Tag: Death Metal

Grave Axis – Dismal Aeon & Knifed – S/T Review

Grave Axis – Dismal Aeon Knifed – S/T I owe you an apology. I meant to write about Dismal Aeon, the debut cassette from Aotearoa New Zealand’s death metal snuggle-bunnies Grave Axis, at the tail

Methchrist – Pestilential Warfare Of The Black Flame Review

I have realized that we all have plague, and I have lost my peace. – Albert Camus, The Plague Brothers and sisters, everything is fucked. The division between every conceivable social and ideological marker grows

Soulmass – Let Us Pray Review

[Cover art by Samuel Nelson] If you’re some sort of masochist, perhaps you relished the searing agony of reading through the inane scattered ramblings of my 2022 best-of list. It wouldn’t take you long to

Impending Rot – Anatomical Discorporated Aberration Review

Information is vanishingly scarce about Mexico’s Impending Rot. In fact, other than the fact that the band is from Mexico and is called Impending Rot, I have… zero information. A first EP appeared in October

Faceless Burial – At The Foothills of Deliration Review

[Cover art by Dan Seagrave] Australia is well known for its multifaceted ability to take human lives. There are trapdoor spiders ready to pierce venom-dripping fangs into the weak flesh of gardening hands when least

Acephalix – Theothanatology Review

[Cover Art By Ettore Aldo Del Vigo] When a band spends several years between releases, it’s fair to think perhaps big changes are coming. All that time squirreled away in some greasy dungeon toying with

Autopsy – Morbidity Triumphant Review

Here is a curious and potentially self-defeating opening for a review of a new Autopsy album: Do you need a review of a new Autopsy album? Don’t misunderstand: the question is not, “Do you need

An Abstract Illusion – Woe Review

[Cover art by Adam Burke] This is an allusion, Michael! To describe an album as interesting can be damning for some people. It can equate to introducing a stranger as having a great personality. You