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As I’m sure has been the case for thousands of other fans, Cannibal Corpse was the band that truly roped me into the death metal genre. Chancing upon a second hand copy of their debut ‘Eaten Back to Life’ –… Continue Reading →
These boys work fast it seems. Hot on the heels of 2013’s ‘Omen Ex Simulacra’ comes the latest instalment of disturbing, horrific death metal from the prolific US-based duo. Coming as it does barely 9 months after that most recent… Continue Reading →
Doom is one of the few metal subgenres that are genuinely timeless; the pioneers that first started the genre, Black Sabbath and Pentagram, are still just as essential today as they were all those decades ago when they first started… Continue Reading →
Formed in their native Mexico five years ago and currently residing in California, the barbarians of Funereus have been perfecting their craft with a few demos, EPs and splits, not to mention 2010’s debut album ‘Profane Rite of Morbid Glorification’…. Continue Reading →
We seem to get a split disc every couple of weeks or so and they are certainly reliable for discovering new bands, especially when it comes to the black metal side of things. This latest one via Immortal Frost Productions… Continue Reading →
Unrelenting is a word best used to describe this release. Featuring three tracks each from two fairly new US extreme bands, it rages pretty much non-stop for the 26 minute duration of its stay. First up are Throne of Sacrilege,… Continue Reading →
“Please Explode” what a polite way to put things. So much nicer than “Circle pit NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW” The title is where the politesse stops though. “Mudfucker” erupts from the speakers with the urgency of a bad pint exiting the colon. This… 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 →
You know there’s something truly special about a band when they have universal appeal; when Pallbearer released ‘Sorrow and Extinction’ back in 2012 they captured the hearts of not just doom aficionados, but music lovers the world over. ‘Sorrow and… Continue Reading →
Weedeater need no introduction, but for the sake of this review, I’ll give them one anyway. Formed When cult sludge act BUZZOV•EN called it a day in North Carolina, deep in the bible belt region of America, the three piece… Continue Reading →
It’s taken eight years for Empire Auriga to follow up their debut album “Auriga Dying”. Listening to “Ascending the Solar Throne”, I can only imagine that the band spent the intervening time staring wistfully into voids. Metal blizzards swirl around…. Continue Reading →
‘Casting Ruin’ is the fourth album from these purveyors of black/death/tech extremity (or “Epic Fucking Brutality”, as they so eloquently put it themselves), and my first introduction to their sound. Originally starting out as one of the many bands to… Continue Reading →