I was talking to my editor about the last time I saw MEMORIAM and how I found them to be a middle of the road affair. He was slightly surprised and he expected I’ll perhaps trash “Rise To Power”, but well MEMORIAM did not give me that opportunity. How I remember their sound during the […]
MEMORIAM from the UK don’t need any further introduction here. The guys are considered as the successor to the legendary BOLT THROWER due to Karl Willetts incomparable and unique vocal style. Frank Healey and Scott Fairfax, who both played in BENEDICTION, were the right partners in crime to continue the typical UK Death Metal style, […]
MEMORIAM are not BOLT THROWER! Basta! Of course, also with album number five the eternal comparisons with singer Karl’s ex-band won’t stay away. But this is not fair, because MEMORIAM have developed their own identity in the meantime, which inevitably shows some parallels to BOLT THROWER, but makes sure that the band is much more […]
So far Birmingham, UK based Death Metallers MEMORIAM have never disappointed me! Since the release of their debut full-length “For The Fallen” in 2017, the band already released five full-length albums, that (for some stupid reasons) after all these years still get compared to the BOLT THROWER back catalogue. I mean, c’mon, just because Karl […]
Like a dusty lullaby an intro leads into a record which finally should place the name of this band higher up in any international ranking, when it comes to bands which are playing a very own variant of crusting and itchy-sounding old school Death Metal. Especially in moments, when they celebrate their understanding of sharp-edged […]
When I heard that OBITUARY are going to release a new album, I first listened to all the previous ten full-lengths. Surprising realization: “World Demise”, which I always considered to be one of the weaker albums, knows how to convince with an unbelievably brutal guitar sound. If you listen to the complete discography of the […]
“Dying Of Everything” is already the eleventh full-length from Florida based Death Metallers OBITUARY and unlike many other bands, that started out around the same time in this genre, they haven’t really changed much. Some might call it boring, but I think it’s great, because whenever you see a release with the OBITUARY logo on […]
2023 is likely a great year for Death Metal to ascend the podium and take the crown of heavy music, even though it begins with “Dying Of Everything”. That diction probably makes a Metalhead or admirer of heavy music confused, should they start the post-pandemic year by dying again? Fear not, the dying that has […]
The fans do want OBITUARY, well they do get OBITUARY! This sentence actually says it all. The trademark sound of the Death Metal institution from Florida plays with the same ingredients as they always do. But there is a type of art, only the Tardy brothers and their crew are able to accomplish. Their music […]
“Dying Of Everything” is the eleventh full-length album recorded by the legendary Death Metal band OBITUARY. It follows their self-titled album released in 2017 by the Floridian quintet headed by the Tardy brothers. Here we have a pretty good and honest example of old school American Death Metal in the classic OBITUARY style. Here we […]