Exploring caverns of cosmic darkness with Desecresy
DESECRESY: Stoic Death Release year: 2015Label: Xtreem Records Finnish Desecresy have always fascinated me for a number of reasons. One of them is how seldom you see their name mentioned considering they’re celebrating their 10th anniversary this year and have … Continue reading Exploring caverns of cosmic darkness with Desecresy
Nostalgia for middle-aged black metallers with Warmoon Lord
WARMOON LORD: Burning Banners Of The Funereal War Release year: 2019Label: Wolfspell Records Everything about Finnish one-man project Warmoon Lord and their (his) debut album reeks of pure, unadulterated and unashamed nostalgia. Everything. From how the digipak looks to how … Continue reading Nostalgia for middle-aged black metallers with Warmoon Lord
Once again unto the apocalypse with Incantation
INCANTATION: Upon The Throne Of Apocalypse Release year: 1995/2019Label: Relapse Records As the liner notes of the 2019 re-release of Incantations‘ third full-length output detail, the material on the album is in essence a demo of what eventually became US … Continue reading Once again unto the apocalypse with Incantation
A brief moment of evil with Convulse
CONVULSE: Inner Evil Release year: 2013Label: Svart Records World Without God, the debut album of Finnish Convulse all the way from 1991, is quite likely my favourite death metal album from Finland. And it’s not like there’s a lack of … Continue reading A brief moment of evil with Convulse
Festerday decomposing one stage too far
FESTERDAY: The Four Stages Of Decomposition Release year: 2015Label: Svart Records Whilst a choice few Finnish death metal groups from the blooming scene of the early 90’s went on to achieve cult status and a dedicated underground following, there were … Continue reading Festerday decomposing one stage too far
Musings on the future of physical media
I remember how in the early 90’s, some media outlets made headlines about how the increasing popularity and storage space of personal computers would render the book obsolete in just a few years. According to them, CD-ROM’s would replace books … Continue reading Musings on the future of physical media
Gorement’s all-too-soon ending quest…
GOREMENT: The Ending Quest Release year: 1994/2016Label: Crypta Records/Century Media In the early 90’s, there were quite a few hotbeds for the then fledgling death metal genre, all of which crafted their own unique sound and identity, that would eventually … Continue reading Gorement’s all-too-soon ending quest…
Welcome!
Welcome to OnlyDeathIsReal.rip! What we (well, at this point, I, as this is a one-man operation to begin with) aim to offer you is quality writing about extreme and underground music with a firm focus on underground metal, death metal … Continue reading Welcome!
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