The beauty that is a debut album is never lost on me, or you for that matter. They are what bands (should, anyway) put their blood, sweat, and anything else that is metal into as it will contain all that … Continue reading Firespawn – Shadow Realms
I remember hearing Triumvir Foul’s first demo, “An Oath of Blood and Fire”, and thinking that it was some of the best old school death metal that I had ever heard and it could not get better than that any … Continue reading Triumvir Foul (self-titled)
Anyone who says the words “old school death metal is gone” has clearly never heard Supreme Carnage before. These fine gentlemen from Germany have come together for their second album, “Sentenced by the Cross”, which in its essence is an … Continue reading Supreme Carnage – Sentenced by the Cross
After hearing the single “Ubiety” off of this album weeks ago I knew for a fact that “Heavy Over the Home” was going to be three things: (1) intense to the bitter end, (2) it was quite possibly the last … Continue reading Sanzu – Heavy Over the Home
After seeing that cover and the album title I was thinking that Affliction Gate, whom I’ve never heard of before a month ago, was depressive black metal. Holy mother of all things unholy was I wrong! Affliction Gate is, for … Continue reading Affliction Gate – Dying Alone
Progressive death metal is something that can be only two things: very nice or a deathcore band trying to sound more appealing. In the case with Eritherium it would be the former of the two, luckily enough. Their second full … Continue reading Eritherium – Polar
Iranian death metal band, Azooma, is without a fucking doubt my favorite underground band in the entire world. They have put out but one album, but it is so amazing that to this day it manages to capture my imagination … Continue reading Q&A with death metallers Azooma!
It would appear to me that the tiny record label that is Blackened Death Records has got a compilation series going on, and I enjoyed the first entry to the “Hammer Smashed Faith” series so why the fuck not check … Continue reading Blackened Death Records Presents: Hammer Smashed Faith II
If you have ever worried about a blackened death metal band that lacks a blast beat, a ferocious pace, and maximum brutality, I can assure you that will not even begin to find it here with Blood of the Wolf’s … Continue reading Blood of the Wolf – I: The Law of Retaliation
I’ve heard all sorts of blackened death albums over the course of this year alone, and Tomb of Finland have easily climbed the ranks in an instant and have become one of my favorite blackened death albums of 2015. That … Continue reading Tomb of Finland – Below the Green
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