CRIPTASCriptas Dogma Destroyer / Tormentas (2023)Rating: 7/10 It’s good to see the Mexican underground scene still bubbling away and the latest combo to be vomited forth is Criptas, who have been in existence since 2018. This is the band’s debut full-length studio offering and what you get here are 11 tracks which combine thrash, hardcore, […]

EXCAVATOREternal Fire Self-released (2023)Rating: 5.5/10 One EP – Roots Of Democracy (2020) – and three singles is all this Mexican thrash act has offered since their inception in 2016, so it’s good to finally see a full-length release from Excavator. Very much of modern design, Eternal Fire may find itself swallowed amongst the glut of […]

NEFASTUSNefastus EP Self-released (2023)Rating: 7/10 Formosa, Argentina-based four-piece Nefastus present their debut EP which boasts five tracks of brutal death metal. Although extreme in its output, this band is a big fan of melody. Hear a track like ‘Eagle Of Rage’ and appreciate the traditional metal lope made all the more meaty by Ives Lescano’s […]