Tag Death Metal
It’s always sad losing a writer due to the increasing pressure of balancing a life with the time it takes to cover stuff. It was a particular blow when George our undisputed king of the slams had to hang up… Continue Reading →
If you’ve never given Japan’s Defiled a listen then you should, as it is unusual to get such a brutal outfit emerging from the east side of the Pacific Ocean so much so that I waxed lyrically about the bands… Continue Reading →
It’s a bold choice, to say the least, to give your debut album a name that could so easily be read as “Shambolic Vibrations”, whether that misreading be by accident or design. Other brave choices include the blurb in the… Continue Reading →
After six years on the road Greece’s black metal unit, Decipher have finally graced the airwaves with their debut studio album. Arcane Paths to Resurrection is the kind of release that gives the exact same vibes as foreshadowed by it’s… Continue Reading →
I have a penchant for going for bands hailing from our metallized South American brothers and sisters and any band named Putrid Yell has got to be someone that likes that gnarly side of death metal surely. This Chilean band… Continue Reading →
“Evergreen animates expansive imagery, stirring notes with cerulean bodies of calm rippled surfaces …. Healing grounds, enlighten. To catch fire and fire down over the problematic uncertainties”. This lyrical extract from “Healing Grounds”, the opening track of this second album… Continue Reading →
Setting out on longboats to Lindisfarne back in 2012 it would appear these Italians somehow thought they had Viking heritage when they started out with their debut EP. Since then they have steered their way through Midgard, Ragnarok, wars and… Continue Reading →
This album by Belarusian death grinders Grimentity has been out since February 2022, so quite why it has taken so long to hit the players of Ave Noctum is puzzling considering how bloody good it is too. Predominantly grindcore based… Continue Reading →
Well, at the very least Rotpit gets the best “AC/DC adjacent album pun of the month” award, with the amusing moniker “Let There Be Rot”. Turns out Rotpit are a project featuring the ever-prolific Jonny Pettersson (here on bass and… Continue Reading →
Extermination Order, it would seem, are a five piece from all over the place (California, Germany, Iceland). They cite influences such as early Amon Amarth, Edge of Sanity, and crucially, Bolt Thrower. I have always been puzzled why Bolt Thrower,… Continue Reading →
Ah, the sweet savage sound of planet crushing death metal courtesy of Germany’s New World Depression whose sixth full length comes hurtling from your speakers like an atomic bomb dropped from up on high. I really liked this bands last… Continue Reading →
Starting out as a much rawer gore n’ grind outfit this trio from Osaka Japan have taken their time evolving through various demos and short releases leading up to what we have in front of us today in the form… Continue Reading →