OCCULSEDCrepitation Of Phlegethon Everlasting Spew (2021)Rating: 8/10 Kenneth Parker (vocals), Justin Stubbs (guitar and bass) and Jared Moran (drums) have been in over one hundred bands between them. A staggering statistic, and Atlanta, Georgia-based Occulsed is another to add to the list. With its Suffocation-styled cover art and brain-perplexing track titles (‘Peryphlegethonic Mindflaying’, ‘Concupiscence Of […]
ENSIFERUM Unveil New Music Video For ‘Run From The Crushing Tide’ Track September 16th, 2021 Helsinki, Finland-based melodic folk metal band Ensiferum have filmed a music video for the track ‘Run From The Crushing Tide’, which can be viewed below. Ensiferum issued eighth full-length studio album Thalassic on July 10th, 2020 through Metal Blade Records. […]
BLACK ROSE Sign Worldwide Album Contract With Pure Steel Records September 16th, 2021 Middlesbrough, England-based heavy metal band Black Rose have signed a worldwide album contract with German-based label Pure Steel Records, confirming this development on September 16th, 2021. The band’s long-awaited fourth full-length studio album WTF is slated for issue in early 2022. Regarding […]
TEMTRIS Unveil Music Video For ‘Race To The End’ Track September 14th, 2021 Sydney, Australia-based heavy metal band Temtris have released a music video for the track ‘Race To The End’, which can be viewed below. Temtris issued sixth full-length studio album Ritual Warfare on April 30th, 2021 through WormHoleDeath Records. The band issued the […]
AUTARKH Issue Live Performance Video For ‘Clouded Aura’ Track September 14th, 2021 Tilburg, Netherlands-based extreme metal band Autarkh – the brainchild of Dodecahedron guitarist Michel Nienhuis – have released a live performance video for the track ‘Clouded Aura’. Filmed during the band’s set at the 2021 Roadburn Redux festival in April, the clip can be […]
CENTENARYDeath… The Final Frontier CDN (2021)Rating: 8/10 Here’s one of the more interesting extreme metal albums released this year in that this one combines an aggressive Swedish-style of death metal musically, but with a thrashy, rasping vocal attack. Hailing from Detroit, Michigan, Centenary have been around since 2014, the current line-up consists of Stewart St. […]
DESTRUCTION Release Limited Edition 12-inch Vinyl Single ‘State Of Apathy’ September 10th, 2021 German thrash metal band Destruction issued limited edition 12-inch vinyl slipcase single ‘State Of Apathy’ on September 10th, 2021 through Napalm Records. The outing, which features etching in neon green or purple on the B-side, also includes a live rendition of ‘Sign […]
BLACK MASSFear At The Forbidden Tree Redefining Darkness (2021)Rating: 8/10 With killer cover art and generic moniker, Boston thrashers Black Mass returns with their third opus, again speed dialling their way through a selection of harsh, scathing compositions. With each studio outing they’ve improved and so with this new slab the trio really finds its […]
INFESTED Grotesque Remains (2021) From the sordid depths of Los Angeles, the less than imaginatively named Infested make up for their bland moniker with a scorchingly squalid and brutal death metal offering that scalps you, flays you, and tears every sinew from your body and dangles you like a gory puppet. Infested is a raging […]
CATALYSIS Premiere ‘A New Way To Die’ Music Video September 10th, 2021 Dundee, Scotland-based thrash / groove metal band Catalysis have filmed a music video for the track ‘A New Way To Die’, which can be viewed below. Catalysis issue six-song EP Relicta independently on September 17th, 2021. The outing can be pre-ordered here. Relicta […]
