So This Is Suffering are a technical death metal/deathcore band from the US. This is their fourth album.
Palace of the Pessimist has a nicely heavy sound. So much so that you might be concerned about coming away from the album a lot flatter, a lot more squashed than you once were, so weighty is the band’s serrated assault. Oh, and you’ll be bleeding too. Continue reading “So This Is Suffering – Palace of the Pessimist (Review)”
This is the latest EP from UK death metallers Vacivus.
Featuring just two songs and lasting under 13 minutes, Vacivus use the time wisely to show off their dark brand of blackened death metal.
Rising up from the underground like some forgotten demigod of war and malevolent slaughter, the music of Vacivus is shrouded in a filthy blackened aura that coats the music like a Continue reading “Vacivus – Nuclear Chaos (Review)”
Xenocide, the latest album by Australian band Aversions Crown, is 50 minutes of the best kind of modern extremity. Fusing cutting-edge death metal with haunting atmospherics and a streamlined sophistication, the songs that make up this release are brutal, relentless and catchy enough to make it seem like getting your face ripped off over and over again is a good thing.
We talked to the band’s guitarist Mick Jeffery to get you in the mood for some of their ultra-brutality… Continue reading “Interview with Aversions Crown”
From the Shores are an Italian melodic death metal band. This is their debut album.
Are you in the market for some fast, melodic, cutting death metal? Well look no further! Continue reading “From the Shores – Of Apathy (Review)”
Invasion are a death metal band from the US. This is their fourth album.
War metal. What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing. (Say it again).
WAR!
BOOM!
Yes, that’s the level of my humour today I’m afraid… Continue reading “Invasion – Destroyer of Mankind (Review)”
This is The Ritual Aura’s second album. They are an Australian technical death metal band.
Well, hold on to your hat, because you won’t be expecting this.
The Ritual Aura’s 2015 debut album Laniakea was a favourite of mine. At only 26 minutes in length it was a supremely enjoyable blast of cutting-edge death metal. Tæther is, to say the least, a lot more ambitious, lasting over 70 minutes in length. In many ways this seems like a different band altogether. Continue reading “The Ritual Aura – Tæther (Review)”
Morta Skuld are a US death metal band and this is their fifth album.
Wounds Deeper than Time is this veteran band’s first album in 20 years. No pressure, eh?
Well, lovers of old-school death metal will surely get their fix here. Continue reading “Morta Skuld – Wounds Deeper than Time (Review)”
This is the debut album from Danish blackened death metallers Vile Retribution.
With a strong melodic streak, Global Chaos mixes death and black metal together across 41 minutes. Continue reading “Vile Retribution – Global Chaos (Review)”
This is the debut album from US deathcore band I Am.
Life Through Torment is 28 minutes of aural thuggery that blends groovy heaviness with savage extremity.
Mixing 90s styled metalcore with elements of modern deathcore, this is Continue reading “I Am – Life Through Torment (Review)”
This is the latest EP by Mexican death metal band Question.
I was suitably impressed with Question’s 2014 debut album Doomed Passages, so it’s good to have some new material from them now.
Doomed Passages was an album that had its own Continue reading “Question – Gnosis Primordial (Review)”
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