Sceptocrypt are a surprise out of nowhere- out of the past- for 2024. Originally from Malta (and now residing in the U.K. it seems), this former five piece has been dormant since the late 90s with only a few demos and 1 full length under their belt and a live album in 2021 that was broken into ‘4 acts’ almost like a play, until most recently. New l...

29/04/2024

Brodequin are one of those Death Metal bands that always stayed under the radar but never really took off even though they had potential. Maybe it doesn’t help that the last full length album they did was back in 2004, but this Knoxville based band has come back 20 years later, and it is quite the comeback. They have a new home on Seasons of Mist U...

22/04/2024

Creme Flesh’s “Casablumpkin” is a release that sees a merging of genres in an almost seamless fashion. First, we have the cover art which shows a man sitting in a toilet stall with what one might guess is a woman on her knees performing an act on the man. Not really the type of album cover you would find on a brutal death metal album. Stereotypical...

16/04/2024

It has been a bit of a stretch but Italy’s Innerload is back with a new album and a surprisingly fresh perspective. For those who know of this four piece who started up in 2009, they’ve been performing in the past of a style that is pretty much a mix of Heavy Metal meets Fantasy Metal (though not quite on the Dragonforce level when it comes to expe...

15/04/2024

Greece’s Carthage continue to storm ears with their history lessons of Rome, this time with their EP and third chapter entitled “Third Punic War.” Their last album back in 2021 was a storm of Death Metal influenced heavily by the likes of Hate Eternal and Aborted with a hailstorm of riffs and guttural vocals that scorched ears and left eardrums rin...

08/04/2024

Get ready for some heavy Old School Death Metal from Poland with SoulCarrion’s 2nd full length album, “Enthrone Death.” Similar to their first album, it is still rooted deep in the mix of Immolation meets Incantation for that reverb heavy, guttural sound mixed with surprisingly clear drumming. Greg still handles the guitars while Michal also handle...

04/04/2024

Here we have a split from 2 raw Finnish bands who both perform a sort of Old School Death Metal but with Grindcore influences for a very fast, but still enjoyable album. The first half is from five piece Infected Priest who have been around since 2013 and haven’t really done much since their demo from 2017 so 6 years later it is good to hear from t...

02/04/2024

Horrible is a relatively new project that started in 2019 with Pro-Pain member Jonas Sanders on drums and Olivier Dris from Resistance on guitar. Wanted to expand their group, this Belgium band branched out to other members of Resistance in 2022 like bassist Ben Sizaire, guitarist Sven of Killthelogo/cylcus, and vocalist Deha of Herzog. Each i...

26/03/2024

Infection is a relatively unknown band from Lima, Peru that have been quiet for a while, but finally thunder back since 2014 with their third full length album, “The Cryptic Homicides.” Following a pattern of Brutal Death Metal with melodic elements, listeners will find themselves engorged on this early Cannibal Corpse meets Obituary mix that is ju...

21/03/2024

Chrysalis is an Italian band from Turin, arising from another band called Soulless, which remained active from 1993 to 2001, in those years they released a great EP “…From Different Worlds” in 1996, also highly recommended, and an album that they recorded in 1999, “D.eforming N.eural A.ggression” which was going to be its debut, and by chance of fa...

19/03/2024

A raw crushing demo is what listeners get with the recently formed Abhorrent Execration from France. Released on Nekrassious Tapes and limited to only 66 copies, one is going to get 4 tracks of curshing, fuzzed out Old School Death Metal. A cross between Incantation and Torture Killer, expect a loud but tastefully groove laden album. This duo knows...

14/03/2024

Cercenatory’s “Goresphere” is a little slab of gore grinding brutal death metal that “cannibalizes” elements and vibes from other genres thus creating a rather intoxicating dose of insane madness/ The band have developed their own take on this art which is often duplicated and stagnant. Having said that, there is nothing stagnant here. Razor blade...

12/03/2024

Norway’s Blood Red Throne has had quite the career since their inception in 1998. With only 1 original member since the beginning (guitarist Død who was known for playing with Satyricon for a bit), the band has seen numerous line up changes, especially in the vocal department. However, these changes seem to have kept the Death Metal band fresh over...

04/03/2024

It has been a long nine years, but Belarus’ Challenger Deep have finally put out album no. 3 with “The Path.” For those not familiar with this rather underground but talented band, they perform a mix of Sludge, Doom, Post, and even Black Metal, offering up some rather lengthy, but tasteful tracks. Nine years is a bit of a stretch to wait for an alb...

29/02/2024

Very little is known about the recent surfacing of Indonesian Death Metal band Nar. They don’t list their members and have only a few EPs under their belt since 2023, but despite only short tidbits of what they’ve given, expect it to be very brutal. The sounds is fast, aggressive, and guttural, and will appeal of fans of anything from the legendary...

27/02/2024