TELOMYRASTelomyras EP Self-released (2023)Rating: 7/10 What a nice little surprise this five-song EP is. This quintet hails from Seattle, Washington and after two demo releases – which I’ve not heard – they have caught my attention with this fiery little number. It was the opening track ‘Cambion’ which initially grabbed my interest with its molten […]
TORTURED CORPSERites Of Putridity And Death EP Self-released (2023)Rating: 7/10 Sounding like he’s still chewing on the rabbit he stole from the neighbour’s garden, Tortured Corpse vocalist Agressor has an interesting style to his chomping slurps which lead this debut EP. This Polish combo is a new band on the block and they are responsible […]
SIEGE OF POWER Issue Visualiser Video For New Track ‘Zero Containment’ February 17th, 2023 International death metal supergroup Siege Of Power have released an official visualiser video for the track ‘Zero Containment’, which can be viewed below. Siege Of Power issued second full-length studio album This Is Tomorrow on February 17th, 2023 through Metal Blade […]
DEAD SOUL ALLIANCESpiralling To Lunacy Cryptorium9 (2023)Rating: 7/10 The band name has always reminded me of a wrestling troupe although musically Canada’s Dead Soul Alliance deliver a straight up death metal blast that brings occasional D-Beat devastation with an aggression, circa a deadlier classic Amorphis and Deeds Of Flesh. Spiralling To Lunacy is the second […]
HELLRIPPERWarlocks Grim & Withered Hags Peaceville (2023)Rating: 8/10 Having followed young Scotsman James McBain since his 2015 debut EP The Manifestation Of Evil it’s fair to say he has come a long way. Eight years after that impressive snap to the system McBain has been involved in numerous split projects, released two full-lengths previous to […]
CHASMDWELLERBlood Vortex Self-released (2023)Rating: 7/10 In 2022 I waded, knee-deep through the dregs of human waste that were created by Toronto, Ontario-based mob Chasmdweller with their Festering In Aural Trauma EP. A year later and I’m still traipsing through their congealed mess with the band’s latest full-length which channels Finnish and Floridian foulness. Blood Vortex […]
ROBIN MCAULEYAlive Frontiers (2023)Rating: 9/10 Irishman Robin McAuley (Grand Prix / McAuley Schenker Group / Black Swan) is back with his third full-length solo album, Alive, and proves once again just what a powerhouse vocalist he still is. McAuley has crafted numerous slabs of delicious melodic rock over the years but with Alive there is […]
SIEGE OF POWERThis Is Tomorrow Metal Blade (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 Straight from the Autopsy abattoir, grand vocal lunatic Chris Reifert wipes the blood off his apron and sharpens a new set of knives for the storming return of Siege Of Power. Alongside Reifert, guitarist Paul Baayens (Asphyx / Thanatos / Hail Of Bullets), bassist Theo van […]
TRAMALIZERFumes Of Funeral Pyres Soulseller (2023)Rating: 6/10 Here’s a Finnish four-piece that I’ve not previously heard of with their debut full-length album Fumes Of Funeral Pyres. Like a lot of their fellow countrymen Tramalizer dabble in the art of horror-obsessed death metal, although for me the vocals are extremely off-putting. Vocalist R. Tarvonen doesn’t adopt […]
ULTHARAnthronomicon 20 Buck Spin (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 While there is and have been a handful of bands with the same moniker, this particular cosmic entity from the U.S. is very much in a ghoulish galaxy of its own. Having crafted unorthodox snaps of scathing extreme metal since 2014, this Ulthar – whose name derives from the […]
