Solid production quality, uncompromising Krisiun never ceases to amaze the listener! Though I'm in favor of 'Conquerors of Armageddon' as their best release, this one, however, hits home with a vengeance. It's not all blast beating it's solid death metal that's probably nay arguably their best release since 'Conquerors...'. That's just my opinion t...

28/09/2018

Frontman Paul Tucker does a good job of songwriting here, producing some pretty intensive blackened thrash metal. I'd say it's a step-up from 'Worship the Devil'. It's stronger in the riff department and production. The length of the album is a little short though, spewing out eight songs and thirty-two minutes in length. But that doesn't take away...

27/09/2018

Manitoba, Canada’s Arcticcircle unleash their 3rd full-length entitled “Where Ice Meets Ocean”, and what I experienced was definitely not expected. To be honest, in the beginning, it was a struggle for me to listen to the whole thing. Let that soak in along with the fact that the entire album is around the 25 minute mark. I chalked it up to the imm...

27/09/2018

Two Czech bands reside on this split release and both would be considered as totally battering as I’ll tackle Бут first whose 12 song grindcore contribution begins with 'Zero' and some background noises of sirens and voices give no indication of the detonation that awaits which when it does is nothing short of nihilistic and is followed by the equa...

26/09/2018

I'm not sure if this album was worth 5 years upon arising, but I gave it a "B" anyway since Deicide is still playing aggressive death metal after 30+ years of being in existence. I'm going to say it but I always liked them the most with the Hoffman brothers in the band. They just were so much more creative from their debut all the way up unto 'Scar...

25/09/2018

Any death metal fan worth his salt will know this band due to their classic “Internal Caustic Torments’ album that was released in 1993 and has now become a prized collectors item on first press CD if you are lucky enough to own one. It has been reissued however and if you haven’t heard it I strongly urge you to track it down. In recent years howev...

25/09/2018

When you hear this band called Kill Everything, you best know that, with this monstrosity they’ve created entitled “Scorched Earth”, that is exactly what they are here to do. There are those that could say that this is a name based on shock value to gain attention for the band, but, I assure you, everything from the cover art, to the music, and eve...

24/09/2018

This Swedish death metal outfit has had a steady stream of releases over the last few years culminating in this sophomore full length that adopts the tried and tested Swedeath template of blood curdling grisly deathliness. Opening track “Satan Within” has a slow starting sequence before the abrupt jarring change to blasting ferocity with a gnarly r...

23/09/2018

Pretty even tempos on here, nothing too fast or slow. We'll just keep them in the death metal category. This release is pretty solid you get 10 tracks one of which is a cover ("Terrible Certainty" by Kreator), which was a good way to end the album. The rhythms on here reflect that of the older releases, namely 'Terror Regime', et al. I have to say...

22/09/2018

It's been a long while since Monstrosity released a full-length album. But it definitely was worth the wait in gold. This isn't a "typical" death metal album. The production quality was not the greatest, though. It sounded a bit flat. But that doesn't take away from the magic of the album. Almost 60 minutes of pure awesome riff-tastic songs. I don'...

22/09/2018

I am slowly working my way through the Support Underground roster as I have another burgeoning Czech Republican thrash act craving world domination on the thrash stage and one thing is for certain about the roster on Support Underground they are all very different. With a smattering of releases already doing the rounds this is the bands second full...

21/09/2018

It comes as a sad epitaph that this Swedish death metal act has decided to close the book on their existence with this their sixth album from a band that has been around for a long time both under this moniker but under two previous names Eternally Devoured and Human Failure. This final album is being released as a free download but with limited av...

18/09/2018