Those of you out there who know US band Outer Heaven will know that on their previous releases they have ventured far and wide into various musical territories, which I only know through my investigations into the band and not through actual listening experience as I decided to listen to this debut full length "Realms Of Eternal Decay" in its own r...

01/01/2019

I was expecting this second album of Finnish band Architorture to start with two minutes of pointless noise as an intro, called 'Dark Matter Annihilation', like bands tend to do these days when they introduce their albums, but no they actually start their album with an instrumental piece like thrash bands used to do back in the 1980s with a rip you...

30/12/2018

Dutch outfit Dead End has been around since the late 1980s and early 1990s and released two demos and an EP during that period before splitting up. They resurfaced in 2016 though only one original member is in the ranks and released an album titled “Reborn From The Ancient Grave”, which I’ve not heard, and have now followed it up with this sophomor...

29/12/2018

Italian grinders Guineapig released this debut "Bacteria" back in 2014 on the same label and subsequent to that the band has released a split with Dutch act Romprepop in 2017. Quite why the label has seen fit to reissue it is a little baffling though the reissue comes with the bands 2013 demo plus a Mortician cover tagged on the end so that might b...

28/12/2018

As a debut release this Dutch outfit Hordearii has certainly pushed the envelope in terms of ambition which possibly hints at the roots of their band name which is a term associated with gladiators that fought for their freedom, as this musical endeavour equally strives to escape the shackles of what one would designate as your typical thrash or de...

22/12/2018