Tag Beyond Creation
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 →
This is the debut album from Widow’s Peak, a band which has been around since 2016. Technical progressive death metal is the declared style. It’s for fans of Beyond Creation, Atheist and Gorguts, they say. Yep. The opener is a… Continue Reading →
This second album has taken some time to be unveiled since the bands excellent debut, ‘The Deep Longing For Annihilation’ released in 2017, but it has been worth the wait. Being picked up by the prolific German label should suggest… Continue Reading →
This would appear to be the debut of the French technical death metal trio comprising of Eloi Nicod (Guitars, Composition), Mathieu Lefevre (Vocals) and Clement Denys (Drums). Their bio is pretty sparse of information, so I can’t really tell you… Continue Reading →
While there have been plenty of occasions where I’ve stumbled onto their songs while letting YouTube rabbit hole its own way around, I’ve never actually listened to an album of Beyond Creation’s in its entirety. ‘Algorythm’ is their third album… Continue Reading →
Belarusian outfit Irreversible Mechanism first turned heads in 2014, snapped up by boutique label Blood Music within twelve hours of debut album “Infinite Fields” being quietly launched on Bandcamp. A quick round of PR and some cool looking physical releases… Continue Reading →
This Portuguese death metal act has been around for some time, almost two decades according to the promo info, but in that intervening time the only actual release has been the 2008 EP ‘The Solution Above Continuity’, a proto technical… Continue Reading →
As I approached the University Union in Leeds, on a cold November morning, I could feel the air of anticipation growing, for I was about to embark on the annual bonfire weekend extravaganza that is the Damnation Festival. There were… Continue Reading →
A bit of history to this Canadian band who were originally called Defenestration before changing to Archspire, they have two albums and an EP out previously all of which I have purposely not listened to prior to reviewing this third… Continue Reading →
This Canadian band’s debut, “The Aura” hit me like a freight train when it hit my review pile in 2012 even though it had been released in 2011 by PRC Music. The version I had was a self released effort… Continue Reading →
These Canadian technical death metal merchants began life in 2007 under the name Defenestrated; a name which I assume was influenced by the first Cryptopsy album. Shifting monicker to Archspire in 2009, the band eventually released its debut ‘All Shall… Continue Reading →