Formed in 1984 under the name Torment, Swedish metallers Mefisto is noted along with Obscurity, as being the first Swedish extreme bands to surge through the opening made by Bathory. It was a band which quickly drew a loyal local… Read More ›
Dan Swanö
Tales of the Tomb – Volume One: Morpras
Dripping blood and viciousness from every note and syllable, the debut EP from Canadian death metallers Tales of the Tomb is the breeder of nightmares and lustful appetites. Volume One: Morpras is a three track execution of the senses, a… Read More ›
Deserted Fear – Kingdom of Worms
An unrelenting storm of death metal embracing the genre’s varied grounding seeds and a more modern creative voracity, the second album from German metallers Deserted Fear is an uncompromising and brutal onslaught. Kingdom Of Worms is also a release which… Read More ›
Gluttony – Beyond The Veil of Flesh
Not stocked up with big surprises but certainly offering enough to keep expectation feeding a limited exercise, Beyond The Veil of Flesh the debut album from Swedish death metallers Gluttony, is a voraciously intensive provocation which leaves needs and wants… Read More ›
Acheron – Kult des Hasses
A more than decent time has passed since the last release from US blackened death metallers Acheron, album The Final Conflict: Last Days Of God; a time which also saw the band temporarily come to a stop in 2010…. Read More ›
Verdict – The Meaning Of Isolation
A virulent scourge you will want to be ravaged by, especially if your blood boils for thrash metal, The Meaning Of Isolation from German metallers Verdict is an uncompromising slab of riveting extreme destructiveness and mouth-watering savagery. The nine track… Read More ›
Screaming Finalities: an interview with Jimmy Lundqvist of Entrails
From a ‘false start’ in the early nineties Swedish death metallers Entrails was resurrected by founder and guitarist Jimmy Lundqvist fourteen years later and since then has made an impressive mark with its old school seeded sounds and releases such as… Read More ›
Deserted Fear – My Empire
Easily one of the more impressive debuts to turn up this year, My Empire from German death metalers Deserted Fear easily sets the band up as one to watch closely over the years ahead. Finding their influences and inspiration in… Read More ›
Humangled: Odd Ethics
By the third track on Odd Ethics by Italian death metalers Humangled, there was only one direction to go after the completion of this review and that was straight to their back catalogue. The four track EP is the first… 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 ›
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