Tag Death Metal
While this shall be the 15th Kataklysm album by vocalist Maurizio Iacono and guitarist Jean-François Dagenais, the 13th by bassist Stéphane Barbe, it’s the first by new drummer James Payne. And I must admit to being impressed by his enthusiastic… Continue Reading →
In Greek mythology, the Acheron river was regarded as cursed. Although not a theme album as such, this work’s subjects cover the underworld, plague, fire, decay and hell. The band portray all this with their brand of death metal, and… Continue Reading →
Hmm is this some kind of conspiracy between Ave Noctum’s editor in chief and Prosthetic Records. This is the second album the label are putting out in August by acts that I have previously raved about. Is this being done to put some pep… Continue Reading →
2023 marks out a 30 year anniversary for Denmark’s Panzerchrist since forming in 1993 under the auspices of Michael Enevoldsen, releasing seven albums plus a handful of demos and EP that started in 1995. In 2013, after the release of… 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 →
OK it’s time to regress. Acidbrain swim in the gore infested flooded basement of a thousand other serial killer obsessed death/grind acts. They splatter the 16 tracks here with subject matter and samples that were kinda shocking when Eaten Back to Life came out some 33 years ago… Continue Reading →
I think sometimes as fans we all kinda forget how hard it is for some bands to actually get music out – the world constantly intervening with irritating necessities like food, a place to sleep, stuff like that getting in… Continue Reading →
The upshot of Fleshvessel’s offering for this album is extreme metal of a black/death variety but also a symphonic sound comprising an overwhelming array of instruments, including the flute, ocarina, viola, harp, glockenspiel, darbuka, clarinet, jaw harp, Thai phin, trumpet… Continue Reading →
My friend Russ, who’s en expat now living in Santiago, Chile, tells me that his adopted country is a hotbed of heavy metal bands. I’ve come to realise this myself from the number of albums by Chilean bands which have… Continue Reading →
With a somewhat convoluted history stretching right back to 1988, Cadaver have essentially set up their body disposal shop over three periods, each to date releasing two albums in relatively short succession and then splitting up and going on hiatus… Continue Reading →
It’s been a while since I have put quill to parchment having been busy doing other things that are far less interesting and involve proper work, rather than flouncing about casting off prose and witty bon moots to remind myself… Continue Reading →
One thing that has kept me most intrigued by metal in all the years I have enjoyed it is learning about the many different scenes from nations one would not expect to have a metal or even alternative scene due… Continue Reading →