This is the fourth album from Australian death metal/deathcore band Thy Art Is Murder.
As far as the much-maligned deathcore genre goes, few bands do it for me as much as Thy Art Is Murder do. Holy War was a thunderously enjoyable slab of heaviosity, and their brief split with The Acacia Strain and Fit for an Autopsy also showed a band that knew what they were doing with the style. Continue reading “Thy Art Is Murder – Dear Desolation (Review)”
Inferum are a death metal band from the Netherlands and this is their debut EP.
This is modern death metal that contains elements of both groove metal and deathcore. Continue reading “Inferum – Modern Massacre (Review)”
Backbone are an Argentinian death metal band and this is their debut EP.
Backbone play death metal with a healthy helping of groove, thrash, and progressive metal thrown in for character and substance. Continue reading “Backbone – R’lyeh (Review)”
This is the debut album from Suns of Sorath, a progressive black/death metal band from the US.
Flowers of the Lily boasts a lot of complex, technical playing. This has been structured into progressive music with black/death leanings, and peppered with avant-garde, classical, and jazz influences. Continue reading “Suns of Sorath – Flowers of the Lily (Review)”
This is the third album from Pyrrhon, an extreme metal band from the US.
Pyrrhon are not your standard band. I first encountered them on their 2014 album The Mother of Virtues, and even then they were a distinctly atypical and genre-breaking proposition. Continue reading “Pyrrhon – What Passes for Survival (Review)”
Fleshbore are a US death metal band and this is their debut demo release.
One of the things I really like about demo releases in this day and age is that they no longer have to sound like they’ve been recorded by a guy screaming into a bucket in a garage somewhere. Hail technological progress! Which is a roundabout way of saying Continue reading “Fleshbore – Demo 2017 (Review)”
Ligæder are a Danish death metal band and this is their debut EP.
This is ugly, rotting, primitive music that has a blackened crusty aspect to it alongside the crushing death metal onslaught that is the band’s main mode of delivery. Continue reading “Ligæder – Fordøjet Levende (Review)”
Verthebral are a death metal band from Paraguay and this is their debut album.
Verthebral play 90s-styled death metal with an infectious assault and honest passion. Continue reading “Verthebral – Regeneration (Review)”
Samot are a blackened death metal band from Chile and this is their debut EP.
With a rumbling, old-school sound, this is a cobweb-strewn blend of old-school death metal and equally old-school black metal. The music combines both of these effectively and naturally, making for an enjoyable release of atavistic darkness. Continue reading “Samot – Across the Abyss (Review)”
Sphere are a death metal band from Russia and this is their debut album.
Here we have a band that are not afraid to throw a few different influences into the pot, resulting in an album that covers many bases in its relatively short playing time. Continue reading “Spheredemonis – The Revelation of the Pyramids (Review)”
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