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Orbitoclasto – Macerie (S/R)

Short and sweet all round here. This EP came telling me nothing more than the fact that this is a black crust band from Italy by “a bunch of guys already involved in other projects.” They have a pretty unfathomable… Continue Reading →

Boris Records 7” Roundup

Nothing to do with a certain Japanese band and I bet they get that all the time, Boris Records is a label based in Atlanta Georgia dedicated in promoting and releasing music within the metal scene there. Perhaps not as… Continue Reading →

Benighted – Carnivore Sublime (Season of Mist)

3 years since their last album, Benighted are back with a new guitarist in the form of Adrien Guérin and now departed bassist Eric Lombard on their seventh full length release. I should say that their style remains rather unchanged… Continue Reading →

Dripback – Failed Futures (4 Family Records)

Stone me I’m a luckier than a cat with a strawberry flavoured arse! I’ve had a run of really good albums to review recently and that has continues with the first full length record from North London caaaaaaants Dripback. I’ve… Continue Reading →

The Dead Goats – Children of the Fungus (Instant Classic)

Forming in 2011, Polish three piece The Dead Goats is made up of members of blackened/deathly crew Abused Majesty, as well as Neuropathia (the prolific purveyors of quality death grind). This is only the second release from this relatively new… Continue Reading →

Basement Torture Killings – A Night Of Brutal Torture (Grindscene Records)

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 →

Soul Remnants – Black And Blood (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions)

Soul Remnants  – I confess to being a bit ignorant of this Massachusetts 5 piece so when the CD landed on my mat I wasn’t sure what to expect…… what I didn’t expect was this absolute stonker of a record. … Continue Reading →

Mutation – Error 500 (Ipecac)

Hang on to your hats and britches and whatever the hell else you have not got battened down against this upcoming shitstorm. It’s a wild ride and a half and even if you survive it without melting down you may… Continue Reading →

Man Must Die – Peace Was Never An Option (Lifeforce)

I last encountered this Scottish band around their ‘The Human Condition’ release; their last effort did pass me by. What struck me about this band was the power and energy, they opened for Hate Eternal a while back and I… Continue Reading →

Carcass – Surgical Steel (Nuclear Blast)

All fans of extreme metal over a certain age should be overjoyed at the final return of Carcass, legendary, groundbreaking and unique purveyors of gore-drenched yet witty and sharp, crushingly heavy death/gore/grind/metal… Call it what you will, Carcass made it… Continue Reading →

The Nihilistic Front – Procession To Annihilation (Aesthetic Death)

Having not heard any of the three previously self-released albums by Australian act The Nihilistic Front I was luckily provided a crash course of some of their older material thanks to a compilation put together by Stu of their new… Continue Reading →

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