At any given time, there’s a long list of bands out there in the dense jungle of madness that is the metal underground that are priming themselves to really show us what they’re made of in some form or another … Continue reading Crawl – Altar of Disgust
Raw, unfettered devastation is something that many acts throughout the vast underground of the global metal scene have sought to deliver for decades now. As is the case in many scenarios with a clear vision in mind, only true disciples … Continue reading Crust – Dissolution
In our current climate of death metal, it can always feel as though there’s a race of sorts constantly going on where bands try and find out who can be the most vicious and captivating at their particular style. Even … Continue reading Neolithic – Shattering Vessels
Last year, it was with the reissue of their debut EP that Medium made some waves throughout the scene. Mind you, those waves weren’t nearly big enough, if you ask me, but those of us who heard it know that … Continue reading Medium – Habitat
It’s in the odd but spectacularly raw world in between many spaces of metal that the sound of crust reigns that I feel we don’t give attention to often enough. The sound is one that I haven’t explored in some … Continue reading Svdestada – Azabache
Any single person who pays even a little bit of attention to the reviews that I’ve been putting out for years now, one of the extreme constants in my time has been Transcending Obscurity Records. Witnessing the rise of the … Continue reading Transcending Obscurity Records – Label Sampler 2021
There are many subsections within subsections of different styles within every branching path of metal, and death metal is a tangled bush in that regard in virtually every form. We see different styles popping up all over the place from … Continue reading Digest! – Hard to Digest
Of all the different styles that I’ve listened to since starting these reviews, it has easily been grind that I’ve had the most difficulty getting into with some success with barely a handful of acts here and there that have … Continue reading Medium – s/t
There seems to be an attitude that’s making its way through death metal that seeks to tear away at the very concept of the human condition with fire and acid. It’s been happening for a long time but there just … Continue reading Bones – Diseased
Crust is the sort of thing that, like all metal, can feel really lazy at times. To bring some flavors of punk into the vast world of death metal is far from anything that we’ve seen before for years, but … Continue reading Goregӓng – Neon Graves
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