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

Kouristus are a Grindcore/ Punk band from Finland that are about as ‘underground’ as one can get. With a variety of demos, EPs, and a live album out there, those who like the ferocity and grimness of extremely early Leviathan and the aggressive, yet catchy barbs of earlier Napalm Death and less guttural than Nasum, the result is a TON of short trac...

17/06/2024

Poland’s Topór have had a bit of a rough haul since their inception back in 2012, but 2023 finally saw a breakthrough with a new vocalist added to the band and a full length debut. They can be best described as a Thrash Speed Metal band that perform both in English and Polish in a style that is a mix of Vader meets Municipal Waste. A bit more punki...

12/06/2024

Night Shall Drape Us is a rather new band that just sprung up back in 2023 by LHR who is known for his work in many bands like Horna and Deathchain among others. A multi instrumentalist, he handles all the songwriting for this group and the instrumentation while his brother Spellgoth performs the vocals along with Infection and Wraath for a rather...

05/06/2024

Israel’s Tomorrow’s Rain are one of those Gothic/ Death/ Doom bands that deserve more attention. Formed in 2011, the six piece channel the parts of the more well known Death and Gothic Doom bands out there from My Dying Bride to Novembers Doom to 69 Eyes but add a more ‘acoustic guitar’ touch to the work for a well produced, solid outing. Their lat...

03/06/2024

Slovakia’s Surgery come shambling forward like a George Romero zombie with their third full length album entitled “Living Dead.” While their previous works were a bit more abstract and universal, this album seems directed towards a love for horror, zombies, and just good gory 80s and 90s films. Those who like Death Metal albums tight, short, and no...

29/05/2024

Second album by the Polish Sacrofuck titled “Święta Krew” (Holy blood), in January 2024, with the also Polish label Godz ov War Productions, which has a more than notable catalog of bands. The story of SACROFUCK begins in 2006 in Warsaw, with an angry grindcore style, during those times they released their demos and some Splits. In 2017 there was a...

27/05/2024

Gride are no stranger to the Metal scene but relatively unknown due to ‘less hype’ and also some period of inactivity. Hailing from Czechia this 3 piece mix of traditional Grindcore and Powerviolence started in the late 90s and unleashed a rather ferocious, but fun mix of splits and full lengths before dissolving in 2020 and then coming back that s...

22/05/2024

Godz ov War Productions deliver another slab of filthy, grim Blackened Death Metal with the 2nd album from Italy’s Morbid Sacrifice. “Ceremonial Blood Worship” takes the grim and pulsing sound of that of Archgoat and mixes it in with harsh Black Metal shrill of that of older Hacavitz for just a pummeling 24 minutes of music. It goes fast, but this...

20/05/2024

Here we have the 2nd full length release from Germany’s Thrash outlet Exa, and it is a very grabbing listen. While the basis of this album’s sound is a mix of “Christ Illusion” Slayer meets “Issue IV” Dew Scented as far as riffs and drumming go with a touch of Exodus’ “Atrocity Exhibition A,” it is safe to say that “Left In Shards” is an improvemen...

14/05/2024

If one is looking for an album that fire them up in the morning, like a shot of espresso to the heart (done Death Metal style), Storm Upon The Masses will get one from point A to point B on the ‘awake’ scale. A furious pummeling from Belgium that takes the likes of Immolation meets the Death Metal side of Belphegor, this is about as modern as one c...

13/05/2024

Horror movie focus seems to be the thing for metal bands and the first quarter of 2024. Aborted presented their ferocious “Vault of Horrors” earlier in March which had every track focus on a different horror film in typical evolving Aborted fashion, and now we have another tribute to horror cinematography from Italy’s Death Metal relatively not-hyp...

06/05/2024