British slamming death crew Rise Of An Empire are here with a full length album appropriately titled "Dismemberment Of Sanity", where we are greeted with a barrage of straight up brutal death metal. A genre like this isn’t really something that strays off the path too much, you keep to your blast beats, your slams, your undecipherable growls from t...

02/03/2016

Sicphorm, an unusual band name that reminded me of the likes of a band such as Meshuggah, where the word is so random and quirky yet really lets you know what kind of band you’re in for. I mean we can all honestly admit for most bands in the metalcore scene with names like “Washed up Memories on a Laden Shore” (it’s a made up name but captures the...

02/03/2016

It seems nowadays, you can’t really find a modern death metal band that hasn’t gotten “core” influences and breakdowns scattered around every 30 seconds of blast beats, so it was a very fresh surprise when listening to "Eugenic Wombs" and hearing a classic and precise death metal sound emerge from my computer’s speakers. Enthrallment have been goin...

24/02/2016

Collaborating a fusion of metal and hardcore, Bring On The Bloodshed hail from The Netherlands where they bring forth their latest offering "Amongst The Ruins". Straight off the bat, the production on this is loud and intrusive, with the blaring sound of distorted instruments filling your listening space with chaos, is this a good thing? It most de...

13/01/2016

Hailing from my hometown Perth, Western Australia, I am proud to say that Anavar kick it old school playing a fresh take on death metal combined with the breakdowns of the core scene. Have we heard of this style before? We most certainly have, however, instead of being blinded by the constant monotone chug of a breakdown over some occasional slappe...

13/01/2016

Forged in the depths of Spain, Carnivorous Voracity are not shy in the slightest when it comes to delivering the utmost brutality in their music. This being their first full length after the well-received EP titled "Debasement Incarnated" in 2011, it has shown that this band has certainly crafted a punishing record, that not only delivers the slams...

08/01/2016

Dutch metallers come forth with their latest offering titled “I Am Become Death” that doesn’t shy on heaviness or harmonic melodies. Before listening to this new release, I checked out an album before called “Huginn And Muninn”, these albums are about 4-5 years apart so it was exciting to see the changes made from there to now. I can positively say...

28/12/2015

“Wow”, that was the first word I said when finishing the EP "Glutton Kings" by Malta metalheads In the Name Of who have here, one of the most solid death metal EP’s in recent years. First off, I don’t even know if I should be calling this release “death metal” after this EP has so many different influences it’s hard to label the band for what they...

18/11/2015

Hailing from Copenhagen, melo-death metallers Killing Gandhi deliver an extremely solid effort in their album "Cinematic Parallels". Straight away on the album I noticed the very humorous song titles such as “0100101101000111” which references the overused “djent”, deathcore or *insert other “core” sub-genre here* that only utilises the open string...

27/10/2015

Belting from Eindhoven (The Netherlands), Burn The Iris ride the train of heavy riffs, technical rhythms and ambience to bring forth their EP Ionosphere. Straight out the gates the listener is greeted with the track 'Demobilization' that showcases an odd time signature groove that instantly grabbed my attention, I could already tell within the firs...

22/08/2015

From the scorching island of Malta, Fallen Icon unleash their ferocious “North Of Nowhere” packing in 5 tracks of heavy malicious metal that will rip you in two. Going on from what I just said, this album is HEAVY, the tone for the guitars is immense and so death metal-like that the pounding riffs shock you from head to toe. I have to give major cr...

16/08/2015

Hailing from France, mathcore/progressive metal act The Dali Thundering Concept have come storming out the gates with an absolutely crushing album entitled “Eyes Wide Opium”. This release has completely astounded me, the album has connected so many different influences it sounds absolutely spectacular as this thriving fusion of metal. Brutal? Check...

16/08/2015