Worlds Apart July 28, 2017

Worlds Apart
by Make Them Suffer

The Pitch: Australian progressive metalcore/djent band Make Them Suffer may have tricked me with theirbrutal death metalthrowback band name, but they deliver one of this genre's best albums of the year nonetheless. FFO: Periphery, August Burns Red, Bleeding Through What I Like: I was just the other...

Lords of Death July 27, 2017

Lords of Death
by Temple Of Void

The Pitch: Shadow Kingdom Records present the sophomore album from Michigan brutal death/doomers Temple Of Void. FFO: Be'Lakor, Krypts, Seedna What I Like: Oh man, I love these vocals. Super, duper LOWS with enormous strength behind them. Think Septicflesh mixed with Be'lakor. These brutal growls s...

Harbingers of Pestilence July 27, 2017

Harbingers of Pestilence
by Dethrone the Sovereign

The Pitch: Famined Records presents the latest album from SLCprogressive death metallers Dethrone the Sovereign.Harbingers of Pestilencefocuses on the concepts of transhumanism and mankind'sdesireput an end to its own mortality. FFO: The Faceless, Vale of Pnath, Exocrine What I Like: Dethrone the S...

What Makes a GREAT Album? July 26, 2017

Metal Musings
by FlightOfIcarus

What Makes a Great Album? I spend a lot of time writing album reviews, but a big part of the process is sorting through the hundreds of releases out there. Now more than ever there is a massive amount of metal music to be found; sometimes for better and others for worse. Between the dozens of album...

Strangled Light July 26, 2017

Strangled Light
by Less Art

The Pitch:Gilead Media delivers the debut album from post-hardcore supergroup, Less Art; the alliance ofbrothers Riley and Ed Breckenridge ofThrice,Ian Miller and Jon Howell ofKowloon Walled City,andMike Minnick ofCurl Up and Die. FFO: These Arms Are Snakes, mewithoutyou, The Drowned God, Fugazi Wh...

Graves Among The Roots July 26, 2017

Graves Among The Roots
by Elder Devil

The Pitch: Callifornia gind/hardcore band Elder Devil (members of Cabin Fire and Keeper/Plastic Bag Facemask) get their latest EP reissued on limited cassette via Medusa Crush Recordings. "Drawing on movies such as The Witch and Antichrist, with styles ranging from bands like Cult Leader and The Sec...

Methods To Delusion July 25, 2017

Methods To Delusion
by Scalpel

The Pitch:New England progressive technical death squad Scalpel self-release a vicious new album and the first to land a potential spot for our 2017 Musicianship part deux list. FFO Gigan, Replacire, Gorguts What I Like: This album is a totally brutal technical powerhouse. I looked at the cover and...

Marrow July 24, 2017

Marrow
by Justinhate

The Pitch: Darkened metallic hardcore from Copenhagen-based Justinhate through their own label of Deathbird Recordings. The band has shared the stage withSepultura, Carcass, Obituary, Darkest Hour, Hexis, and many more. FFO: Grieved, Bungler, Sibiir What I Like: "Ignis" was the track that initially...

Antinumerology July 24, 2017

Antinumerology
by Mitochondrion

The Pitch: Vancouver's unhinged technical blackened death metal quartet Mitochondrion release Antinumerology on CD via Krucyator Productions. FFO: Auroch, Sepetus, Dendritic Arbor What I Like: Side note here; I just respect the hell out of Loic and what he is doing with Krucyator. He has an ear for...

Gammageddon July 21, 2017

Gammageddon
by Cytotoxin

The Pitch:German brutal technical death metal band Cytotoxin brings Chernobyl-influenced mayhem via Unique Leader Records. FFO: Dying Fetus, Aborted, Reaping Asmodeia What I Like: Gammageddon has everything a technical death metal fan could want: intensely brutal vocals (with some breeing to boot),...

