Unearthly Rites are a Finnish death metal band and this is their second album.
Tortural Symphony of the Flesh is the 40-minute follow up to 2024’s Ecdysis, bringing us another filth-ridden slab of death/crust/sludge/grind/doom from Unearthly Rites. Strap yourself in, and get ready for something Continue reading “Unearthly Rites – Tortural Symphony of the Flesh (Review)”
This is the debut album from US sludge metal band Mordeo.
Mordeo is a 41-minute slab of ugly crusty darkness. Fuelled by punk aggression and sludge hatred, this is music that wants to rend and destroy. Mordeo have unleashed a Continue reading “Mordeo – Mordeo (Review)”
This is the fourth album from UK black/crust band Wolfbastard.
Wolfbastard have shown over and over again just how potent they are at violently spewing forth their particular strain of venom. Satanic Scum Punks doesn’t let the side down, unleashing 29 minutes of Continue reading “Wolfbastard – Satanic Scum Punks (Review)”
This is the third album from Finnish black metallers Qwälen.
Veri Virtaa Edelleen brings us 45 minutes of untamed ferocity. Qwälen channel their inner darkness via eight tracks of uncompromising black metal. It’s harsh and malevolent, fuelled by the burning coals of Continue reading “Qwälen – Veri Virtaa Edelleen (Review)”
This is the debut album from US death metal band Kontusion.
Kontusion contain current and ex-members of Repulsion, Iron Reagan, Magrudergrind, and Mammoth Grinder, and on Insatiable Lust for Death they have provided us with 26 minutes of ugly death metal punishment. Continue reading “Kontusion – Insatiable Lust for Death (Review)”
This is the second album from US black/death metal band Drouth.
It’s been five long years since 2020’s Excerpts from a Dread Liturgy, but now Drouth are back, with a new bassist in tow, (current/ex-Cormorant/Ursa). So, let’s turn our attention to the five new songs we have here in the form of the 41-minute The Teeth of Time. Continue reading “Drouth – The Teeth of Time (Review)”
This is the latest EP from Spanish grindcore band Haemorrhage.
It’s been a while since 2017’s We Are the Gore, but now we have this new 19-minute EP from the gore-covered Haemorrhage. Containing four new songs and a Dismember cover, Opera Medica offers an enjoyable hit of deathgrind extremity for aficionados of the band to sink their bloodstained teeth into. Continue reading “Haemorrhage – Opera Medica (Review)”
This is the debut album from Italian grinders Horrid Human Condition.
Perpetual Imbalance contains 14 songs across 28 minutes. Horrid Human Condition waste little time in unleashing their mix of crust, punk, and grindcore. Only three tracks break the two-minute mark, so you know you’re in for an album of rage and violence. Continue reading “Horrid Human Condition – Perpetual Imbalance (Review)”
Unfleshing are a blackened crust band from the US and this is their debut album.
Violent Reason is a 25-minute snarling monstrosity of black metal, hardcore, crust, and grindcore. Unfleshing’s debut record is a beast. Continue reading “Unfleshing – Violent Reason (Review)”
Cross Bringer are a black metal band from Russia and this is their second album.
Brought to us by the singer of Predatory Void and the drummer of Downfall of Gaia, Healismus Aeternus contains 27 minutes of scathing modern black metal. Taking influences from post-black metal, blackened hardcore, and crust, and building them into a whirlwind of intricate ferocity, Healismus Aeternus is a rewarding album that should find favour with fans of bands such as Black Birch, Celeste, Hexis, Rorcal, Still, The Sun’s Journey Through the Night, and Wiegedood. Continue reading “Cross Bringer – Healismus Aeternus (Review)”
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