ACID MASSWorship Morbid And Miserable / Vicious Witch / Motorpunk (2024)Rating: 8.5/10 Last year’s debut outing, Agonizer, was a big forward step for Acid Mass creator Ben Ricketts and I’m rather surprised that the Cincinnati, Ohio-based multi-instrumentalist has returned so quickly, especially when one considers that earlier this year he released the Under The Knife […]

CEMETERY ROTEuphoric Consumption Of Human Flesh EP CDN (2024)Rating: 7/10 This foul EP is the musical equivalent of having wet dirt thrown into your mouth as you succumb to the elements in an open grace. Rank, sodden and suffocating, California’s Cemetery Rot provides standard yet effective death metal bashing to the point of black mould […]

BLACKLISTWith Murderous Intent Self-released (2024)Rating: 7.5/10 Since forming out of Blackpool, England in 2018, thrashers Blacklist have released an EP, Bombs Away, in 2019 and a full-length album, Disciples Of Time, in 2021. A line-up change has been made since their last outing with the addition of guitarist Matt Mcloughlin, who features alongside vocalist / […]