Back to incineration
INCINERATE: Back To Reality Release year: 2021Label: Dead By Dawn Records/Spirit Coffin Publishing Let’s take a look at the promo sheet once again. Here’s a summary of what it says: old school death/thrash, brutal and authentic late 80’s sound, for … Continue reading Back to incineration
Zwiespalt back from the distance
ZWIESPALT: Distanz Release year: 2021Label: self-released Slightly over a year after their debut album (reviewed here), German trio Zwiespalt are back with their second album, Distanz. In what I consider a pretty clever and inventive move, the cover art for … Continue reading Zwiespalt back from the distance
Places of power
ZGARD: Place Of Power Release year: 2021Label: Schwarzdorn Production I must admit that pagan black metal has never been a genre I’ve been particularly into. I do like some of the cornerstones of the genre, such as old albums by … Continue reading Places of power
Revisiting old rags
BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE: Gang Rags 10 Year Anniversary Edition Release year: 2010/2020Label: Psychopathic Records/Majik Ninja Entertainment It seems like Majik Ninja Entertainment don’t do a whole lot of vinyl releases, but the ones they do are pretty neat. Not … Continue reading Revisiting old rags
Crimson crows in the boondocks
BOONDOX: Krimson Crow Release year: 2020Label: Majik Ninja Entertainment Lately, I’ve been on a bit of a horrorcore rap trip, listening to more stuff of that genre than is healthy for ya. I guess it all started with discovering Alla … Continue reading Crimson crows in the boondocks
Incessant spectral rites
INCESSANT: Perennial Umbra Release year: 2021Label: self-released Sometimes I just have to wonder if the people writing promo sheets have actually listened to the same record as I do when I’m reviewing it. Irish Incessant‘s debut mini-album Perennial Umbra is … Continue reading Incessant spectral rites
Cesspool of napalm
NAPALM TED: Cesspool Of Human Mind Release year: 2021Label: self-released/Mögähead Napalm Ted, whose name strikes me as a silly play on the name Napalm Death, have been going at it for six years. During this time, the crust and death … Continue reading Cesspool of napalm
Hey ho, let’s mysteriis dom Sathanas
MAYHEM: Atavistic Black Disorder/Kommando Release year: 2021Label: Century Media Norwegian legend Mayhem‘s 2019 album Daemon (reviewed here) was a surprisinly strong album after several that at best were fair to middlin’ quality for almost two decades. Looking back, nothing since … Continue reading Hey ho, let’s mysteriis dom Sathanas
Revenge of the plastic mask Indian ghost
SKELETONMAN (aka Skeleton Man) Release year: 2002 Welcome to another entry in our new series, Don’t Cut The Crap – dedicated to only the worst in cinema. In our previous entry, we took a look at Infested, a truly horrible … Continue reading Revenge of the plastic mask Indian ghost
A pestilent congregation
DRAWN AND QUARTERED: Congregation Pestilence Release year: 2021Label: Krucyator Productions Though the luminaries and iconic names of old school US death metal are numerous, there will always be those who are for whatever reason destined to fester in obscurity. Some … Continue reading A pestilent congregation
