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Abated Mass of Flesh – The Omen King

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 As you can probably tell from the cover art, Abated Mass of Flesh’s new album “The Omen King” is one brutal piece of work. The album is one of those that takes death metal and takes it to the most extreme ends of the genre. Everything about “The Omen King” is hardcore and fast to the point where it astounded me that everybody in the band was able to keep up with one another because it sounded like everyone was on something to make them play so fast. The flow between each song is also seamless which is great but … Continue reading Abated Mass of Flesh – The Omen King

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Letheria – III Mockery

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 Finland! That name alone should carry some weight among the metal community. I can say with confidence that there is at least one band that originated from Finland that has mastered at least one of the many metal genres. While Letheria isn’t one of those masters, they are close in my opinion. But they have managed to make an excellent album that combines black, death, and thrash metal into one great piece of brutal work that isn’t one to be taken lightly. “III Mockery” is an album that has all the great aspects of those three genres and they all … Continue reading Letheria – III Mockery

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Vomitile – Mastering the Art of Killing

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 There are albums out there who cater to the true fans of each genre. Metalcore has Killswitch Engage and others. Thrash metal has (old) Metallica, Slayer, Iron Maiden, etc. Vomitile from the small country Cyprus is now one of those for the true hardcore death metal fans. “Mastering the Art of Killing” is an amazing death metal album that really does a great job at hearkening back to the pure old school death metal, but with a few melodic additions while not having it become overpowering. The album has a truly raw sound and feel to it that is expressed … Continue reading Vomitile – Mastering the Art of Killing

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Lelahell – Al Insane.​.​. The (Re​)​Birth Of Abderrahmane

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 First off, let’s just call this album “Al Insane” for short. Second, I didn’t even know Algeria had any metal bands. I guess you really do learn something new everyday. Now this is also a death metal album, and a good death metal album at that. “Al Insane” does a really good job at having an overwhelming sense of hatred and anger that comes across very easily and stays in each tracks which gives the whole album a feel of pure rage that’s always there 100% of the time. The vocals have a harsh and extremely brutal sound to them … Continue reading Lelahell – Al Insane.​.​. The (Re​)​Birth Of Abderrahmane

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Eyes of Mara (self-titled)

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 First off: yes. Second off: fuck yeah! As a debut album from a relatively unknown band, Eyes of Mara made me shit my pants several times over. This album is an amazingly well done combination of death and thrash metal (seems to be happening a lot recently). The vocalist, Tyler Trainer, said this about their debut:  “With this record, we took a step back and really looked at the music we enjoy listening to and playing. We’ve all moved forward musically and wanted to bring all of our influences together to make something we thought was more true to us.” … Continue reading Eyes of Mara (self-titled)

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Aphyxion – Earth Entangled

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 As Aphyxion’s second album to release, “Earth Entangled” is by no means a push over. And as the cover art might suggest, the album is one that will surely get a lot of people into a mosh pit if they heard this at a concert. Everything is ultimately very good sounding death metal. The vocals are of course very deep and are brutally raw in that they always have a constant harshness that never ends as long as they’re present along with the guitars that are just heavy as all hell. And the drums have a hardcore beat and relentless … Continue reading Aphyxion – Earth Entangled

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Despite – EPic

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 “EPic” was a killer of an album. I’m sure someone could’ve told by the cover which I absolutely love, it’s amazing. Being Despite’s second release it really blew me away. While I haven’t heard their first release (yet), I can tell already that they were either this good from the start or got much better over time because these types of albums don’t happen on a normal basis. The EP was a very well done energetic metal album that is classified as death metal on their bandcamp page . . . I don’t think I would personally call this death … Continue reading Despite – EPic

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My Own Demise – Happy Viking Bloody Fest

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 I’ll say it now. . . that name did make me laugh. I mean come on. I’m not saying it’s bad but it’s definitely interesting and I think the band members expecting somebody to at least get a chuckle out of that. But to the point. This death/groove metal album was pretty decent in my eyes. Nothing fantastically amazing to me, sadly, but nothing atrocious either. The vocals were acceptable but they could’ve lent themselves better to the songs. I’m not saying they did a terrible job of course, I just don’t feel like they did as much justice to … Continue reading My Own Demise – Happy Viking Bloody Fest

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Ashes of Existence – Eviction (single)

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 “Eviction” is certainly a piece of work. As the single from Ashes of Existence’s debut EP “Declination” it gives us an interesting little preview to the EP. The single was a mix of death metal and metalcore that turned out much better than some other examples I’ve heard before. Sometimes the song leaned more towards metalcore and other times towards death metal but no matter what it still sounded good to me. The vocals had nice variety going from deep to the common metalcore screaming with the band’s own twist on them, of course. The guitars are harsh and yet … Continue reading Ashes of Existence – Eviction (single)

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Ominous (band)

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 From what I could find, Ominous doesn’t have any form out in the form of an album until the 30th of this month (for Americans at least). But Ominous did inform me about a music player on Facebook that takes their songs from reverbnation.com and allows them to be played on Facebook. Which is fine by me in any case as long as I’m able to actually hear the music. Since Ominous doesn’t have an official album out yet, I’ll just talk about their 5 songs that are available. And in all honesty I cannot place whether Ominous is sludge … Continue reading Ominous (band)