PERVERSITYInfamy Divine EP Lavadome Productions (2014)Rating: 7/10 While I’m not familiar with many Slovakian extreme metal bands, Perversity are one worth lending an ear to if you like gruff vocals and speedy rhythms with a fistful of the old school death metal flavour. Infamy Divine is the new five-track EP from these warhorses who have […]

SKELETONSTombs Self-released (2014)Rating: 8/10 I’m hoping that Merseyside’s Skeletons will get the recognition they deserve after this, their third full-length album. I’m not expecting something akin to Beatlemania but if you’re after a very strange mixture of death metal, thrash metal, doom and avantgarde, then you need to check this record out. Skeletons are a […]

ORIGIN Release Sixth Studio Album ‘Omnipresent’ July 4th, 2014 North American technical death metal group Origin issued sixth studio full-length album Omnipresent on July 4th, 2014 in Europe through Agonia Records. Nuclear Blast Records scheduled North American release for the 8th. The outing was cut with producer / engineer Robert Rebeck at Chapman Recording in […]

KILL OR CUREKill Or Cure Self-released (2014)Rating: 8/10 I don’t know too much about England’s Kill Or Cure except to say they’ve been around for half a decade or so and whose current members are based at opposite ends of the country in Manchester and Southend. However, a few spins of this self-titled debut opus […]

DOMAINSSinister Ceremonies The Sinister Flame (2014)Rating: 8.5/10 This ungodly combination of death and thrash metal comes courtesy of Spaniards Domains. This is their debut record and one that should please plenty. This trio are somewhat of a cult act – having been around for almost a decade – so it’s a surprise that Sinister Ceremonies […]

SKINEATER Enlist Ex-VISCERAL BLEEDING Vocalist Martin Pederson January 4th, 2014 Swedish death metal group Skineater recruited ex-Visceral Bleeding vocalist Martin Pederson as its frontman, revealing this development on January 4th, 2014. Pederson issued the following statement: “I’ve been off the death metal ride for almost two years now, getting some much-needed time to reflect on […]

EXORCISM Release Debut Full-Length Album ‘I Am God’ April 25th, 2014 International doom metal group Exorcism issued debut full-length album I Am God on April 25th, 2014 through GoldenCore Records / ZYX Music. Garry King’s drum parts were cut at La Foret Groupe Studio in France. Joe Stump’s guitar parts were recorded at The Dungeon […]

NUCLEAR OMNICIDEBringers Of Disease EP Violent Journey (2014)Rating: 7.5/10 As if the thrash metal scene wasn’t crowded enough! Along comes Finnish quartet Nuclear Omnicide hot on the heels of their 2013 debut The Presence Of Evil. Bringers Of Disease is a far better work than I imagined it would be, so that’ll teach me to […]

LEGION OF THE DAMNEDRavenous Plague Napalm (2014)Rating: 7.5/10 Legion Of The Damned, who hail from the Netherlands, are becoming seasoned veterans and prolific thrash stalwarts considering that Ravenous Plague is their sixth studio album in under a decade. The quartet has been around in some form since the early 90s (initially under the Occult moniker) […]

CIMMERIANHollowing Self-released (2014)Rating: 7/10 Having known so little about this Illinois-based bunch, I was keen to get my grubby paws on Hollowing, Cimmerian’s second full-length opus. I’d heard that their debut platter Infinite Perdition (2011) was a half-decent affair, but was never fortunate enough to set my ears upon it. I must say that this […]