Turd of the flies
INFESTED – INVASION OF THE KILLER BUGS Release year: 2002 For a long time already, I’ve been a fan of bad horror movies. And I don’t mean bad as in all the sequels to Halloween or Friday The 13th bad. … Continue reading Turd of the flies
A nightmare at the gates
AT THE GATES: The Nightmare Of Being Release year: 2021Label: Century Media What if you don’t like an absolutely classic band, a band whose status and stature are well beyond the realm of opinion? Should you review their latter day … Continue reading A nightmare at the gates
Vrykolakas, chaos and destruction
VRYKOLAKAS: And Vrykolakas Bring Chaos And Destruction Release year: 2021Label: Dark Blaspemies Records/Sadist Records A vrykolakas is a fictitious creature in Greek folklore, an undead creature that feasts on human flesh; something of a cross between a zombie and a … Continue reading Vrykolakas, chaos and destruction
With the strength of a thousand trombones
NISTIKKO: Tuhannen pasuunan voimalla Release year: 2021Label: Suicide Records With a past discography steeped in grindcore, it comes as no surprise that Finnish Nistikko continue down a path of furious, dark and extreme punk on their newest album. However, according … Continue reading With the strength of a thousand trombones
Death by bong
ALLA XUL ELU: Necronomichron 2 Release year: 2021Label: Majik Ninja Entertainment I’ve been obsessing a bit about US horrorcore trio Alla Xul Elu over here at the OnlyDeathIsReal HQ lately – and why shouldn’t I? Combining horror, pitch-black humour and … Continue reading Death by bong
No more scoring in reviews
For a long time already, I’ve been of the opinion that scores in reviews don’t really make much sense. It’s ultimately a pointless way to reduce albums to a single denominator. The reasons why an album might receive 3.5 points … Continue reading No more scoring in reviews
AXE going chronic
ALLA XUL ELU: Necronomichron Release year: 2017/2020Label: self-released/Majik Ninja Entertainment As a sort of prelude to a review of US horrorcore rap unit Alla Xul Elu‘s newest release (at the date of writing), Necronomichron 2, we’re reviewing their earlier EP … Continue reading AXE going chronic
Rituals of rot in the Mauxuleum
ALLA XUL ELU: Mauxuleum Release year: 2020Label: Majik Ninja Entertainment Horrorcore is an interesting form of rap music. Now, I’m not an expert in the field and cannot expertly trace the evolution of the style, and detail just how it … Continue reading Rituals of rot in the Mauxuleum
Re-release of immortal damnation
PURTENANCE: Member Of Immortal Damnation Release year: 1992/2021Label: Drowned Productions/Xtreem Music The names of the old Finnish death metal scene are numerous and illustrious, many of those early bands having carved their mark into the tombstones and fleshly remains of … Continue reading Re-release of immortal damnation
Death by wrecking
GRAVEYARD BASHERS: Wreck ‘Em Dead Release year: 2021Label: Lycans Den Records Psychobilly is a funny genre. Or, actually, it’s the public, outsider perception of the genre that’s funny. Often people outside the scene tend to generalize and reduce the whole … Continue reading Death by wrecking
