Red Dawn – Algorithm of Destruction (Review)

Red DawnThis is the début album of these French death metallers.

This is modern technical death metal that will easily find fans in people who like bands such as The Faceless, Gorod, Decapitated, Aborted, Wormed, First Fragment, etc.

Algorithm of Destruction has a clean, precise sound that Continue reading “Red Dawn – Algorithm of Destruction (Review)”

Deceptionist – Initializing Irreversible Process (Review)

DeceptionistThis is the début album from this Italian death metal band.

Here we have 34 minutes of music that combines elements of both technical and brutal death metal into its feral core. Featuring guests from Hideous Divinity, Deceptionist waste no time in establishing themselves as cyborg-enhanced death metal warriors.

Dealing with the type of concepts that Continue reading “Deceptionist – Initializing Irreversible Process (Review)”

Sacramental Blood – Ternion Demonarchy (Review)

Sacramental BloodSacramental Blood are a brutal death metal band from Serbia. This is their début album.

This is savage, ferocious death metal that wastes no time in establishing its presence with blast beats, daemonic growls and lightspeed riffs. Yes, Sacramental Blood have arrived.

The vocalist spews forth powerfully delivered growls that seem to Continue reading “Sacramental Blood – Ternion Demonarchy (Review)”

Witch Vomit – A Scream from the Tomb Below (Review)

Witch VomitThis is the début album from US death metal band Witch Vomit.

This is 31 minutes of old-school death metal that sounds as if it was torn straight out of the 90s.

Witch Vomit take the Swedish death metal sound and add Continue reading “Witch Vomit – A Scream from the Tomb Below (Review)”

Psycho Scream – Gnosis (Review)

Psycho ScreamThis is the début album from this Italian death/thrash metal band.

Gnosis mixes the death and thrash styles and adds a bit of progressive metal into the mix as well.

The songs merge their thrash and death metal heritages together, taking aspects from both and adding some progressive structures into the gritty mix. There are some classic metal Continue reading “Psycho Scream – Gnosis (Review)”

Omnicide – Constants and Variables (Review)

OmnicideThis is the second album from this Swiss death metal band.

This is 34 minutes of modern death metal that effectively combines speed and groove.

Cannibal Corpse-esque riffs mix with elements of deathcore and bands like The Kennedy Veil and Origin, as well as sprinklings of thrash metal here and there. The resultant music sounds like none of the above bands too much, although you can hear where their influences come from. That the band can clearly acknowledge Continue reading “Omnicide – Constants and Variables (Review)”

Gutter Instinct – Age of the Fanatics (Review)

Gutter InstinctThis is the début album from this Swedish death metal band.

Their début EP The Insurrection was a brief blast of authentic Swedish death metal, complete with chainsaw guitars, bestial vocals and brutal delivery. As I asked at the time; what’s not to like here?

So, onto their full-length release, Age of the Fanatics. Well, the band have progressed on from what they started on their EP; now they have actually Continue reading “Gutter Instinct – Age of the Fanatics (Review)”

Bizarre – Inner Necropolis (Review)

BizarreBizarre are a Spanish death metal band and this is their début release.

Featuring members of Onirophagus, Famishgod and Elderdawn, this new band peddle a nice line in old-school death metal that’s dark, foetid and reeks of decay.

The vocals consist of a combination of utterly illegible Continue reading “Bizarre – Inner Necropolis (Review)”

Area – Obsolete Flesh – Part I (Review)

AreaArea are a death metal band from Poland. This is their début release.

This new band have travelled along the 90s death metal route, it seems. At only 18 minutes in length, this is a good calling card for their take on the genre, and showcases their obvious passion for the style.

They’ve even got a bit of the Continue reading “Area – Obsolete Flesh – Part I (Review)”