Micawber are a US death metal band and this is their third album.
This is modern death metal, full of punishing riffs, crushing grooves, sharp melodies, blasting drums, and belligerent growls. Continue reading “Micawber – Beyond the Reach of Flame (Review)”
Just Before Dawn are an international death metal band and this is their third album.
Having enjoyed both The Aftermath and The Dead and Those About to Die, a new Just Before Dawn release is always welcome.
To give you a very good idea of who has been involved with this album, I’m just going to reproduce a bit of the promo blurb below – Continue reading “Just Before Dawn – Tides of Blood (Review)”
Widow’s Peak are a death metal band from Canada and this is their debut EP.
Here we have 20 minutes of technical death metal that aims to melt faces and fry brains. Continue reading “Widow’s Peak – Graceless (Review)”
Desekryptor and Draghkar are both old-school death metal bands from the US, and they have teamed up for this split.
Both bands offer up a single track to this release, with Desekryptor starting us off with The Ceremony of Cleaning Corpses. Continue reading “Desekryptor/Draghkar – Split (Review)”
Æpoch are a Canadian death metal band and this is their debut album.
Æpoch play progressive death metal, with additional elements of both black and thrash metal appearing in their sound here and there. Continue reading “Æpoch – Awakening Inception (Review)”
De Profundis are a death metal band from the UK and this is their fifth album.
If you haven’t encountered De Profundis before then you’re in for a treat. This is 43 minutes of timeless death metal, combining old-school classic appeal with forward-thinking progressive enhancements and striking melodies. Continue reading “De Profundis – The Blinding Light of Faith (Review)”
This is the fourth album from this UK brutal death metal band.
Although I’ve seen Ingested live, this is my first encounter with their recorded material. They sound pretty much exactly like I thought they would, and I mean that in a very good way. I enjoyed them live, and The Level Above Human manages to capture the massive sound of the band’s performance with crushing precision. Continue reading “Ingested – The Level Above Human (Review)”
This is the third album from Down Among the Dead Men, an international death metal/crust supergroup.
The two main members of this band have a wealth of experience between them. This includes, (but is not limited to), Echelon, Megascavenger, Paganizer, The Grotesquery, Those Who Bring the Torture, Just Before Dawn and Ursinne). Phew, that’s a lot of expertise. Continue reading “Down Among the Dead Men – …And You Will Obey Me (Review)”
Depravity are an Australian death metal band and this is their debut album.
Featuring a member of Impiety/The Furor, this is 40 minutes of 90s-inspired death metal. Morbid Angel fans in particular should pay attention, but this is really for any fan of bands such as Continue reading “Depravity – Evil Upheaval (Review)”
Neolithic are a US death metal/crust band and this is their latest EP.
Mixing classic d-beat crust with the uglier side of death metal, this is 8 minutes of pitch-black fury and aggression. Continue reading “Neolithic – Cult of Ignorance (Review)”
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