Category ALBUM
US death metal has had a minor shake up recently, especially if you read some of the comments about a recent release that has split opinions worldwide. Far removed from that stigma are Chaos Inception who have a style and… Continue Reading →
Dirge Eternal are a Finnish metal band, formed in 2008 by vocalist Jani Perta with a love of horror and melodic music he went on the hunt for other musicians sharing the same interests. In May 2009 their first EP… Continue Reading →
It’s good to know that this group from Texas are back with their 4th album. Their 2001 work “Psychotic Sculpture” brightens up my life each time I listen to it. After listening to it, I always find myself wondering why… Continue Reading →
Although in existence since 1991, a little research indicates that ‘Death and the Beyond’ is just the second album to be released by this cult Danish black metal band. Throughout their many EPs and odd split CD, a love of… Continue Reading →
“Oh goody,” I thought, “I do love a bit of girly goth metal….” Nah, just kidding. Yep Fastkill are so thrash they probably eat thrashed ‘n’ shredded wheat for breakfast. They are also Japanese and this is their sixth release… Continue Reading →
If there were still high street shops selling CDs then this lot would have a couple of things going for them from the off: It’s hard to walk past that name without stopping, and the cover is utterly fantastic. Anything… Continue Reading →
Ah, and here we are, with the second album from brilliant death metal rising stars, Sectu. I had the very good fortune to review their debut “Inundate” when it was released, and at that time, I made comments that placed… Continue Reading →
Deathspell Omega. Champions of the Emperor’s new clothes to some, grand innovators of occultist BM to others. 2007’s ‘Fas…’ always struck me as an almost impenetrably dense album, promising arcane wisdom but delivering only ecstatic dementia, sardonically laughing in the… Continue Reading →
Swedish Death/thrash is the official characterisation of Septekh, this EP is their second, alongside one demo that the band have put out since their formation 4 years ago. Whilst the opener ‘Fuckslut from Hell’ may lead to preconceptions of their… Continue Reading →
Just what exactly is a mongrel’s cross anyway? And why is it missing an apostrophe in this case? Who cares. Mongrels Cross from Australia sure as hell don’t, and anyway, that’s beside the point. The point is that of a… Continue Reading →
Going through a batch of discs that had turned up from Poland I noticed the somewhat tripped out cover for this one, the fact that the band name was impossible to read (but not in standard bm iconography) and that… Continue Reading →
Now stay with me (look at the score if you must) but I have to say that by the time I get to the first few seconds of the second track on Against All Odds, Ireland’s Eternal Helcaraxe have managed… Continue Reading →