KILLING ADDICTION made a huge impact on me with their "Necrosphere" 7′ EP (1991). By the time, most of the bands coming from Florida were playing a similar style of Death Metal. But these guys were far apart from their fellow state bands. Ultra heavy Death Metal, bordering on Doom Metal with hints of Groove […]
This release turned out to be a nice surprise. ASHCLOUD is a relative unknown band with a part British / part Swedish cast. The band is the continuation of SKINBAG (who existed from 2005 to 2006, as far as I know). The current members are Jonny Pettersson (vocals, bass, guitars) and Gareth Nash (lead guitars, […]
Chile and its capital city Santiago has became something of a hotbed for underground Doom bands in recent years with PROCESSION leading the pack into battle against modern false Metal. CODEX GIGAS (who are named after the CANDLEMASS song of the same I presume) deliver a solid, atmospheric and very eclectic sounding debut album in […]
Ladies and Gentlemen, here it is. The ugliest, most rotten and at the same time multi-layered Death Metal album in 2017. CRYPTIC BROOD from Germany already convinced me with their debut EP "Wormhead" in 2015, but this time the trio unfolds its full power. More than half an hour of sheer madness. Since track by […]
SPECTRAL VOICE is one hell of a Death / Doom hybrid hailing from Denver, Colorado. The band already made a name for themselves after releasing a handful of demos and now it’s time for their full-length debut. “Eroded Corridors Of Unbeing” is one dark, eerie, nasty, oozing piece of work that probably brings every creature […]
The chilean scene has brought us high quality Metal since mid the 80s, but this last decade has been a complete explosion with a real wide range of bands, but just a small number comes to mind in the Doom Metal facet. Just check the past 25 years with names like (early) BEWITCHED, POEMA ARCANUS, […]
MOURNERS LAMENT is an outfit from Chile already active since 2004, but after an EP they took a longer break and started composing again in 2013. The result of their restart comes now in form of their first full-length “We All Be Given” and September is the right month to listen to this kind of […]
Just at the end of this winter (austral hemisphere) I got this extreme release from a southernmost band, and literally it’s southernmost, because Chilean Death mongers EXANIMATVM hail from Punta Arenas, the last city in the south corner of the American continent. Despise their location (and natural isolation), these guys have unleashed a true homage […]
The story of DÉTENTE is a quite confusing one. Formed in 1984 in L.A., the band always was the brainchild of singer Dawn Crosby, who was the only constant member. After three demo tapes, the band released their first album “Recognize No Authority” two years after their formation. That album was one of the most […]
DAEMONIAC are an Italian band formed in 2013 and this is their debut full-length. These guys play a very brutal Death Metal that owes much (or nearly everything, really) to the scene that was spawned in Sweden in the early nineties. I was perhaps most of all reminded of VOMITORY in their intense barrage of […]