ZWIESPALT: Distanz Release year: 2021Label: self-released Slightly over a year after their debut album (reviewed here), German trio Zwiespalt are back with their second album, Distanz. In what I consider a pretty clever and inventive move, the cover art for … Continue reading Zwiespalt back from the distance
ZGARD: Place Of Power Release year: 2021Label: Schwarzdorn Production I must admit that pagan black metal has never been a genre I’ve been particularly into. I do like some of the cornerstones of the genre, such as old albums by … Continue reading Places of power
INCESSANT: Perennial Umbra Release year: 2021Label: self-released Sometimes I just have to wonder if the people writing promo sheets have actually listened to the same record as I do when I’m reviewing it. Irish Incessant‘s debut mini-album Perennial Umbra is … Continue reading Incessant spectral rites
NAPALM TED: Cesspool Of Human Mind Release year: 2021Label: self-released/Mögähead Napalm Ted, whose name strikes me as a silly play on the name Napalm Death, have been going at it for six years. During this time, the crust and death … Continue reading Cesspool of napalm
MAYHEM: Atavistic Black Disorder/Kommando Release year: 2021Label: Century Media Norwegian legend Mayhem‘s 2019 album Daemon (reviewed here) was a surprisinly strong album after several that at best were fair to middlin’ quality for almost two decades. Looking back, nothing since … Continue reading Hey ho, let’s mysteriis dom Sathanas
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
AULD: …Of Petrichor And I Release year: 2021Label: Eschatonic Records Well, I just had to make that joke, didn’t I? And I bet you this isn’t the first time someone’s made it about this Australian quartet. But pick a name … Continue reading Auld Lang Syne
Only Death Is Real 