GUTREFAXIONElevator Music For Headbangers EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 7/10 Look beyond the daft titles and succumb to this rattling heap of Finnish grindcore. This is all the work of an individual named Sanni who has clearly spent too long in their bedroom thinking. Titles such as ‘If You Are Into Animal Torture…’, ‘Battlefield Baseball’, ‘No-One Thinks […]
SCALAREUnder Hells Dominion Rotten Leather (2022)Rating: 5/10 The album cover art is childishly appealing to my nostalgic eyes and it heralds the return of this German heavy metal group Scalare. Under Hells Dominion is the second full-length release from the trio which consists of Mutilator (vocals and bass), Winged Death (guitar) and Black Abyss (drums), […]
HATRIOT Launch Music Video For New Track ‘Horns & Halos’ July 4th, 2022 Oakland, California-based thrash metal band Hatriot have filmed a music video for the track ‘Horns & Halos’. Directed and produced by Mike Sloat, the clip can be viewed below. Hatriot issue fourth full-length studio album The Vale Of Shadows on July 22nd, […]
HELLK’T SS Obscuro Heavy Metal (2022) Consisting of G.E. Witchfynde (vocals and bass), Diego Mur (guitar) and Tony P.S. (drums), Hellk’t SS are an obscure band that plies its unholy trade by skimming the surface of black, speed n’ thrash metal influences like Venom, Mercyful Fate, Bulldozer, Motörhead, old Slayer, Death SS, Hellhammer… you know […]
ICXITONTTLITerra Existence Primitive (2022)Rating: 7/10 Now there’s a band name you don’t want to try saying when you’re drunk! This corpse-painted act originates from Toluca in Mexico and they play obscure-sounding lo-fi black metal. I was surprised to find that this new album is the third by the band and they’ve been around for over […]
CAUSTIC PHLEGM Putrefying Flesh (2022) Scotland’s bowels have erupted once again and amongst the slithering cysts, faecal ooze and bubbling innards is the demo debut from Caustic Phlegm. This is three tracks of horrifying and nasty death metal featuring some of the ghastliest vocal slurps I’ve heard for years. I never thought I’d see Scotland […]
ARMSTRONG GUNArmstrong Gun Self-released (2022)Rating: 8/10 This rough n’ ready trio from Horley, Surrey in England is a bit of a strange brew, harkening back to the late 70s, but more so the early 80s New Wave Of British Heavy Metal scene. While at times slightly tuneless in its gritty vocal approach of drummer Lewis […]
PUTRESCENCEThe Wrath To Conquer All Putrid Recordings (2022)Rating: 8/10 It’s a shame about the unoriginal band name because this death metal act from Los Angeles, California is quite a force. There’s plenty of bottom-end old school vibes here considering the band only formed three years ago; the current line-up being George Arrelano (vocals), Frank Gastelum […]
MUNICIPAL WASTEElectrified Brain Nuclear Blast (2022)Rating: 7.5/10 Now somewhat veterans of the whole New Wave Of Thrash Metal scene, this Richmond, Virginia-based crossover cult is back with its seventh full-length outing and an extra layer of grit in the vocal delivery of Tony Foresta (Iron Reagan). However, apart from that it’s still the Municipal Waste […]
GORE GRAVECompulsion To Kill EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 5/10 This is the sort of extreme death metal I can love or hate, American one-man project Gore Grave bringing that overt masculine belligerence. Vocally it’s rather irritating, the rants – and all instruments – being the work of “K” who barks his way through six tracks that […]
