Hombre Malo – Persistent Murmur of Words of Wrath

 I know some of you went “what the fuck” when you saw that cover because I certainly, but thankfully past this cover was an album that had both hardcore punk rock and hardcore black metal where the two seemed to have been thrown into a meat grinder and cemented together into one cohesive, brutal album that just went on and on. Now some might find that “on and on” factor to be unsavory, but those of you who can withstand sitting there and listening to each song for what they are can certainly find really good things in it that … Continue reading Hombre Malo – Persistent Murmur of Words of Wrath

Abated Mass of Flesh – The Omen King

 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

Aphyxion – Earth Entangled

 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

Incite – Up In Hell + Fallen (singles)

 While the full version of Incite’s upcoming album “Up In Hell” doesn’t release until September 2nd, the band has been kind enough as to put up 2 of the tracks from the album up onto soundcloud, “Up In Hell” and “Fallen”. Both are very well done in my opinion because they have a nice hardcore sound to them that really goes along with the brutal raw feel of the guitars. The vocals have an incredible sound and feel also because the singer really throws all of his hate and frustration into how he sings and that makes each lyric sound … Continue reading Incite – Up In Hell + Fallen (singles)