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Six Feet Under - Torment

Six Feet Under – Torment Review

Six Feet Under have a mixed reputation, at best. The band’s brand of slow paced, stripped down death metal is …
Immolation - Atonement

Immolation – Atonement Review

New York’s Immolation currently reside at the top of death metal. That may be a bold statement, but consider the …
Pillorian - Obsidian Arc

Pillorian – Obsidian Arc Review

The breakup of Agalloch in 2016 caught many fans by surprise. Agalloch were riding high on the success of a …
Tomb Mold - Primordial Malignity

Tomb Mold – Primordial Malignity Review

Toronto’s Tomb Mold got some tongues wagging late last year when their second demo, The Bottomless Perdition, garnered a great …
Hour Of Penance - Cast The First Stone

Hour Of Penance – Cast The First Stone Review

Italy’s Hour Of Penance, a brutal death metal powerhouse, returns with Cast The First Stone, their seventh full-length album. They …
Kreator - Gods Of Violence

Kreator – Gods Of Violence Review

If the time was ever ripe for a new Kreator album, I can’t think of a better one than now. …
Spectral Apparition - Manifestation

Spectral Apparition – Manifestation Review

There is scant information available about the U.K.’s Spectral Apparition other than Manifestation being the first recorded output from the …
Ash Borer - The Irrepassable Gate

Ash Borer – The Irrepassable Gate Review

Not much has been heard from Cascadian black metal lately. Largely dominated by Wolves In The Throne Room and Agalloch, …
Bolzer - Hero

Bolzer – Hero Review

Bölzer, a duo from Switzerland, made perhaps the biggest splash of 2013 with the release of Aura, a three-song EP …
Witchery - In His Infernal Majesty's Service

Witchery – In His Infernal Majesty’s Service Review

Sweden’s solid blackened thrash metal outfit Witchery return with In His Infernal Majesty’s Service, their sixth full-length album, and their …
Gravehill/Mordbrand - Skullbearer/In Nighted Waters

Gravehill/Mordbrand – Skullbearer/In Nighted Waters Review

Skullbearer/In Nighted Waters is a nine-song split LP released on vinyl from Doomentia Records featuring Gravehill and Mordbrand. Both bands …
Ravencult - Force Of Profanation

Ravencult – Force Of Profanation Review

Greece’s Ravencult are one of black metal’s most underrated bands. Their second album, 2011’s Morbid Blood, made my top ten …
Vader - The Empire

Vader – The Empire Review

Poland’s death metal war machine Vader return with The Empire, the twelfth full-length studio album from this pioneering death metal …
Demilich

Demilich, Hooded Menace and Vastum Concert Review + Photos

Due to a busy work and personal schedule, I’ve not been to many shows lately. Truth be told, I’ve seen …
Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole Of The Law

Anaal Nathrakh – The Whole Of The Law Review

The U.K. duo Anaal Nathrakh largely sit alone at the intersection of three seemingly unrelated subgenres. Blackened industrial grindcore is an …
Obituary - Ten Thousand Ways To Die

Obituary – Ten Thousand Ways To Die Review

Florida’s death metal kings Obituary return with a fix up album of sorts in Ten Thousand Ways To Die. Consisting …
Wormrot - Voices

Wormrot – Voices Review

Singapore’s grindcore maelstrom Wormrot return with Voices, the trio’s first full-length album since 2011’s Dirge. They did release a 5 …
Gatecreeper - Sonoran Deprivation

Gatecreeper – Sonoran Depravation Review

A great deal of hype has been building around the imminent full-length debut from Arizona’s Gatecreeper, a buildup that resembles …

Negura Bunget – Zi Review

In 2006, Romania’s Negură Bunget released one of the all time great albums of black metal with Om. The much …

Drudkh / Grift – Betrayed By The Sun/Hagringar Split Review

Ukrainian veterans Drudkh return very quickly after their last full-length from last year (A Furrow Cut Short), this time for …
Dave Schalek

Cobalt and Mantar Concert Review and Photos

The latest Cobalt album, Slow Forever, may be one of 2016’s most polarizing releases, but it’s also one of the …

Black Funeral – Ankou And The Death Fire Review

Michael W. Ford from Houston, Texas has long been the creative force behind Black Funeral, a long running act within …

Kerasphorus – Kerasphorus Review

This is a compilation from Kerasphorus, a face melting blackened death metal outfit from San Francisco. Currently, all of the …

SubRosa – For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages Review

Along with Windhand, Salt Lake City’s SubRosa have captured the imaginations of fans of doom metal everywhere. By now it’s …

Blood Incantation – Starspawn Review

Much to my personal delight, more bands are mining cosmic themes for inspiration. Just within the last few weeks (or …
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