Gutslit – Carnal (Review)

Gutslit - CarnalThis is the third album from Indian death metallers Gutslit.

Oh wow, has it really been six years since the crushing Amputheatre? Apparently so. Nevertheless, Gutslit have finally returned to the death metal killing arenas, armed with 30 minutes of gruesome new material in the spiked, brutal shape of Carnal. Continue reading “Gutslit – Carnal (Review)”

Serpent of Old – Ensemble Under the Dark Sun (Review)

Serpent of Old - Ensemble Under the Dark SunThis is the debut album from Serpent of Old, a death metal band from Turkey.

Featuring the vocalist of Decimation, (also ex-Abolish), Ensemble Under the Dark Sun is a 42-minute monster of extreme metal. Mixing together black metal and doom, with elements of the progressive, dissonant, and atmospheric strains of death metal, Ensemble Under the Dark Sun is shockingly accomplished. Continue reading “Serpent of Old – Ensemble Under the Dark Sun (Review)”

Supayniyux – Genocidio Infernal (Review)

Supayniyux - Genocidio InfernalThis is the debut album from Swiss black metallers Supayniyux.

Genocidio Infernal contains 37 minutes of bestial black metal. It’s an ugly, noisy hybrid of black and death metal, one that revels in its blasphemy and hatred as its claws carve flesh and its teeth chew through bone. Continue reading “Supayniyux – Genocidio Infernal (Review)”

Gravefields – Tetragrammaton (Review)

Gravefields - TetragrammatonGravefields are an international death metal band and this is their third album, (second with this name).

I really enjoyed 2019’s Embrace the Void, so was pleased to see Tetragrammaton appear. Containing 49 minutes of new extreme metal material, this is a record that many a fan of death/black metal would do well to pay attention to. Continue reading “Gravefields – Tetragrammaton (Review)”

Miserable Failure – т​о​с​к​а​́ (Review)

Miserable Failure - т​о​с​к​а​́This is the latest release from Miserable Failure, (or MSRBLFLR), a French death metal/grindcore band.

Miserable Failure have surfaced once more to bring us more multifaceted mayhem with this single-track EP.  Toska is a 25-minute descent into chaos, and it’s great to experience Miserable Failure’s dark, warped reality once more. Continue reading “Miserable Failure – т​о​с​к​а​́ (Review)”

Avulsed – Extraterrestrial Carnage (Review)

Avulsed - Extraterrestrial CarnageAvulsed are a death metal band from Spain. This is their latest EP.

Has it really been so long since Night of the Living Deathgenerations, and even longer since we had any new material from the mighty Avulsed, with 2016’s Altar of Disembowelment? Well, it’s great to have some new Avulsed once more. Continue reading “Avulsed – Extraterrestrial Carnage (Review)”

Inhuman Depravation – Servants of Supremacy (Review)

Inhuman Depravation - Servants of SupremacyInhuman Depravation is a one-man death metal band from Spain and this is his third album.

With a brutal concept, brutal artwork, a brutal logo, and a brutal sound, this is definitely brutal death metal. Across 31 minutes the artist behind Inhuman Deprivation brutalises the listener with post-apocalyptic brutality in ugly death metal form. Continue reading “Inhuman Depravation – Servants of Supremacy (Review)”

Onheil – In Black Ashes (Review)

Onheil - In Black AshesOnheil are a black/death metal band from the Netherlands and this is their third album.

Now, here’s an album I’ve very much been looking forward to. I thoroughly enjoyed 2014’s Storm Is Coming, even more so over time, and was immensely happy to see that a follow up is finally here. Back now with some lineup changes, and playing an infectious form of melodic black/death metal, with an influence from thrash and heavy metal, In Black Ashes finds Onheil revitalised, and ready to conquer. Continue reading “Onheil – In Black Ashes (Review)”

Mental Cruelty – Zwielicht (Review)

Mental Cruelty - ZwielichtThis is the fourth album from German deathcore band Mental Cruelty.

Following on from 2019’s Inferis and 2021’s huge A Hill to Die Upon, Mental Cruelty have now returned with the crushing Zwielicht. Boasting 49 minutes of new material, as well as a new singer, this material continues Mental Cruelty’s forward progression, marking another shift in style towards even more blackened waters than the band waded in on A Hill to Die Upon. Continue reading “Mental Cruelty – Zwielicht (Review)”

Torture Rack – Primeval Onslaught (Review)

Torture Rack - Primeval OnslaughtThis is the third album from US death metallers Torture Rack.

It’s been five years since Malefic Humiliation, and since then that album has continued to grow on me over time, like a creeping rot. Yep, I’m ready for Primeval Onslaught. Continue reading “Torture Rack – Primeval Onslaught (Review)”