The saying “idle hands are the devil’s work” certainly has a time and place where it absolutely applies, but what about when busy hands are those that bring about devilry and madness of a truly dark sort? That’s a concept … Continue reading Wstręt – Enlightened Misanthropy
Overcoming numerous line-up changes, it’s with their first album that Büddah allures and impresses. Continue reading Büddah – Amyotrophy
After being entrenched in the underground for over a decade, I still cannot believe how malleable and twisting the world of metal can be. As long as you find yourself before a band that has the right kind of daring, … Continue reading Ligation – After Gods
Many times over the decades have we seen loads of different interpretations of what metal music can still become. Even as we find ourselves in an era where experimentation and outside-of-the-box thinking feel more rampant than ever before, there are … Continue reading Phasma – Purgatory
Voraciousness in death metal is far from a new invention much less anything that we can expect to see leave the style any time soon. It’s long been a core pillar of what the style has long been about, yet … Continue reading Burning Palace – Dark Matter
The festering floor of the underground is something that will never cease to amaze me. For every established name, there’s at least two others that thrive in the dark obscurity that the underground has to offer on its most base … Continue reading Hypoxic End – s/t
Even with all that death metal can still be in its more related and relatively accessible forms, there is just nothing that can compare to when we find ourselves before an entity that defies expectations and takes you to the … Continue reading Hermit Dreams – Desperate Anomies
A band’s progression and evolution are oftentimes the driving force of what keeps bands interesting in the first place. It’s all well and good to offer an impressive display of power in one form or another, but it’s another achievement … Continue reading Fossilization – Advent of Wounds
By this point, it ought to go without saying that death metal has become quite amorphous. Depending on who’s crafting it, the style can take on an entirely different form as there are many schools of thought and approaches at … Continue reading Mors Verum – Canvas
While it tends to be the more outwardly violent emotions that get the spotlight as far as metal is often concerned, it’s when the emotions are turned inward that I find metal to take on some of its most potent … Continue reading Sun of the Dying – A Throne of Ashes
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