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Warside – The Enemy Inside (S/R)

All the members of French band Warside are part of other bands, such as , except their vocalist it appears. Indeed they have also been members of other bands too such as Whisper-X and Hemerah with the former having some… Continue Reading →

Marasmus – Necrotic Overlord (Transcending Obscurity Records)

Despite protestations to the contrary, a brief respite afforded by three and a half hours of sunshine, the head of Spring has been cleaved from its shoulders by the bastard grey, concreted sarcophagus of all things Winter, as she descends… Continue Reading →

The Crown – Royal Destroyer (Metal Blade)

The Kings are back! If there’s one thing guaranteed to put a smile on my face in these mirth-free days, it’s a record from the Swedish masters of all things raging and furious, The Crown. While they should need no… Continue Reading →

Sepulcros – Vazio (Transcending Obscurity Records)

Portuguese Sepulcros are hideous, a slithering creeping sonic monstrosity spread across four nightmarish horrors that will have you balling your eyes out, screaming and begging to be let free from the aural torture they have inflicted upon you when you… Continue Reading →

Sullen – Nodus Tollens – Act 1: Oblivion (S/R)

Nodus Tollens is “a neologism used by John Koenig to define the feeling of insecurity that some people get when they find that their lives don’t make sense any more”. To be honest, this description covers most things that I… Continue Reading →

Exanimis – Marionnettiste (Klonosphere Records)

One could never accuse this French band of lacking ambition, their debut album is as opulent and lavish as anything you’ll hear this year within the symphonic metal sphere no matter whether power metal, death metal, black metal or any… Continue Reading →

Baest – Necro Sapiens (Century Media)

When I saw Baests latest offering, ‘Necro Sapiens’ on the review list I was falling over myself to put pen to paper and scribe my request for the opportunity to critique it, especialy as I had dissected their previous release,… Continue Reading →

Iotunn – Access All Worlds (Metal Blade)

Don’t you just hate when people are like ‘I listen to a bit of everything’ or ‘when my music is on shuffle it goes from Pop to Death Metal’. I mean I get both of these statements, but the reason… Continue Reading →

Summoning The Lich – United In Chaos (Prosthetic Records)

This relatively new act from the US has kicked off their full length discography with clear intent. After a demo in 2017 they have quickly put a fine debut under their belt that encompasses the broad melodic death metal genre… Continue Reading →

Scarred – S/T (Klonosphere)

Sometimes you look at an album’s cover and you know what you’re going to get. Others make you think. This nicely-packaged album suggested something psychologically deranged but progressive, something angst-ridden but carefully crafted. That bit of fun over, I read… Continue Reading →

The Generals – To Hell! (Black Zombie Records)

The Generals have been death ‘n’ rolling since 2002, yet this is only their third full length release.  They have garnered quite the rep in their native Sweden for high octane live shows and there is a hell of a lot of… Continue Reading →

The Amenta – Revelator (Debemur Morti Productions)

Eight years is a long time to wait between albums, the seismic shift in extreme metal can be huge as these Australian industrial death metallers return from their hiatus with a fourth full length. Brandishing an apocalyptic, cataclysmic approach the… Continue Reading →

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