“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”, so they say. That saying bears weight sometimes and often that can be a good thing when speaking about some of our favorite metal bands. However, this phrase does not quite pertain, at least in its entirety, to legendary Dutch death metalers, Pestilence. With the release of […]
Death Metal
Crescent – Carving the Fires of Akhet
The mysticism of Egyptian mythology is brought to life in a furious modern way through Crescent, a blackened death metal band from Egypt that has been formed as far back as 1999, but is only starting to break through recently and with that impress many in the scene. The band returns after three years since […]
At The Gates- The Nightmare of Being
Since their return in 2014, At The Gates have been slowly introducing more progressive elements to their iconic sound. With The Nightmare of Being, they’ve completely brought it to the forefront. I’ve loved the change the band has made since At War with Reality and appreciated it when they brought it out more with To […]
Asphyx – Necroceros
The amounts of bands in the world of Extreme Metal that make it out through the ages, while still maintaining their musical core without steering too much left or right to please bigger crowds (or companies), can basically be counted on one hand. Most either wither away with time, or in a desperate move change […]
Belial – Gods of the Pit II
There was a time decades ago before all the computer modernization where death metal was king for raw aggression. This next release is going to take us back to a time where it wasn’t about the refined album production, audible vocals or the perfect tone. It was about grabbing an instrument, for me it’s a […]
Therion – Leviathan
Three years after the ambitious project “Beloved Antichrist”, Therion is back with “Leviathan”. In contrary to the previous record, Leviathan is more of a regular record, where Beloved Antichrist was a big scale project, which was more of a theater play made into an album. Now, we can say that every Therion record has its […]
Obvurt – The Beginning
Obvurt is a new Canadian death metal band featuring some pretty recognizable names. We have Philippe Drouin (Unbreakable Hatred) doing Vocals and Guitar , Olivier Pinard (Cattle Decapitation, Cryptopsy) on Bass Guitar and Samuel Santiago ( ex: First Fragment, Gorod) on the drums! Obvurt will be releasing their First EP VIA Brutal Mind March 31st! […]
Frozen Soul – Crypt of Ice
The year is 2021 and it seems like yet again, Death Metal bands pop up with releases like mushrooms after the rain. Like drunkards after a festival. Like pandemics after a… Ah, joke’s gone. Anyway, sometimes a group of people can just play some good Death Metal, without trying to reinvent the wheel. A band […]
Skeletal Remains – The Entombment Of Chaos
Many styles have seen ups and downs over the years. Some went almost extinct when the next big thing came along, and some just faded away. Others, seemed like they slowly sank into the never-ending hole of styles that had a peak years ago, and would never recover, unless a think rope would be thrown […]
Exhumed / Gruesome – Twisted Horror (Split)
Straight Outta San Jose, California I present EXHUMED! EXHUMED have blazed the way for old school sounding death metal since 1991. The band’s founder and sole remaining member Matt Harvey was a whopping 15 years old when he formed the band. EXHUMED spent much of the ensuing decade hacking their way through numerous line-ups, demos, […]