The litanies of Vader
VADER: Litany Release year: 2000Label: Metal Blade Records From the demo collection Reborn In Chaos (our review here), we’re jumping some ten years ahead and on to Litany, Polish death metal machine Vader’s 2000 album, which is a good representative … Continue reading The litanies of Vader
Back to the grind with Cryptivore
CRYPTIVORE: Unseen Divinity Release year: 2017/2019Label: Vaginal Autopsy Records/Dawning Septic Productions Formed back in 2015, the mission of Australian one-man project Cryptivore is to bring back the early 90’s deathgrind vibe, combining Swedish death metal to good old early grindcore. … Continue reading Back to the grind with Cryptivore
Body Count bringing the gravity
BODY COUNT: Bloodlust Release year: 2017/2019Label: Century Media Body Count are one of those bands whose longevity is unlikely – next year it will be 30 years since a group of young black men from South Central, LA, led by … Continue reading Body Count bringing the gravity
Vader’s primordial chaos
VADER: Reborn In Chaos Release year: 1996/2004Label: Karmageddon Media Released by a variety of labels on a variety of formats throughout the years, Reborn In Chaos has been a constant presence in Polish Vader’s career. Compiling together two demos, Necrolust … Continue reading Vader’s primordial chaos
Slam to the speed of Leslie Nielsen
PUTRID DEFECATION: Bowels Of Hell Release year: 2019Label: Stadin Rec Slam is one of those subgenres of death metal which is hard to take seriously at least on face value. In striving to go for the goriest, most disgusting imagery … Continue reading Slam to the speed of Leslie Nielsen
The ancient evils of Unanimated
UNANIMATED: Ancient God Of Evil Release year: 1995/2008Label: No Fashion Records/Regain Records As is well-known, and has been established even on this site a number of times, Sweden in the 90’s was a true hotbed for death metal. Unanimated, formed … Continue reading The ancient evils of Unanimated
Rome’s decade of exile
ROME: Flowers From Exile Release year: 2009/2019Label: Trisol/Strict In 2009, Luxembourgian neofolk-project Rome, alias of Jerome Reuter, released their fourth album, Flowers From Exile. In the decade since, not only has the album risen to become a genuine modern classic … Continue reading Rome’s decade of exile
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio playing with roses and goats
ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO: Let’s Play (Two Girls & A Goat) Release year: 2019Label: Out Of Line When I reviewed Swedish Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio’s teaser EP for this album ( Ménage À Quatre, said review here), during summer, I predicted the … Continue reading Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio playing with roses and goats
With brutality from Botswana
V/A: Brutal Africa – The Heavy Metal Cowboys Of Botswana Release year: 2019Label: Svart Records Back when I started getting into metal, in the mid-90’s, there were a great deal of exotic places metal music could come from. With the … Continue reading With brutality from Botswana
A return to Mayhem’s abyss
MAYHEM: Wolf’s Lair Abyss Release year: 1997/2019Label: Misanthropy Records/Soulseller Records Back in 1997, Mayhem’s comeback recordings without guitarist, founder, composer and band leader Euronymous must have seemed like a travesty to many involved in the scene – despite including three … Continue reading A return to Mayhem’s abyss
Only Death Is Real 