INTENTExile Self-released (2022)Rating: 7/10 Moving on since their 2018 debut full-length Vox Populi, Arizona thrashers Intent have upped their game to provide us with an abrasive ear battering driven by Teutonic (more so modern Sodom and Destruction specifically) rhythms fused with a Warbringer-esque hostility. And the hardcore thrashers among you will revel in the angst […]
CATHARTICThrough The Abysmal Gates Of Subconscious Awakening (2022)Rating: 7.5/10 Awakening Records have put out some solid stuff recently and this Mexican bunch is no exception. Erick Beltrán (vocals and guitar), Jimmy Beltrán (guitar), Jimmy Figueroa (bass) and Damián Silva (drums) have wrapped this feisty death metal treat up in a suitably gloomy piece of Dan […]
DREADNOUGHTThe Endless Profound Lore (2022)Rating: 8/10 Sometimes I see reviews as a challenge, particularly when they involve a band who has a sound that isn’t easy to pin down. One such example is Denver, Colorado-based ensemble Dreadnought. They may share their moniker with numerous other acts, defunct or otherwise, but their sound is certainly unique. […]
GRAVE DIGGERSymbol Of Eternity ROAR! Rock Of Angels (2022)Rating: 7/10 If ever there was a band that could be used as an example of being a symbol of eternity then it has to be German act Grave Digger. It may have been two years since their last album (Fields Of Blood), but such is the […]
1 BODY 6 GRAVES1 Body 6 Graves EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 6.5/10 No, I don’t like the band name – seems a bit metalcore to me – but hey, give this debut EP a chance musically and it’s a grower. Very much channelling a mid-to-late 90s style of death metal, Converse, Indiana-based outfit 1 Body 6 […]
CONSUMPTIONNecrotic Lust Hammerheart (2022)Rating: 8/10 When mentioning death metal and Sweden in the same sentence it’s often the case that we’ll be dealing with a rather straightforward outing, and to some extent that applies here with the second full-length offering from Consumption. However, while a lot of bands since the early 90s have been more […]
STEPHEN PEARCY: RATT Vocalist Signs Album Contract With Golden Robot Records August 25th, 2022 Stephen Pearcy (left) with Golden Robot Global Entertainment CEO Mark Alexander-Erber Studio City, California-based glam metal vocalist Stephen Pearcy, founding member of Ratt, has signed an album contract with Golden Robot Records, revealing this development on August 25th, 2022. Stephen Pearcy […]
MULYFICATIONMarshwalker EP Deepswarming Bloodmagik (2022)Rating: 7/10 It’s great to see Ukraine on the death metal map, especially when it comes to the realms which harbour such primitive designs. With titles such as ‘Swamp Hut’, ‘Mold-Eating Creature From The Deepless Abyss’ and ‘Chained In Maggot Nest, I knew this was going to be a foul experience […]
STENCH OF DEATHAeternum Ater Self-released (2022)Rating: 8/10 Canadian tech-death isn’t often on my radar, but I didn’t mind the EP released by these guys last year and which was followed earlier this year by the single ‘Pillars Drenched In Gore’. Stench Of Death is a three-headed beast of heavyweight time signatures, obscure vocal slurs and […]
CONVULSISAn Evil Born From This Void EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 6.5/10 As generic it may be the debut EP from Michigan moshers Convulsis still makes for an ideal party soundtrack whereby skateboarding headbangers can unite. If this had emerged back in the early 2000s when Evile, Municipal Waste and the likes were making headway it may […]
