AGGRESSIVE MUTILATOR from Norrköping in Sweden have returned with their latest demo “Tomb Of Dissonance”. This is significant to mention, since “Tomb Of Dissonance” is already their ninth demo since their inception in 2012, in their quite deep and diverse discography. As a follower of the band for quite some time, it’s safe to say, […]
Honestly, after hearing “Pathos” for the first time, I thought to myself what kind of hotchpotch is this? The band really sits between pretty much all chairs that extreme Metal has to offer. But since every band deserves a second and, if necessary, a third chance, it became clear to me after further listens: that […]
2018’s “Through Wilderness”, from California’s MORTUOUS, was an outstanding debut album after two excellent demos (2010 and 2012). And their sophomore album, 2022’s “Upon Desolation” serves as a huge second step into their career so far. Their brand of Death Metal is amazingly solid and lives up to nowadays’ standards, yet it is also evocative […]
“Preparet Bellum” is the seventh full-length album by the obscure Funeral Doom / Death Metal band RIGOR SARDONICOUS. This is a pretty well known project in the underground, especially if you’re into extremely slow tempos, monotonous riffs and a claustrophobic atmosphere. This duo offers tons of basic and monolithic riffs, a very simple form of […]
Over the past few years I had the joy to listen to a lot of fine stuff that was released by the French premier (Post) Black Metal label Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions. With RÄUM from Belgium, they recently signed a fresh act and now we have the first offering from this band. Like so […]
Already full-length number four by Danish based DEIQUISITOR, which lurk the underground since 2013. In addition to the albums, the band has released four EPs and a split called “Tetralogy Of Death” together with UNDERGANG, PHRENELITH and TAPHOS, and all releases have consistently received good reviews. So the interesting question is: can the band keep […]
From Poland comes this old school Death Metal band, which I “stumbled upon” on Facebook. The splatter artwork of their now available EP reminded me pleasantly of that of “Tomb Of The Mutilated”, so the contact was quickly established, which ultimately led to the band providing me with an advance copy of “Rites Of Purtridity […]
International super group of Death Metal dealers Siege of Power have returned after a lengthy five year break. The band’s sophomore effort has just dropped bringing down eleven tracks of non-stop devastation in just over fourty minutes. Combining elements of members that were previously (or still are) in such legendary acts as AUTOPSY, HAIL OF […]
Imagine that early Black Metal style DARKTHRONE decided to go in a more Rock’n’Roll direction, yet keeping the raw sound and lo-fi production, and having a vocalist that alternates between clean singing and various styles of Black Metal shrieks. Ok, this is how this band from the Netherlands sounds on their second album. Actually if […]
Disturbing. There is no other way to define this band form the Netherlands. No band members, no date when they were formed, although they started releasing recordings in 2017. The main base for their music is Black Metal, with probably the unnamed one as reference, yes the one that starts with “B” and ends in […]