Reviews written by: Death8699

Reviews

Blood Of The Wolf - IV: The Declaration Of War Eternal

<p>A more death metal oriented approach this time around opposed to their last few releases. Definitely quality metal the whole way through! Vocals going good with the guitars. The axes are a good "crunch" tone to them hence the blackened death metal sound. Another likeable album for sure. Their songwriting is definitely still top notch. This album...

28/12/2022

Behemoth - Opvs Contra Natvram

<p>I never really liked this band not because of the lyrical concepts but because I just didn't like the music. I got this one to try out and I love it! Not only is it dark, but the music is anything other than a "B" rating to me. Not so certain about the critics. And since the rhythms were good alongside the vocals, the leads are superb. I didn't...

08/12/2022

Casket Robbery – Rituals Of Death

<p>Talk about BRUTAL! I’ve heard this album about 7 times through (digital) and just killer music. They fall under the brutal death metal genre with a female vocalist. There’s not a lot of brutal bands with female vocals in this category of metal, one off the top of my head is a Spanish based band called Barbarian Prophecies. They’re not as over-th...

01/12/2022

Perdition Temple - Merciless Upheaval

<p>Who can hear this and not want to write a bit about it? It has balls-out intensity. Gene from Angelcorpse that led the way for that band. He smokes on here with a somewhat raw production sound but good death/black metal. I've found the whole album to be interesting in terms of the sound and Gene's vocals slay! This is sort of a modern Angelcorps...

28/11/2022

Molder - Engrossed In Decay

<p>Not a bad follow-up, just somewhat of an average release. But it's good live Molder that totally packs a punch. Definitely death/thrash a lot of their guitar riffs are pretty well done out. And original! The tempos for the songs vary accordingly. The vocals are pretty unique, they sound a little bit like on Exhumed's "Death Revenge". The band mi...

14/11/2022

Exhumed - To The Dead

<p>This is one helluv an album! In my opinion, better than their previous "Death Revenge" that I have. I have yet to hear "Horror" or their previous earlier material which was in the goregrind genre. This one is fierce and ferocious! Two vocal trade-offs, guitars with sick riffing and a dominating production be it that they're on Relapse nowadays!...

08/11/2022

Plague Years - Circle Of Darkness

The band is way young and already kicking ass! Fresh riffs and solid sound these guys put together some killer thrash metal. The whole album is super-charged. I was really impressed with their musicianship. They really are in their own with their sound. The vocals are petty hoarse and sound well intertwined with the guitars. Plus, the sound quality...

14/01/2021

Sodom - Genesis XIX

This is what I remember about Sodom way back in the early days when "Agent Orange" was released... they were on top of their game. Seems like on this one their energy and riffs are back on top of DOMINATION. Totally kick ass and unrelenting. I don't know why any scores on here are negative about this one because the whole way through is KING. I thi...

08/01/2021

Cardiac Arrest - The Day That Death Prevailed

Another great contribution by the WHOLE band! Everyone worked greatly to making this an outstanding one for 2020. The vocals fluctuate which makes it more diverse and dynamic of an album. It's surprisingly shorter than most of their LP's (if not all). That doesn't take away from their contribution to metal here. This is all in all pure death/rot. T...

15/08/2020

Kurnugia - Forlorn And Forsaken

This Ohio based band Kurnugia spews out some pretty brutal death metal! They're new to me, but I'm glad that I was recommended to listen to the new album "Forlorn And Forsaken". It's fresh riffs and fast! But they're diverse, too. I really enjoyed this whole album. It's a step up from their EP. You can hear how they progressed musically since then....

02/08/2020

Perdition Temple - Sacraments Of Descension

"Sacraments Of Descension" is reminiscent of Perdition Temple's debut, with solid rhythms, production quality, vocals and mixing. The actual leads aren't as top notch as they were on the debut, but the rhythms overshadow that. So this is OK, but it's not going to be as good of a rating on here. The riffs are wholly original and in your face FAST! T...

19/07/2020

Shrapnel - Palace For The Insane

Some sick thrash work that clocks in a little under an hour in length. And well worth it! This band definitely shows their influences to some old school acts such as Destruction (Germany), Exodus (Bay Area) and some heavy metal such as the old school Helloween. I enjoyed this one from start to finish! It was a well worth shout out from the band to...

05/07/2020