Goatizm is a welcome side project from the Netherlands headed by Joey Veerbeek who is known for a lot of bass (and some vocal work) in several Death Metal bands such as Caedere and Vermin. From the title some might expect this to be right along the Death Metal or Black Metal lines, but this time Veerbeek heads everything himself from vocals to guit...

21/08/2024

Necroticgorebeast’s “Repugnant” is a further journey into their collective minds of madness and is sure to appeal to even the most sophisticated fans of the brutal death metal genre. You will find that, in the music, there are various elements and vibes of old school and traditional death metal, combined with a more than capable technical applicati...

19/08/2024

It is a bit hilarious that a band would call themselves Upper Decker, but it is no worse than Party Cannon. Granted, this Death Metal group from France should be taken with a grain of salt and expect humorous results mixed with plenty of brutality to boot. While not quite the Slam-fest that some might expect, each track does feature that lumbering...

08/08/2024

It has been 17 years since anyone has heard much from San Diego, California’s Cephalotripsy, most notably known because Angel Ochoa of Abominable Putridity is in it, but 2024 is a fantastic time for these guys to make a comeback, and they do just that with their second full length album “Epigenetic Neurogenesis.” A lot has happened since 2012 when...

29/07/2024

The Greeks Serement bring us their debut album “Abhorrent Invocations”, after an EP and a couple of singles, through the French label Dolorem Records and released on May 17th. Formed in 2022 in Athens by members of Blessed By Perversion Vaggelis Nanos Bass, Manolis Kouelo Guitars, Andreas Moschopoulos Vocals and Vasilis Nano son drums replaced by V...

24/07/2024

Tennessee’s Knoll has been rather quietly cranking out albums since 2021 on their own without too much exposure, but for 2024 they are going on the Devastation on the Nation tour with Morbid Angel, and may finally get more of the exposure they deserve. A five piece that performs Grindcore mixed with Noisecore in the vein of the likes of End or Full...

22/07/2024

Tzompantli are one of those bands that are unknown, but deserve more attention once you hear them. The started up in 2019 out of California as two guys create ‘prehispanic’ themed Death Doom that took the elements of a band like Raxa and mixed it with Temple of Scorn for some dissonant, heavy, typical Death Doom that was solid but the themes were g...

19/07/2024

Vomit The Soul are another one of those bands that started out with a strong run in the early 2000s, fell apart at some point, and then came back with a roar. This Italian based Brutal Death Metal group found their home on Unique Leader Records with the scorcher known as “Cold” back in 2021 after 11 years of quiet and it hit like a freight train in...

15/07/2024

The Tomb recently formed from Italy back in 2022, and “The Valley Of Despair” is their first full length album. Paying tribute to the ‘Old School Death Metal’ route with a mix of Obituary meets a ton of Death, this duo crank out tasteful Thrash tinged Death Metal that shows no mercy, but quite a bit of excellent chops in riffs and even bass work. A...

11/07/2024

Little is known about Hungarian duo Mutilation Case that sprouted up in 2023 and quickly got their debut up and running. Headed by the ‘riff master’ N and vocalist Jim Jones (not of Jonestown fame), these two deliver a rather eclectic set of Old School Death Metal with some new and modern twists to keep it from being ‘just a run of the mill’ effort...

08/07/2024

Remember back in the early 2000s when Netherlands’ Severe Torture burst out on the scene with “Feasting on Blood?” That album was Brutal Death Metal touching on Slam at its most primal and savage and over the years this underrated band just seemed to slowly get better but stay consistent, be it the sick album art or crushing sound. Then in 2010 the...

03/07/2024

Pikodeath are a four piece that have been around since the late 90s and hail from Czechia. Rooted in both Thrash and Death Meal, this group avoids the typical Vader or Legion of the Damned tropes and aims more for a heavier ‘Death Metal’ loaded route with bits of Thrash here and there, but avoiding the Speed Thrash hybrid route. Their music is heav...

01/07/2024

-- Notification --Before we start with the review it must be said that the band has no connection to this site in any kind of way!Brutalism’s “Solace In Absurdity” brings together all the elements needed to create one hell of a nasty sounding soundtrack to the atrocities of life. Right of the bat you will notice the classic raw approach that the ba...

26/06/2024

Deathcore these days is a divided subject, especially in the last four years. Ever since the likes of Whitechapel started including ‘clean’ vocals, more and more bands have followed, some to great success and some not so much. Unique Leader Records is known for their Downtempo Deathcore artists who have included some cleans here and there, but most...

24/06/2024

Trudging and marching through the sludgy murkiness that brutal death metal can sometimes become is the band Perveration with their album entitled “Putrefaction Of Infinite Apogee”. Right from the start this is one mean intense mess of an album, and that’s not a bad thing either. At times things will get extremely slow, like trying to walk through a...

19/06/2024