Mutagenic Host – The Diseased Machine (Review)

Mutagenic Host - The Diseased MachineThis is the debut album from UK death metallers Mutagenic Host.

The Diseased Machine is a 41-minute death metal album that will smash you to the ground, stomp on your body, and cover you in sickness. Yep, it’s Mutagenic Host, and they’re here to deliver a gospel of disease. Continue reading “Mutagenic Host – The Diseased Machine (Review)”

Rotpit – Long Live the Rot (Review)

Rotpit - Long Live the RotRotpit are an international, (German/Sweden), death metal band and this is their second album.

Alright then squidgy humans, it’s time to enter the Rotpit! Your tormentors on this filthy disgusting tour of depravity are none other than members of Heads for the Dead, Ursinne, Wombbath, and many, many others. Yes, these miscreants know how to play DEATH METAL, so your soft fragile forms are in good, calloused, bloodied hands. Continue reading “Rotpit – Long Live the Rot (Review)”

Mammoth Grinder – Undying Spectral Resonance (Review)

Mammoth Grinder - Undying Spectral ResonanceMammoth Grinder are a death metal band from the US and this is their latest EP.

It has been a long six years since 2018’s Cosmic Crypt, but Mammoth Grinder have once again dragged themselves out from their tombs and are ready to lay waste once more. Bringing with them 14 minutes of new music in the form of Undying Spectral Resonance, Mammoth Grinder’s reappearance is brief, but impactful. Continue reading “Mammoth Grinder – Undying Spectral Resonance (Review)”

Primal Code – Opaque Fixation (Review)

Primal Code - Opaque FixationPrimal Code are a death metal band from the US and this is their debut album.

Featuring a current/ex-member of Anatomy of Habit, Indian, Lord Mantis, and Wolves in the Throne Room, Primal Code play old-school death metal, and on Opaque Fixation they bring us 39 minutes of crushing riffery. Continue reading “Primal Code – Opaque Fixation (Review)”

Ad Vitam Infernal – Le Ballet des Anges (Review)

Ad Vitam Infernal - Le Ballet des AngesThis is the second album from French death metallers Ad Vitam Infernal.

Le Ballet des Anges contains 33 minutes of old-school death metal brutality. If you like bands such as Morbid Angel, Immolation, Hate Eternal, and Deicide, then there’s a good chance you’ll like what Ad Vitam Infernal unleash on their new record. Continue reading “Ad Vitam Infernal – Le Ballet des Anges (Review)”

Vomit Forth – Terrified of God (Review)

Vomit Forth - Terrified of GodThis is the second album from Vomit Forth, a death metal band from the US.

Following on from 2022’s ugly and brutal Seething MalevolenceTerrified of God contains 27 minutes of ferocious material. Vomit Forth’s new record is a hideous slab of nasty death metal carnage. Continue reading “Vomit Forth – Terrified of God (Review)”

Feral – To Usurp the Thrones (Review)

Feral - To Usurp the ThronesFeral are a death metal band from Sweden and this is their fourth album.

Following on from last year’s tasty split with Crawl, (Made as Those Who Are No Longer Alive), we now get 46 minutes of new material from Feral in the shape of To Usurp the Thrones. Continue reading “Feral – To Usurp the Thrones (Review)”

Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere (Review)

Blood Incantation - Absolute ElsewhereThis is the third album from US death metallers Blood Incantation.

2016’s Starspawn and 2019’s Hidden History of the Human Race were both great records, and now we finally have the much-anticipated Absolute Elsewhere. It’s Blood Incantation’s longest album at 44 minutes, and uses this time wisely to showcase its mastery of cosmic progressive death metal. Continue reading “Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere (Review)”

Ripped to Shreds – Sanshi (Review)

Ripped to Shreds - SanshiThis is the fourth album from US death metallers Ripped to Shreds.

I thoroughly enjoyed 2022’s 劇變 (Jubian), so have been excited to listen to Sanshi. Containing 41 minutes of new material, Ripped to Shreds are on fire on their new record. Continue reading “Ripped to Shreds – Sanshi (Review)”

Temple of Dread – God of the Godless (Review)

Temple of Dread - God of the GodlessThis is the fifth album from German death metal band Temple of Dread.

It has been little over a year since Beyond Acheron, so I was not expecting a new Temple of Dread album again so soon at all. God of the Godless comes to us in the form of 42 minutes of new material, and it once again demonstrates why the band are so good at what they do. Continue reading “Temple of Dread – God of the Godless (Review)”