Tag Death Metal
Quite possibly one of the most underrated and overlooked death metal bands of the last 30 years, Sweden’s Wombbath may have a moniker conjuring up images of sonic rancidity but they offer so much more than that, indeed their latest… Continue Reading →
Swedish Death Metal for me is a little like Brazilian Death Metal, I really have to be in the mood to fully appreciate it. Now, don’t get me wrong I’m not saying I don’t like either of these niche subsets,… Continue Reading →
Portugal may have their very own Rogga Johansson (Sweden) in the making, as Paulo M. Soares, whose project this is, has been involved in a raft of other acts, mostly in the death metal fold, within the Portuguese extreme metal… Continue Reading →
The race to become the most outlandish Metal act seems an unending task when you ponder it, but is it really? Have we reached that peak? Of course I do still hear albums that made me recoil (in a good… Continue Reading →
There’s nothing that will get you out of bed quicker than a lovely dollop of death metal on a Wednesday morning, but rather than provide a shining beacon of light into what can be best described as a shithole of… Continue Reading →
Deranged and agonising murmurs flood the ‘Intro’ before the album takes off with ‘Heavens Ablaze’. A full-on assault of raw and technical black metal. The screams and roars from Lord Angelslayer are demonical and possessed and the speed which emanates… Continue Reading →
Just when I thought I couldn’t hear any more top-quality death metal in 2021, along comes German band Rexul with their debut album. Comprising of a duo, Benny Oprea and Simon Milizia, both ex-Diabolical Imperium with the latter also from… Continue Reading →
It’s time to get “rattled” by Estertor who have given us a game to play with these tales, guess the horror films that the songs take their inspiration from? We have been given a couple of answers and some titles… Continue Reading →
Do you ever have those bands at your disposal that are the meat and potatoes of a genre? I don’t really mean generic as such, more so just basic really. Well, for me when it comes to Brutal Death Metal… Continue Reading →
“Millions die in vain”, goes the lyric on “Blinded” off Hypocrisy’s “Into the Abyss” album (2000). This could apply now. The solid sounds signal menace. The deeply invasive metal tones of Peter Tätgren and his Hypocrisy mates kept me going… Continue Reading →
Once upon a time there was a London metal scene, smug and self-satisfied with the plethora of bands turning out on a weekly basis at venues such as the Red Eye and The Standard. Then in 1999 along came a… Continue Reading →
In his ongoing quest to be featured in one in every three heavy metal bands, Tomas Lindberg is – aside from his main stint as vocalist for a little-known band called “At The Gates” – also the vocalist for The… Continue Reading →