Jomsviking April 29, 2016

Jomsviking
by Amon Amarth

Dont pelt me with tomatoes (or axes) just yet, fine citizens. Hear me out. I have been a fan of Amon Amarth for some time now. The Avenger and With Oden On Our Side are my personal favorites, but I have about half of their discography proudly sitting on my shelf in CD form. I even enjoyed the last o...

Totally Brutal April 29, 2016

Mechanisms of Omniscience
by Abnormality

Abnormality is brutal death metal band hailing from Massachusetts. My first introduction to them, somewhat sadly, was in the one Rock Band track I could not beat on guitar. Yes, this is some pretty technical stuff, and fast to boot. Thei band lists several influences on their Facebook from Hate Eter...

The Return April 29, 2016

Triangle
by Schammasch

The new Swiss black metal masters return. This album is absolutely breathtaking. That's not a word I often use for black metal, especiallywhen grounded so deeply in the old ways. But nonetheless, 'Triangle' proves that even the darkest, ugliest of genres has more value than just shock. Though perhap...

Like Razors Through the Flesh April 29, 2016

False Highs, True Lows
by Plebeian Grandstand

Plebeian Grandstand is a French group formed in Toulouse. Sincespawning from the depths in 2005, the band boasts having already played over200 shows spanning much of the world. When I first added their third and latest album, False Highs, True Lows, to my iTunes library, I chuckled a little to find ...

Never Rest, Never Falter April 28, 2016

Covenant of Teeth
by Morrow

Morrow is a metal group made up from members of other related groups like Anopheli and Archivist. You'd think dropping those two records alone to acclaim last year would be enough,and yet here we are now with Covenant of Teeth.I have to admire their work ethic, but more importantly the music spewing...

Good Oral Hygiene is Important April 28, 2016

NTW
by Lord Mantis

Lord Mantis is a blackened sludge metal band out of Chicago,IL. I won't bore you with the knowledge surrounding their split with former vocalist Charlie Fell other than to say this is their first recording since the spectacular Death Mask and with Indian vocalist Dylan O'Toole. Given that the last E...

Dreamy April 27, 2016

Dreamless
by Fallujah

Fallujah is a progressive death metal band from San Francisco. They have been making the rounds for almost a decade now, but it was not until 2014's The Flesh Prevails that people really started taking notice on a large scale. That album was hailed by many as the best of the year,perfectly counterba...

From an Ancient Time April 27, 2016

Father Sun Mother Moon
by Kawir

Greek black metallers Kawir have been sent down from Olympus to unleash their latest album, Father Sun Mother Moon. The band has been at it since 1993, and this latest outing shows that they don't plan on slowing down any time soon. Names like Rotting Christ, Varathron, and Necromantia are being thr...

Thrashblacktastic April 26, 2016

Songs And Dances Of Death
by Sarcoptes

Sarcoptes are a duo from Sacramento CA. Formed in 2008, these guys play one of my favorite genres: blackened thrash. And boy do they do it well.With only one other release in 2013 their debut EP Thanatos, it is time to unleash their first full length. Sarcoptes, nowsigned with Cimmerian Shade Record...

Short and Sweet(ly Destructive) April 26, 2016

Emissaries of Morning
by Dominhate

Since 2008, Dominhate have been doing just what they want to do: putting out sheer neck-breakingdeath metal. This group from Pordenone, Italy worships the ground of groups like Morbid Angel and Incantation. Now via Lavadome, the group has released Emissaries of Morning: 5 tracks (technically 4) to h...

Time Traveling Black Thrashers April 25, 2016

Hideous Obscure
by Occult Burial

Welcome back to Canada for Occult Burial's, Hideous Obscure. Over the last four years these maniacal metalheads have been honing their craft through shows, splits, and demos. I have praised a few groups this year so far for taking a more heavy metal approach to blackened thrash, but I don't think an...

"Feral energy focused to a point" April 22, 2016

Heir To Scoria And Ash
by Mortichnia

Not for lack of trying, I still know very little about Mortichnia. Here is what I have so far: they are an Irish group, their current label is Apocalyptic Witchcraft, and they are aptly recommended to fans of Deathspell Omega, MGLA, Altar of Plagues, Bethlehem Leviathan. As far as an actual bio goe...

Eclectic, Experimental, Essential April 22, 2016

Ankaa
by ETHS

ETHS are a band I had never heard of before, but will not soon forget. This group from France, newly led by by the lovely Rachel Aspe, are one of the freshest takes on deathcore and djent I have heard in some time. 'Ankaa' delivers on all levels, nearly blowing off my toupe at the first notes of Nef...

Earned a New Fan April 22, 2016

Retrogore
by Aborted

Aborted is a death metal band featuring members from Belgium, The Netherlands and the United States. It was started by the only remaining founder, Sven de Caluw, all the way back in 1995. Since then, the band has seen increasing mainstream success over the course of 8 studio albums, shifting through...

Putrid and Scorched Indeed April 21, 2016

Final State of Existence
by Scorched/Putrisect

Putrisect of Baltimore and Scorched of Delaware have joined forces to bring us one thing, and one thing only: death metal. Along with that killer artwork that reminded me a little of an even more morbid vision of the Skeksis from The Dark Crystal, this is a package ready to drag you straight to meta...

Post-Jazz Metal April 20, 2016

Breach / Submerge
by Cetacean

Cetaceanbegan in2015 with a line-up that includes members of Ancestors, Horse the Band, Trae Malone, Black Sheep Wall, and Exhausted Prayer). With their album, Breach/Submerge,you are treatingyourself to 3songs of epic, somewhat experimental proportions.Based out of Los Angeles, the band is known fo...

Hell the Sequel April 19, 2016

Obedience to Authority
by Autokrator

I freaking loved Autokrator's last album. Never before have the worlds of death metal and drone collided so fully, so comprehensively, and so successfully. Autokrator don't make death and drone...they make deathdrone. It's a melting pot of destructive forces that sound like mother earth groaning und...

Fast and Repugnant April 19, 2016

Black Crusades
by Tombstalker

I have to give some credit to Shadow Kingdom Records on this one, because if it weren't for them signing this Kentucky band and promoting thealready-released Black Crusades, I doubt I would have ever heard it. Tombstalker are a wrecking ball of a melodic death metal band.Uniting the tight riffing an...

13 More Bands Poised For The Mainstream April 18, 2016

It's not often that I list a black metal band as a group that could hit the big time, but every so often it happens. Back in the day, we had the exploding careers of Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth, with their somehow more easy to swallow takes on the genre. Now with west coast groups like Deafheav...

The Spice Must Flow April 15, 2016

Sentient
by Nucleus

Oh hai there...another awesome band from my hometown of Chicago, IL. Except this time instead of blackened sludge, it's some highly technical science fiction progressive death metal.Sentient's favorite topics include not mayhem and murder, butIsaac Asimov, Arthur Clarke and Frank Herbert. No complai...
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