Release year: 2025Label: self-released Wait, what, did I mistake this band for someone else? That was my first thought when putting on Swedish Demolyn’s new EP. See, in comparison with the debut release Tales Of Demolyn (reviewed here), Slay The … Continue reading DEMOLYN: Slay The Godhead
KAUNIS KUOLEMATON: Mielenvalta Release year: 2023Label: Noble Demon I’ll level with ya. The style Finnish Kaunis Kuolematon represents – melodic extreme metal with doom elements and clean vocals aplenty – isn’t my cup of tea. In fact, it’s the kind … Continue reading Beautiful undying
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
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
UNANIMATED: Ancient God Of Evil Release year: 1995/2008Label: No Fashion Records/Regain Records As is well-known, and has been established even on this site a number of times, Sweden in the 90’s was a true hotbed for death metal. Unanimated, formed … Continue reading The ancient evils of Unanimated
Only Death Is Real 