Tag USA
Well, if the evocation of “the archetypal personification of death as it tethers human consciousness to the realm of earthly suffering” is what you’re looking for, here’s the thing for you. Clearly these Americans have spent a while thinking about… Continue Reading →
It was really the end of the eighties before I started to become aware of death metal proper. I was a thrash kid through that period (and beyond), being primarily a big fan of the big four and the British… Continue Reading →
It’s back to bygone dusty trails of West Virginia, the country roads of which John Denver once put into musical verse when he yearned a return. We wanted one too as it has been seven years since Nechochwen (and amazingly… Continue Reading →
These Baltimore Bruisers (metal journalist cliche klaxon alert) are one of those bands that you feel like you have seen and heard a million times. Having been around since 10BC, it is quite possible that you may have raked up… Continue Reading →
This duo from USA earned tributes for their 2020 ep “Wounds Ever Expanding”. Progressive black metal is their style with infusions of atmospheric and technical elements. “Ash in Realms of Stone Icons” is their first full album release. As the… Continue Reading →
I have had the pleasure of listening to this album a lot over the last week due to reviewing in much shorter form for another publication. One thing I noticed on doing so is that it marks 40 years since… Continue Reading →
With a couple of albums and a few EPs already out this third album by US band Dischordia is likely to divide the technical death metal world, purely because the album is so off the wall that describing it with… Continue Reading →
As the band name and album title might suggest, here we’re heading into the realms of industrial, post-metal sludge and all that surrounds it. Although not a name previously known to me, Lament Cityscape have been around for a while,… Continue Reading →
This Chicago band came to my attention when mentioned in Keep It True festival forums; however, they are very different from the usual style of bands appearing at that festival. Quite rightly noted in the PR material, this release makes… Continue Reading →
It’s a pathologist’s worse nightmare. The body is laid out on the slab, the y-shaped incision is made, rib-cage prized open and removal of organs commences. Up to nuts in guts and carefully placing, liver, lungs and other offal in… Continue Reading →
A debut album from US blackened death metallers Trenchant, and not to be confused with another act with this moniker also from the USA though I believe they have changed their band name. The three tracks on their debut demo… Continue Reading →
I may have mentioned it 4 years ago when I reviewed Billy Graziadei’s debut album that other than a couple Biohazard songs that I have on compilations, I’ve never really listened to an album of theirs. So sure, owing to… Continue Reading →