DRAWN AND QUARTERED: Congregation Pestilence Release year: 2021Label: Krucyator Productions Though the luminaries and iconic names of old school US death metal are numerous, there will always be those who are for whatever reason destined to fester in obscurity. Some … Continue reading A pestilent congregation
AT THE GATES: The Nightmare Of Being Release year: 2021Label: Century Media What if you don’t like an absolutely classic band, a band whose status and stature are well beyond the realm of opinion? Should you review their latter day … Continue reading A nightmare at the gates
VRYKOLAKAS: And Vrykolakas Bring Chaos And Destruction Release year: 2021Label: Dark Blaspemies Records/Sadist Records A vrykolakas is a fictitious creature in Greek folklore, an undead creature that feasts on human flesh; something of a cross between a zombie and a … Continue reading Vrykolakas, chaos and destruction
PURTENANCE: Member Of Immortal Damnation Release year: 1992/2021Label: Drowned Productions/Xtreem Music The names of the old Finnish death metal scene are numerous and illustrious, many of those early bands having carved their mark into the tombstones and fleshly remains of … Continue reading Re-release of immortal damnation
OLDSKULL: Nether Hollow Of No Return Release year: 2021Label: Inhuman Assault Productions Once again I find myself asking, what’s in a name? This group from Thailand have chosen a name that sounds mostly like the name of some goofy villain … Continue reading Nether hollows and old skulls
ANCIENT MALIGNITY: Ancient Malignity Release year: 2020Label: Inhuman Assault Productions Yeah, I know, I know: complaining about the production values and sound of an underground extreme metal band is pointless most of the time. And even when it isn’t, there’s … Continue reading Barbaric attack cult
NEXWOMB: Exegesis Of Nihility Release year: 2019/2020Label: Nihilistic Noise Propaganda/Morbid Chapel Records Originally released on tape by Nihilistic Noise Propaganda in 2019 and on CD the following year by Morbid Chapel, Exegesis Of Nihilty is the debut album by US … Continue reading Nexwomb’s explanations of nothingness
ALTAR OF GORE: Obscure & Obscene Gods Release year: 2020Label: Nameless Grave Records With a cover like this, you know what you’re getting. That’s right: death metal. And of a certain kind, too. Not brutal, progressive or technical death metal. … Continue reading Altars of obscure & obscene gods
SANGUISUGABOGG: Tortured Whole Release year: 2021Label: Century Media From the starting sounds of Sanguisugabogg’s debut album, Tortured Whole, it’s obvious what’s on offer. Commencing with an almost pig-like guttural growl, it’s clear that this is death metal of the brutal … Continue reading Tortured whole by Sanguisugabogg
BLASPHEMATORY: Depths Of The Obscurity Release year: 2019/2020Label: Nihil Verum Nisi Mors/Nuclear Winter Records US duo Blasphematory certainly don’t aim low; in the promo sheet, they invoke the names of such gloomy luminaries of ancient Finnish death metal murk as … Continue reading Blasphematorial depths of obscurity
Only Death Is Real 