This is the seventh album from Hour of Penance, an Italian death metal band.
Hour of Penance walk the line between technical and brutal death metal; the songs are both sharply played and bluntly brutal. Incorporating the best of both styles into their violent, energetic mix, Cast the First Stone is a focused, directed assault throughout its 35 minute duration. Continue reading “Hour of Penance – Cast the First Stone (Review)”
Wormhole are a US/international death metal band and this is their debut album.
Featuring two singers, (from Vulvodynia and Engorging the Autopsy), and containing 27 minutes of cutting edge extremity, this is sure to be a hit with any fan of brutal, slamming death metal, especially if you’re looking for more depth than you usually find on such releases. Continue reading “Wormhole – Genesis (Review)”
Beheaded are a death metal band from Malta and this is their fifth album.
Beheaded have produced a solid, enjoyable slab of intense death metal with Beast Incarnate. Make no mistake, this will flatten you and stomp on your remains. Continue reading “Beheaded – Beast Incarnate (Review)”
Maze of Sothoth are an Italian death metal band and this is their debut album.
Maze of Sothoth play dark death metal that’s influenced by the likes of Morbid Angel and HP Lovecraft.
Starting off the album with a short ambient track that’s actually quite unnerving and unsettling, when Continue reading “Maze of Sothoth – Soul Demise (Review)”
Old Chapel are a death metal band from Russia. This is their second album.
Old Chapel play old-school death metal with a healthy doom influence. Continue reading “Old Chapel – Visions from Beyond (Review)”
Maloic are an Indian death metal band and this is their debut album.
This is melodic death metal with folk elements. Featuring influences from traditional Indian music, Maloic are reminiscent of the early/mid 90s death metal era, where bands were experimenting with the core genre to include wider styles. Continue reading “Maloic – Death (Review)”
This is the third album from German death metal band Deserted Fear.
I thoroughly enjoyed their second album Kingdom of Worms; it was a really solid album of death metal by a band that remembered the importance of actual songs.
Kingdom of Worms also effectively Continue reading “Deserted Fear – Dead Shores Rising (Review)”
Lifeblind are a Swedish death metal band and this is their debut EP.
Ahhhh Swedish death metal. Always reliable, always enjoyable. Sure, it has its detractors, but when you get right down to it, what’s not to like?
Influenced by the usual suspects, (Entombed, Dismember, etc.), Continue reading “Lifeblind – Insanity Infesting Reality (Review)”
Suppressive Fire are a death/thrash metal band from the US and this is their second album.
Shockingly hot on the heels of this year’s debut album Bedlam, it’s clear that Suppressive Fire are a hungry, ambitious lot, and rather than rest on their laurels, (Bedlam was quite the corker), they’ve seemingly just rushed back into the studio to produce their second album already. Continue reading “Suppressive Fire – Nature of War (Review)”
This is the debut album by Cryptic Realms, a death metal band with members from various countries.
Featuring the singer of Abyssus, (one of my favourites), I was keen to see what Cryptic Realms had to offer.
Here we have classic, old-school death metal, played with a purity of intent and grim authenticity. Taking cues from Continue reading “Cryptic Realms – Enraptured by Horror (Review)”
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