MULYFICATIONSwamped In Forlorn Misery Deepswarming Bloodmagik (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 I’m glad these Ukranian death metallers got round to shoving their debut full-length album down our throats. The weird n’ wonderful track titles (‘Her Innocent Skin Covered With Malignant Seeds’, ‘Born As A Headless Mycospore’) are only a meteor glimpse into the fetid and distant worlds created […]
MORTUARY GHOULFriends With The Dead Dismal Fate (2023)Rating: 8/10 I hope many of you heard, and hopefully purchased, Mortuary Ghoul’s Corpse Exhumation EP which emerged last year. It was a taster for what squalid expressions were to come, and Friends With The Dead, the debut full-length length from this Ohio act, does not disappoint. As […]
RADUXIt’s Going To Be A Great Day Golden Core (2023)Rating: 7/10 Finnish thrash is on the menu here with the debut full-length album from Tampere-based combo Radux. What you get here is eight speedy tracks, but sadly let down by hysterical vocal yaps courtesy of bassist Juho Vaarala. The closest comparison to be made is […]
THORNEvergloom Transcending Obscurity (2023)Rating: 8/10 Belonging to that cold yet somehow kaleidoscopic death metal cavern that houses all manner of mouldy and mutated manifestations, Phoenix, Arizona-based anomaly Thorn continues to disconnect from the human race by churning out another gastric geyser of noise. This is album number three from one man oddity Brennen Westermeyer who […]
BLOOD PYTHONThunder City Self-released (2023)Rating: 8/10 Here is an album I’ve been waiting patiently for. Norway’s Blood Python were on my radar as soon as they issued their Acheron debut which was one of my favourite releases of 2022. It was dressed up like some obscure 80s throwback and enticed me into its folds. Imagine […]
BANDITMetal Infantry Self-released (2023)Rating: 4/10 If you find a spare half an hour then why not immerse yourself in the debut full-length album from Bandit. This is the brainchild of Slovenian musician Robert Balordo who is joined by drummer Anže Kamen for what is essentially a straight-up metal offering doused in speed. Unfortunately, this outing […]
STREET FIGHTERSecondhand Hero From The Vaults (2023)Rating: 8/10 Danish heavy metal project Street Fighter has seemingly emerged from nowhere with a sizzler of a record. Don’t be put off by the bad cover art (even though it’s a straight up homage to the 80s), this is a superb debut outing which stirs the 80s metal […]
DANKO JONES Share Music Video For New Single ‘Get High?’ Feat. FUCKED UP’s Damian Abraham September 7th, 2023 Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based hard rock group Danko Jones have filmed a new music video for the track ‘Get High?’. Featuring guest vocals from Fucked Up frontman Damian Abraham, the clip can be viewed below. Speaking about the […]
MUSTANGBeyond Raging Thunder Fighter (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 Even though they formed in 2015, Kolkata, India-based combo Mustang explodes from seemingly nowhere with a scorching debut full-length album that hits the black sky like a firework then erupts like a volcano of molten metal. I love how the synths of co-producer Jan Loncik give this opus a […]
WAYFARER Launch Music Video For New Track ‘To Enter My House Justified’ September 6th, 2023 Denver, Colorado-based black / folk metal band Wayfarer have filmed a music video for the track ‘To Enter My House Justified’. Directed by Alex Pace, the clip can be viewed below. Wayfarer issue fifth full-length studio album American Gothic on […]
