SADISTIC MESSIAHDehumanizing Process Thrash Or Death (2022)Rating: 8/10 This is a good one, a straight up nasty thrash record from Brazil that comes three years after the band’s impressive debut album High Voltage Demons. Sadistic Messiah is the work of guitarist Rhodz Costa and vocalist Angelcorpse, and the thing that immediately stands out here is […]
INFANTRYTerminal Society Self-released (2022)Rating: 5/10 Beginning like some sort of Slayer off-cut, ‘Disposer Of Immortality’ comes out in fiery fashion striking hard and fast to introduce us to the second outing from this Netherlands clan of death thrashers. Infantry, fronted by Ronald van Baren, has been around since 2006 but they would have probably slipped […]
FEARWELLWell Of Fear Self-released (2022)Rating: 7/10 FearWell is a Gothic metal act from the Netherlands. Their sound is daubed in philosophy, history and drama, so within the framework of this six-piece band you’ll get symphonic metal, traditional metal, thrash, black metal, neo-classical metal, melodic death metal, and what they deem “game music”. Yes, it’s overlong […]
MUCOUSResplendent Ooze EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 8.5/10 And here we go again with more repugnant US death metal that drips congealing waste from every groove and sloppy vocal smear. This Pennsylvanian trio plumbs the depths of grisly doom to dredge up then vomits out a reeking mass of drudgery and organic filth. The song titles – […]
REPUGNATORYEterna Abominación Self-released (2022)Rating: 7.5/10 It’s time to don that rugged leather jacket and bullet belt and crack open a few beers as Chilean black thrashers Repugnatory lays waste to your living room with album number four. Of course I knew what was coming, and that’s why I nailed planks of wood across the windows […]
AMKENPassive Aggression Massacre (2022)Rating: 7/10 There’s an interesting duel-vocal dynamic displayed with Greek thrashers Amken, a band that is now on its second full-length album. Considering how much derivative thrash metal there is doing the rounds, Passive Aggression is a very good, scathing album that really forces itself upon you with its clinical approach. In […]
BLOODY REDEMPTIONHit To The Gore Awakening (2022)Rating: 6.5/10 I thought these Slovak metallers gave up the ghost after the release of their 2017 debut album Infected Minds, but it’s always good to see a band return from the shadows with extra vigour and intent. Hit To The Gore is a strong eight-track affair that transports […]
SPECIESTo Find Deliverance Awakening (2022)Rating: 8/10 Just behold that cover art! This debut full-length opus from Polish thrashers Species comes wrapped up like some mid-80s Euro-metal heap. It’s ethereal, wispy and strange in appearance, yet the sound comes ripping across the pastoral horizon with a bewildering cutting edge that flashes with, at times, jazzy progression […]
AMKEN Premiere ‘Somewhere Past The Burning Sun’ Music Video August 26th, 2022 Athens, Greece-based thrash metal band Amken have filmed a music video for the track ‘Somewhere Past The Burning Sun’. Directed by Haris Kountouris (HK Visual Creations), the clip can be viewed below. Regarding the song, the band stated: “‘Somewhere Past The Burning Sun’ […]
ANCHILLYSElan Vital Self-released (2022)Rating: 6.5/10 Anchillys is the brainchild of Dutchman Andy Witt, a rather accomplished musician who is responsible for all instruments on this debut full-length album. It’s tech-death that has a feel of older Cattle Decapitation, the sort of jarring noise I can happily live without but will dip into if necessary and […]
