WITCHES HAMMER return with the elixir from the afterlife on “Damnation is My Salvation”
The ongoing existence of extreme metal is in its ability to constantly rewrite the rules of old styles and create new chapters of its existence. Within its limitations it can only be pushed to a …
MEFITIS savagely ambush with a twisted, diabolic campaign on “Emberdawn”
2019 has seen massive releases and live acts of metal titans, such gods as Blut Aus Nord and the highly anticipated release of quickly medaled veterans Blood Incantation, but there are acts slipping through the …
UNDEATH ooze out two demos to redefine the death metal retro resurgence
Within the realms of death metal there are bands that represent the gravely serious depth of darkness to the gut wrenching, puke inducing gore fests, but there must come an entity that blacks out your …
BLACK CILICE engulfs with a howling density found on “Transfixion of Spirits”
Within the genre of black metal, one which emerged, exploded, and has erupted again, a seemingly unkillable entity, there still lies a pit of utter blackness contaminated by the true and bitter underground plague. While …
CEREBRAL ROT exhumes ancient graves and dives in head-first on “Odious Descent into Decay”
The True essence of death often lurks within more primitive forms, a cruel undying cancer, miasma evolves from the uncontrolled growth of simple cells. Instead of relying on innovating with new ideas, forgotten knowledge can …
KRYPTS collapse the veil between life & death with “Cadaver Circulation”
After nearly 3 years Finland’s finest, Krypts, rear their ugly heads, black viscera draining from their maws. A worthy bearer to the popular title “cavernous”, Cadaver Circulation is a harrowing delve into a stagnant black …
SUPERSTITION contort the spiritual & mental with ancient forces of death on “The Anatomy of Unholy Transformation”
Beyond the dark caverns of death, the dark and flesh like caves of disease that prevail in death metal as of now, a new ferocious form of bereavement dawns over the blood red sky. This …
DEAFKIDS defies Brazilian political brutality with pounding energetic chaos on “Metaprogramação”
Nearing the beginning of a new decade, 2020, a year once shrouded in myth, the essence of underground music has been unfaltering in the face of its adversaries; but even as we reach the homogenization …
FETID putrifies to perfection on the grotesquely complex “Steeping Corporeal Mess”
Digging through the the freshly renewed mass grave of death metal is a slog through gore and refuse, with fresh corpses being dumped in constantly. Among the stench of decay, you can catch a more …
CROWHURST eschews genre completely with the emotive power of “III”
Evolution often comes gradually but sometimes a sudden spark can ignite a drastic change within an instant. Crowhurst’s newest release III is a drastic departure from previous work presented in a tragic tale of lust …