Necropsy taking it slow
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
Into the Thrashfire
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
Death sabbaths with Dysemblem
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
A year in summation: 2019
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
The modernized old school of Hatred Inherit
HATRED INHERIT: Hatred Inherit Release year: 2019Label: self-released 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
Bolg’s black metal plague
BOLG: Plague Vaccine Release year: 2018Label: Hass Weg Productions Bulgarian Bolg were formed already back in 2003, but it took them fifteen long years to finally get an album out. Prior to this album, they’ve only released one demo and … Continue reading Bolg’s black metal plague
The doomed black death of Apocryfal
APOCRYFAL: Crushing Black Death Release year: 2019Label: Mara Productions With an title such as Crushing Black Death, it’s impossible not to harbour quite a lot of expectations as to what an album should sound like. You’d expect black metal and … Continue reading The doomed black death of Apocryfal
Faith in terror
UNBOUNDED TERROR: Faith In Chaos Release year: 2020Label: Xtreem Music Following in the footsteps of many other acts, Unbouded Terror from Majorca, Spain are yet another long buried, obscure 90’s death metal group who’ve decided to reunite and record new … Continue reading Faith in terror
Iku-Turso paying homage to Norway
IKU-TURSO: Storm Over Isengard Release year: 2019Label: Wolfspell Records/His Wounds Were it not for the title of the mini-album, Dutch-Finnish Iku-Turso would come across as shamelessly ripping off the entire style of certain classic 90’s Norwegian black metal acts. But … Continue reading Iku-Turso paying homage to Norway
MAYHEM: Daemon
Year: 2019Label: Century Media Some years ago, Norwegian black metal legends Mayhem started playing their iconic album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas live in its entirety, to much acclaim. This resulted in the live album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive (2016), … Continue reading MAYHEM: Daemon
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