Har are a black metal band from Israel and this is their latest EP.
Containing 18 minutes of the foulest black magicks, this EP is not for the weak of constitution. Har create black metal that’s threatening and malevolent. Continue reading “Har – Visitation (Review)”
Crypt Rot are a death metal band and Cringer are a crossover thrash band, both are from the US and they have teamed up for this split release.
Kicking us off with 11 minutes of very enjoyable Swedish-styled death metal is Crypt Rot. Continue reading “Crypt Rot/Cringe – Nocturnal Deterioration | Memento Mori – Split (Review)”
This is the fifth album from US sludge metal band Ilsa.
Ilsa are well-known around these parts for being prime suppliers of dirty, heavy, riff-driven kicking metallic sludge. 2015’s The Felon Claw and 2012’s Intoxicantations in particular were both huge, crushing records which still get regular rotation from yours truly. Continue reading “Ilsa – Corpse Fortress (Review)”
Usurpress are a Swedish death metal band and this is their fourth album.
Usurpress play an interesting and atypical brand of death metal. They essentially take a death metal base and build on it not only with sludge influences, but with progressive ones too. I already Continue reading “Usurpress – Interregnum (Review)”
Ilienses Tree are an Italian metal band and this is their latest EP.
This EP contains 5 tracks and lasts 25 minutes. The first and last of these are intro/outro tracks, so the meat of the release is in the three songs in the middle. Continue reading “Ilienses Tree – Edda (Review)”
Esoctrilihum is a French one man black/death metal band and this is his second album.
71 minutes of harrowing, terrify blackened evil? Sign me up! The man behind Esoctrilihum has created a monster of an album. Continue reading “Esoctrilihum – Pandaemorthium (Forbidden Formulas to Awaken the Blind Sovereigns of Nothingness) (Review)”
Dominant are a Norwegian technical death metal band and this is their debut EP.
This is a 20-minute EP showcasing Dominant’s own brand of death metal. What does it sound like? Well, it’s clinical, precise, technical, and devastatingly brutal. Continue reading “Dominant – The Summoning (Review)”
Autopsy are a veteran US death metal band and this is their latest EP.
Very few come close to the gloriously filthy death metal of Autopsy. Marking a meaty 30 years of the band’s existence, this seven track EP is 24 minutes of gruesome fun and infectious sickness. Continue reading “Autopsy – Puncturing the Grotesque (Review)”
Rotting Kingdom are a death/doom metal band from the US. This is their debut EP.
This EP contains 24 minutes of bleak, despondent metal. Rotting Kingdom’s music is grim and mournful, with a darkness of delivery that comes through in everything they do. Continue reading “Rotting Kingdom – Rotting Kingdom (Review)”
Genocide Pact are a US death metal band and this is their second album.
This is heavy, crushing death metal, played in the old-school style with nods towards bands like Bolt Thrower, Incantation, and Dismember. Continue reading “Genocide Pact – Order of Torment (Review)”
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