Deathblow's late 2020 release of "Insect Politics" already seizes your attention in advance with some artwork that will no doubt reel you in like you're the biggest fish in the lake. Their trippy display of horror and space entices listeners into their world of thrash meets hardcore, with a hell of a lot of Power Trip meets Municipal Waste worshipp...

03/03/2021

Saprobiontic's music is as cool as their logo. What you get here is a reckoning, oblivion-styled death metal assault on the ears in the modern styles of Cannibal Corpse and Thy Art Is Murder. These German bruisers are no newcomers to the platform, as "Apocalyptic Retribution" is the band's third release in total, and their sophomore album. The o...

26/02/2021

Anime Torment are a deathcore band from Czech Republic who take influences from the earlier, more melodic bands in the scene but spice up their sound with a modern punch in production and a decent enough diversity within the six tracks on their new EP titled "Void Terror". The record's single 'Easy Prey' is surprisingly catchy; something that de...

24/02/2021

Australian newbies The Harvest Trail align themselves superbly within the melodic death metal and thrash genres. Whilst lacking a modern production, the band offer an oldschool effect on their entire debut release, "Instinct". From opener 'Victims', a youthful, energetic presence is released and the album is unveiled into a whirlwind of chaotic...

11/02/2021

The album "Planet Of The Beavers" is a comedic approach to death and grind by the Swedish band Belarus Beaver. Whilst comedy in death metal is about as welcomed as Alestorm are in the metal community, you can't help but be captivated by the dedication to take on writing albums fully based around these small semiaquatic rodents, known as beavers....

10/02/2021

The year 2020 has probably been the most intelligent usage of time to form a band and create a record, especially if that release is able to be heavily promoted and released by the upcoming juggernaut label that is Reality Fade Records. So these US newcomers have hit a pretty sweet spot of success during the perilous chapters of the current pandemi...

20/01/2021

If you enjoy the type of metal that you could slowly introduce to your parents and hope they understand and appreciate your interests, then this is definitely not the band or album to start with. Dismembered Flesh Mutation's 2020 "Necrophiliac Decomposition" is as sickening as the band name and album title suggest. If you google the band name in se...

15/01/2021

Having released demos and albums since the birth of In Demise in 2005, this year's offering comes in the form of a fifteen minute EP from the German band. Demonstrating a demonic balance between melodic riffs and attention-seeking build ups, the band provide a chaotic channelling of progressive death metal deemed fit for the genre at hand. Despi...

13/01/2021

France's offering of brutal bands consists of many greats, from the brilliant Benighted to the mesmerising Gorod. Following similar footsteps are newcomers to the scene, Warside. The debut EP 'The Enemy Inside' is a ferocious display of death metal with no brakes to their acceleration. Barking vocals are spat constantly by vocalist Thomas Allam,...

07/01/2021

Everything is bigger in Texas. Often proclaimed, somewhat backed by the brutes behind Cesspool Of Corruption's EP "Eradication Of The Subservient". Original released in 2016 and rereleased in 2020. An EP that could be held in higher regards if it were released in the late 2000's amongst the waves of deathcore as the genre quickly interchanged. 'Em...

05/01/2021

Coexistence are an Italian progressive death metal band with an aim to impress with their debut album titled "'Collateral Dimension". Along with their space-nature themed artwork, which is glorious to view, the band also have an offering of sci-fi creativity within their songwriting and lyrical aspects of the record. The nine tracks span across...

16/12/2020

<span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>TOP ALBUMS OF THE YEAR LIST 2020</strong></span> <em>2020 has not only been the most bizarre year, but it's been a surprisingly decent year for underground metal. Here I've listed my top records from the archives of 2020. Diving deep into genres from black metal, deathcore, and of course the ultra brutal tha...

07/12/2020