Mallephyr are from the Czech Republic and play black/death metal. This is their second album.
Womb of Worms contains 38 minutes of occult, misanthropic black metal that’s bolstered in places by the inherent might and muscle of death metal. It also features a member of Panychida. Continue reading “Mallephyr – Womb of Worms (Review)”
This is the debut album from Embra, a black/death metal band from the US.
Here we have a very tasty and impressive slice of modern atmospheric black metal, shot through with dark death metal influences for added bite. Continue reading “Embra – Abjection (Review)”
Khanus are a Finnish blackened death metal band and this is their debut album.
Featuring a member of Code, Khanus play unorthodox black/death metal with a depth of appeal that comes from ritualistic, shamanistic, and occult influences, as well as the aspects of non-death metal styles that the music incorporates into itself. Continue reading “Khanus – Flammarion (Review)”
This is the second album from Gutter Instinct, a Swedish death metal band.
Ahh, I love the sound of Swedish death metal crushing its enemies in the morning, (what’s left of it at least – see later). This is especially the case when the style has a malignant blackened sheen to it, as it does with Gutter Instinct’s malevolent output. Having said that, with every release Gutter Instinct change and refine their sound, and this is true of this latest release, as we’ll see. Continue reading “Gutter Instinct – Heirs of Sisyphus (Review)”
Carcinoma and Abyssal are both blackened death metal bands from the UK that have teamed up for this split.
Carcinoma open the split, with four tracks lasting 15 minutes in duration. Continue reading “Carcinoma/Abyssal – Apanthropinization – Split (Review)”
This is the eighth album from this veteran Swedish black/death metal band.
Mark of the Necrogram features 49 minutes of occult, Satanic might. It’s also a very, very enjoyable listen. Continue reading “Necrophobic – Mark of the Necrogram (Review)”
Living Altar are a Lithuanian black/death metal band and this is their debut EP, (after a demo and a split).
This is bestial black/death metal that takes no prisoners with its venomous assault and violent tendencies. Continue reading “Living Altar – Scythes Towards Psyche (Review)”
This is the second album from Swedish black/death metal band Revenge Prevails.
This is a band that takes a sturdy, Satyricon-esque second wave foundation and builds on it with some solid death metal bricks. Continue reading “Revenge Prevails – False Hope Cruelty (Review)”
Altarage are a Spanish blackened death metal band and this is their second album.
If you’re a fan of ugly, blackened dissonance, then Endinghent is definitely an album you should check out. Continue reading “Altarage – Endinghent (Review)”
Arkhon Infaustus are a black/death metal band from France and this is their latest EP.
After a decade of nothing, we now witness the rebirth of Arkhon Infaustus. The creature that has come crawling back out of the underworld is a fresh, reinvented version of the older one that so many people held highly, however. Continue reading “Arkhon Infaustus – Passing the Nekromanteion (Review)”
