Reviews written by: Connor

Reviews

Cease Of Breeding - Sounds Of Disembowelment

Cease Of Breeding play a brand of death metal that can only be described as nothing short of absolutely fuckin' brutal! From the moment I put the CD in my player, these guys took my head near off my shoulders. Fast, unrelenting and pulverising are words that spring to mind!! Blastbeats are served a plenty here with a very natural sounding kit whic...

26/01/2011

Puteraeon - The Esoteric Order

Puteraeon are a swedish death metal of a high pedigree featuring members of Inverted, Killaman and Exempt  but to name a few and boy does it show as each of these bands is a gem, Killaman being a particular favourite of mine. This pretty much old school swedish death metal by numbers. As natives of the origins of death metal these guys have all...

26/01/2011

Hexxed - The Synapse Collision

Upon first inspection of this CD its worth mentioning that the cover work and packaging of this cd is beautiful. The artwork was done by Glyn Smyth who has done a superb job. Very eye-catching. The CD comes in a card digipack and looks trully class. Hexxed are a band who have underwent a huge metamorphosis. The band used to draw influences fromthe...

26/01/2011

Warpath - Malevolent Reprisal

I have known the Warpath lads quite some time, having shared a stage with them a countless number of times and sharing an interest in lifting weights with singer, Darren. One would have to admit some might think this to be a somewhat biased review. Well if you think that, dont read this review, just buy this album and youll see why. Malevolent Repr...

26/01/2011

Condemned - A Dying Art

Long serving grinders, Condemned (not to be confused with Condemned usa) from Belfast, Northern Ireland have been going for approximately 17 years  but in that near 2 decade period have only produced 3 demos. Having underwent a few lineup changes and embraced some influences in the vein of Cephalic Carnage and Cannibal Corpse, the lads have been pl...

26/01/2011

Hateful - Coils Of A Consumed Paradise

After a short hiatus of reviewing, im pleased to be greeted with this monstrous slab of death metal by cool band all the way from Italy called Hateful. I have to say in my experiences, Italy has a fine fine pedigree of all genres of metal not just death metal and of course this is no different. The artwork upon presentation is instantly eye catchin...

30/12/2010

Obscure Infinity - Dawn Of Winter

We are greeted with ethereal sounds booming from the speakers upon first listen to this full length from Germany`s Obscure Infinity( not to be confused with the old -school swedish band). That saying Old school death metal is Obscure Infinity`s game here and i must say they do it well. The production is very rough and ready which i feel is very apt...

30/12/2010

Entrails - Tales From The Morgue

Ah Swedish Old school death metal!!! i dont know many folk who dont like it but what is there not to like?! you have the heavy chainsaw sounding guitars, chugging distorted basslines, pounding drums and of course deep guttural (not of the gurgled type!)vocals. Its all fairly death metal by numbers in this day and age. There are so many bands out...

28/11/2010

Blaspherian - Allegiance To The Will Of Damnation/ Summoning Of The Infernal Hoards (Rehearsal demo)

I trully cannot believe my eyes or ears!!! i was just at our drummers house and we were listening to Imprecation!!! We were talking about the old school Texan bands such as Imprecation and Infernal Dominion and about how goddamn heavy they were, how they harnessed that Incantation - vibe and almost upped the pace just slightly. And Goddammit, i was...

28/11/2010

Defloration - Abused With Gods Blessing

Defloration, hailing from Germany, give us a rather heavy offering going by the name "Abused With Gods Blessing". Even the name sends abit of a shudder up the spine for it sounds abit wrong doesnt it? That saying lyrically these guys are influenced by nothing more than the sick and the macabre. This is the bands 4th full length which if im hones...

14/11/2010

Cliteater - The Great Southern Clitkill

No frills, no fuckin` around, no bullshit! Cliteater mean business!! I swear, i think these guys dont stop getting heavier!!! The last one was heavy but holy shit this album is a cruncher!!! What you have here is a 17 track album influenced by tongue in cheek humour and gore with super detuned guitars, blastin` drums, subsonic distorted bass and ul...

14/11/2010

Acephala - Division By Zero

Ahhhhh now this is a fine fine CD to hear on a Sunday morning!!! Acephala, all the way from Ukraine, play a superheavy but ultra groovy blend of old school sounds mixed with the sounds of some modern death metal. Think Dehumanized and Skinless from New York and your close to the sound. The production here on "Division By Zero" is clean crisp but...

07/11/2010