Author Jamie
Of course, it’s not every day that you get to see At The Gates, and personally, I doubted if I would ever have the privilege. Thankfully the stars aligned though and some miracle brought them right to my door step… Continue Reading →
It was two years ago that the French black metal entity Mortis Mutilati released its second album of crypt dwelling black metal. Inspired by cemeteries, death and the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, ‘Nameless Here for Evermore’ was an unsurprisingly… Continue Reading →
Fourteen years after their last full-length – and the only one I have any experience of – Sweden’s black/industrial pessimists Diabolicum return. That previous record ‘The Dark Blood Rising’ was from recollection (the CD resides across the open sea from… Continue Reading →
Cult Of Endtime was formed from the ashes of death/thrash outfit Discard in 2010. With two demos behind them so far, the Finns have at last completed their debut album for Svart Records; an record which their label describes as… Continue Reading →
Supuration’s last album ‘CU3E’ was a minor revelation for these ears; part Carcass, part Voivod circa ‘Nothingface’, it literally formed me a new earhole. Well perhaps that’s a slight exaggeration on my part but rarely have I been as taken… Continue Reading →
Now I’ll start off by being honest here: I am no Satan’s Wrath’s expert. In fact, the main reason for volunteering to do a write-up of ‘Die Evil’ was my curiosity about their debut album, a copy of which I’ve… Continue Reading →
After the let-down of their last album, Six Feet Under are back. Shorn of Ola Englund and the immense presence of Kevin Talley, the band now consists of Chris Barnes and Steve Swanson, along with Jeff Hughell and new drummer… Continue Reading →
The Swedes of Demonical have been spreading their death metal filth since 2006 when members of the persistent yet workmanlike Centinex sought a fresh outlet for their talents. In its time, the band has unleashed four well received albums and… Continue Reading →
Seemingly at rest for the past eight years, Australia’s satanic warmongers Abominator rise again. ‘Evil Proclaimed’ is their fifth album in a career which began way back in 1994. My only previous encounter with them was the second disc ‘Subversives… Continue Reading →
Formed in 2012 by Hermes (ex-Necrosadist), this Cypriot one-man black metal project has up to now released just one EP – 2013’s self-titled effort. Intended as more of an individual and explorative project than his past endeavours, the words of… Continue Reading →
Attaining to recapture the roots of Norwegian black metal, in defiance of the scene’s progressive bastardisation, Arvas certainly managed to deliver an uncompromising blast with 2013’s ‘Into the Realm of the Occult’. (Subsequent to reviewing that one, it’s disappeared from… Continue Reading →
All evidence indicates that El Paso’s Cambion are a new creation in the death metal world. With no entry on Metal Archives and a minimalist Facebook account, it’s really quite hard to give much of a background. Probably the most… Continue Reading →