FROZEN BLOODRevenge EP Dry Cough / Death In Pieces / Frozen Screams / Adirondack Blackmass (2023)Rating: 8/10 With arguably one of the most organic and morbid releases to emerge so far in 2023, Chile’s Frozen Blood doesn’t just nod back to the death metal old school, they literally revel in the innards of the genre. […]

ATOMWINTERSakrileg Trollzorn (2023)Rating: 8/10 Sakrileg is the fourth full-length release from German death merchants Atomwinter. The last album, Catacombs, emerged in 2018, so it’s been a while then but it’s good to have these guys back. As expected, this opus churns and barks like a horrid mix of Bolt Thrower and numerous acts from the […]

PUTREDRepulsie Post-Mortem Cavernous (2023)Rating: 9/10 With their long-awaited debut full-length platter of splatter, Romanian bunch Putred is most certainly giving the rest of the death metal genre a run for its money. Repulsie Post-Mortem is one hell of a heavy ride. Dripping with gory and daubed with immense bludgeoning grooves, Putred has mastered the art […]

CARNOSUSVisions Of Infinihility Self-released (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 Dystopian Swedish thrashers Carnosus are back with their second full-length album which boasts a word in its title that I’m not even sure is a real word! Even so, this sophomore outing is an at times stylish mix of the clinical and contemporary while also giving time to a […]

MASTICATED CADAVER Necrotic Mutation (2023) These kind of releases are turning up all over the place. You see the green sinewy cover art, you see the sticky band logo and the equally slime-ridden track titles and you know you’re in for something filthy. Admittedly I expected this debut demo from Canada’s Masticated Cadaver to be […]

SIGILS OF RUIN Demo I (2023) Indonesian death metal is not something you come across all too often but this Jakarta combo – N. Soedarijanto (vocals), J. Hardy (guitar), I. Bellum (bass) and K. Irwan (drums) – has certainly made its mark on my flesh. You only get two tracks (‘Untitled I’ and ‘Untitled II’), […]

ARCH ENEMY Premiere ‘Poisoned Arrow’ Music Video February 9th, 2023 Melodic death metal band Arch Enemy have released a music video for the track ‘Poisoned Arrow’. Directed by Mirko Witzki, the clip can be viewed below. Arch Enemy issued 11th full-length studio album Deceivers on August 12th, 2022 through Century Media Records. Founder and guitarist […]

M.T.G.Lobotomized Self-released (2023)Rating: 6.5/10 I don’t know a great deal about these Italian thrashers and there are no real surprises within the confines of the band’s debut full-length album, Lobotomized. It’s a solid and concise eight-track affair that does suffer at times from a rather mechanical feel, and the vocals of drummer Fabio “Zeg” Zago […]

DREAMING DEADMountain Of Skull EP Earblast (2023)Rating: 6.5/10 Malaysian death metal act Dreaming Dead originally formed in the late 90s and released a demo, Ended War, in 2000. Now, after what appears to be several years of inactivity, the band return with this debut EP featuring four tracks: ‘Annihilation Marching’, ‘Red Blood Screaming’, ‘For Hate’ […]

CRIPPLING MADNESSWładcy nocy Putrid Cult (2023)Rating: 9/10 I’m loving the tone of this Polish death / thrash outburst, and one cannot overlook the classic Sepultura vibes on this sophomore outing from a band which formed back in 2015. A hell of a lot of bands are attempting a throwback metal style by way of employing […]