This is the debut album from Barús, a progressive death metal band from France.
Although we’ve met the mysterious entity that is Barús before on 2015’s self-titled EP, I’ve only just recently been privileged enough to listen to Drowned, despite it being released in 2018. Well, I’ve missed out, and I can’t help but feel that Drowned would have graced my end of year list for 2018. Continue reading “Barús – Drowned (Review)”
Inanimate Existence are a US progressive death metal band and this is their fifth album.
Inanimate Existence have always impressed. Their blend of progressive, technical, and atmospheric death metal has always been well-written, inventive, and thoroughly enjoyable. So far, they have a prolific streak of high quality work, and Clockwork only adds to this, I’m pleased to report. Continue reading “Inanimate Existence – Clockwork (Review)”
This is the debut album from Ceremony of Silence, a Slovakian blackened death metal band.
Dissonant and atmospheric, this is music that’s dense with malignant promise and filled with a form of bleak, otherworldly evil. Continue reading “Ceremony of Silence – Outis (Review)”
Vircolac are an Irish death metal band and this is their debut album.
2016’s EP The Cursed Travails of the Demeter was an enjoyable introduction to Vircolac. The band were notable for crafting old-school death metal that focused on atmosphere and feeling, some often neglected aspects of the style. Continue reading “Vircolac – Masque (Review)”
This is the second album from Corpsessed, a Finnish death metal band.
It’s seems like a very long time since 2014’s Abysmal Thresholds was released on an unsuspecting world, so it’s great to finally have some new material unleashed from Corpsessed. Their debut remains a favourite of mine, so this new one – 48 minutes of material – is very well-received. Continue reading “Corpsessed – Impetus of Death (Review)”
This is the latest abomination from Ævangelist, a blackened atmospheric death metal monstrosity from the US/Finland.
Something is moving in the night. Something is writhing in the murk. It’s ugly, foul, and destined to cloud everything in a miasma of disgusting horror. Continue reading “Ævangelist – Matricide in the Temple of Omega (Review)”
Psycroptic are an Australian technical death metal band and this is their seventh album.
I massively, hugely enjoyed 2015’s self-titled album, and the more I’ve got to know it over the years the more I’ve come to appreciate just how good of a record it is. Continue reading “Psycroptic – As the Kingdom Drowns (Review)”
This is the third album from French death metallers Exocrine.
Playing modern technical death metal, Molten Giant gives us 35 minutes of material, as well as some pretty damn monstrous cover art. Continue reading “Exocrine – Molten Giant (Review)”
This is the debut album from Burial Invocation, a Turkish death metal band.
If you’re partial to some morbid death metal, with long songs and plenty of sinister atmosphere, then Burial Invocation are a band you are going to want to check out. Continue reading “Burial Invocation – Abiogenesis (Review)”
Tomb Mold are a Canadian death metal band and this is their second album.
This is an interesting release. Ostensibly old-school death metal that reeks of the underground and has a filthy, ugly delivery, there’s also a firmly atypical and non-standard side to these songs which makes Manor of Infinite Forms definitely stand out from the pack. Continue reading “Tomb Mold – Manor of Infinite Forms (Review)”
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