INCANTATION: Onward To Golgotha Release year: 1992Label: Relapse Records In the days before convention set in and artists started looking too much to the icons of their own scenes for inspiration, there was a beautiful amount of diversity in death … Continue reading Incantation leading us onward to Golgotha
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
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
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: 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
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…
Only Death Is Real 