So what do we have for you this month? What new batch of metal delights has been unleashed upon the world in October? Let’s find out… Continue reading “Monthly Overview – the Best of October 2018”
Tag: Death Metal
Cancer – Shadow Gripped (Review)
This is the sixth album from Cancer, a UK death metal band.
This is Cancer’s first album in 13 years, and their first to feature their original lineup in 23 years. Lasting 44 minutes, Cancer’s newest album contains old-school death metal, with plenty of brutality and viciousness. Continue reading “Cancer – Shadow Gripped (Review)”
Languish – Unworthy (Review)
Languish are a grindcore band from the US and this is their second album.
Featuring members of North and Gatecreeper, Languish offer up 27 minutes of grim extremity and chaotic brutality. Continue reading “Languish – Unworthy (Review)”
Outre – Hollow Earth (Review)
Outre are a Polish black metal band and this is their second album.
After 2015’s Ghost Chants and 2017’s split with Barshasketh, it’s safe to say that Hollow Earth has been much-awaited by me. I have not been disappointed, not at all. Continue reading “Outre – Hollow Earth (Review)”
Cognitive – Matricide (Review)
Cognitive are a US technical death metal band and this is their third album.
Matricide is the follow up to 2016’s Deformity, which was a record that I really enjoyed. Continue reading “Cognitive – Matricide (Review)”
Hate Eternal – Upon Desolate Sands (Review)
Hate Eternal are a US death metal band and this is their seventh album.
Muscular and taut, Hate Eternal are a band that channel the sheer primal force that death metal is capable of. The band’s music is technical and brutal, but not massively overly so in either direction, preferring instead to Continue reading “Hate Eternal – Upon Desolate Sands (Review)”
Nuclear Holocaust – Grinding Bombing Thrashing (Review)
Nuclear Holocaust are a polish grindcore band and this is their second album
Grinding Bombing Thrashing contains 23 minutes of savage grind spread out over an intense 16 tracks. Continue reading “Nuclear Holocaust – Grinding Bombing Thrashing (Review)”
Bloodtruth – Martyrium (Review)
Bloodtruth are an Italian death metal band and this is their second album.
Bloodtruth’s 2014 debut album Obedience was characterised by crisp brutality, efficient technicality, and, unusually, the occasional Gregorian chant. You can think of Martyrium as a refinement of the process that was started on Obedience, only this time with an added concept for the entire album. Continue reading “Bloodtruth – Martyrium (Review)”
Internal Bleeding – Corrupting Influence (Review)
Internal Bleeding are a brutal death metal band from the US and this is their sixth album.
2014’s Imperium was a damn good barrage of brutality, but now, four years and one tragedy later, The Internal Bleeding of 2018 sound revitalised, energetic, and hungry for blood. Continue reading “Internal Bleeding – Corrupting Influence (Review)”
Within Destruction – Deathwish (Review)
This is the third album from Slovenian death metal/deathcore band Within Destruction.
Within Destruction’s second album Void was one that made a notable impact. Here we had an album that did deathcore right; blistering death metal extremity coupled with huge slamming deathcore beatdowns, all delivered in a modern package of brutality and carnage. Top stuff. Continue reading “Within Destruction – Deathwish (Review)”
