Ophidian Spell are a symphonic/melodic death metal band from France and this is their debut album.
Combining aspects of melodic, progressive and symphonic death metal into their delivery, Ophidian Spell offer up the listener a modern blend of these various influences. I can hear aspects of The Faceless, Devin Townsend, In Flames, Emperor/Ihsahn, Ne Obliviscaris, Delain and Septic Flesh in the mix, along with some others. Continue reading “Ophidian Spell – Nux/Hêmera (Review)”
Fornicus are a black metal band from the US and this is their second album.
Since 2014’s Storming Heaven it seems that Fornicus have only become harsher and more extreme with their black metal. Hymns of Dominion is 43 minutes of fast and scathing icy hatred. Continue reading “Fornicus – Hymns of Dominion (Review)”
This is the third album from this Indonesian death metal band.
Here we have a 30 minute feast of underground, ugly brutality inspired by the classic USDM sound. This is for fans of Suffocation, Deeds of Flesh, Dying Fetus, Origin and the like. Grausig pay homage to their heroes across this relatively short album by playing their death metal as brutally as they can. Continue reading “Grausig – Di Belakang Garis Musuh (Review)”
An interview with Venom Prison at the UK’s Damnation Festival on 05/11/16.
Get their album Animus – https://venomprison.bandcamp.com/album/animus
Read the review – http://wp.me/p3zRmN-53c
Vermin Womb are a blackened sludge/grind band form the US. This is their debut album.
Due to my love of their first EP Permanence, as well as all things Primitive Man and Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire, (who they share members with), this release has been highly anticipated by yours truly.
On Permanence Vermin Womb channelled the destructive essence Continue reading “Vermin Womb – Decline (Review)”
This is the twelfth edition of the UK’s Damnation Festival, and although it may be cold outside, inside there’s more than enough incendiary metal to heat things up. Hopefully the recent preview whetted your appetite, and now it’s time to see how the real thing turned out…
It’s with great excitement and expectation that I await Attan’s arrival. From Nothing is such a colossal opening statement for a band that I can’t wait to see how it translates into the live environment. Continue reading “Damnation Festival – Leeds University, 05/11/16 (Live Review)”
Lectern’s second album Precept of Delator is a very satisfying listen. Containing the kind of classic death metal that reaffirms why you love the genre, it’s 37 minutes of warm, fleshy death metal that hits the spot quite nicely.
Long-serving bassist/vocalist Fabio Bava and drummer Marco Valentine talk of things truly metal…
Fabio: This is a death metal band, out with Precept of Delator as our last record on the market, so far. You read of us here, as we are promoting this release of nine songs through some videoclips too, at its finest. We really believe in this new opus, take a listen on the web to understand who are we. Lectern is now a four piece again, with the joining of Gabriele Cruz on the other guitar, last August of this year. We, the Word of Satan! Join us into the abyss! Continue reading “Interview with Lectern”
Ulcerate are a death metal band from New Zealand and this is their fifth album.
Ulcerate personify atypical progressive/technical death metal. They incorporate enough other styles and influences to be termed post-death metal in some respects, although they still have the requisite amount of aggression Continue reading “Ulcerate – Shrines of Paralysis (Review)”
Cognitive are from the US and play technical death metal. This is their second album.
30 minutes, no messing around; Cognitive play their death metal with brutal efficiency and technical charm.
Sitting on the modern end of the scale, here we have Continue reading “Cognitive – Deformity (Review)”
Sepulchral Curse are a blackened death metal band from Finland. This is their second EP.
Do you fancy a bit of old-school death metal that’s been infested with a Scandinavian black metal influence? Well, you’ve come to the right place!
With a firm, strong sound that avoids Continue reading “Sepulchral Curse – At the Onset of Extinction (Review)”
