INTOXICATEDWatch You Burn Seeing Red (2022)Rating: 8/10 Although there are a few bands around the world with the name Intoxicated, I’ve taken quite a liking to this thrashy bunch from Florida. They first emerged back in the early 90s and a demo entitled Drain came in 1996, which was followed a year later with their […]

MECHANIC TYRANTSMeanhattan EP Cerveza Blanca (2022)Rating: 8/10 Florian Fait (vocals and guitar), Jakob Struve (guitar), Danny Keck (bass) and Orlando Mack (drums) make up German act Mechanic Tyrants and this four-track EP is their debut offering. Musically, this harkens back to the early days of Metallica and Megadeth, a speeding, New Wave Of British Heavy […]

BLACK ROSEWTF Pure Steel (2022)Rating: 9/10 I never saw this one coming and I’m all the better for it. Black Rose has been around for what us Brits like to call donkeys’ years. They formed as Ice out of Middlesbrough, England in 1976 and kept that moniker for four years before changing to Black Rose. […]

ENTRAILSAn Eternal Time Of Decay Hammerheart (2022)Rating: 5.5/10 Well this heap of Swedish death metal was never going to throw up any surprises – Entrails taking the tin and doing everything it says on it, then chewing it up and spitting it out. I’m surprised there’s still a call for this sort of generic metal […]

CHAOTIANEffigies Of Obsolescence Me Saco un Ojo / Dark Descent (2022)Rating: 8.5/10 Swarming like a black, hellish plague, Chaotian releases its full-length debut from its own fetid bowels. This Danish band has been on the watch list of many due to their first two demos, Where Gods Excarnate (2018) and Festering Carcinolith (2019). As fans […]

NORFULTHINGNorfulthing EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 7.5/10 Here’s a mysterious Finnish duo that comes masked in balaclavas against a snowy backdrop. This is Norfulthing’s debut offering, and in typical Finnish fashion it’s some classy underground death metal featuring some truly gruesome vocal grunts. Opening track ‘Dots’ showcases why Finland is such a hot-bed of creativity when it […]

GRAVE VIOLATORReet Metal Throne Productions (2022)Rating: 7.5/10 Like a lot of bands, the pandemic affected careers and seemed to put a stop to everything in 2020, but it’s no surprise that so many acts are returning this year with belligerent releases. Helsinki, Finland-based black thrashers Grave Violator has come armed with Reet, their sophomore full-length […]

VICTORIUS Issue Lyric Video For New Track ‘Night Of The Nuclear Ninja’ June 21st, 2022 German power metal band Victorius have released an official lyric video for the track ‘Night Of The Nuclear Ninja’, which can be viewed below. Speaking about the song, guitarist Dirk Scharsich said: “A new foe appears on the horizon! A […]

BATLORDDepressive & Aggressive EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 7/10 Here’s a story for you. Long, long ago when I was a zit-ridden teenager with hair that wouldn’t grow how I wanted it I stumbled upon a band I thought were named Batlord. It turn out they were in fact Bathory, grand masters of evil metal. I’m surprised […]

TYRANNOSSpears Of The Aten EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 8/10 Way back in 2017, London, England-based progressive deathsters Tyrannos released their debut single ‘Beneath The Pharaonic Necropolis’ which, as I expected, was a rather riveting experience as the band combined dehydrated vocal outbursts with esoteric, jarring assaults. Fast forward to 2022 and I’m glad to say that […]