The term “progressive death metal” is used way too often by deathcore bands who are either lying to themselves, trying attract different crowds, trying to be “fancy”, or all three. So actually hearing real prog death after see a band call themselves … Continue reading Obscura – Akróasis
Now if that isn’t the creepiest, most unsettling album cover there has ever been then I am the next president of fucking Botswana because that shit, right there, is the definition of “haunting”. If you’re not like most people and … Continue reading The Wakedead Gathering – Fuscus: Strings of the Black Lyre
Death metal is universal, I think we all know and love that, but one of the many countries that I never expected to hear death metal from is Bulgaria. You just don’t hear much about the Bulgarian death metal scene, … Continue reading Enthrallment – Eugenic Wombs
Of all the many things that can make a thrash metal album something awesome, catchy-ness is one of the things I least expect, but always appreciate it because it seems so rare in so many thrash albums in recent years … Continue reading Coliseum – I Hate Them All
As a death metal band in the metal world of today you have got to find a way to set yourself apart from others. Some try moving forward and expanding the reaches of death into other genres, straight up mixing it with … Continue reading Abyssus – Once Entombed…
There are some people out there in the death metal community who firmly believe that the best kind of death metal is the kind where you cannot understand what’s going on, and while that remains true in a lot of … Continue reading Imperium – Sacramentum
Ah, the much talked about masters of symphonic death metal have returned to us at last! I’ve never really been one for Fleshgod Apocalypse as I could never really get into it but have never said I hated what I … Continue reading Fleshgod Apocalypse – The Fool (single)
Death and thrash metal have always been a pair that have for the most part led to a lot of great albums and bands where everything is raw, fast, and unrelenting. I’m not saying Ripper’s upcoming album “Experiment of Existence” … Continue reading Ripper – Experiment of Existence
Oh, what’s a word that I can make up to describe this album? Riff-a-licious? Yeah, that should cover it. If you have ever fucking thought the thought “I wonder if there’s anything happening in the Indian death metal scene” then … Continue reading Primitiv – Immortal and Vile
For the past year or so, I’ve been in a loose partnership with the Indian record label/webzine/PR company known as Transcending Obscurity which is a major player in the metal scene in India as they sign multitudes of bands from … Continue reading Transcending Obscurity Label Sampler: Volume 1
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