armed with a new label, and the first release for the new label is this 2 disc set. The first disc is the band redoing 10 songs from their first three albums, due to how the band plays them live today. The second disc is the band covering many […]

Damonacy was a short-lived death metal band from New Jersey, and after a few short years from 1988-1990, they split. They did record a song, “Expectations”, in 1994 for a compilation that never was released. I can’t quite remember, but I may have seen them live during their active years. I saw multiple shows weekly […]

Canada’s most extreme metal band, Cryptopsy returns with their 9th full-length album, An Insatiable Violence.  I have been a fan since the very early days.  When I joined Internal Bleeding in 1994, Cryptopsy were just gaining steam, and we played a string of shows together with them in Canada and some fests here in the […]

I have been a fan of Germany’s Deserted Fear and their brand of European-inspired melodic death metal since their great 2012 debut album – My Empire.  Their killer second album in 2014, Kingdom of Worms, is still my favorite by them.  Veins of Fire is their sixth album, and their last three albums have all […]

Bludgeoned By Deformity is a new underground death metal kinda sorta supergroup with members in three different states.  Devin Swank (Sanguisugabogg, Tomb Sentinel, Earthburner, Immortal Torment, Ablation, ex-Limbsplitter), bassist Ethan Buttery (Jivebomb, Sinister Feeling), drummer Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Misery Index, End Reign, Fulgora, Lock Up, Scour), and guitarists Bradon Studebaker (Immortal Torment, ex-Rejoice) and […]

Welp, I had literally forgotten about Germany’s brutal death metal/slam band Pighead. It’s been 9 years since they released their 3rd album – Until All Flesh Decays. During that time, the original member, Denny H. (guitars), lost many members, to the extent that he had to put the band back together over the last several […]

I should not like Sleep Token..  Thanks to my bastid friend, Graham (Deepsend Records), who recently sent me this band to check out as he had recently started to like this band.  He actually told me, “Frank, you’re probably not going to like this”.  Not only did I love this new album, Even In Arcadia […]

Misfire is an upcoming band with an album and an EP under their belt before their new album, Product of the Environment. The debut album in 2021, Sympathy for the Ignorant, is a pretty good debut album. Thrash with blast beats, kinda like Warbringer and others. The production was good, but nothing prepared me for […]

Face Yourself is finally signed to a label, having released three prior EPs. Now, their fourth one, Martyr, drops on Sumerian Records.  I have dubbed this deathcore act the ‘EP band’ and have reviewed a bunch of their prior releases. They really caused a stir with that debut s/t EP and the last song “Grosse […]

Welp, I had literally forgotten about Italy’s slamtastic drum machined Vulvectomy!  With three albums already under their belt, the last one being 12 years ago, I just kinda figured they packed up their slam sammiches and boogied on outta here.  Main man Mario Di Giambattista is still kicking it with his guitars and programmed drums, […]

My bud Alex, the owner of Dolorem Records, has sent me yet another promo for one of his bands, and this time it’s Supreme Void, a Polish death metal band playing a dissonant style of extreme music.  Fans of Ulcerate, Immolation, and Gorguts take heed of this bad boy. “Remnants of Hope” opens this six-song […]