Grinding maelstroms of Sun Descends Black
SUN DESCENDS BLACK: EP I Release year: 2019Label: self-released Some years ago, the chaotic, grinding black metal pioneered by the likes of Blasphemy already in the late 80’s/early 90’s, was all the rage, and bands drinking from that particular stream … Continue reading Grinding maelstroms of Sun Descends Black
A return to Vader’s Reich
VADER: Welcome To The Morbid Reich Release year: 2011Label: Nuclear Blast From their primitively death-thrashing roots, during the 90’s Polish Vader evolved to a veritable death metal machine, who’ve churned out extremely tightly played albums at a steady rate to … Continue reading A return to Vader’s Reich
Daemoniac dwelling in Swedish apocalypse
DAEMONIAC: Dwellers Of Apocalypse Release year: 2019Label: Xtreem Records As everyone into death metal knows, Sweden was one of the countries to stake a major claim early on, and one of the earliest scenes to create their own trademark sound. … Continue reading Daemoniac dwelling in Swedish apocalypse
Beast Of Damnation crushing gothic scum
BEAST OF DAMNATION: Dawn Of The Beast Release year: 2019Label: Black Sunset If you were there in the late 90’s and early noughties, you might remember how large parts of the black metal scene waged a war against all things … Continue reading Beast Of Damnation crushing gothic scum
Vader’s city of the dead
VADER: Necropolis Release year: 2009Label: Nuclear Blast Taking another jump of almost a decade, we’re moving from 2000’s Litany on to Polish Vader’s 2009 album Necropolis, their 9th full-length album (not counting XXV, which consisted entirely of re-recorded songs). As … Continue reading Vader’s city of the dead
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
Only Death Is Real 