Focusing on history in a brutal fashion, Greek brutal death metal duo Carthage continue on making a massacre of a soundtrack to war with their 2nd album “Sicilian Wars.” The album goes by pretty quick clocking barely 30 minutes making each track about 3 minutes or less of just onslaught after onslaught of death metal. Not much deviation from their...

29/06/2022

Korseld has been around since 2011 and are bringing fans a more refined version of their past with a re-issue of their debut “Jordevandring.” Back in 2014 the recording wasn’t quite everything the band wanted it to be (considering it was just a 2 man band with Daniel Reese on guitars and Daniel Tjernberg on vocals and keys), though the band did a g...

28/06/2022

Joey Veerbeek is the instrumental and vocal mastermind behind this pummelling, one man-band from the Netherlands. And whilst the title Goatmilker may come across more humorous than serious, its glorious outcome cements the project/band into direct attributes of the peers and influences behind Veerbeek's grand scheme.This third album from Goatmilker...

27/06/2022

For once, I am going to review a post black metal and rock album or from another style? In fact we get lost in the musical classification as the influences take you to folk, black, psychedelic and rock. Only one thing remains certain is that we are staying in the land of the 1000 lakes or Finland for the uninitiated. Einvigi, since it is about...

23/06/2022

Wasting The Genesis are a five piece death metal outfit from Spain with only a few albums under their belt, but lots of time in between to hone their technique and demonstrate that they really have a promising sound. Six years after their debut they’ve unleashed their 2nd EP, and though it is only four tracks they’re showing progress compared to th...

22/06/2022

Serpents Oath ascend to the next level of their story with the 2nd chapter of the Lucifer rise to power entitled “Ascension.” More rounded out and diverse than their debut, the album shows all the promise a straightforward black metal fan should expect: icy riffs (but not quite Immortal icy) that cut like razors, thundering drums that hurt with pre...

21/06/2022

Taking listeners on a blast from the late 90s, Japanese one man band In Nothingness lands its debut with a strong mix of more classic melodic death metal. While not quite a modern masterpiece, the style of the mysterious ‘Lord Nothingness’ that has been doing this since 2014 invokes the styling of old In Flames and early Dark Tranquillity within th...

20/06/2022

Canada’s Truent have been active since 2012 but have only now finally gotten their first full length album to let fans hear, and it is a groove metal masterpiece. While not quite Pantera or Soulfly legendary, “Through The Vale of Earthly Torments” is a whirlwind of death metal inspired pace with tons of chugging melody, Throwdown esque groove, and...

15/06/2022

Just a year hot on the heels of their thirteenth album, Sweden’s masterful studio death metal band The Project Hate MCMXCIX (or TPH) unleash their 14th masterpiece entitled “Spewing Venom Into The Eyes Of Deities.” For those who have never heard of this group before, the band started in 1999 as a full on performing group to do live shows but as tim...

14/06/2022

Narakah are an American band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and "Nemesis Cloak" is their third release after two EP's from 2020 and 2021. Here you will discover 18 short and sweet grindcore tracks in the vein of Misery Index, Dillinger Escape Plan, Pig Destroyer or Agoraphobic Nosebleed. Prepare for a full-blasting assault of grinding drumming,...

13/06/2022

Hex unleash another slab of death doom to begrudge the ears; this time it is a ‘concept’ EP surrounding ‘Darkness.’ While it may seem a little cliché the concept is interesting enough for this Spanish doom death quintet, and compared their humble beginnings back in 2012, “Behold the Unlighted” continues to truck down the same path of sound. A death...

10/06/2022

Hurakan is one of those relatively unknown bands that is finally getting more of the attention it deserves. Signing with a new label- Lacerated Enemy Records (well known for their host of deathcore, slam death, and brutal death bands like Vulvodyina or Infecting the Swarm), these French brutal deathcore-ists are in good hands. On their 3rd full len...

09/06/2022

Every metal genre has its staple bands; the ones that everyone recommends especially to newcomers. Thrash has its Slayer, black metal has Dark Funeral, metalcore has Killswitch Engage, etc. Even the subgenres have their favorites, but it is rare that when it comes to 2 genres a band comes up recommended. For symphonic metal or death metal, Sep...

08/06/2022

Swedish death metal veterans Entrails are finally back with their 7th album, out via Hammerheart Records.Always faithful and devoted to the musical line that they have long since undertaken, the four Swedish guys release this "An Eternal Time Of Decay" which is sure to please all their old and new fans. This album certainly does not contain anythin...

07/06/2022

“Terrified Beyond Measure” is the second full length effort from U.K.’s Gorebringer and it hits just as heard as their debut. It is a little deceiving from the group name and album covers that this isn’t a brutal death metal group in the vein of the likes of Vehemence or Cannibal Corpse, but upon the first jump into ‘The Bottomless Pit’ one gets to...

02/06/2022