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Brisbane is not the first place you think of for filthy gnarly, sludgy Death Metal. I was there in the mid 90’s and I just remember the fake beach on Australia day, extreme humidity and a lot of Hahn Ice… Continue Reading →
2024 sees the birth of a new wave of unconventional and pulsating Death Metal courtesy of Montreal’s very own Dissimulator. ‘Lower Form Resistance’ is seven slabs of intricate and complex pulsating Death Metal which is reminiscent of a hybrid which… Continue Reading →
If I asked you to think about the catchiest death metal bands in existence then it’s possible you’d come up with the likes of Dying Fetus or Deicide or Obituary to name some high profile acts but you should also… Continue Reading →
A ‘Malist’ is someone who subscribes to the theory of Malism and therefore believes the doctrine that the world is evil. I’m surprised it hasn’t been adopted by more black metal bands to be honest, but here we are with… Continue Reading →
I’m going to borrow the band’s own description of themselves here: “an ‘avant-garde post-metal project, delivering larger than life sounds through, deeply emotional music” Guhts are from New York, and many interesting links are drawn up, encompassing post-hardcore, atmospheric sludge,… Continue Reading →
First review of the year for me, and well, I think 2024 is going to have to work impossibly hard to produce enough albums to force this belter out of my best of the year list. Why is that, I… Continue Reading →
Of all the big names on the Norwegian black metal scene, Vemod are ones who might not be considered as notorious as those who put their homeland on the global metal stage over 30 years ago. The fact Vemod have… Continue Reading →
Bit late turning this in, but it was actually released mid 2023 it seems but this is the CD version so, hey, we’re here. Debut album, but rising out of (via a simply name change Black Ejaculate whose ‘Cum soaked… Continue Reading →
From the world of technical progressive metal come Exocrine with their sixth album. I know two of them, and recall that they manage the complexity very well. So I hoped for more of the same here. After easing us in,… Continue Reading →
I do like bands that have monikers for their band members and Italy’s Morbid Sacrifice is a four piece whose band members are called Witchfucker, Skineater, BloodSpiller and ThroatVomit. I’m pretty sure you know what this band is likely to… Continue Reading →
This scribe has always found Cold In Berlin an utterly intriguing band. They have a certain uniqueness on both a musical and lyrical level. Themes that evoke fear, darkness, strength and the macabre delivered with a passion that is raw… Continue Reading →
I thoroughly enjoyed this US band’s self-titled debut released in 2022, it was packed with blackened ferocity and this follow up continues that style extremely successfully. The opening tune ‘Emergence’ is very short and sort of acts like a prolonged… Continue Reading →