Exist are a progressive/technical death metal band from the US and this is their second album.
Exist have taken the torch from forerunners such as Atheist, Death, and Cynic, and are truly running with it. This means we get an old-school influenced version of the progressive/technical death metal style, as laid down by the aforementioned masters, despite the modern veneer and sparkling production. Continue reading “Exist – So True, So Bound (Review)”
This is the third album from this German death metal band.
Ingurgitating Oblivion’s second album Continuum of Absence was notable, enjoyable, and distinctly non-standard, offering doom-infused dissonance that was a bit different and had something extra to offer the listener. Continue reading “Ingurgitating Oblivion – Vision Wallows in Symphonies of Light (Review)”
The Voynich Code are a Portugese modern death metal/deathcore band and this is their debut album.
Okay, so if you’re a fan of Whitechapel, Thy Art is Murder, Fit for an Autopsy, Aversions Crown, etc. then you should definitely give this a spin. Continue reading “The Voynich Code – Aqua Vitae (Review)”
John Frum are a death metal band from the US. This is their debut album.
This is very much not your standard death metal album.
Featuring present and past members of bands such as The Faceless, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and John Zorn, this release combines progressive, avant-garde, atmospheric, dissonant, technical, and psychedelic death metal into a darkly enjoyable whirlwind of chaos and heaviness. Continue reading “John Frum – A Stirring in the Noos (Review)”
Moss upon the Skull are a death metal band from Belgium and this is their debut EP.
This is atypical progressive death metal. This is the type of band that are great to hear.
Rather than sticking to the standard genre tropes, they have decided to play death metal their own way on their own terms. Continue reading “Moss upon the Skull – The Scourge of Ages (Review)”
This is the debut album from Iapetus, a progressive death metal band from the US.
Okay, here we have – deep breath – atmospheric, progressive, melodic death metal. Well, that wasn’t so bad, actually. Continue reading “Iapetus – The Long Road Home (Review)”
This is the second album by US technical death metallers Replacire.
I always enjoy a new techdeath release, especially when you never really know what you’re going to get when you press play.
In its dark heart this is a highly aggressive and Continue reading “Replacire – Do Not Deviate (Review)”
Virulent Depravity are a technical death metal band from the US and this is their debut album.
Who doesn’t love some head-turning dizzying techdeath now and again?
Although the album cover Continue reading “Virulent Depravity – Fruit of the Poisoned Tree (Review)”
This is the second album from Reaping Asmodeia, a technical death metal band from the US.
I find it so easy to like this kind of thing. It’s hyper-modern, with withering technicality, hard-as-nails brutality and enough progressive depth to keep things interesting…Reaping Asmodeia have delivered a monster of an album. Continue reading “Reaping Asmodeia – Impuritize (Review)”
Sunless are a progressive death metal band from the US and this is their debut album.
Well, if this isn’t a twisting mass of complex nastiness. Urraca is 44 minutes of progressive/technical death metal full of dissonant, experimental and avant-garde stylings. Continue reading “Sunless – Urraca (Review)”
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