Ovakner are a Spanish death/crust band and this is their debut EP.
Mixing old-school death metal with a firm helping of crust and some quite emotive elements, this is an energetic and filthy slab of crushing aggression and surprising depth.
Category: Death Metal
Incantation – Profane Nexus (Review)
Incantation are a legendary US death metal band and this is their eleventh album.
Pioneers of combining death metal’s fiery intensity with monolithic doom influences, Profane Nexus is the sound of a band that know exactly what they need to do to put out a great death metal record, and then just get down to the business of doing it. Continue reading “Incantation – Profane Nexus (Review)”
Dawn of Disease – Ascension Gate (Review)
Dawn of Disease are a death metal band and this is their fourth album.
I wasn’t expecting a new Dawn of Disease album so soon after last year’s enjoyable Worship the Grave, but I’m certainly not complaining about it. Continue reading “Dawn of Disease – Ascension Gate (Review)”
Mouldered – Chronology of a Rotten Mind (Review)
This is the debut album from Colombian death metal band Mouldered.
Mouldered play violent, gruesome, brutal death metal. It’s uncompromising and ugly, just as you would want from this kind of thing. Continue reading “Mouldered – Chronology of a Rotten Mind (Review)”
Black Blood Invocation – Black Blood Invocation (Review)
Black Blood Invocation are a Greek blackened death metal band and this is their debut release.
After a rather ominous intro, we get three songs of ugly, bestial death metal that sound as if a blackened tar has been poured over them and left to rot. Continue reading “Black Blood Invocation – Black Blood Invocation (Review)”
Satanic – Architecture of Chaos (Review)
Satanic are a Canadian death/thrash metal band and this is their debut album.
Satanic play death metal mixed with thrash. The death metal side of the band’s style takes care of the aggression, while the thrash metal side concerns itself with spiky riffs and lightning guitar solos.
Thy Art Is Murder – Dear Desolation (Review)
This is the fourth album from Australian death metal/deathcore band Thy Art Is Murder.
As far as the much-maligned deathcore genre goes, few bands do it for me as much as Thy Art Is Murder do. Holy War was a thunderously enjoyable slab of heaviosity, and their brief split with The Acacia Strain and Fit for an Autopsy also showed a band that knew what they were doing with the style. Continue reading “Thy Art Is Murder – Dear Desolation (Review)”
Inferum – Modern Massacre (Review)
Inferum are a death metal band from the Netherlands and this is their debut EP.
This is modern death metal that contains elements of both groove metal and deathcore. Continue reading “Inferum – Modern Massacre (Review)”
Backbone – R’lyeh (Review)
Backbone are an Argentinian death metal band and this is their debut EP.
Backbone play death metal with a healthy helping of groove, thrash, and progressive metal thrown in for character and substance. Continue reading “Backbone – R’lyeh (Review)”
Duality – Elektron (Review)
Duality are a technical death metal band from Italy and this is their debut album.
Duality mix death metal with technical complexity, jazz interludes, and progressive workouts. Think a mix of Death, Obscura, and The Faceless. Continue reading “Duality – Elektron (Review)”
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