MEMORIAM Issue Lyric Video For Title Track Of New Album ‘Rise To Power’ February 3rd, 2023 Birmingham, England-based death metal band Memoriam have released an official lyric video for the title track of their latest album Rise To Power. Created by Gabriel Management, the clip can be viewed below. Memoriam issued fifth full-length studio album […]

SKULLThe Great Descent Into Hell Self-released (2023)Rating: 7.5/10 If you think of prolific acts within any genre it’s very likely that the name Skull will not feature, and yet this one-man creation has been spouting out full-length albums like no tomorrow. In 2018 New Zealander Jeremy Giles released five albums under the moniker Skull – […]

TENTACULTLacerating Pattern Transylvanian Recordings (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 I missed the demo this Sacramento, California-based bunch put out in 2021, but I’m hoping to make up for that by lending an ear and reviewing this debut full-length platter from the four-piece. With Lacerating Pattern you get six tracks of what at times is slightly overlong death metal, […]

SANGUISUGABOGGHomicidal Ecstasy Century Media (2023)Rating: 8/10 With the all too familiar uniform of chequered lumberjack shirts, long sleeved death metal sweatshirts and combat pants, Columbus, Ohio-based death merchants Sanguisugabogg continues its putrid trek into the human psyche with more depraved tales and sordid, boggy riffs. Since their 2019 demo, Pornographic Seizures, the combo has been […]

MEMORIAMRise To Power Reaper Entertainment (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 Grinding their gears through a fifth instalment is UK death metallers Memoriam. With Rise To Power we again find ourselves in the trenches with the ghosts of Bolt Thrower as vocalist Karl Willetts drags his men through the bloodstained mud in search of victory. As expected, Memoriam’s latest […]

PUTRID FATEVisions Of Horror Macho (2023)Rating: 8/10 Channelling the likes of Mortician, Scottish one-man act Putrid Fate serves up its debut full-length as if it were a slab of festering human meat slapped onto a table of maggots to be consumed by deranged cannibals. Rory MacAulay is one of the talented up and coming musicians […]

CARPET BOMBAwaken Terror Self-released (2023)Rating: 8/10 One of the year’s best album covers goes to Carpet Bomb and their debut full-length outing Awaken Terror. This Phoenix, Arizona-based act may only strike us for 24 minutes, but it’s a bombardment worth every penny if you like snarling thrash that showcases a groove which at times belongs […]

VOIDHorrors Of Reality Self-released (2023)Rating: 8/10 After a trio of singles, Lafayette, Louisiana-based thrashers Void gets round to a debut full-length assault and it’s a decent one at that. The 80s inspired cover art is a good start, as are those chunky bass dribbles and clanking riffs. With Horrors Of Reality you get served ten […]

EXITUSLiebyrinth Kolchoz (2023)Rating: 6.5/10 Well, this one came out of the blue. Did you know that Czech thrashers Exitus originally formed in 1989? They released a brace of demo tapes and then disbanded in 1991 due to the band members being called up for military duty. I feel shame for the fact that I didn’t […]

SKELETORMental State Self-released (2023)Rating: 6/10 I’m unsure as to why this Netherlands death metal act has been so sporadic with its releases since forming in 2004; their self-titled debut full-length opus from Skeletor was released 13 years ago! I guess life just gets in the way sometimes but it’s good to have the combo back, […]