I must say, I have mixed feelings about this whole Entombed saga. For a start my prediction of a reformation of Nihilist for a few gigs has yet to come into fruition, but in less selfish terms, generally these whole… Continue Reading →
Hot on the heels of last December’s very well received debut album ‘Nightmare Vortex’ comes this stonking 4 track EP from old school German deathsters Slaughterday. Ravenous consists of three original new songs and a cracking cover of Acheron’s ‘Ave… Continue Reading →
The greeting is horrible screams and impressive artwork and lyrics which would be entirely in place on any Grindethic album. The emerging and lasting sound is in fact that of Vader, Cannibal Corpse, Carnifex or any other brutal death metal… Continue Reading →
Drowned has been gearing up to release its debut record for an awfully long time. Formed in Berlin way back in 1992, they have thus far released seven demos and one EP over a twenty-year period spanning from 1993-2013. In… Continue Reading →
Formed in 2001 by Alex Voodoo, Seth Van de Loo (Severe Torture) and Tony Norman (ex-Monstrosity/Morbid Angel/Terrorizer), Voodoo Gods has seen a revolving line-up of famous extreme metal legends pass through its doors. Only one EP has so far seen… Continue Reading →
Ogre – Bastards of Death (S/R) These Irish Death metal scamps have been on hiatus since 1998 and have crashed back into an overpopulated DM scene with this concept album about bastard machines of death. Forthron the Evil , John… Continue Reading →
Having only heard Wormrot before, I have little idea of what Singapore offers in terms of its musical exports other than colossal walls of filthy noise and aggression. Taking the chance to learn more, I was lucky enough to land… Continue Reading →
This nine track mini album comprises four meaty chunks of death/doom, a long Persian style interlude and four “Temples” full of dreamy spiritual sitar-led sounds. This is from a German band with a healthy back catalogue and a still healthier… Continue Reading →
As a music lover I’m always in two minds about ‘demo collections’. They fall into two categories generally, 1. Interesting curios from the formative years of bands that went on to be massive…(Mantas ‘Death By Metal’) 2. Unlistenable, badly recorded… Continue Reading →
I last caught up with these guys three years or so ago when they were still called Elitist and released the album ‘Fear In A Handful Of Dust’, a crust filled noisy and chaotic affair with a good nod towards… Continue Reading →
Ever since I got this bands third album “The Return To Darkness” for review in another publication I have been hooked to their music completely and added to that their triumphant and staggering live performance at Bloodstock Open Air in… Continue Reading →
With a moniker like that, you’d expect a Germanic entity to be behind ‘Baphomet Pan Shub-Niggurath’. Instead, Unaussprechlichten Kulten are a Chilean mob inspired by an H.P. Lovecraft story of the same name. As I have no familiarity with the… Continue Reading →