Formed back in 2019, this is the second album of this Malaysian Death Metal band, that checks all the boxes for a competent release. This time their sound is more influenced by the American Death Metal, especially DEICIDE, MORBID ANGEL and touches of early SUFFOCATION, with slight sounds that remind of Drunen – era PESTILENCE, […]
Okay! We got ourselves quite a rager here. From the opening shout on ‘Macabre Festivities’ to the album closer ‘Sulfuric Might’ you are definitely in for a thrashing speed thrill ride. Much of the material is all fast and pummeling and sort of whizzes by you, but damn, that energy and enthusiasm just keep you […]
Since their first album, “Necrophiliac Cults”, this Spanish outfit has been developing a compelling style: slow, pounding Death Metal mixed with fast and intense outbursts adding some keyboard parts to accentuate the ambience. They didn’t deviate much from this path in their second album, “The Harrowing”. Now with their third album (and second released under […]
Every week there are a few new bands releasing their first offerings it seems. And it’s quite interesting that a lot of them are worth your attention. Or probably worth the attention of the next one reading these lines. The Italian TULPA (a term which describes a phenomenon in Buddhist theosophy) is definitely one of […]
Oh dear, I did not expect that. I always assigned Swiss based CHOTZÄ to the category of raw Black Metal. But what the band delivers on their fourth album is first-class Black Metal, which is far away from “Plump U Primitiv”, so the title of their debut, which translates to “clumsy and primitive”. The eight […]
We have featured Brazil’s deathly Thrashers THE TROOPS OF DOOM quite a few times here at Voices From The Darkside already, which should easily indicate that this band means quite a lot to us. And this new album (their second, after two very strong EPs and a compilation) certainly isn’t about to change my opinion […]
Brazil’s Doom Metal sorcerers PANTÁCULO MÍSTICO continue their mystic conjurations with their self-titled full-length. Pantáculo Místico means “Mystic Pentacle” in Portuguese and over two decades, the quintet has crafted an esoteric discography shrouded in the occult. And this self-titled sophomore full-length, which was released back in 2022, carries on their sound as a ritualistic summoning […]
Another little gem brought to us by this small Spanish label. A few months ago, they blew my mind with the new album from DYPIGUS, and now they bring us these Chilean brothers. Talking about Chile and Death Metal is something natural for those of us who have been in the underground scene for a […]
FATES OF DEATH are a three-piece Death Metal band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Utilizing a stripped-down approach to their songwriting, FATES OF DEATH bludgeon the listener with combinations of riffs, groove and moderate tempos in a similar approach conducted by current-era MASTER, ASPHYX, and modern CARCASS. “Stuck For Slaughter” is ten tracks clocking in at just […]
On March 27, 2021, Brazil’s legendary Death Metal masters HEADHUNTER D.C. played a show at the Dopesmoke Festival in Feira de Santana, in the state of Bahia… In 2021? Wait a minute… Didn’t the entire world come to a halt at that point? Yes, it did. But this show was one of those silly events […]