CORPSESSED: Skeletal Grotesquery Release year: 2023Label: Krucyator Productions Live albums are something of a tricky thing to review. For the most part, live albums are essentially pure fan service, giving something to the fans they’ll hopefully appreciate. Very rarely does … Continue reading Corpsessed’s live grotesquery
ONSLAUGHT KOMMAND: Demo I Release year: 2022Label: Godz Of War Productions Ah, South America. Home to throngs of underrated and cult-level extreme metal acts, and a veritable breeding ground of everything rabid, slavering, boneheaded, bestial and crude when it comes … Continue reading Pervert goat onslaught kommand
NUCLEAR CHRIST/VRYKOLAKAS: Twisted Idols For Nihilism/The Anatomy Of The Ungodly Release year: 2022Label: Vrykoblast Productions I’ve always had a thing for split albums. When done right – such as both bands contributing a mini-album worth of tracks or reprinting long … Continue reading Ungodly nihilism
THROMDARR: Midwinter Frost Release year: 2022Label: Svart Records Though the list of legendary names within Finnish extreme metal is both long and illustrious, even longer is of course the list of names who have been largely forgotten, and whose exploits … Continue reading Thromdarrian midwinter
UNCREATIONIST: Whirlwind In The Ashes Release year: 2022Label: Insurmountable Rex There’s a case to be made against the stereotypical, generic judeo-christian imagery so common in extreme metal. I say this as a fan of both black and death metal, and … Continue reading Whirlwinds in the ashes of uncreation
SAVAGE NECROMANCY: Feathers Fall To Flames Release year: 2022Label: 20 Buck Spin Cover artwork by Chris Moyen featuring goats, artist pesudonyms such as Diabolical Fuckwitch Of The Black Flame and Conjurer Of Putrid Desecrations, and a band photo taken at … Continue reading Falling feathers and savage necromancy
DEATH APOCALYPSE: Scars To The Flesh Release year: 2022Label: Human Noise Records German death metal trio Death Apocalypse were formed in 2019, but the members have been active in bands already during the 90’s and are as such no newcomers. … Continue reading Scarred flesh and death apocalypse
INFESTED ANGEL: Submit To Death Release year: 2022Label: self-released Hailing from Birmingham, England – the birthplace of heavy metal, considering both Black Sabbath and Judas Priest came from there – Infested Angel are a relatively newcomer death metal trio. Submit … Continue reading Submit to infestation
DESERTED FEAR: Doomsday Release year: 2022Label: Century Media Nowadays, when speaking of the “Swedish death metal sound”, almost everyone seems to equate it to the sound pioneered by Entombed, Dismember and the likes. The dry, brittle HM-2 guitar tone, the … Continue reading Days of doom and deserted fear
INCANTATION: Sect Of Vile Divinities Release year: 2020Label: Relapse Records Incantation are one of those stalwarts of (US) death metal, who’ve been a constant presence in the scene; one of those reliable workhorses who’ve put out a steady stream of … Continue reading Incantation of vile divinities
Only Death Is Real 