Tag Dark Descent
It always surprises me when I come across some 90s bands I’ve never heard of and such is the case with Adorior. I kept seeing them pop up on gig posters and people being excited for them and I assumed… Continue Reading →
This Norwegian version of Sovereign (there are over 15 bands of this name listed that I could find) are a death/thrash group featuring ex members of Nocturnal Breed, Incinerator (these guys are awesome!) and Nekromantheon. ‘Altered Reality’ eventually gets going… Continue Reading →
Another addition to my list of ‘I’ve heard of them but never heard them’ are today’s specimens Vanhelgd, not to be confused with DSBM band Vanhelga, whom I would recommend also if you haven’t heard them. Vanhelgd do however also… Continue Reading →
Readers, can it really be five years since Crypt Sermon released their last album, “The Ruins of Fading Light?”. This traditional doom / heavy metal sextet have been together since 2013, and based principally in Philadelphia. Along with the likes… Continue Reading →
The PR muttered something about Danish band Strychnos being bound to no god, master or genre which amusingly is binding itself to a cliché by now. But nowt to do with band or album. So… not having heard their 2022… Continue Reading →
If, like me, you follow certain labels because they release top quality albums by an assortment of different artists then you probably have a penchant for this US label’s roster. This debut full length by UK’s Ageless Summoning is absolutely… Continue Reading →
It always amazes me that such an isolated and harsh country such as Iceland, with a population of around three hundred and fifty thousand or so, can produce so many extreme Metal bands. Obviously there is a great deal of… Continue Reading →
Twenty four long and somewhat spartan years after inception, Copenhagen’s Black/Death Metal juggernaut Strychnos have finally unleashed their debut album upon the world. Entitled ‘A Mother’s Curse’ and featuring eight gruelling odes of intensity and belligerence, and has been released… Continue Reading →
It’s always nice to see bands going ahead with cool concepts and today we bear witness to the all female and indeed feminist driven Death Metal act Castrator. After much chat in years past about the genre being misogynistic it’s… Continue Reading →
Well this is a little charmer of an EP out of Chicago. A nice, gnarly build up on ‘Sultans Of Incest’ before the rabid dogs are unleashed in an avalanche of old school filthy death metal with all the subtlety… Continue Reading →
Sometimes I think that modern Death Metal, like standard Death Metal can be a bit boring. It’s kind of like replicating something which already blew up in a less exciting fashion. Similar to the modern Thrash boom that appeared spearheaded… Continue Reading →
I’m a big Death Metal fan don’t get me wrong but in recent years I’ve begun to dwindle in interest. I don’t mean that to sound disheartening but I feel like more so than any other review I’ve done in… Continue Reading →