Since 2009 Serocs have been generating quite a buzz on the death metal underground. With two EPs and now three full length albums under their belt you could never accuse the band of being slackers. Their work rate is even… Continue Reading →
Atmospheric death metal crew Desolate Shrine have been busy this year with the release of their third album The Heart of the Netherworld in January and now the hard-to-find debut gets a re-issue on Hellthrasher after a little over four… Continue Reading →
Sweden is well renowned for producing some of the finest death metal the world has to offer and five piece Swedish Death super group Firespawn are no exception to the rule. Consisting of former members of Entombed A.D, Aeon and… Continue Reading →
Death metal heavyweights Cryptopsy return to form with their fantastic new EP The Book of Suffering (Tome 1), which is nothing short of a pure, unadulterated audio assault that takes no prisoners. If you prefer your death to focus much… Continue Reading →
This US act has a couple of releases already out but has not hit my death metal radar until now and thankful I am too. With the various sub-genres in death metal offering an assortment of styles according to ones… Continue Reading →
Whenever I get French extreme metal bands to review my first thought is to throw away the rule book and await the twisted ingenuity that often comes with them. However this death metal project rests firmly on solid tested ground… Continue Reading →
If you ever needed an excuse to see some of the finest death metal the UK has to offer, then January’s Death to Cancer fest 2016 would be it. With 11 bands hailing from all four corners of the United… Continue Reading →
Dutch old school death metallers Bodyfarm are back with their third album ‘Battle Breed’. Their previous one – 2013’s ‘The Coming Scourge – was an impressive introduction for this listener, displaying a range of moods and punishing compositions to revel… Continue Reading →
Hailing from North Carolina and forming in 2013, Abhorrent Deformity are the latest of a series of explosive sounding brutal death metal bands who are cropping up and making waves with their relentless and uncompromising approach. Consisting of members who… Continue Reading →
Here’s a question you don’t often find yourself being asked at the beginning of an album review…..do you like Dr. Who? I do / did. It all sort of fizzled out for me during Peter Davidson’s tenure…..oh Tegan….. you saucy… Continue Reading →
Let’s face it, 2015 has been a shit year for doom – sure, we’ve been inundated with boring stoner metal that dons a redneck trucker hat and follows the same cookie cutter formula of rip off, up tempo Sabbath and… Continue Reading →
Four years after their very well received debut ‘The Human Repellent’ I Chaos are back with ‘Masterbleeder’. Ten tracks of furious thrashing death metal featuring new vocalist, Tobias Borra (ex-Cypher) replacing Harry Van Breda (now in Body Farm). Bearing in… Continue Reading →