Author Jamie
I guess the first and most obvious thing about these Sardinians is their Mayhem inspired moniker. If you are expecting a lesson in dangling hands and proto-black metal here though, I am afraid you will be rather disappointed. While there… Continue Reading →
The name Bodyfarm first appeared on my radar with last year’s ‘Malevolence’ debut. As I still haven’t heard that one in its entirety, ‘The Coming Scourge’ popped up as an interesting opportunity to get to know the band a lot… Continue Reading →
It’s been little over a year since Master unleashed their last, frankly excellent album ‘The New Elite’. In my review, I awarded that album a conservative score of 8/10 before nefariously getting it upped by half a mark (thanks, Ed!)…. Continue Reading →
Between 2007 and 2011, this supporter of death metal went somewhat astray. As he lost touch with the genre – and music generally – a glut of new talent inevitably appeared in the meantime. Numerous band names were glanced at… Continue Reading →
It was a couple of months back that The Pete Flesh Deathtrip’s debut album, ‘Mortui Vivos Docent’, arrived in my inbox. Immediately, this band’s brand of blackened death metal assaulted my senses as scorching riffs from the pits of hell… Continue Reading →
In case you didn’t know, these Italians take their name from the ancient Egyptian temple complex near Luxor. Karnak have been in existence since 1997 so are not the straightforward Nile worshippers that you might innocently take them for. In… Continue Reading →
Broozer is a self-described ‘tough technical modern sludge’ act from Melbourne. Formed back in 2010, it seems that they have spent the last three years practising and perfecting the seven songs that would make up this, their debut release. What… Continue Reading →
After literally years of waiting for this fifth Gorguts album to drop, here it is! Like last time, Season of Mist is the label of choice to convey their latest creation to the world. With some new faces in tow… Continue Reading →
Following their meteoric rise and subsequent domination of mainstream metal in the ‘90s, Pantera’s early to mid ‘00s implosion came as somewhat of a shock. From a fan’s perspective it was a vague chain of events, seemingly initiated by the… Continue Reading →
In the words of Den Dennis: ‘Here comes the beast again’. Two years on from their grizzly comeback album ‘All Guts, No Glory’, Exhumed has returned to wreak havoc on the world of the living once again. That previous musical… Continue Reading →
No, nothing to do with that Norwegian chap who had a big pointy nose and ears. This is Mortis Mutilati, a French one-man melodic ‘funeral black metal band’. With a couple of demos, a split, and an exclusive tape-only debut… Continue Reading →
So I have to get this out there straight away: I don’t own a single Nunslaughter release. I know, it’s unbelievable that this so-called metalhead hasn’t been able to get his act together enough to buy a single one of… Continue Reading →