Another year, another list. 2025 followed 2024 as it was meant to, and brought with it a plethora of new metal albums to get excited about. Continue reading “Wonderbox Metal End of Year List – Best Metal of 2025”
Tag: Grindcore
Rotten Sound – Mass Extinction (Review)
This is the latest EP from Finnish grindcore legends Rotten Sound.
GRRIIIIINNNDDDDDDDDDDD! Hell yeah. This is what it’s all about. eight tracks in 10 minutes. Rotten Sound rage and burn all before them, and it’s devastatingly good fun. A quick shout out to 2018’s Suffer to Abuse and 2023’s Apocalypse, but other than that let’s get right down to business. Continue reading “Rotten Sound – Mass Extinction (Review)”
Chairmaker – Leviathan Carcass (Review)
This is the debut album from UK solo grindcore band Chairmaker.
When an album is recommended for fans of Pig Destroyer and Agoraphobic Nosebleed, I have to at least spare it more than a cursory glance. What I discovered when I did was an utterly brutal 14-minute grindcore explosion. Yep, that’s me sold. Continue reading “Chairmaker – Leviathan Carcass (Review)”
Damnation Festival 2025 – BEC Arena, Manchester – 08/11/25-09/11/25 (Live Review)
Another year, another Damnation Festival. Has it really been 20 years? I went to the very first one waaaaay back in 2005, and a love affair was born. It has been great to watch it become one of the world’s best festivals. Kudos to the organisers for their continued passion and ability.
This edition is therefore the festival’s twentieth year and sees Damnation bigger and arguably better than ever before. It’s across two days now, and the lineup is strong in both depth and breadth. From veteran classics to newborn sensations, the festival has it all. Continue reading “Damnation Festival 2025 – BEC Arena, Manchester – 08/11/25-09/11/25 (Live Review)”
Barren Path – Grieving (Review)
This is the debut album from grindcore band Barren Path.
Basically brought to us by a mix of personnel from Gridlink and Maruta, Barren Path are here to remind everyone of just how potent grindcore can be when it’s in the right hands. With 12 tracks over 14 minutes, Grieving is a whirlwind of controlled chaos and devastation. Continue reading “Barren Path – Grieving (Review)”
Defigurement – Endbryo (Review)
This is the debut album from US grindcore band Defigurement.
Defigurement are described as playing a technical/avant-garde/experimental form of grindcore. Couple this with the fact that the band contain current/ex-members of bands such as Bad Acid Trip, Changeling, Fear Factory, Invidiosus, Malignancy, Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky, and Zillah, and this was one I wanted to check out. Continue reading “Defigurement – Endbryo (Review)”
Werewolves – The Ugliest of All (Review)
This is the sixth album from Australian death metallers Werewolves.
Another year, another Werewolves album. Whether it’s 2022’s From the Cave to the Grave, 2023’s My Enemies Look and Sound Like Me, or 2024’s Die for Us, you basically know what you’re getting yourself into, and in my humble opinion it’s always gonna be good. If ferocious, unforgiving death metal, with a blackened bite and a technical edge is your thing, (along with some thrashy and grindy goodness), then The Ugliest of All is definitely for you. Continue reading “Werewolves – The Ugliest of All (Review)”
Terzij de Horde – Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone (Review)
Terzij de Horde are a black metal band from the Netherlands and this is their third album.
Whether it’s 2015’s Self or 2022’s In One of These, I Am Your Enemy, Terzij de Horde being the intensity. Now they’re back, sooner than expected, with the 43-minute Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone, and it absolutely rages. Continue reading “Terzij de Horde – Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone (Review)”
Abraded – Ethereal Emanations from Chthonic Caries (Review)
This is the third album by US deathgrind band Abraded.
Containing an ex-member of Noxis, Abraded play festering death metal that’s been further filthened up by an injection of nasty grindcore. The 26 minutes of Ethereal Emanations from Chthonic Caries is a brutal piece of work. Continue reading “Abraded – Ethereal Emanations from Chthonic Caries (Review)”
Tithe – Communion in Anguish (Review)
Tithe are a death metal band from the US and this is their third album.
Tithe’s previous record – 2023’s Inverse Rapture – was a hybrid extreme metal album that was difficult to pin down genre-wise, although that didn’t stop it from being a satisfying and enjoyable listen. Communion in Anguish focuses Tithe’s sound, pushing up the lethal aggression and dark atmosphere to new heights. Continue reading “Tithe – Communion in Anguish (Review)”
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