Unearthly Rites are a Finnish death metal band and this is their second album.
Tortural Symphony of the Flesh is the 40-minute follow up to 2024’s Ecdysis, bringing us another filth-ridden slab of death/crust/sludge/grind/doom from Unearthly Rites. Strap yourself in, and get ready for something Continue reading “Unearthly Rites – Tortural Symphony of the Flesh (Review)”
This is the third album from UK death metallers Cryptworm.
Infectious Pathological Waste offers up a 35-minute festering cesspit of death metal nastiness. Served to us by current and ex-members of Coffinborn, Cryptic Shift, and Rothadás, Cryptworm arrive covered in Continue reading “Cryptworm – Infectious Pathological Waste (Review)”
This is the ninth album from Finnish melodic death/doom band Hanging Garden.
Isle of Bliss contains 48 minutes of engaging material. Hanging Garden’s mix of death and doom metal is heavily melodic, carries a Gothic flavour, and has an occasional blackened edge. It makes for a compelling record that should appeal to fans of a Continue reading “Hanging Garden – Isle of Bliss (Review)”
This is the second album from Canadian death metallers Egregore.
It Echoes in the Wild is brought to us by current/ex-members of Mitochondrion and Funeral Circle, and is a light-swallowing maelstrom of black/death metal horror. Egregore have a well-developed personality, and this record allows them 48 minutes to express this freely. The results are Continue reading “Egregore – It Echoes in the Wild (Review)”
Cryptic Shift are a death/thrash metal band from the UK and this is their second album.
Do you remember when Cryptic Shift opened their 2020 debut album Visitations from Enceladus with a 26-minute song? Well, now they’re back with a new album called Overspace & Supertime, and, with a duration of 82 minutes, it Continue reading “Cryptic Shift – Overspace & Supertime (Review)”
Exhumed are a death metal band from the US and this is their ninth album.
Exhumed have been slaughtering their way across the death metal scene for long enough that any new material is feverishly greeted by bloodstained grins by a those in the know. Yep, Exhumed rule, and this time they’ve taken their gore-obsessed death metal mobile – Red Asphalt is a 37-minute hymn to Continue reading “Exhumed – Red Asphalt (Review)”
This is the third album from international, (Greece/US), blackened death metallers Phasma.
Phasma play an interesting and intense mix of black and death metal, cut with elements of doom and deathcore. Purgatory contains 26 minutes of dark violence, and it’s Continue reading “Phasma – Purgatory (Review)”
This is the latest EP from US death metallers Necronomicon ex Mortis.
I enjoyed my introduction to Necronomicon ex Mortis last year via their split with Bloodfeast Ritual, so was glad to see a new EP appear. Six songs, 30 minutes; Zombie Blood Nightmare offers up a treasure trove of old-school death metal blood-soaked gems to sift through. Continue reading “Necronomicon ex Mortis – Zombie Blood Nightmare (Review)”
Serpent Ascending, Ôros Kaù, Swords of Dis, and Midnight Odyssey have joined together to produce an epic split album.
Now here’s an interesting and unusual release. This massive split is a collaborative concept album aimed at providing a contemporary retelling of the Epic of Gilgamesh. From the Waters of Death brings together an array of atypical talent from the exceptional I, Voidhanger roster, and is something you should definitely be paying attention to if Continue reading “Serpent Ascending, Ôros Kaù, Swords of Dis, and Midnight Odyssey – From the Waters of Death – Split (Review)”
Fossilization are a Brazilian death metal band and this is their second album.
Following on from 2023’s monstrous Leprous Daylight, Fossilization have once more emerged from their ancient slumber with the 36-minute Advent of Wounds. Strap yourself into the slime-covered pain machine, as it’s about to get nasty. Continue reading “Fossilization – Advent of Wounds (Review)”
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