ABRADEDUnadulterated Perversity Aggressively Uninterested (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 Cleveland, Ohio-based death grind mob Abraded have only been out of the sewer since 2018 and already they have vomited forth a demo, a single, and in 2020 a riveting and repulsive self-titled debut album, and now we are decapitated by another full-form offering of foulness. Members Patric Pariano, […]
THE ENIGMA DIVISIONThe Enigma Division Self-released (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 I had a feeling that this was going to be one of those releases I’d have to be in the mood for, and so after downing two Ibuprofen tablets I embarked on a journey of what this Irish bunch like to call “tech noir”. This is very […]
IRON VOIDIV Shadow Kingdom (2023)Rating: 8/10 It is always good to hear a rainy UK act channelling the powers of simplistic doom metal which harkens back to the halcyon days of the early 90s. It could be argued that Iron Void would have been better suited to such times because nowadays this style of doom […]
DECAYING IN SCORN Celestial Impalement (2023) It’s time for another one-man project, and in this case it’s Polish dude Nebiros (also of Incertus, Mystic Rites and Thorns Of Grief) and a debut three-track offering that comes choking on the sick of bands such as Repulsion and Autopsy as those gore-soaked punky dynamics are seen bathing […]
CANDLEMASS Release Official Lyric Video For ‘Angel Battle’ Track January 25th, 2023 Stockholm, Sweden-based doom metal band Candlemass have released an official lyric video for the track ‘Angel Battle’. Created by Costin Chiorenau (Twilight13media), the clip can be viewed below. Candlemass issued 13th full-length studio album Sweet Evil Sun on November 18th, 2022 through Napalm […]
CONJURETHThe Parasitic Chambers Memento Mori / Rotted Life (2023)Rating: 8/10 Having missed out on Conjureth’s 2021 full-length debut, Majestic Dissolve, I made sure that this time round I would be there at the feast, and believe me this is some feast. The San Diego, California-based band somehow manages to be at once slick, melodic, brutal […]
WORMFACE A Sound You Can Smell (2023) Featuring members of Anthropophagous, Wormface is a nasty, guttural death metal trio from Montague in Massachusetts with a line-up of Mike Fagan (vocals and bass), Shane Dupuy (guitar) and Steve Kamienski (drums). What you get here is just over 16 minutes of drudgery whereby dank, twisted riffs merge […]
TRIBUNALThe Weight Of Remembrance 20 Buck Spin (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 Another long-awaited debut opus has laid itself upon the altar and demand us worship at its darkened façade. In this instant it is Tribunal, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based duo that blesses us with a staggering exhibition of Gothic doom metal that is rich with atmosphere due […]
ATROCITYOkkult III Massacre (2023)Rating: 9/10 After a five year silence the German metal masters return with another hefty slab of snarling destruction. This is the band’s 11th full-length studio outing and it’s one which pretty much confirms what we already knew, that Atrocity is a force to be reckoned with and one that remains unrivalled. […]
NOTHINGNESSSupraliminal Everlasting Spew (2023)Rating: 9/10 Some severely cool artwork graces the second full-length release from Minneapolis, Minnesota-based death metal combo Nothingness. And while the album and its dissonant bludgeoning will no doubt have many people drawing comparisons to a number of bands ranging from Gorguts to Gojira, there is also something originally hellish about this […]
