Lacerated - The Vile Domain
An interesting project is the one proposed by Lacerated, five-pieces from Denver, Colorado. "The Vile Domain" is the first official work for this band born only in 2019. Almost full length playing time for this EP which with only 5 songs is close to 30 minutes of violent sound.Lacerated try to intimidate us with an average of almost 5 minutes per s...
04/01/2023
Atrocia - Contamination
France’s Atrocia seem to have stepped up their game with their third album “Contamination.” Determined to not come off as a Vader clone, these guys seem to have added more death metal into their style vs the typical death thrash hybrid. With a new guitarist at the helm, one can really tell the difference between this album and the last. The music i...
04/01/2023
Aviscerus - Visceral Depths
7 years later since their EP back in 2015, Australia’s Aviscerus finally unleash their debut full length for listeners to enjoy. Fans get a heavy dosage of melodic death metal mixed with groove metal in the vein of Darkane meets Truent for some rather mid paced simple, but engaging music. ‘Guidance’ kicks things off with a rather repetitive chug bu...
04/01/2023
Exordium Mors - As Legends Fade And Gods Die
After 8 years of quiet, New Zealand’s Exordium Mors is back with their second full length album. 5 artists under monikers, these guys have quite an arsenal of music here with a mix of technical death metal, black metal, and even thrash. The album is full of depth and variation so each track is engaging with plenty of twists and turns with clear pro...
04/01/2023
Selfgod - Born Of Death
Selfgod is a one-man death metal group from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania in the USA. Headed by Serge Streltsov of Dreadeth and Haxxan, two more black metal tinged bands, this project allows him more to explore of his Slavic heritage and mythology and less of the more trivial anti-Christian/ pagan black metal tropes that the other bands do. Like a lot of...
04/01/2023
Toadeater - Bexadde
Toadeater are a post black metal band from Germany and “Bexadde” is their third full length album. Only 4 tracks it seems like more an EP, but the band has been pushing their epic boundaries ever since their debut, and here the felt less was more with some of their longest tracks to date. The album may seem like it will be quick, but it is not. For...
04/01/2023
2022 Top 10 - Max James
10. To Obey A Tyrant - Omnimalevolent9. Spire Of Lazarus - Soaked In The Sands8. Worm Shepherd - Ritual Hymms 7. Party Cannon - Volumes Of Vomit6. Acid Witch - Rot Among Us 5. Cryptworm - Spewing Mephitic Putridity Hailing from the UK from a city near me dwells my number five on the list, a band none other than Bristol's Cryptworm. "Spewing Mephiti...
03/01/2023
2022 Top 10 - Colin McNamara
Another year gone by (still better than 2020 though as I actually got to go to some shows this year; namely the top one being Hypocrisy back in May at Amplified in TX). Have to say this year it was hard to pick albums for the top 10. I had a lot of releases I was excited for but when they came they didn’t quite live up (such as Machine Head’s “Of K...
02/01/2023
Blood Of The Wolf - IV: The Declaration Of War Eternal
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 cl...
28/12/2022
Invictus - Unstoppable
Maurizio Iacono is a pretty well known name by now in the death metal world. From melodic death metal Kataklysm to the more symphonic Ex Deo his trademark roar (and shriek) are pretty recognizable. Fans either love or hate him for his vocal style, but most his albums have been pretty consistent, for better or worse. Kataklysm has its edge that are...
27/12/2022
Terrible Sickness - Flesh For The Insatiable
"Flesh For The Insatiable" is the third full length album from German based death metal/ grindcore outfit Terrible Sickness. Sticking to their usual formula these guys take a mix of Jungle Rot meets Unleashed for 11 tracks of fast, aggressive music with some groove in the mix. Tracks like 'Living Disembowelment' are the bread and butter for the ban...
23/12/2022
Hellfuck - Diabolic Slaughter
With a name like Hellfuck one would expect some blasphemous, Marduk inspired black metal. However, this Polish group is more of an anti-religious thrash anthem, and “Diabolic Slaughter” is hellish enough with plenty of groove to boot. Very Slayer inspired with a lot of the riffs and vocals, many who enjoyed albums such as “Hell Awaits” and “Reign I...
22/12/2022
The Temple - Of Solitude Triumphant
Greece is well known for being a home to 'dramatic sound' metal groups. Groups such as Rotting Christ and Septicflesh have made their staple sound known from this country, and it seems like another is on the rise. Formed in 2005, The Temple takes a dramatic style of basic doom and presents it in 7 tracks that will appeal to fans anywhere from Type...
21/12/2022
Anchillys - Elan Vital
Large doses of technical-brutal death metal is all what Anchillys is about and let’s dive into their swirl. A one man band, with mr Andy Wit on everything. His experience tells a lot as he has servitude in many bands as Korpse, Dictated, Abscessed and many more. “Elan Vital” is his first solo album under the name “Anchillys” and with such experienc...
20/12/2022
Alphoenix - Evil Ways
Alphoenix are a melodic death metalcore band hailing from Tokyo, Japan, and “Evil Ways” is their second full length album. Taking a sound that mixes the likes of Disarmonia Mundi and Trivium, this album feels a bit like a throwback to the early 2000s when melodeath groups that used the clean/ harsh vocal trade off and metalcore was starting to get...
19/12/2022