Return to the Void July 20, 2017

Return to the Void
by Execration

The Pitch: Through Metal Blade Records, Oslo band Execration brings "a whirlwind of thrash, death, black, and even heavy metal, fast and slow parts, and the trademark Execration shifts in mood, tempo, and atmosphere." FFO: Horrendous, Immolation, Wombbath What I Like: When the pace kicks up, there ...

Dawn of Leviathan July 20, 2017

Dawn of Leviathan
by Furyborn

The Pitch: UK melodeath band Furyborn deliver an unexpectedly stellar album filled to the brim with tasty hooks and Gothenburg throwbacks. FFO: Soilwork, Arch Enemy, Bloodshot Dawn What I Like: It took me a minute to figure out who vocalist Jut Tabor most reminds me of, but I am pretty happy with c...

Cloud Burner July 19, 2017

Cloud Burner
by Blurring

The Pitch: Technical, blackeneddeathgrind from New York's Blurring (Ft. Brutal Truths Dan Lilker Erik Burke)FFO: Gridlink, Dendritic Arbor, Seputus What I Like: "I will f#$king bash you in the face!" And so the album abruptly opens. There's no "if" or "because" here; only a clear declaration of in...

Flight's Blackened Hardcore Roundup July 19, 2017

Bastard Feast (formerly Elitist) have managed to create the Cherry Coke of extreme metal. From the US black metal mecca of Portland, OR; Osculum Inflame is here to put the Mayhem in your Minor Threat.Like Jacob Bannon and company, Bastard Feast bring a fast, chaotic concoction of relentless beats, a...

Overture: The Heir Apparent July 18, 2017

Overture: The Heir Apparent
by Ezerath

The Pitch: Montreal, Qubec progressive death metal band Ezerath proves that they are worthy of the big leagues with Overture: The Heir Apparent; a concept album "depicting the thoughts of several main characters immediately before the death of Alton Nayan...the King of Gnara."FFO: Opeth, Be'lakor, T...

Dreaming Is Sinking /// Waking Is Rising July 17, 2017

Dreaming Is Sinking /// Waking Is Rising
by Dayseeker

The Pitch: A progressive metalcore/djent concept album from Orange County's Dayseeker via Spinefarm Records. "A man avenges the unspeakable crimes committed against his wife only to be bludgeoned into a coma. Locked in a vegetative state, changes erupt throughout his world, spanning the dissolution ...

Lycanthropic Burrowing July 14, 2017

Lycanthropic Burrowing
by One Master

The Pitch: US occult black metal practitioners One Master unsheathe Lycanthropic Burrowing to the unsuspecting public via Eternal Death Records. FFO: Ascension, Blaze of Perdition, Taake What I Like: Lycanthropic Burrowing is a ruthless cacophony of mirthless black metal oppression. Driven by ferve...

Adversary Omnipotent July 13, 2017

Adversary Omnipotent
by Enfold Darkness

The Pitch: Nashville blackened technical death metal band Enfold Darkness returns after 8 years with Adversary Omnipotent through The Artisan Era. FFO: Vale of Pnath, The Black Dahlia Murder, A Loathing Requiem What I Like:Adversary Omnipotent opens on a very high note through the atmospheric, symp...

Nightmare Future July 12, 2017

Nightmare Future
by Expulsion

The Pitch: "Spawned from the cerebral mind of grind legend Matt Olivo (Repulsion), EXPULSION combines grind, punk, and crust into a caustic musical vomit guaranteed to stack the corpses high." Also featuring Matt Harvey (Exhumed, Gruesome), Danny Walker (Intronaut, Exhumed, Phobia) and bassist Menno...

Unparalleled Universe July 11, 2017

Unparalleled Universe
by Origin

The Pitch:Tech Death mastersOrigin areback with their 7th studio effort. Resident shredder, and only remaining original member, Paul Ryan describes the record as the beginning of a new era for the band and "a reflection of our true selves". Unparalleled Universe boasts the same lineup as 2014's Omni...

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