French 5-Piece Warkunt launched an all-out auditory assault with their first full-length album, "Of Ruins and Agony". Dropping in November of 2018 this death metal onslaught was created by Timothée Pfau (bass), Grégoire Galichet (drums), Laurent Damelicourt & Valentin Rouviere (guitars) and Loïc Mulheim (vocals). "Of Ruins And Agony" builds...

03/03/2019

Walkyrya has recently their 2nd full-length album in the form of, "The Invisible Guest". This album is the solid culmination of two demos, and a 2013 LP titled, "End Line...". Walkyrya is based in Italy and is comprised of Aran Morion (bass), Tiziano Casale (drums), Federico Caggiano (guitars) and Vincenzo Santopietro (vocals). "The Invisible Gu...

27/02/2019

Los Angeles based trio Poughkeepsie has dropped their first album in the form of "Macrocosmic Demise". This deathgrind release dropped in late October of 2018. Poughkeepsie consists of Huero (bass), Tony Chong (drums), and Panda (guitars; vocals). Poughkeepsie has formerly gone by the names Amniotic Scoria (2015-2016) and Yasnek (2016-2018). For...

24/02/2019

Suffering Quota’s newest release "Life In Disgust" was unleashed on November 2nd of 2018. Coming from the Netherlandish haven of Groningen, Suffering Quota is comprised of René Beukers (guitar), Martin Kah (drums), Stiff Marron (bass and vocals) and Gerard Timmermans (vocals). For their sophomore album Suffering Quota hammer out some punishing grin...

19/02/2019

JT Ripper’s second full-length album "Gathering Of The Insane" dropped in late November of 2018. Hailing from the state of Saxony in Germany, this heavy metal trio consists of Chris Börner (drums), Daniel Brandenurg (guitar) and Steven “Steffen” Fischer (vocals, bass). JT Ripper is the amalgamation of former members of Chörnyj Woron and Mad Pleasur...

06/02/2019

666 Shades Of Shit released their newest album "Whoracle Of Blasfemales" this August 23rd. Comprised of Motorkiller, Bartbaar, Bob, and William, they hail from Tilburg, North Brabant in the Netherlands. This is their second album, following up the beautifully named, "<a href="https://brutalism.com/review/666-shades-of-shit-bitchagram/" target="_bla...

18/12/2018

In October of this year, Kraanium released their 5^th full-length studio album “Slamchosis” – and its every bit as brutal as we expect. Originally from Norway, Kraanium has expanded into a brutal international group comprised of Mats Funderud (Norway), Mika da Costa (Brazil), Jack Christensen (Denmark), Erhan Karaca (Turkey), and Jason Va...

07/12/2018

Upon Ruins has broke ground with their first album “Legacy Of Desolation” which dropped in September of 2018. Hailing from the east coast of Canada, they consist of Howard Young, Shane Forsyth, Paul Shaw, and Greg ‘Gregadeth’ Thompson. Forming in 2014 but with no history of touring, playing concerts, or anything more than a 2016 demo, I think these...

28/11/2018