ENSANGUINATE To Release Debut Studio Album ‘Eldritch Anatomy’ In September June 7th, 2022 Slovenian death metal band Ensanguinate issue debut full-length studio album Eldritch Anatomy on September 2nd, 2022 through Emanzipation Productions. Cover artwork was designed by Gorgoroth frontman Stefan ‘Atterigner’ Todorović. The track listing is as follows: 01. ‘Hunted’ 02. ‘Cadaver Synod’ 03. ‘Ghoul […]

SEVERE TORTURE Stream Entire ‘Fisting The Sockets’ EP June 7th, 2022 Dutch death metal band Severe Torture issue three-track EP Fisting The Sockets on June 10th, 2022 through Season Of Mist. The EP can be streamed in its entirety below. Severe Torture commented: “To put it bluntly; We are so fucking proud to share these […]

SUICIDAL PREACHER Suicidal Preacher (2022) Channelling the early demo days of bands like Death, San Diego act Suicidal Preacher announce their arrival. The band consists of Eric Espina (vocals and guitar, ex-Archfiend), Elton Bernache (bass) and Joshua Rios (drums). This demo is 16 minutes of fast-paced death metal that brings moments of murkiness that nod […]

BESIEGEDViolence Beyond All Reason Unspeakable Axe (2022)Rating: 8/10 The 2010 debut opus (Victims Beyond All Help) from these Canadian death thrashers seems so long ago, but it blasted its way into my list of extreme metal favourites this side of the millennium. The band is far from prolific. In 2015 they issued a self-titled EP […]

ANCIENT WARRIOR Ancient Warrior (2022) Ancient Warrior is a duo from the United States featuring Collin Thomas (vocals, guitar and bass) and Hunter Montoya (drums), and this self-titled demo brings a trio of tracks; ‘Plague Star’, ‘Stone City’ and ‘800 Years’. The band’s style is interesting, bringing a sound not too dissimilar to say, Haunt, […]

GRAVE INFESTATIONPersecution Of The Living Invictus Productions (2022)Rating: 8/10 After two impressive demo recordings – Infesticide (2018) and Infestation Of Rotting Death (2019) – it was only a matter of time that a full-length opus from these Canadian deathsters would emerge. And here it is, an album full of dank yet blazing rotten extreme metal. […]

ATOMIC TERRORDisciples Of Darkness Self-released (2022)Rating: 8.5/10 This Portland, Oregon-based combo have been on my radar since the release of self-titled 2018 EP. And If, like me, you get bored by “old school” thrash acts like, say, Kreator churning out all too melodic, almost soulless yet anthemic metal then you need to support the underground […]

MASSACRE To Release ‘Mythos’ EP In July June 2nd, 2022 Florida-based death metal band Massacre issue four-song EP Mythos on July 1st, 2022 through Nuclear Blast Records. The first single ‘Behind The Serpent’s Curse’ (featuring a guest vocals from Cadaver’s Anders Odden), that is accompanied by a b-side track ‘The Dunwich Horror’, was released on […]

PUTRID FATEFeast On Flesh EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 8/10 Scotland isn’t exactly known for its death metal, but this debut release from one-man project Putrid Fate should hopefully put it on the map. This release features six songs and runs just shy of 15 minutes, but if you like your death metal dark n’ grisly then […]

VISIONSPoint Of No Return EP Headbangers Zone (2022)Rating: 7/10 One look at the cover artwork and I was always going to be interested in this Colombian heavy metal band. Rancor is a band that has previously released three singles since forming just a few years ago, and this five-piece should appeal to anyone that gets […]