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Deserted Fear – Kingdom of Worms Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on October 15, 2014 in 2014, Death Metal, FDA Rekotz, German Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, 9 comments

“As many AMG readers know, production quality plays a major role in the reviews posted on this site. Love it or hate it, care about it or don’t give a fuck about it, awareness of the “Loudness War” and the desire for quality metal is real. And with a new Angry Metal-Fi article out on dynamic range, I found it timely that I would be reviewing Deserted Fear’s sophomore release, Kingdom of Worms. Why, you ask? Well, Dan “The Man” Swanö himself handled the mixing and mastering of the album.” Here Dan is to save the day!

Slaughterday – Ravenous Review

By Lord Doom on August 8, 2014 in 2014, Death Metal, FDA Rekotz, German Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, 4 comments

“Death metal has pretty much gotten to the point where if you’re not doing something new and cool with the genre, then you’re damned to be unknown for the rest of your career. Even though tours like Summer Slaughter are covering every corner of the genre, some bands are just not willing to progress any further and stick to what isn’t broken and doesn’t need fixing.” It’s time for yet another probationary writer to shake the word machine and see what falls out. Here we have Gothmog discussing the wares of retro deathsters Slaughterday.

Décembre Noir – A Discouraged Believer Review

By Madam X on May 16, 2014 in 2014, Death Metal, Doom Metal, FDA Rekotz, German Metal, Reviews, Uncategorized, 3 comments

“The driving force behind any band is their desire to create, to share the inner workings of their collective minds and to leave behind a part of themselves when they cease to exist. Some artists within only a few years manage to fill pages and pages on Encyclopaedia Metallum with thick, extensive and mightily impressive discographies. Décembre Noir wandered a different path and although being around for a fair few years, they’re only now releasing A Discouraged Believer, launching the bands death-doom approach and setting you on a journey that feels oddly spiritual in its lament.” Not the most prolific act out there, but better late than never, eh?

Wound – Inhale the Void Review

By Madam X on July 5, 2013 in 2013, 3.0, Death Metal, FDA Rekotz, German Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, 7 comments

“Germanic Wound punt their cruddy, punky and nasty school of death metal as falling somewhere between that of forbearers of the Gothenburg death metal sound At The Gates, old-school death metallers Necrowretch and Wolfbrigade (previously Wolfpack) who combine Swedish hardcore punk and death metal. I’m hazarding a guess that’s why they were added to F.D.A Rekotz deathstable, home to one of Steel Druhm’s big picks from 2012, Blood Mortized. Inhale the Void follows on a little over a year after the release of their demo Confess to Filth and it pretty much negates the need to hunt down this earlier release as 4 of the 6 tracks making up the demo are nicely bundled up in this debut album. All rather convenient and considerate of them to do that!” Madam X tackles some death metal that doesn’t sound like Septicflesh because you demanded it!

Blood Mortized – The Key to a Black Heart Review

By Steel Druhm on May 7, 2012 in 2012, 4.5, Death Metal, FDA Rekotz, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Death Metal, 12 comments

Just in time to wash away the bitter taste of Six Feet Under, comes this ridiculously sick death metal masterstroke by Blood Mortized. Taking the vicious old school Swedish death sound from their Bestial EP and improving on it in every way, The Key to a Black Heart is exactly what you want from the style and death metal in general.

Deus Otiosus – Murderer Review

By Angry Metal Guy on November 9, 2011 in 2011, Danish Metal, Death Metal, FDA Rekotz, Reviews, Death Metal, 4 comments

When you hear the phrase “old-school death metal,” you pretty much know what to expect. You can rattle off the usual list of influences (Death, Entombed, Autopsy, etc.) by heart, and you can envision the sound in your mind without hearing a single note. There’s about 9 thousand bands that are playing this style today, and neither you or I give a fuck about them because it was already done 20 years ago, and better. So when Danish band Deus Otiosus describes their debut full-length, Murderer, as “old-school death metal,” you know what you’re in for, right?