God Syndrome are a death metal band from Russia. This is their debut album.
Combining elements of bands like Hypocrisy and Decapitated, this is fast, melodic and nicely aggressive. Continue reading “God Syndrome – Controverse (Review)”
Category: Death Metal
Pulvis et Umbra – Atmosfear (Review)
Pulvis et Umbra is an Italian one-man death metal band and this is his third album.
This is death metal that mixes in aspects of thrash metal and metalcore, making for a dynamic release that has a decent amount of extremity included alongside some more accessible moments. Continue reading “Pulvis et Umbra – Atmosfear (Review)”
Soulskinner – Descent to Abaddon (Review)
Soulskinner are a Greek death metal band and this is their fourth album.
I very much enjoyed 2014’s Crypts of Ancient Wisdom, so I’m quite the happy bunny to hear some new material from Soulskinner. Continue reading “Soulskinner – Descent to Abaddon (Review)”
Divine Element – Thaurachs of Borsu (Review)
Divine Element are an international black/death metal band. This is their second album.
This is quite a varied release that essentially boils down to about 40 minutes of epic extreme metal.
The music takes Continue reading “Divine Element – Thaurachs of Borsu (Review)”
Suffering Hour – In Passing Ascension (Review)
This is the debut album of US blackened death metal band Suffering Hour.
Suffering Hour’s 2014 debut EP Foreseeing Exemptions to a Dismal Beyond was a release that really struck a chord with me. The band’s primitive-yet-powerful display Continue reading “Suffering Hour – In Passing Ascension (Review)”
Dead Soul Alliance – Slaves to the Apocalypse (Review)
Dead Soul Alliance are a Canadian death metal band and this is their third EP.
This is 25 minutes of old-school death metal, fashioned after the 90s era. Continue reading “Dead Soul Alliance – Slaves to the Apocalypse (Review)”
Hate – Tremendum (Review)
Hate are a Polish blackened death metal band and this is their tenth album.
Tremendum’s music is a mix of the old-school and the new. The former provides a purity of focus and delivery, while the latter provides polish and a sense of renewed dynamic energy. Continue reading “Hate – Tremendum (Review)”
Opposer – Darkest Path (Review)
This is the second album from Spanish death metallers Opposer.
This is old-school death metal with an equally old-school thrash influence. A mix of Obituary, Death, Bolt Thrower, and Sepultura, if you will. Continue reading “Opposer – Darkest Path (Review)”
Integral – Resilience (Review)
Integral are an Italian death metal/deathcore band and this is their debut album.
This is one for fans of modern aggression that mixes technical, brutal, and melodic death metal with elements of deathcore. This would be enough in its own right – but what’s this? We also get Continue reading “Integral – Resilience (Review)”
Disincarnation – By the Old Gods and the New (Review)
Disincarnation are a US death metal band and this is their first demo.
Ahh, the good old metal of death, Swedish style! This is rolling, heavy death metal that’s ready for war.
A raw, underground Continue reading “Disincarnation – By the Old Gods and the New (Review)”
