Of all the places in America that have become synonymous with different kinds of metal, there’s one place where thrash reigns supreme more than any other: Bay Area in classy California. We’ve gotten countless acts from the Area over the … Continue reading Laceration – Imitation
Coming into this year, I already had the bar set for the entire year with the latest offering from Arkheth being the pinnacle of the year thus far for me with the band’s extremely colorful take on experimental black metal … Continue reading Veilburner – A Sire to the Ghouls of Lunacy
It’s no secret of that I love death metal in many of its numerous forms from the incredibly extravagant to the ridiculously simple. But, like all music, it depends on how it’s being presented and who’s behind the music that … Continue reading Coffin Rot / Molder – Split
Ever since my discovery of Azooma four years ago, the world of technical death metal has really expanded open like a book of many wonders right before my eyes ripe with so many different selections and flavors to choose from. … Continue reading Cerebrum – Iridium
The current state of death metal is something that I feel we don’t appreciate enough as it truly is another beast to behold in all of its many forms and approaches that we simply didn’t get before the digital renaissance … Continue reading Ysengrin / StarGazer – D.A.V.V.N.
Many people love the whole idea of death metal being one of the rawest experiences that you can get in all of the music industry, and I’m one of them. However, I’ve never been too big into demos as I … Continue reading Blaze Infernal – Demo MMXVIII
A lot of times, it’s hard to be able to identify the next budding band of excellence in death metal given the sheer number of acts that could qualify for that and the simple fact that they aren’t that big … Continue reading Glacial Tomb – s/t
There are many unsavory topics that metal and even rock manage to tackle without even stopping to think about what’s going on, and war has long been a topic bands love to come to every now and then. But it’s … Continue reading 1914 – The Blind Leading the Blind
Of all the styles that metal has managed to spawn over its illustrious history with plenty of exceedingly specific names to have come into reality in recent years, it’s the realms of slam and brutal death metal that I’ve almost … Continue reading Ravaged Spleen Outburst – The Church of Anemia
The art of death metal is something that’s not incredibly difficult to imagine as there are so many different influences and acts to draw from with just about every imaginable template available to you ripe for copying or tweaking. But … Continue reading Kåabalh – s/t
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