OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GRAVESHarbinger Uncerimonious Self-released (2022)Rating: 7.5/10 As soon as I saw track titles such as ‘Worship Cyclopean Monolith’ and ‘Hallucinations, Morphine Phantasms’ I knew this was going to be one of those enveloping, cancerous death metal records boasting blackening dissonance and titanic darkness. Featuring members of South Carolina’s Psionic Madness – […]
SHROUDED INFINITYThrough Caverns Unknown EP Transylvanian Recordings (2022)Rating: 9/10 The debut offering from this Louisville, Kentucky-based band is going to be one of the year’s heaviest releases. Through Caverns Unknown features five tracks of death / black / doom, simple as that; crushing, cavernous pounding from the opening gnawing ooze of ‘Depths Of Kur’ with […]
COBRA SPELLAnthems Of The Night EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 6.5/10 As a perfect advertisement for a heavy metal clothing catalogue, European rockers Cobra Spell returns to the fray with a new four-song EP, complete with cringe worthy video for lead single ‘Addicted To The Night’ and enough smoke to blow up its own arse. “It’s just […]
STATIC ABYSS, Feat. AUTOPSY Members, Issue Official Lyric Video For Title Track To Debut Album ‘Labyrinth Of Veins’ March 29th, 2022 American death metal duo Static Abyss, consisting of Autopsy members Chris Reifert and Greg Wilkinson, have released an official lyric video for the title track to debut full-length studio album Labyrinth Of Veins. Created […]
COFFIN HUNTERSWake The Dead Self-released (2022)Rating: 8/10 Now here’s a contender for album of the year – the sophomore outing from Santa Rosa, California-based posse Coffin Hunters. The front cover artwork screams late 70s / early 80s as a distinctive New Wave Of British Heavy Metal stuffiness fills the nostrils, and from the off we […]
SEQUESTRUM The Epitome Of Putridity (2022) Over the years our ears have been aurally scabbed by some of the sickest extreme metal acts ranging from Carcass, Impetigo and Pharmacist to Autopsy, The Ravenous and General Surgery, along with today’s heaps of vomit such as Pukewraith and now Sequestrum. This Danish four-piece has leaked from some […]
NITE Release Second Studio Album ‘Voices Of The Kronian Moon’ March 25th, 2022 San Francisco, California-based blackened metal band Nite issued second full-length studio album Voices Of The Kronian Moon on March 25th, 2022 through Season Of Mist. Voices Of The Kronian Moon can be streamed in its entirety below. Voices Of The Kronian Moon […]
KONTUSIONKontusion EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 8/10 Like a lot of death metal releases over the last decade or so, the debut EP from this American duo hits you like a strong gust of foul wind. Imagine spending a freezing cold night in a damp castle and suddenly some idiot opens the front door. Well, that’s the […]
NITEVoices Of The Kronian Moon Season Of Mist (2022)Rating: 8/10 Nite is a band that will surely intrigue many. Formed out of San Francisco in 2018, this devilish four-piece has come wrapped in shrouds of horror, mists of mysticism and bandages of occult imagery. The look and feel resembles Fresno dark riders Haunt, more so […]
IGNITE Premiere ‘The Butcher In Me’ Music Video March 25th, 2022 Orange County, California-based punk / hardcore band Ignite have filmed a music video for the track ‘The Butcher In Me’. Directed by Rob Wallace, the clip can be viewed below. Ignite issued their self-titled sixth full-length studio album on March 25th, 2022 through Century […]
