Dying Fetus – Make Them Beg for Death (Review)

Dying Fetus - Make Them Beg for DeathDying Fetus are a US death metal band and this is their ninth album.

Ahh, Dying Fetus. Old reliable. And I mean that in the very best of ways. After all, they are one of the greatest death metal bands in the world, in my humble opinion. Let me make it clear from the very start – Make Them Beg for Death absolutely rules. Continue reading “Dying Fetus – Make Them Beg for Death (Review)”

Heads for the Dead – In the Absence of Faith (Review)

Heads for the Dead - In the Absence of FaithThis is the latest EP from Heads for the Dead, an international death metal band.

By this point Heads for the Dead have firmly established themselves in my eyes as one of the best old-school, horror-influenced death metal bands there is. Everything they touch seems to turn to gold, albeit gold that’s covered in blood and screams. Continue reading “Heads for the Dead – In the Absence of Faith (Review)”

Undergang – De Syv Stadier af Ford​æ​rv (Review)

Undergang - De Syv Stadier af Ford​æ​rvUndergang are a death metal band from Denmark and this is their latest EP.

As the name might suggest, De Syv Stadier af Ford​æ​rv contains seven tracks, with a total duration of 21 minutes. Continue reading “Undergang – De Syv Stadier af Ford​æ​rv (Review)”

Pestifer – Defeat of the Nemesis (Review)

Pestifer - Defeat of the NemesisThis is the latest EP from Belgian death metal band Pestifer.

Pestifer play a technical/progressive brand of death metal that’s roughly in the style of Obscura, Death, Pestilence, and Atheist, with a touch of Gorguts thrown in for good measure. Defeat of the Nemesis contains 24 minutes of material, and is an enjoyable introduction to what the band are capable of. Continue reading “Pestifer – Defeat of the Nemesis (Review)”

Serpent Corpse – Blood Sabbath (Review)

Serpent Corpse - Blood SabbathSerpent Corpse are a Canadian death metal band and this is their debut album.

I’m a bit late to the Serpent Corpse party, but Blood Sabbath is definitely worth catching up on. It’s a hideously enjoyable slab of 38-minute death metal that’s as fun as it is well-crafted. Continue reading “Serpent Corpse – Blood Sabbath (Review)”

Celestial Sanctuary – Insatiable Thirst for Torment (Review)

Celestial Sanctuary - Insatiable Thirst for TormentCelestial Sanctuary are a death metal band from the UK and this is their second album.

Featuring the current/ex-drummer of The Infernal Sea/Man Must Die in their ranks, Celestial Sanctuary play old-school death metal with lethal skill. Across 40 minutes Insatiable Thirst for Torment showcases the band’s considerable talents, and there’s a lot of them, because this album is on fire. Continue reading “Celestial Sanctuary – Insatiable Thirst for Torment (Review)”

Incantation – Unholy Deification (Review)

Incantation - Unholy DeificationIncantation are a US death metal band and this is their thirteenth album.

A new Incantation album is always an event, and this is no different. Unholy Deification is a 42-minute feast of grim death metal that once again demonstrates why Incantation are so good at what they do. Continue reading “Incantation – Unholy Deification (Review)”

Till the Dirt – Outside the Spiral (Review)

Till the Dirt - Outside the SpiralThis is the the debut album by US extreme metal band Till the Dirt.

Brought to us by the singer of Atheist, Outside the Spiral contains 46-minutes of atypical extreme metal. It has a death metal base, but this is spliced with a few different influences to create something a little outside of the norm. Continue reading “Till the Dirt – Outside the Spiral (Review)”

Grand Cadaver – Deities of Deathlike Sleep (Review)

Grand Cadaver - Deities of Deathlike SleepGrand Cadaver are a death metal band from Sweden and this is their second album.

Featuring current and ex-members of Dark Tranquillity, Katatonia, The Halo Effect, and Tiamat, Deities of Deathlike Sleep is the 35-minute follow up to 2021’s Into the Maw of Death. Continue reading “Grand Cadaver – Deities of Deathlike Sleep (Review)”

Garoted – Bewitchment of the Dark Ages (Review)

Garoted - Bewitchment of the Dark AgesGaroted are a death metal band from the US and this is their fourth album.

A crushing display of death metal prowess, Bewitchment of the Dark Ages is a blisteringly aggressive 36-minute slab of dark extremity. Garoted can certainly play, and they wield their instruments like weapons as they pursue they ferocious goals. Continue reading “Garoted – Bewitchment of the Dark Ages (Review)”