Tag Morbid Angel
Things are grim at the moment. Who the fuck am I kidding things have been grim for a hell of a long time. The world is splitting itself in two over every issue, the internet is becoming a rancid battleground of Trolls and Orcs… Continue Reading →
There are a few record labels that really guarantee a good release on them, and Transcending Obscurity is one of those. Heads for the Dead are another death metal project featuring the near ubiquitous Jonny Pettersson (Wombath, Henry Kane et.al.),… Continue Reading →
This Norwegian extreme metal band has been around for over 15 years releasing one demo and an album in 2004 and 2005 respectively before lying fallow from over decade until ‘Lightning Bolts’ was released in 2018. Originally formed by Violator… Continue Reading →
The adage of not judging a book by its cover is well received by yours truly with this release from Polish act Inhumanity Vortex who were previously called Inhumanity. Under this moniker was released a handful of demos before suffixing… Continue Reading →
Anyone in London who didn’t make the 2-day Finnfest at The Garage in February is probably kicking themselves now as it would have been one of the last shows before lockdown kicked in. Although not on the bill, Proscription would… Continue Reading →
War! What is it good for? Not a lot really, other than perhaps music. I mean is war the love song of the Metal or even Punk world? I would say so. It’s a topic that is covered time and… Continue Reading →
Ah, the current hot weather spell in the UK makes me think of good old Australia. I tell you what else makes me think of our south of the equator cousins? Blackened death metal. I reviewed 2016’s “The Hecatomb” album… Continue Reading →
The first thing that strikes you about this album is the widely varying track lengths that range from a couple of minutes to fourteen which matches the massively fluctuating styles the band has constructed within the six compositions on this… Continue Reading →
I was surprised that there are only a few bands called Putrid on my investigations, however there are loads of bands suffixed with the word putrid; putrid this and putrid that etc. This version of Putrid hails from the deepest… Continue Reading →
Originally released in October 2019 this worthy demo has been quickly picked up by the Polish label for a physical release. At the helm of this project is multi-instrumentalist Eugene Kohl from Germany who has many other projects under his… Continue Reading →
What, where, when, how, why? Were immediate questions that hit me when this unexpected body bag turned up in my digital review files. A quick look affirmed that yes, this was the correct Cadaver, the Norwegian one, that had arrived,… Continue Reading →
My first experience of this US death metal band was a reissue of “From Ashes” in 2012 which was originally released in 2006. Since that time the band has released a further three albums containing their own blend of melodic… Continue Reading →