Putrid Offal – Obliterated Life Review
Because I love few things more than an absurd challenge that requires no physical effort, one of my goals in 2025 is to listen to the entire Agathocles discography, or at least, as much of …
Doomsday – Never Known Peace Review
Sharing current and former members with San Jose’s Ripped To Shreds, Oakland’s Doomsday is comparable to that band, not so much musically (or really, almost not at all musically, if you split metallic hairs like …
Cartilage – Tales From The Entrails: A Necrology Review
If the band name and the album title and the album cover and songs like “Frothed Vomit Slosh” and “Globs Of Glimmering Gore” didn’t clue you in already… well, what we’ve got here is goregrind, …
Blast Rites: Type: Armor Unit – Revolutions In Saecula Review
“Way back in 2022” feels like about a million years ago, doesn’t it? We live in strange times, my friends, when time itself is strange… Back then, Belgian grinders Days Of Desolation released a record …
Avulsed – Phoenix Cryptobiosis Review
Avulsed is one of Spain’s longest-running and earliest death metal bands. And with a near-complete line-up overhaul since 2023, Avulsed is also almost entirely a new band. Only founder, vocalist, mainman, and Xtreem label-head Dave …
Drugs Of Faith – Asymmetrical Review
Helmed by DC grind stalwart Richard Johnson (Enemy Soil, Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Drugs Of Faith has steadily cranked out some fun and ugly noise for over two decades now. Self-described as “grind ‘n’ roll,” this trio …
Mephitic Corpse – Sickness Attracts Sickness Review
“Mephitic” is a word the definition of which, were I not into this crazy world of ugly music, I would quite likely never know. Turns out it means “foul-smelling” or “noxious,” and it also turns …
Blast Rites: Archagathus / Rot – Split Review
After a long delay, last year’s Archagathus / Whoresnation split pricked up some ears around these parts – even deservedly making its way onto our best EP / short releases list at the end of …