Entrails

Entrails – An Eternal Time of Decay Review

By Saunders on June 23, 2022 in Reviews, Death Metal, 29 comments

“An OG band from the golden era of Swedish death metal, Entrails mastermind Jimmy Lundqvist didn’t manage to release an album until 2010’s impressive Tales from the Morgue debut. Along with powerhouse follow-ups Tomb Awaits (2011) and Raging Death (2013), Entrails elevated themselves to the upper echelon of the throwback Swedeath scene. The last several albums have got the job done solidly, however, the band has been coasting in a comfort zone and struggled to reach the heights of their earlier trio of prime platters. A line-up shake-up occurred in 2019 and now the band returns with their anticipated seventh LP, entitled An Eternal Time of Decay.” Guts check.

Mavorim – Axis Mundi Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on January 30, 2020 in 2019, Black Metal, German Metal, Purity Through Fire, Reviews, Black Metal, 28 comments

“One-man bands make me both impressed and apprehensive. I’m impressed because having a musical vision is special to begin with and being able to execute it solo takes real talent. I’m apprehensive because there’s no give-and-take or real collaboration for the visionary, and most creators of any stripe lack the will to kill their darlings.” One man with a bully pulpit.

Skelethal – Of the Depths Review

By Al Kikuras on June 27, 2017 in 2017, Death Metal, Hells Headbangers Records, Retro Metal, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Death Metal, 48 comments

“Heavy metal, despite primarily being a possession of what we proudly call the underground, is not impervious to the revisionist proclivity of plucking from the past with genres like re-thrash, Even Newer Wave of British Heavy Metal, occult rock, and currently on the chopping block, retro-Swedish death. 2014’s EP, Interstellar Knowledge of the Purple Entity was my introduction proper to Skelethal and it just about made me turn my Fruit of the Looms into a fudge factory. At just 21 minutes, it was a perfect little window to the days of yore when Entombed and particularly Carnage were all.” The Play Doh Fudge Factory is not as fun as it sounds.

Entrails – World Inferno Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on June 15, 2017 in 2017, Death Metal, Metal Blade, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Death Metal, 30 comments

“Does anyone passionately have a favorite Entrails record? This question has animated this review, and I think the answer is “no” in a meaningful sense. People can, and probably do, like one Entrails record better than the others, but I get the feeling that the reasons are a lot more arbitrary than the ones behind the decision about which Morbid Angel record is the best one.” Death takes guts.

Soulrot – Nameless Hideous Manifestations Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on April 24, 2017 in 2017, Chilean Metal, Death Metal, Memento Mori, Reviews, Death Metal, 38 comments

“Which brings us to Chile’s Soulrot and their debut Nameless Hideous Manifestations. The honeymoon phase of Swe-death, in its prime with Left Hand Path and Like an Everflowing Stream, still brings back those memories of the excitement we long for and want to rekindle. So, like asking her to wear that red dress from that party a few years ago to give you the same gut-punch feeling, we seem to ask little more of our Swe-death than that it remind us of what it once was.” Swe-don’t bring me flowers anymore.

Cut Up – Wherever They May Rot Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on April 5, 2017 in 2017, Death Metal, Metal Blade, Reviews, Swedish Metal, 12 comments

“Workmanlike is an adjective we can use to describe a whole host of things, some good and some bad. On the flip side Cut Up represent its positive usage well. When I say that Wherever They May Rot, the follow-up to their well-received debut Forensic Nightmares, is a very workmanlike record, then, it’s most assuredly a compliment.” Death is a dirty job.

Brutally Deceased – Satanic Corpse Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on October 11, 2016 in 2016, Czech Metal, Death Metal, Doomentia Records, Melodic Death Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, 26 comments

“As many of us learned from magnets or, for an elite few, Paula Abdul and her weird rapping cartoon cat companion, opposites have the ability to attract if they’re strong enough. As we learned from making friends, joining any voluntary association, or reading Plato’s Timaeus, like knows and seeks out like at a high rate too. And Czech Swedeath merchants Brutally Deceased are going for this principle with their third record, Satanic Corpse.” Oh Paula, you came and you found us some Swede-death….

Miasmal – Tides of Omniscience Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on March 13, 2016 in Century Media, Death Metal, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Death Metal, 18 comments

“One lesson I’ve learned in my tenure at AMG is that burgers can be successfully compared to just about anything. Just like burgers are a great plan for a meal in a pinch, they also work in that annoying pinch when a lede just refuses to come to mind. I think we can largely agree that listening to Swe-death records is like the endless quest for the perfect burger.” In dining, as in death, it’s the seasoning that counts.

Feral – Where Dead Dreams Dwell Review

By Saunders on June 2, 2015 in 2015, Cyclone Empire, Death Metal, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Death Metal, 16 comments

“The festering stench of classic Swedish death metal is surely one of the most comforting and addictive scents in the metalverse. Try as I might to disregard the bulk of subpar bands pedaling the oversaturated style where bands are so often prone to lazily ripping off their idols with blatant plagiarism, when the words ‘old school Swedish death metal’ are thrown about I generally sit up and take notice.” Fun Fact: you can’t spell Feral without fear.

Entrails – Obliteration Review

By Steel Druhm on May 12, 2015 in 2015, Death Metal, Metal Blade, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Death Metal, 6 comments

“Along with Blood Mortized, Entrails are one of the few retro Swedish death acts that don’t give me Old Timer’s Fatigue. It’s hard to say why that is, since they ape classic Entombed and Dismember just as hard as all the other pimpanzees in the throwback zoo. All I know is their music usually avoids feeling old and excessively stale. Instead, it feels plenty putrid and rotten, and that I love.” Time to look at the entrails and see what is foretold.