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Burial Remains – Trinity of Deception Review

By Holdeneye on July 12, 2019 in 2019, Death Metal, Dutch Metal, German Metal, Reviews, Transcending Obscurity, Death Metal, 23 comments

“Back when I was a snot-nosed n00b, I waxed non-poetically about how old school death metal has never really grabbed me all that hard. Now that I’m a snot-nosed non-n00b, I should probably set the record straight and disclose that the Swedish death metal sound really does have a place in my heart. That Boss HM-2 guitar tone is just so nasty, and when it’s combined with punk rhythms, it can induce an almost trancelike state with its beautifully bouncing beefiness. That sound is what has set a lot of European death metal apart in my ~~Holden~~ eyes, and I almost universally ignore the OSDM bands from my own country because of it.” Benedict Holdeneye.

Grave Violator – Back to the Cult Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on March 23, 2019 in 2019, Black Metal, Finnish Metal, Reviews, Thrash Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal, 67 comments

“Does anyone remember Nattefrost and Carpathian Forest? Not that they’ve fallen from the face of the Earth but neither band has released a full-length album in thirteen fucking years. So, I wouldn’t blame you for moving on to other filthy, leather-clad black metal outfits. Hell, even most of the original members of Carpathian Forest got tired of waiting around for another release—instead branching off to a variety of other musical outlets. But, for all the hate, filth, satanism, and unholy loads of Nattefrost piss, puke, and jizz, these two bands hold a warm, throbbing spot in my heart. But, lo and behold, there is a young band with the same kind of perverted mindset.” Sticky.

Outre-Tombe – Nécrovortex [Things You Might Have Missed 2018]

By Diabolus in Muzaka on January 11, 2019 in 2018, Canadian Metal, Death Metal, Temple of Mystery Records, Things You Might Have Missed 2018, Death Metal, 98 comments

“Everything about this record blares old-school death metal. Look at the cover; it’s timeless metal art. Outre-Tombe is a great name for an old-school death metal band. Nécrovortex is one of the coolest titles of 2018 in any genre. The cards are stacked in Outre-Tombe’s favor, and they squeeze every drop out of the opportunity afforded to them, making one of the best death metal records of 2018. Although it seemed like few people in our regular readership missed this humdinger of a record, giving great death metal the spotlight surely won’t hurt.” Belated gushery.

Sönambula – Bicéfalo Review

By Holdeneye on January 4, 2019 in 2018, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Reviews, Spanish Metal, Xtreem Music, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, 94 comments

“Before hearing Deathhammer by Asphyx a few years ago, I didn’t think that death/doom was something that I wanted or needed in my life. Its combination of crushing heaviness and blistering extremity immediately grabbed me. I love that album so much that I named one of my favorite workouts after it. “Deathhammer” is what happens when I go out to my garage, put the title track on repeat, and beat a giant tire with a 20 pound sledge until I can no longer breathe. You can imagine my glee upon finding out that my latest promo counts the mighty Dutch juggernaut among its primary influences.” Hammer time.

Acrid – Wonderland [Things You Might Have Missed 2018]

By Angry Metal Guy on December 30, 2018 in 2018, Death Metal, Reviews, Things You Might Have Missed 2018, Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, 98 comments

Acrid is a Dutch melodic death metal band that dropped its first album in 1999 after forming in 1994. The band still features three original members and they hail from The Hague in the Netherlands. Acrid plays tight, noodly death metal with a strong Gothenburgian timbre. And they do it remarkably well.

Siege of Power – Warning Blast Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on September 4, 2018 in 2018, Crust Punk, Death Metal, Hardcore, International Metal, Metal Blade, Reviews, Crust Punk, Death Metal, Hardcore, 40 comments

“Warning Blast was set to be one unstoppable slab of doomy death metal. That is, until it wasn’t. Siege of Power are far more interested in playing some punk infused death-doom, or what it would sound like if death-doom musicians tried to start an old hardcore-adjacent band. Conveniently, this is almost exactly what Warning Blast represents.” Feel the crust.

Cemetery Urn – Barbaric Retribution Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on August 15, 2018 in 2018, Australian Metal, Death Metal, Hells Headbangers Records, Reviews, Death Metal, 58 comments

“When it comes to pretension, quoting yourself is one of its masturbatory peaks. Allow me to indulge in a scratch that lingers slightly too long and paraphrase what I said about Australia’s Cemetery Urn in the distant year of 2017. The band’s self-titled release showed a great deal of promise with its punishing yet coherent death metal, making them a band worth paying close attention to. While I had been anticipating a new release, this quick of a turnaround is worrying. Can Barbaric Retribution be the result of a productive fit of inspiration or a public jettisoning of leftovers deemed unworthy of records past?” Respect isn’t given. It’s Urned.

Drawn and Quartered – The One Who Lurks Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on July 28, 2018 in 2018, American Metal, Death Metal, Krucyator Productions, Reviews, Death Metal, 56 comments

“To people unacquainted with beer, they’ll all taste the same. For those acquainted, the differences will be recognized but sometimes tough to adequately express. Such is it too with the genus of murky, cavernous death metal, the type which Drawn and Quartered traffic in on The One who Lurks.” Beer, lurking and death.

DeathgraVe – So Real, It’s Now Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on June 26, 2018 in 2018, American Metal, Death Metal, Grind, Reviews, Tankcrimes Records, Death Metal, 63 comments

“The question of why we listen to this stuff is asked so frequently as to become quite meaningless. Sam Dunn’s Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey documentary concluded that you either “get it” or you don’t, and that’s fine. Find a seventeen-year-old who’s just heard Nile or Behemoth and they’ll inform you that metal is for the musically elite, wrapping words about history and antitheism in swathes of dizzyingly technical instrumentation (especially the drums). I disagree with both to some degree, and the question being posed by a great friend I have tremendous respect for led me to think more about it than normal.” Why do we metal?

Global Scum – Hell is Home Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on February 24, 2018 in 2018, Austrian Metal, Groove Metal, NRT Records, Reviews, Groove Metal, 0 comments

“Global Scum is a one-man project of Manuel Harlander, hailing from Austria. If one has the talent (and Harlander certainly does), a one-man project allows for a focused vision of what metal is to an individual to be promulgated, without concessions or creative differences. Metal toGlobal Scum finds its realization in groove; that dark and punishing sound associated with Pantera and modernized with the help of death metal from Sweden.” The groove is in the heart.