Swedish death metal played in the USA is more of a needle in a haystack type of deal. California’s now-defunct Fatalist was one of the better USA type of bands and they had a short run, with minimal output but their material still owns. Trying to find another band that, captured that buzzsaw Swedish sound, […]
UK’s long-running doom mavens, Paradise Lost have been a hit or a miss for me. I’ll admit to being a tremendous fan of their first two albums Lost Paradise and Gothic mainly because of the doom/death/goth atmosphere, but after that, their material was a departure of that sound and just did not do it for […]
Kat Shevil Gillham is in yet another doom band, one of the bands she is the vocalist for heavy hitters Thronehammer, which is a personal favorite of mine. For Nine Altars she does vocals and plays drums and this is the debut album, 3 songs at over 30 minutes..yes these are some long ass songs. […]
There is only 1 Suicide Silence album I do not have in my collection and if you guessed it was their self-titled affair from 2017 you would be correct. I am not a fan of that album or the musical direction they went in. I was especially disappointed in it after they released the great […]
France’s tech-death metal gods, Gorod, return with The Orb – their seventh album. Holy smokes I did not realize how time has flown by and the band is self-releasing this through Bandcamp. For me, the best tech-death metal bands are First Fragment, Gorod and Obscura. I know, I know there’s like a bajillion of tech-death […]
This collaboration of Obsequiae and Inexorum members has their take on Melodic Death Metal with elements of the Swedish scene – all wrapped up in a 90’s classic sound, that In Flames would be proud of…well this album kicks some major ass! With 10 songs in 39 minutes, “In Yearning, Alive”, starts abruptly, with a […]
Oklahoma’s PeelingFlesh was introduced to me relatively recent by our dear site owner Erik T. Their 2022 Slampilation Mixtape compilation combined all their previous singles and EP’s and the band has been busy writing since they formed in 2021. The band has yet to release a full-length album because now they grace us with this […]
2018 saw the release of the debut album Warning Blast, by international band Siege of Power. I mean with a band name, named after one of the best Napalm Death songs ever-you cannot go wrong. Featuring members of Asphyx, Autopsy, Grand Supreme Blood Court, Hail of Bullets, Infidel Reich…I mean I can go on and […]
Two years ago, I reviewed Sanguisugabogg’s Tortured Whole debut album and previous to that I reviewed their Pornographic Seizures EP. With their debut album, I said “Sanguisugabogg’s blow-up throughout the underground metal scene is really only just the beginning”. And that is precisely what happened with the band right after the release of the debut. […]
New Jawsey’s finest brutal technical death metal act, and friends, Mortal Decay have been around for over 3 decades. Insanity! I have many fond memories playing shows with them and when I was back with Internal Bleeding in 2018 Johnny and Joe came to the show and had printed me a Mortal Decay logo shirt-so […]
Bizarrekult hail from Norway, but originally was from Russia-go figure? Starting out in the mid ‘00’s the band went on hiatus a few times and really got their basic start in 2019 with the first EP, but it was in 2021 they released their debut album – Vi overlevde. I became an instant fan, especially […]
Germany’s Atrocity has been kicking around their interpretation of extreme and oft-kilter brand of death metal for 30+ years. I stopped following the band after their 1992 album Todessehnsucht, although I do enjoy their 1996 ep The Hunt, weird? Their Hallucinations debut album, Blue Blood ep and Todessehnsucht material, imo are untouchable. Perfect blend of […]
Hailing from Greece, Wothrosch started in 2018 but Odium is their first and only album, and what a scorcher to start of 2023. We get 8 songs with one word titles and this guy appreciates that quite a lot. Opening with “Child”, it’s immediately evident this is some doomy sludgy black metal. Rather than having […]
This album seemingly dropped out of nowhere towards the end of 2022, with an impressive array of musicians. Morbikon consists of: Matthias “Vreth” Lillmåns/vox (Finntroll, Festerday, etc), Quotidius/vox, Phil “Landphil” Hall/bass&guitar (Cannabis Corpse, Iron Reagan, Municipal Waste), Dave Witte (Municipal Waste, Brain Tentacles, Human Remains &1,000 other bands). The band is international, as you have […]
Long-running UK trashers, Onslaught has been one of my fave thrash bands and certainly my fave UK thrash band since their 1985 debut Power From Hell, which I purchased on vinyl when it was released. To this day their second album The Force, from 1986, is still my favorite release from them, but all their […]
Late last year, I reviewed the new ep from resurrected brutal slam death metal band Necrambulant. I mentioned how much I loved their 2013 debut album Infernal Infectious Necro-Ambulatory Pandemic and the new ep A Feast of Festering Flesh is good. I did feel some of that putrid and filthy sludge that was on the […]
A few years ago I discovered the folk metal genre. A variety of bands ranging from death to black to cultural and traditional metal were using these influences. I got hooked, whether bands were using the influence sparingly or full-fledged the variety of sounds became addictive to me and most of all these bands put […]
Portugal’s death/grind band Grog have been slinging their brutal form of music for over 3 decades? I cannot believe it’s been that long. The band took some time between their full length’s and have released a total of four albums during this time span. I will venture to say I have heard the band in […]
I’ve been saying it recently how Scott Magrath’s Maggot Stomp Records seems to be the label Century Media Records are looking into and poaching bands from that roster after the bands have released at least an ep or debut album. The bands are hungry, writing kick ass death metal and want to tour. Smart decision […]
Germany’s Pagan/Black Metal act, Firtan return with their third full-length album – Marter. I am new to the sounds of Firtan and the Pagan/Black Metal influences are something I am starting to enjoy, the more I hear bands playing this style of music. This review is for the 8 song album, but the physical copy […]
Last year I reviewed the reissue of the classic debut Hammers of Misfortune album – The Bastard. I have enjoyed their progressive brand of metal that is quite eclectic, mixing in styles ranging from Manilla Road, Fates Warning, Omen, 70’s prog rock metal to more extreme forms of death and thrash metal. Somehow their conglomeration […]
Canadian record label – Profound Lore Records really likes to have Canadian bands on their label. I think it’s pretty cool and the label roster is pretty staggering, in terms of the quality of their bands-truly excellent. Canada’s black metal act Gevurah have been slinging their brutal take on the genre for a little over […]
I reviewed Bile’s last release, in 2021, the ep: Sharks And Covid, Vol.1. Pot Farmer vol.2 is their seventh full-length album and any fan of bands like of Ministry, early Fear Factory, Skinny Puppy, Godflesh, NIN, Front 242 should find something to sink their teeth into, with the new Bile, although this is much more […]
Let’s party like it’s 1985!!!! With original second Sepultura guitarist, Jairo “Tormentor”, The Troops of Doom, wipes the floor with anything Sepultura has released in 20+ years. I reviewed the ep’s on here and this debut full length hit me without warning. Antichrist Reborn is everything you would have wanted if Sepultura were still playing […]
12 full length albums since 2009 is not a band resting on its laurels. Malaysia’s tank tread Bolt Thrower worshipping maniacs are already in the process of yes, you guessed it, finishing album 13. I’ve been reviewing their albums since Turbulence from the Deep and yea I have all their albums and eps. I even […]