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Cretin – Stranger

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 Holy. Fucking. Shit. This album is so goddamn raw that if it were a steak then it’d be still attached to a live cow; as raw as it gets. I love it . . . “Stranger” is by far the epitome of grindcore death metal albums of 2014 simply because of how amazingly well done it is! Everything about this album is brutal to the core and just doesn’t end for the entire fucking album and it’s great! If you like both grind and death metal and REALLY want to see a band combine the two and make it work then Cretin … Continue reading Cretin – Stranger

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Cyhyraeth – Servant to the Fire

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 Before I get anywhere, let me just say that I love that cover. It looks badass. Now, Cyhyraeth is the best melodic death metal band to have come across my radar since Despite did a few months ago. But what Cyhyraeth brings to the table that shakes things up a little bit is that they have a female vocalist. And what other melodic death metal band has a female vocalist? Arch Enemy. So that raised a flag for me simply because of that possibility that Cyhyraeth could be as good. Well personally they’re not as good as Arch Enemy but they are definitely up there … Continue reading Cyhyraeth – Servant to the Fire

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Carcass – Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel

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 Carcass have returned with their latest EP which I personally found really, really enjoyable. “Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel” is an EP that is on the “calmer” end of death metal with that they don’t have the same deep, guttural vocals of bands like Cannibal Corpse, and doesn’t have the ultra fast pace of thrash metal. But it’s just the absolute perfect balance to me because I like both of those subgenres and just an album that has taken some of their unique takes on the genres is fucking awesome to me because I could listen to this stuff all day long. … Continue reading Carcass – Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel

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War On All Fronts – Let’s Start a War… Vol. 1

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 Technically, War On All Fronts isn’t a record label. It’s a fanzine that has just very recently started putting out releases and this fantastic compilation is one of them. “Let’s Start a War… Vol. 1” is an extremely solid compilation of fast paced metal that ranges across the genres of black, thrash, death, and speed metal in its finest moments from the underground metal scene. All of these bands and their songs bring a ferocity to their respective genres and infuse them with lightning speed and each song compliments the previous one and the following song so the flow between … Continue reading War On All Fronts – Let’s Start a War… Vol. 1

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Dawn of Ruin – Poço da Infâmia

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 Dawn of Ruin’s latest album “Poço da Infâmia” is an album that I personally would not listen to on a regular basis, but it’s one of those albums that is fast, raw, and brutal to the core. This is a mixture of death, thrash, and black metal at some of its most hardcore and I’ve no doubt that those of you out there who are into this kind of hardcore metal will get infinite joy out of this badass piece of work because it comes with 4 normally recorded demo tracks and then another 4 tracks of live performance for … Continue reading Dawn of Ruin – Poço da Infâmia

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Decimation – Reign of Ungodly Creation

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 My ears are bleeding. I don’t mean that in a bad way I mean that in a way that this album is so brutal that it actually felt like it was trying to tenderize me the longer I listened to it. “Reign of Ungodly Creation” is a front to back death metal album that is catered for and only the true hardcore death metal fans who will listen to the most brutal, harsh, and blood thirsty death metal there is out there gladly. Decimation has created an album that has vocals that are deeper than anything I’ve ever heard to … Continue reading Decimation – Reign of Ungodly Creation

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Stormcast – Frame of Mind

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 Tell you what, when a band can get together, “throw” up a debut album, and make it sound badass, I’m one fucking happy metal-head. Stormcast has just released their debut “Frame of Mind” and it is one of those that makes me happy that my top albums of the year list isn’t set in stone yet because now I have to go back and contemplate if this is worthy enough to knock a few off. But that’s later and you’re not even supposed to know about that so shh. “Frame of Mind” is as if someone took melodic death metal … Continue reading Stormcast – Frame of Mind

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Attic – Seasons

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 Technical and melodic death metal? . . . take my money. Just take my goddamn money. I really really like it when death metal bands put a little bit more of that “something” into their music because it makes it much more interesting. Like Despite. I love Despite because their melodic death metal is really nice and it has that fluid brutality and rhythm that Attic also share in “Seasons” and that made this album extremely enjoyable for me. Each song started off differently and lead to something different every time and that gave the album a sort of longevity … Continue reading Attic – Seasons

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Phobiatic – Fragments of Flagrancy

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 Ahhh, technical death metal you say? Well count me in! Goddammit I love it when bands are able to go back to the old school roots of death metal while keeping it fresh and ultra-badass with their special listen spin. And Phobiatic’s spin on their new album “Fragments of Flagrancy” is fucking great! The vocals have an absolutely brutal and raw feel to them that are very evident along with the guitars and drums that are taken to extreme lengths to create an atmosphere of shear brutality that is hard to master in such an old school fashion that you … Continue reading Phobiatic – Fragments of Flagrancy

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Biotoxic Warfare – Lobotomized

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 Yes, yes, yes. I really want to leave this review at that but that doesn’t leave a whole lot to the imagination now does it? Well I can tell you this for “Lobotomized” that comes out in January: it’s a damn good death/thrash metal album that is one of the best signs that 2015 is going to be a great year for metal. Biotoxic Warfare has taken influences from great bands like Slayer and Obituary and fused them together into an album that has such a violent and extreme energy to it that made me want to punch someone in … Continue reading Biotoxic Warfare – Lobotomized