This is the fifth album from Vastum, a death metal band from the US.
It’s a rather shocking ten years since I last heard Vastum, (2013’s Patricidal Lust), so getting reacquainted with the band’s music is long overdue. I’m glad I did, as Inward to Gethsemane is a monster. Continue reading “Vastum – Inward to Gethsemane (Review)”
It’s Damnation o-clock once more! This is always such a good festival to attend. The line up is an interesting and varied one, with some bands I’m less interested in, some that are an essential experience, and some frustrating clashes. I missed some great bands today, unfortunately, but that’s always going to be the case with such a jam-packed festival. Continue reading “Damnation Festival 2023 – BEC Arena, Manchester, 04/11/23 (Live Review)”
Thronehammer are an international doom metal band and this is their third album.
Thronehammer’s 2021 album Incantation Rites was an absolutely colossal gem of an album that almost made it to the very top of my year end list. As such, it’s with some trepidation that I approached Kingslayer, as the previous record casts a long shadow. Continue reading “Thronehammer – Kingslayer (Review)”
This is the third album from Xoth, a death metal band from the US.
Exogalactic can be thought of as a sci-fi-themed tech death album that’s spliced with black and thrash metal elements. Across 39 minutes Xoth impress with their exuberant delivery, especially as it’s backed up by some serious musical chops. Continue reading “Xoth – Exogalactic (Review)”
This is the third album from German death metal band Carnal Tomb.
Embalmed in Decay features 39 minutes of death metal brutality. Carnal Tomb have produced a collection of death metal songs that are well-crafted and demonstrate a keen understanding of the style. Continue reading “Carnal Tomb – Embalmed in Decay (Review)”
This is the ninth album form legendary US death metallers Suffocation.
Hymns from the Apocrypha contains 41 minutes of brutality; eight new songs and a rerecording of Ignorant Deprivation, (featuring original Suffocation singer Frank Mullen), from 1993’s Breeding the Spawn. Continue reading “Suffocation – Hymns from the Apocrypha (Review)”
This is the third album from Belgian death metallers Carnation.
Carnation made a mark with 2018’s Chapel of Abhorrence and 2020’s Where Death Lies, so checking out what Cursed Mortality had to offer was mandatory. It seems like each Carnation album gets tighter and more refined, and Cursed Mortality is their most streamlined album yet – eight songs in a lean 35 minutes. Continue reading “Carnation – Cursed Mortality (Review)”
This is the second album from Swiss solo black metal act Impalement.
Blending together black and death metal into 41 minutes of dark malevolence and infernal might, The Dawn of Blackened Death is an album of powerful presence. Continue reading “Impalement – The Dawn of Blackened Death (Review)”
This is the fourth album from German death metal band Endseeker.
Endseeker are a band that are very easy for me to like. Despite cooling on the Swedish death metal style over the years, I fail to be indifferent to Endseeker’s crushing assault. Both 2019’s The Harvest and 2021’s Mount Carcass were thoroughly enjoyable examples of the style, so will Global Worming follow in their thunderous footsteps? Continue reading “Endseeker – Global Worming (Review)”
Sepulchral Curse are a blackened death metal band from Finland and this is their second album.
Following on from 2016’s At the Onset of Extinction and 2020’s Only Ashes Remain comes the 37-minute monster that is Abhorrent Dimensions. Put simply, this new album is Sepulchral Curse’s best work so far. Continue reading “Sepulchral Curse – Abhorrent Dimensions (Review)”
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