It took ten long years but fans finally have it: Sweden’s Miseration’s fourth full length album. The group is pretty much headed by Solution .45 members Christian Alvestam on vocals and Jani Stefanovic who does everything else plus vocals. Basically for a time this project was the ‘heavy answer’ to Scary Symmetry and Solution .45, both melo death p...

15/09/2022

Imperium is a four piece technical death metal band from the U.K. and “Ex Mortis Gloria” is their third full length album. These days when one thinks technical death metal everyone expects insane speed (like Archspire) or crazy bass breakdowns and jazzy sections (Necrophagist). Imperium do deliver the speed but not at breakneck velocity and while t...

14/09/2022

Scorn is a relatively new metal band formed in 2021 by Rob, Tony Guillaume and Manu. These French musicians already played in other bands and now have banded together to create a beautiful solid album called "Winds Of Torment". After loads of ideas and a signing with Great Dane Records ideas became riffs and riffs became songs. No time was wasted s...

13/09/2022

Tragos are relatively new to the death metal scene but are quickly leaving an impression with their debut “Radix Mendosus.” Hailing from France, their work is steeped in mythology themes and their style is almost like technical melodic death metal. Right from the opening title track, one can definitely hear the heavy bass work, sharp riffs and...

12/09/2022

Zubzero have been around a long time but never made any waves really. Now trying to break the surface since their debut 2001, their 2 track demo will certainly raise eyebrows and garner ears. Very basic thrash and metalcore tinged with death metal the groove here is undeniable, but that is pretty much the demo’s grab factor. The drumming and g...

08/09/2022

Five years have passed for Ósserp to release an album again, "Els Nous Cants De La Sibil-la", August 18th. A work that inherits the evil directly from the previous "Al Meu Pas s'Alça La Mort" from 2017. Ósserp was formed in Barcelona, Spain, from the ashes of several bands and from the beginning in their demos they have practiced grind, influenced...

07/09/2022

Even though Misgiving’s self titled album is their debut full length, these guys have been around since the late 90s. Formed in ’91 these France based death metallers have had a few demos and 1 split but not much else to really get them to take off, so to speak… until now. “Misgivings” is a strong slab of 90s death metal mostly rooted in a Deicide...

06/09/2022

First official EP for Italian death metallers Continuum Of Xul. After the promo of 2019 and the split with Abyss Of Perdition of 2021, this new work with the unequivocal title of "Falling Into Damnation" arrives under Lavadome Productions. For those who do not yet know these guys, know that behind this monicker there are some of the most influentia...

05/09/2022

Hesperia are one of those one man black metal groups that no one really hears about, but when they do, get a very good impression. Headed by Hesperus, this guy has been doing music with this project since the late 90s, so he’s got a lot of traction behind his work up to album no. 7 with “Roma, Vol. II.” Originally released on CD by Hidden Marly Pro...

01/09/2022

“Salvation Within Insanity” is the debut release offered up by the international death metal band Sijjeel, and by the sound of things, hell has been reborn and further deformed. Now, before I get into the actual music, I want to comment on something that caught my attention upon first receiving the CD. We all know that writing lyrics is an importan...

31/08/2022

Poland’s Snake Eyes have been quiet for some time, but finally have come around with a new album, new members, and a new take on their music (somewhat). The sound is still very thrashy, but more of a modern groove thrash similar to that of Crypta, and less the typical Slayer or Metallica route. Part of this might be due to the vocalist change of Sw...

30/08/2022

If you are into grindcore then Antigama should not be a new name for you. This crazy Polish band exists since 2000 and so far they have released 8 studio albums. Their last one is called "Whiteout" and offers 11 tracks of blasting death/grind. First thing that comes to mind when you start listening to "Whiteout" is that this record of Antigama...

29/08/2022

Tishina is a one-man melo death doom artist from Canada, though all the lyrics and the band name is done in Serbian. While many might think this is another crack at the rather infamous group Batushka, or something similar, the work done by Branislav Panic is certainly less atmospheric and black metal-ish. The music here is rather more straightforwa...

25/08/2022

Like a screaming baby born of hell, Downfall Of Mankind’s debut full length album “Vile Birth” is aptly titled. For those looking for a symphonic deathcore album that doesn’t feature too many progressive elements, brutal riffs, and filthy vocals complete with brees, gurgles, roars, and shrieks, then this is the album to hear. This Lisbon based 4 pi...

24/08/2022

VHS have been around since 2016 but have quite a prolific discography between full length albums, singles, splits, and EPs for a collection of horror movie inspired death thrash mixed with grindcore. The band is known for adding in movie samples for atmospheric effect, and while at some points it can be a little cheesy when considering an album lik...

15/08/2022