With good words heard about but sounds not yet an acquaintance, we had definite intrigue in our anticipation of the new album from Swedish death metal project Megascavenger. What we found within new album As Dystopia Beckons was one mouth-watering… Read More ›
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Affliction Gate – Dying Alone
Three and a half years after unleashing the Shattered Ante Mortem Illusions EP, French death metallers Affliction Gate return with their most evil and gripping offering yet in the ruinous shape of Dying Alone. The four-track EP is a brutal… Read More ›
Shadowspawn – Ashes Of Sorrow
Maybe it is no surprise the striking and accomplished presence that Ashes Of Sorrow from Danish metallers Shadowspawn makes given the intensive experience of the band’s members, but that cannot only explain the impressively riveting and ferocious exploits of the… Read More ›
Raw blood and ceremonies: talking Antropomorphia with Ferry Damen.
The presence of Dutch death metallers AntropomorphiA comes in two parts, a successful period between 1990 and 1999 and second starting in 2009 when the band came back to life after a decade hiatus. Its return has led to acclaim… Read More ›
Display of Decay – Outbreak of Infection
From its outstanding cover art to its heaviest predatory note, Outbreak of Infection the new EP from Canadian death metallers Display of Decay, is one richly appetising and satisfying proposition. Unleashing five tracks which crawl and lumber over the senses… Read More ›
Lesch-Nyhan – Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
The first album since their return, Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome makes a ravenous and richly satisfying confrontation from US death metallers Lesch-Nyhan. The successor to the band’s 1991 demo Indistinguished Remains, the seven track savagery is a rewardingly imposing and thrillingly incessant… Read More ›
Loudrage – Uglier Than Thou
2014 is already getting off to a thumping musical year with numerous impressive releases across numerous genres even though barely into its second week and you can add another gem to the growing list in the towering shape of the… Read More ›
Merciless Terror – Vile Extinction
A venom fuelled rage in the ear which soon makes its way to thoughts and passions, Vile Extinction the debut album from UK thrashers Merciless Terror is a self-perpetuating sonic pestilence which leaves a certain hunger for the band and… Read More ›
Spiritual Holocaust – Kingdom Of Cadavers
Kingdom of Cadavers is one of those releases which takes time to make its fullest persuasion though not from being a slow burner of a tempter but as one which needs extra attention to absorb the most potent… Read More ›
Dew-Scented – Icarus
In the 20-year anniversary of its formation, German thrash metal band Dew-Scented return with a new line-up and their ninth studio album Icarus. One of the established European heavyweights of the genre, the new release shows the band has lost… Read More ›