Carbon Tomb – Passage to a Neutron Star (Review)

Carbon Tomb - Passage to a Neutron StarCarbon Tomb are a death metal band from Denmark and this is their debut album.

Carbon Tomb play dissonant death metal, with a touch of a blackened influence in places. Passage to a Neutron Star delivers a 34-minute exemplar of the style’s dark allure, offering both brutality and feeling. Continue reading “Carbon Tomb – Passage to a Neutron Star (Review)”

Disgracing – Descension into Despair (Review)

Disgracing - Descension into DespairThis is the debut EP from UK death metal band Disgracing.

Introducing the world to Disgracing’s brand of brutal death metal comes Descension into Despair – 19 minutes of barbaric savagery and bone-crushing heaviness. Continue reading “Disgracing – Descension into Despair (Review)”

Beyond Grace – Welcome to the New Dark Ages, Part 3 (Review)

Beyond Grace - Welcome to the New Dark Ages, Part 3This is the latest EP from Beyond Grace, a death metal band from the UK.

Two years after the second part of this EP trilogy, we come to Welcome to the New Dark Ages, Part 3. Beyond Grace continue to impress, and their continued lack of higher profile continues to be a mystery. Regardless, this EP is another reason to get on board the Beyond Grace train. Continue reading “Beyond Grace – Welcome to the New Dark Ages, Part 3 (Review)”

Altarage – Cogwheel (Review)

Altarage - CogwheelAltarage are a Spanish blackened death metal band and this is their seventh album.

If you’re unfamiliar with the monstrous entity that is Altarage, then prepare yourself for something dread-inducing that will haunt your nightmares. Yes, Cogwheel is here. Offering up an imposing 75 minutes of new material, Cogwheel finds Altarage ready to begin the end times all on their own. Continue reading “Altarage – Cogwheel (Review)”

Nothingness – Godslaughter (Review)

Nothingness - GodslaughterThis is the third album from US death metallers Nothingness.

Following on from 2023’s very well-received Supraliminal comes Godslaughter, which provides us with 41 minutes of new material. Nothingness continue to elevate themselves. In the death metal killing arenas, they take skulls and grisly trophies increasingly easily. Continue reading “Nothingness – Godslaughter (Review)”

Ripper – Towards Rebirth (Review)

Ripper - Towards RebirthRipper are a death/thrash metal band from Chile and this is their third album.

If you’re a fan of death/thrash along the lines of early Kreator and Sepultura, then the appropriately named Ripper have a treat for you. Towards Rebirth contains 42 minutes of vicious thrashing intensity, and is pretty much guaranteed to give fans of the style a damn good time.

Towards Rebirth offers up a Continue reading “Ripper – Towards Rebirth (Review)”

Psycroptic – The Pulse of Annihilation (Review)

Psycroptic - The Pulse of AnnihilationThis is the ninth album from Australian death metallers Psycroptic.

Whether it’s 2015’s Psycroptic, 2018’s As the Kingdom Drowns, or 2022’s Divine Council, Psycroptic always put out something special. The Pulse of Annihilation is no exception to this trend, as the band spend 40 minutes showing once again just why they are so highly regarded by extreme metal connoisseurs. Continue reading “Psycroptic – The Pulse of Annihilation (Review)”

Fuming Mouth – The Ringing Bell (Review)

Fuming Mouth - The Ringing BellThis is the third album from US death metal band Fuming Mouth.

Fuming Mouth play a hybrid brand of death metal and hardcore, adopting an approach which sees them cover roughly 50% of each style across the record. The Ringing Bell contains 34 minutes of the band’s crushing material, so get ready to flail around wildly. Continue reading “Fuming Mouth – The Ringing Bell (Review)”

Ecchymosis – Thanatocorporeal Sculptures of Cryogenic Excruciation (Review)

Ecchymosis - Thanatocorporeal Sculptures of Cryogenic ExcruciationThis is the third album from Ecchymosis, a death metal band from Thailand.

Thanatocorporeal Sculptures of Cryogenic Excruciation boasts the sort of brutal death metal assault that’ll cave in your skull before you even know what’s happening. Ecchymosis are frighteningly good at what they do, and across 27 minutes of murderous intensity they utterly annihilate the competition. Continue reading “Ecchymosis – Thanatocorporeal Sculptures of Cryogenic Excruciation (Review)”

Thætas – The Irredeemable Age (Review)

Thætas - The Irredeemable AgeThis is the second album from US death metallers Thætas.

Across 31 minutes of bone-crushing death metal The Irredeemable Age stomps and rages its way into the world. Brought to us by members of Asystole, Buckshot Facelift, and Reeking Aura, Thætas dish out the punishment in no uncertain terms. Continue reading “Thætas – The Irredeemable Age (Review)”