Tag Dying Fetus
I am not sure what rock I’ve been living under for the past five years or so but this Swedish outfit has released five albums already and this is now their sixth. In the bands ranks is Kevin Talley (drums)… Continue Reading →
Having had a digital promo copy of this album for quite a while now it was nice to get the diabolical CD from our editor at the recent Damnation Festival 2014 gig just so I can analyse the cover art… Continue Reading →
The answer to your first question is ‘Created By The Gods’…. Forgive me if I’m wrong, my Polish isn’t what it used to be. This is a re-issue from 2012 & the bands one and only full length LP. Now,… Continue Reading →
Well this is a treat! North Carolina’s Bloodsoaked have been kicking around playing some awesome technical death metal since 2006. They are a project helmed by Peter Hasselbrack, ably assisted on this release by Joseph Darling on 2nd guitar and…. Continue Reading →
Misery Index have carved their own niche, emerging from the shadows of Dying Fetus (and let’s be honest – sounding a fair bit like them) especially over the course of their last few albums – their previous two records (Heirs… Continue Reading →
Banisher are a technical death metal band hailing from Rzeszow in Poland. They’ve been kicking around since 2005 but only released their debut album, ‘Slaughterhouse’, in 2010. This is a very dynamic, relentless album, faster & more intense than their… Continue Reading →
How much of a disappointment is it when you look forward so much to a new album from a favourite band and they might as well have taken a big steaming dump on your chest? ‘St. Anger’, ‘Cold Lake’, ‘Nostradamus’… Continue Reading →
For those of you in the know, this is of course a reissue of Whitechapel’s debut, originally released in 2007. Not merely content with a standard reissue, Metal Blade have deemed it necessary to remaster and visually overhaul the album…. Continue Reading →
It doesn’t seem all that long ago that I reviewed Six Feet Under’s ‘Undead’, the album which signaled an overhaul in the band’s ranks and their tried-and-trusted formula. In fact, checking the dates, it was well under a year ago…. Continue Reading →
Devourment’s 1999 debut album, ‘Molesting the Decapitated’, was one of the more memorable examples of brutal death metal at the turn of the century. Consisting of down-tuned mayhem, slamming tunes, grizzly cover art and some of the fastest snare rolls… Continue Reading →
The “Misery Index” was an economic term coined by Arthur Okun, which compares inflation and unemployment in a nation’s economy. Christ knows what the UK’s current misery index is, (though I suspect it’s pretty high), but I do know that… Continue Reading →
With a band name like this and the accompanying album titles plus cover art this US act isn’t out to make friends amongst the religious fraternity that’s for sure, preferring to blaspheme their way through ten tunes of brutal slamming… Continue Reading →