Tag Death Metal
I guess you get it with every genre of music but I always find it strange how odd albums from seemingly underground bands go on to become so highly regarded. Dying Remains by Morta Skuld is such a case. You… Continue Reading →
So there I was bemoaning a horror themed album for lacking in the key ingredient and along comes this. Surely Vincent Crowley and his team made up of past members of laid to rest Acheron won’t be making that mistake?… Continue Reading →
So, a bit of a change here. Symphonic death metal from Pittsburgh, but with a Greek philosophical foundation. Confused? The accompanying PR blurb says: ““Theurgia” is a collection of seven musical rites, revolving around a common thematic axis; transgressing the… Continue Reading →
This is death metal from Poland, and the band’s called Sacrofuck, so little is left to the imagination. How many times am I going to write the word “harsh”? Before I get on to the album “Święta Krew”, which translates… Continue Reading →
We are off to the Basque Country but don’t go expecting a sunny disposition. Judging by the title of the album this is a sun blinded by pollution. The duo of M (guitars, bass and vocals) and N (drums and… Continue Reading →
Rumbles from the West. Portland Oregon’s Petrification have released their second album “Sever Sacred Light” (which for some reason I have an issue saying out loud), on Svart records. This is the follow up to “Hollow of the Void in 2018… Continue Reading →
This is one review I will keep short as the record in question is a short mix of death and some black metal clocking in at just over 20 mins. Cerulean, hailing from Arizona and California released Carrion Angel last… Continue Reading →
It’s been a while since we crept over the crooked, creaky bridge into Creepsylvania, six years in fact. This time we approach the ghoulish sack-clothed faced wearers lair with extreme caution. I nod acknowledgement to the headless horseman on the… Continue Reading →
The Swedish guttural groove monsters are back, this time with their fifth bludgeoning full length that captures everything that is wholesome and good about the Swedish death metal scene. The Swedes haven’t released a shoddy album in their short six… Continue Reading →
This debut album by Spain’s Apparition has already had a release on Headsplit records in July of 2023 on cassette and CD, as I suspect the German label has picked it up for a further CD issue and of course… Continue Reading →
Brisbane is not the first place you think of for filthy gnarly, sludgy Death Metal. I was there in the mid 90’s and I just remember the fake beach on Australia day, extreme humidity and a lot of Hahn Ice… Continue Reading →
2024 sees the birth of a new wave of unconventional and pulsating Death Metal courtesy of Montreal’s very own Dissimulator. ‘Lower Form Resistance’ is seven slabs of intricate and complex pulsating Death Metal which is reminiscent of a hybrid which… Continue Reading →