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Serpent Ascending, Ôros Kaù, Swords of Dis, and Midnight Odyssey – From the Waters of Death – Split (Review)

Serpent Ascending, Ôros Kaù, Swords of Dis, and Midnight Odyssey have joined together to produce an epic split album.

Now here’s an interesting and unusual release. This massive split is a collaborative concept album aimed at providing a contemporary retelling of the Epic of Gilgamesh. From the Waters of Death brings together an array of atypical talent from the exceptional I, Voidhanger roster, and is something you should definitely be paying attention to if Continue reading “Serpent Ascending, Ôros Kaù, Swords of Dis, and Midnight Odyssey – From the Waters of Death – Split (Review)”

Fossilization – Advent of Wounds (Review)

Fossilization are a Brazilian death metal band and this is their second album.

Following on from 2023’s monstrous Leprous Daylight, Fossilization have once more emerged from their ancient slumber with the 36-minute Advent of Wounds. Strap yourself into the slime-covered pain machine, as it’s about to get nasty. Continue reading “Fossilization – Advent of Wounds (Review)”

Slaughterday – Dread Emperor (Review)

This is the fifth album from German death metallers Slaughterday.

I really like Slaughterday. I’ve been following them since 2013’s very tasty Nightmare Vortex, through the following year’s Ravenous, 2016’s Laws of the Occult, 2018’s Abattoir, to their last album in 2020 – Ancient Death Triumph. Hold on though, it turns out Continue reading “Slaughterday – Dread Emperor (Review)”

Invictus – Nocturnal Visions (Review)

This is the second album from Japanese death metallers Invictus.

Delivering 35 minutes of old-school death metal devastation, Nocturnal Visions arrives with the impact of a meteor. Invictus are not messing around. Apart from the seemingly mandatory pointless intro, there’s Continue reading “Invictus – Nocturnal Visions (Review)”

Mors Verum – Canvas (Review)

This is the second album from international death metallers Mors Verum.

Brought to us by current and ex-members of Æpoch, (amongst other bands), Canvas contains 31 minutes of material. Mors Verum play their death metal in a non-standard way that really pays off, offering up something different to the norm that’s very good indeed. Continue reading “Mors Verum – Canvas (Review)”

Eximperitus – Meritoriousness of Equanimity (Review)

Eximperitus, (full name – Eximperituserqethhzebibšiptugakkathšulweliarzaxułum), are a death metal band from Belarus, and this is their third album.

Meritoriousness of Equanimity is the 34-minute successor to 2021’s Šahrartu. Eximperitus have crafted a death metal album that serves up a more complex and evocative flavour of death metal than is normal for the genre. Continue reading “Eximperitus – Meritoriousness of Equanimity (Review)”

Nightmarer – Hell Interface (Review)

Nightmarer are an international death metal band and this is their latest EP.

Following on from 2023’s Deformity Adrift, Nightmarer have returned with four new tracks of brutal avant-garde death metal. Hell Interface is a 21-minute granite-hard slab of dissonant blades and venomous technicality. Continue reading “Nightmarer – Hell Interface (Review)”

Sidious – Malefic Necropolis (Review)

This is the fourth album from UK black metal band Sidious.

From 2014’s symphonic blackened death metal Revealed in Profane Splendour, to 2019’s reinvention as the raw black metal darkness of Temporal, and then 2022’s slice of contemporary blackened might Blackest Insurrection, Sidious always put out something I want to listen to. Each album so far has been better than the last too. Can Malefic Necropolis continue to follow this upward trend? Continue reading “Sidious – Malefic Necropolis (Review)”

Stabbing – Eon of Obscenity (Review)

This is the second album from US death metallers Stabbing.

Eon of Obscenity is the 31-minute follow up to 2022’s Extirpated Mortal Process, and it’s a real beast. Stabbing have put together a record that showcases their abilities in no uncertain terms. This is Continue reading “Stabbing – Eon of Obscenity (Review)”

Ligation – After Gods (Review)

This is the debut album from Finnish death metal band Ligation.

After Gods is billed as a full album, although it actually only contains 24 minutes of new music, spread over five tracks. However, there’s also a version with three additional bonus tracks that have been taken from Ligation’s previous two split releases, which brings the total up to 41 minutes. Either way, it’s an unconventional approach, but then Ligation’s music is unconventional too. Continue reading “Ligation – After Gods (Review)”