Tag Death Metal
Well having seen this band playing tracks from this release a couple of times it made perfect sense for their debut EP to end up straight on my review pile. Following up from their 2013 demo MMXIII this Irish band… Continue Reading →
Infesting Swarm from Germany have taken death metal, mixed it with post metal and doom and some melodic and melancholic passages, and moulded them into perfection. That should be the end of the review, but of course it isn’t. In… Continue Reading →
Tetragrammaton, the last full length from these Dutch chaps changed the way I looked at Death Metal. Their bombastic approach and use of a cinematic feel, coupled with Optimus Prime (not a Transformers geek at all but the guy has… Continue Reading →
One of the phrases I hate reading in album reviews (and I know I’ve used it myself) is ‘this album doesn’t break new ground’. Well it’s death fucking metal mate, what do you expect? A One Direction cover? Seriously! Remember… Continue Reading →
Appearing from seemingly nowhere this Swiss band hits 2015 with an intriguing debut of predominantly death metal but offer some very interesting differences not least the addition of female vocals but also said lady plays a cello on this album… Continue Reading →
All evidence indicates that El Paso’s Cambion are a new creation in the death metal world. With no entry on Metal Archives and a minimalist Facebook account, it’s really quite hard to give much of a background. Probably the most… Continue Reading →
Norwegian duo Gouge have been kicking out some proper grimy death metal since 2011 but this is only their second release (after 2012’s ‘Doomed To Death’ EP). You’d never know it though because this lot sound so confident and assured… Continue Reading →
Originally forming as Spearhead, but changing their name to Weak Aside before their debut album, this is the second album (or third, if you count their 2007 demo) from this German death metal crew. Five years after ‘Ghostleader’, ‘The Next… Continue Reading →
This is the second (stop saying ‘sophomore’ you pretentious wankers) album from Belgian DM crew Dehuman and is quite an improvement over 2012’s ‘Black Throne of All Creation’. Relentless touring with the likes of Agathocles & Master has paid off… Continue Reading →
Monsterworks are a London based four piece who originally hail from Wainuiomata, New Zealand who admit themselves that their style is a mixture of other sub-genres which they have ‘stolen’ to create their sound. The best way to describe them… Continue Reading →
I caught Scarab playing the Sophie stage at Bloodstock Open Air Festival in 2013 and they were one of the unknown bands to me that definitely turned out as one of the big surprises of the festival. They were like… Continue Reading →
I like simple stuff. I’m no musician (I think my guitar teacher Jack would agree) and I can’t get into hyper technical metal. Stuff that gets guitar nerds worked up into a frothy mess tends to leave me cold. I… Continue Reading →