Tag Dismember
No, this isn’t an abbreviated form of famous, aromatic lamb curry but rather a new death metal band from Germany. With a press release mentioning influences such as Spawn Of Possession, Suffocation and Dismember (all with a modern twist) I… Continue Reading →
The lurid and hellish cover art is very Swedeath, old school to the bone and hinted immediately at the onslaught this debut was about to inflict on my auditory canals. Any band that has an Autopsy song as a band… Continue Reading →
How often do you read a review of an album in the magazines / on the net and the words ‘sounds like (insert band name)’ or ‘this is a (insert band name) rip off’ pop up? Happens to me lots… Continue Reading →
Blackened satanic metallers Necrophobic have been hitting the headlines for some depressing reasons this year – and unfortunately all totally unrelated to their music. In March, founding band member David Parland died, apparently after committing suicide. Then last month the… Continue Reading →
Sometimes the passage of time seems to pass extremely quickly. I mean, it seems like only yesterday that Swedish crew Centinex were consistently delivering excellent Swedish death metal, and I lamented their loss just as much as the next slave… Continue Reading →
Picture a grotty three lane highway decked out with vast arrays of death metal bands from all quarters of the planet. In the first lane you have those bands that sit there churning out the odd album hoping for a… Continue Reading →
There seem to be an awful lot of retrogressive death metal bands around these days. It seems everyone is hankering for the days when death metal was scary, new, dark and exciting. Not every band hits the mark, in fact… Continue Reading →
This 4-track demo will be released as a very limited tape version (166 copies) so if you want the physical article you will need to get in quick as most are sold out via pre-order. But have no fear; this… Continue Reading →
We lost Dismember, we’ve recently lost or will be losing later this year Vomitory…Tormented have the right style and persona to follow in their footsteps although I will refrain from saying that they could replace them, we are not quite… Continue Reading →
Forget the latest trends, forget superhuman, athletic instrumentation, forget technicality and sophistication; if the world does end on the 21st December as some people claim the Mayans predicted, I want to be listening to something like Abysme. The band themselves… Continue Reading →
Swedish death metal titans featuring none other than Rogga Johansson (a man who awakes each morning and writes a stunning death metal album – it appears that way anyway!) and are inspired by 80’s horror movies, you only need to… Continue Reading →
This is a landmark tenth full length album from Sweden’s “Masters of Death” who are now joined by Tobias Cristiansson from the ashes of Dismember (whom are sadly missed I might add). Ola Lindgren survives as the founder member in… Continue Reading →