THRONE OV BLOOD: Corrupted By Darkness Release year: 2017Label: American Line Productions Whenever I see a band use “ov” instead of “of”, I don’t start thinking about how much serious occult understanding and esoteric knowledge there must be behind it. … Continue reading Corrupted by generic darkness
DIMHOLT: Epistēmē Release year: 2019Label: none Bulgarian Dimholt have a career stretching back to 2003 behind them, but only two full-length albums and a couple of smaller releases to their name. Obviously, rushing things isn’t their thing, and when listening … Continue reading Dimholt's black epistomology
NECROPSY: Exitus Release year: 2020Label: Xtreem Records Necropsy are one of the often overlooked chapters of Finnish death metal, one of those bands there’s a big chance you don’t know unless you’ve really done some digging into the scene. The … Continue reading Necropsy taking it slow
THRASHFIRE: Into The Armageddon Release year: 2019Label: Xtreem Music With a name like Thrashfire, it’s not hard to set your expectations on the correct wavelenght. Naturally, what the band from Turkey offers is: thrash metal. And you won’t be surprised … Continue reading Into the Thrashfire
DYSEMBLEM: Autotomy Release year: 2019Label: III Damnation/Immortal Bytes Death metal is a rotting grave filled with worms of every kind. It’s all too easy to get lost in a particular approach to the genre and lose sight of how much … Continue reading Death sabbaths with Dysemblem
So, Only Death Is Real has witnessed the first year-end, and it is time to jot down some thoughts as summary for 2019 and a plan of action of sorts for 2020. The site was created in mid-May, and since … Continue reading A year in summation: 2019
HATRED INHERIT: Hatred Inherit Release year: 2019Label: none According to the promo sheet, German Hatred Inherit’s style is “modernized old school death metal”. Now, promo sheets are often filled with the most incredulous crap that’s just pure nonsense and has … Continue reading The modernized old school of Hatred Inherit
