SLOVGHEmetic Fluid Transaction EP Extremely Rotten Productions (2024)Rating: 5.5/10 Two deranged individuals from Denmark are to be held responsible for this seven-minute slab of pummeling goregrind. There are six nasty songs on offer here and all of them made me feel as if my ears had been put through a blender. This sort of gory […]
PUSTULENTPurulent Flesh Infection EP Iron Fortress (2024)Rating: 7.5/10 Kicking off with a sample from Lucio Fulci’s 1981 classic horror film House By The Cemetery, Purulent Flesh Infection is the debut release from Brazilian death metal dude Leandro, also known for his work with Cadaveric Mutation. As I anticipated, this five-track EP is a grisly affair, […]
OBSCENEAgony & Wounds Nameless Grave (2024)Rating: 6/10 With their third full-length album in four years, Indiana, Indianapolis-based foursome Obscene once again cherry pick the best pieces of classic Obituary, Pestilence etc. for what is essentially another dehydrated death metal rant. Thanks to guitarist Mike Morgan this album grinds and chugs like a rust-ridden tank; a […]
SPEEDFREAKHellspeed Rock N’ Roll Self-released (2024)Rating: 7/10 Some albums require next to no imagination when it comes to listening to them. Hellspeed Rock N’ Roll is your basic, balls to the wall beer drinking biker metal played on 45rpm in worship of a leather clad Lucifer. Speedfreak are a Mexican combo who do nothing by […]
WALLOPHell On Wheels MDD (2024)Rating: 7/10 Excuse my ignorance, but I hadn’t realised the fact that German metallers Wallop had returned four years ago with an album entitled Alps On Fire. Way back in 1985 Wallop released an interesting debut full-length in the form of Metallic Alps, and then, or so I thought, disappeared forever […]
LABYRINTHUnforeseen Consequences EP Self-released (2024)Rating: 8/10 Amidst the constant flurry of throwback thrash acts that have been doing the rounds for 20 years, Houston, Texas-based Labyrinth is one of the only acts that really do, and genuinely, take me back to those halcyon days when thrash was king. The band’s 2022 demo Inside / Outside […]
MADICIDEMadicide Self-released (2024)Rating: 7/10 I’m often raving about the UK death metal scene, but now’s the time to focus on some Welsh thrash. With their first full-length album since forming in 2011, Madicide lacks originality but more than makes up for it with energy and enthusiasm. Musically, it’s melodic and crunchy although lacking thrills, and […]
VERETMetal Beyond Mercy EP Self-titled (2024)Rating: 7.5/10 I love it when musicians give themselves crazy names, in this case this Finnish terror tribe have christened themselves Vitriolic Voidseeker (vocals), Sepulcher Violator (guitar) and Perverse Korpse (drums, guitar and bass). I’m sure their parents are proud of such unintentionally hilarious names and I’m also left wondering […]
HUMANITY’S ENDPlague Of Cancers Chaotic Carnage / Gurgling Gore (2024)Rating: 7/10 Seven years after their Between Life And Death EP, the Detroit, Michigan-based duo of Jay Clifton (vocals and guitar) and Jesse Wright (drums) scurry forth once again, but this time with a full-length album. These guys are no strangers to each other, having worked […]
KRYPTOSDecimator AFM (2024)Rating: 7/10 Although this Indian metal act formed in the late 90s, many of you may not be familiar with them. Forming out of Bangalore, Kryptos now features only one original member in Nolan Lewis who started out as guitarist but now provides vocals too. Lewis is joined here by lead guitarist Rohit […]
