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Vulcano – Eye in Hell Review

By Mark Z. on March 11, 2020 in 2020, Brazilian Metal, Death Metal, Mighty Music, Reviews, Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal, 16 comments

“Over the years the band lost some members, went on hiatus from 1991 to 1996, and released a slew of albums that never seemed to generate as much fanfare as their debut. Other than some curious midnight listens of Vengeance, I certainly hadn’t heard anything from the group until I came across Eye in Hell while rifling through the promo bin. Freshly signed to Mighty Music, this is the the band’s eleventh studio album and shows sole founding member Zhema Rodero joined by a new drummer and a trusted cohort of musicians who’ve been with the group for a few years now. Almost four decades into their existence, do Vulcano still scorch your ass or are their brutal eruptions long behind them?” Nighttime eruptions.

Hazzerd – Delirium Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on January 23, 2020 in 2020, Canadian Metal, M-Theory Audio, Reviews, Thrash Metal, 19 comments

“While I relish the disgusting lurch and crawl of Asphyx and Autopsy, I’ve never been able to shake my love of blistering, thrashing metal. Reign in Blood kicked down the door, and through that door has charged classics like Slaughter’s Strappado, Merciless’ The Awakening, and Morbid Priest’s Spectrum of Death into my iron heart and album collection. I can’t get enough of the stuff, but after listening to …And Justice for All again, I rediscovered my enjoyment of that vein of thrash as well – Metallica was my gateway into metal, after all. Hazzerd is a relatively young Canadian band who play this second type of thrash.” Speed Hazzerds ahead.

Vultur – Drowned in Gangrenous Blood Review

By Saunders on November 9, 2019 in 2019, Death Metal, Greek Metal, Memento Mori, Reviews, Death Doom, Death Metal, 5 comments

“The overflowing embarrassment of death metal riches of 2018 was always going to be tough to follow when 2019 rolled around. Not that the year has been lacking in quality death metal, but for the most part the genre hasn’t blown me away. Perhaps an unheralded act is capable of stealing the show as the year winds down. Enter Greece’s Vultur, set to unleash their sophomore album, Drowned in Gangrenous Blood.” Blood drunk.

Mortiferum – Disgorged from Psychotic Depths Review

By Holdeneye on October 9, 2019 in 2019, American Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Profound Lore Records, Reviews, Death Metal, Doom Metal, 28 comments

“I’m writing this down to memorialize the truths that I’ve recently uncovered, but let it also serve as a warning. A foul conspiracy is afoot in the Pacific Northwest, and I’m afraid that the knowledge I possess has already set in motion forces that will ultimately bring about my ~~death~~ doom. Read back through my journal entries and the evidence will be plain as day.” Watch the skies.

Come Back from the Dead – The Rise of the Blind Ones Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on October 1, 2019 in 2019, Death Metal, Reviews, Spanish Metal, Transcending Obscurity, 11 comments

“Every Entombed clone thought of themselves as carrying on a lineage, writing riffs in the vein of their favorite albums—not being derivative or boring as we may find some of them. This disconnect is fascinating—an album we may hear and not give a second thought to afterward likely consumed weeks, months, years of every member of the band’s life. When this comes to mind, my chief question about middling releases is ‘why?'” Dead again.

Sempiternal Dusk – Cenotaph of Defectuous Creation Review

By Holdeneye on September 24, 2019 in 2019, American Metal, Dark Descent Records, Death Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, 16 comments

“Two weeks ago, I drooled words all over Nightfell’s latest release and hinted in a footnote that drummer Tim Call might soon be making another appearance. Well, I’m not a liar (how do you know that I’m not lying when I say that I’m not a liar, hmm?) so today we’ll be dealing with another of Call’s Portland based projects, Sempiternal Dusk.” Lies, death and videotape.

Witch Vomit – Buried Deep in a Bottomless Grave Review

By Holdeneye on September 5, 2019 in 20 Buck Spin, 2019, American Metal, Death Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, 50 comments

“The other day, I was sitting at the ~~kid’s~~ n00b’s lunch table and about to close a deal trading away my Twinkie for Carcharodon‘s bland, British pastry, when Mark Z. walked in like the cool big kid he is and slammed a promo on the counter. ‘Hey, n00bs. Here’s Witch Vomit if you want it. I’m doing something else.’ He promptly picked up another promo with ‘vomit’ in the name and walked away. I tried to act cool, seeing if anyone else was as excited as I was, but when the bell rang, all of my fellow n00bs got up and headed towards Dr. Grier‘s 5th-period class, ‘How to Avoid Dismemberment.'” Harridans ov hurl.

Cerebral Rot – Odious Descent Into Decay Review

By Ferrous Beuller on August 18, 2019 in 20 Buck Spin, 2019, American Metal, Death Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, 45 comments

“I miss the days when death metal still seethed with awful possibility. Before the genre put an emphasis on brutal brevity and cold proficiency, it plumbed extremity’s depths in search of vile new frontiers. Seattle’s Cerebral Rot drip with old school ichor. Their gait is jagged yet inexorable and their minds putrid and profane. Debut album Odious Descent Into Decay is a stillborn malignancy, dead to the world and possessed of a horror even the primordial night wishes it whispered.” Keep on rotting in a dead world.

Bastard Grave – Diorama of Human Suffering Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on August 16, 2019 in 2019, Death Metal, Pulverised Records, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Death Metal, 26 comments

“For one, Bastard Grave hails from Sweden, which is the home of some of my favorite death metal releases. Classics like Entombed’s Left Hand Path and Dismember’s Like an Everflowing Stream, as well as Grave’s entire catalog, warm my sad, little heart. The riffs, the vocals, and the pace—which feels like treading through knee-deep mud—grip me like quicksand. Second, Bastard Grave have a female bassist. Hmmm… like Bolt Thrower, you ask? Are Bastard Grave a Swedish Bolt Thrower?! Because that would be sick.” Grave reviews.

Carnal Tomb – Abhorrent Veneration Review

By Holdeneye on July 26, 2019 in 2019, Death Metal, German Metal, Reviews, Testimony Records, Death Metal, 27 comments

“I’m sitting here watching the sun illuminate the leaves of the many trees in my gigantic new backyard, and I’m finally allowing myself to entertain a glimmer of hope that this all might work out. Ask Mrs. Holdeneye and she will tell you that I can become quite despondent and Eeyore-like when exposed to even mild amounts of stress, so moving twice this year has affected my baseline mood significantly. Perhaps this explains why I’ve been listening to far more death metal during the last few months than is my norm — I’ve been unconsciously trying to vent the frustration that comes from uncertainty and constant change, things I love just about as much as Ron Swanson does.”Stressball deathball.