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Poland’s Soul Carrion is two piece outfit hailing from Warsaw and since forming in 2019 have released a full length titled ‘Infernal Agony’ and a self-titled EP which I reviewed for the site in 2023. Nearly one year later and… Continue Reading →
Ready to be corrupted by death? Of-course you are and providing ‘No Life Here’ at ‘The End Of The Rope’ (to name two tracks) we have mysterious French duo J (bass) and M (guitars, Vocals and drums). Although they lurk… Continue Reading →
Interesting bedfellows on this split album. On the one hand we have a death metal band from the USA and on the other a dark ambient industrial artist from France. So, we get a mix here from brutal and horrifying… Continue Reading →
In the years that followed the release of Incantation’s ‘Primordial Domination’ there was an explosion of bands trying to replicate that murky, cavernous strain of death metal. Of the small cluster that popped up, only three surged in popularity and… Continue Reading →
So, as I know there are legions of Opeth fans out there among you, let’s get this up straight and centre. “White Stones” are the death metal band put together by Uruguayan Opeth band member Martin Lopez. To be honest,… Continue Reading →
Now this lot are a blast from the past as I remembered reviewing the Spanish band whose name means Glass In Blood’s debut self-titled album via Xtreem music way back in 2004. Finding this in my promo boxes of discs… Continue Reading →
Ultha have been playing their trade together since 2015, releasing two acclaimed albums alongside several EPs and split releases, and this quartet from Cologne now unveil their third full length. The six songs here span a mighty 65 minutes in… Continue Reading →
Discordant sombreness fills the air. So starts this EP from Spanish black metal band Sheidim. From this comes the ferocious fire of “A Dying Sun”, with a distinct thrash element fuelling the flames. An old school guitar line, more sinister… Continue Reading →
Grave Miasma are somewhat of a staple of the black and death metal scene within London. Chances are, if you’ve attended a gig within the last 36 months or so, you will have seen them at least once or twice…. Continue Reading →
Crikey, was it really 2009 since the last Destroyer 666 album? It seems much more recent than that, and yet here we are again with the fifth full length album from the Australian metal crew. The band relocated to Europe… Continue Reading →
Who was responsible for the phrase “metal of death” which seems to be getting bandied around more and more at the moment? The way I look at it this is the death metal equivalent of ‘orthodox black metal,’ it’s pretty… Continue Reading →
It’s about time we got a full length album from Irish black, doom, crust scumbags Zom. For those that have caught them live they really do deliver the goods and leave their mark on you and having seen them twice… Continue Reading →