Brutal Death Metal

Contaminated – Final Man Review

By Saunders on July 10, 2017 in 2017, Australian Metal, Blood Harvest Records, Death Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, 35 comments

“Glance at the cover art for this grotesque slab of stripped-back brutality and immediately you get an insight into the album’s grimy and barbaric death metal aesthetic, unleashed in all its fury in what is likely to be one of the most gruesome releases of 2017. Crafted by the hands of Aussie underground scene veterans, Contaminated live up to their chosen moniker with uncomfortable ease and while the album has some issues and certainly isn’t for the faint-hearted, it’s a hell of a punishing ride.” Clean the Toilet ov Death.

Dying Fetus – Wrong One to Fuck With Review

By Saunders on June 22, 2017 in 2017, American Metal, Death Metal, Relapse, Reviews, Slam, Death Metal, Slam, 60 comments

“Despite the myriad of line-up changes and a couple of sub-par albums, Dying Fetus have kept on trucking, paring themselves down to a lean and destructive trio and bouncing back to top form with 2012’s Reign Supreme. Now, some five years in the making they return with their eighth full-length release. So how does Wrong One to Fuck With stack up in the Fetus canon?” Load the Fetus cannon!

Hideous Divinity – Adveniens Review

By Ferrous Beuller on May 1, 2017 in 2017, Death Metal, Italian Metal, Reviews, Technical Death Metal, Unique Leader, Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, 126 comments

“Few could argue that the current Italian extreme metal scene is in poor health. Synthesizing a mixture of brutality and technicality to topple all manner of Renaissance genius, a cornucopia of bands have thundered from the woodwork in the last decade or so to propagate their brand of air-tight demolition. That said, as much as I love a good aural beating, I also require a pinch of musicality to help differentiate from the faceless hordes. Hideous Divinity, a band whose lineup includes current and former members of Aborted and Hour of Penance, have occasionally toed a fine line for me.” Tech-death from the old country.

Aborted Fetus – The Art of Violent Torture Review

By Saunders on April 28, 2017 in 2017, Comatose Music, Death Metal, Reviews, Russian Metal, Slam, Death Metal, Slam, 25 comments

“Among an exciting breed of young talent and up and comers, long running acts such as Immolation and Suffocation continue releasing top-notch material, keeping the younger folk on their toes and creating a healthy link between past and present. Meanwhile certain bands admirably plug away through lengthy careers, causing modest waves in the deepest corners of the underground without ever really exploding or setting the scene on fire. Case in point being long running Russian act Aborted Fetus.” Nasty name, nasty music.

Antropofagus – Methods of Resurrection through Evisceration Review

By Kronos on March 14, 2017 in 2017, Comatose Music, Death Metal, Italian Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, 16 comments

“There are plenty of underground gems out there, unsigned bands full of youthful energy, small-time groups without major label support, and skilled veterans in the scene that just don’t do music for a living. But for every great artist waiting to be discovered, there are ten just not worth unearthing. I’ve found another one; don’t continue reading.” That’s a joke. Keep reading!

Desecrate the Faith – Unholy Infestation Review

By Kronos on March 1, 2017 in 2017, American Metal, Comatose Music, Death Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, 15 comments

“There is nothing special about this record. No mind-boggling solos, no affecting melodies, not a whiff of progressive ideas or grand concepts. What it does have is everything a brutal album needs: riffs, hatred, and a conspicuous lack of snare dampening. To put it simply, Desecrate the Faith sound like a grittier version of Aborted or Benighted.” And sometimes that’s enough, dammit!

Benighted – Necrobreed Review

By Saunders on February 7, 2017 in 2017, Death Metal, French Metal, Grind, Reviews, Season of Mist, Death Metal, Grind, 32 comments

“After scaling back the blackened and melodic tendencies that marked their 2000 self-titled debut, French loonies Benighted rapidly morphed into the finely-tuned deathgrind butchering machine they are today, releasing a consistent string of high-quality albums drenched in blood-spattered brutality, while keeping the fun and creepy factors cranked. Their sound may be set in stone, but the beauty of Benighted is the distinctive quirks and curve balls they splice into their brutal and musically dynamic brand of pig-squealing lunacy.” Hurls before swine.

Beheaded – Beast Incarnate Review

By Kronos on January 20, 2017 in 2017, Death Metal, Maltese Metal, Reviews, Unique Leader, Death Metal, 24 comments

“Some metalheads get excited about new releases because they’re new; they know what they like and they want more of it. This album is for them. If you like death metal without a hint of pretense, pomp, or progression, Beast Incarnate has your fix.” Death for the masses.

Slamophiliac – Perihelion Review

By Kronos on January 9, 2017 in 2017, American Metal, CDN Records, Death Metal, Releases, Reviews, Death Metal, Slam, 54 comments

“Much like how everyone figured out what Ewoks were called despite the name never being mentioned in film, mysterious forces of collective cultural understanding have conspired to associate slamming brutal death metal with forced puns. I have not the faintest chance of elucidating the causes for this association, but I want to go on record in support of it.” Slam-fisted stuff here, folks.

Concert Review: Ulcerate, Zhrine, Phobocosm, and Vukari at Reggie’s, Chicago, Illinois – November 27th, 2016

By Kronos on January 8, 2017 in American Metal, Bindrune Recordings, Black Metal, Canadian Metal, Dark Descent Records, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Icelandic Metal, Live Reviews, New Zealand Metal, Progressive Death, Relapse, Season of Mist, Technical Death Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, 22 comments

“So it was with great portent that night fell upon Reginald’s Emporium of the Fine Arts, cloaking Chicago in a sickly sodium glow. Just on the edge of Chinatown, next to a bombed-out taco joint under the Green Line, brutality was brewing, summoned in darkness from the ragged edges of the Earth. And as the sun set, than the venue was assailed by… no one at all.” The abyss is a lonely place.