Tag: Death
Artificial Brain – Antillia Review
[Cover art by Fleshflies] Artificial Brain remains a bit of an enigma within the wider death metal realm, especially when trying to find accurate sub-sub-genre descriptors. They’re technical but not really tech/death; brutal but nowhere …
Blast Rites: October Grind Spooktacular, Part Two
If you’re just now catching up, well, we’re just now catching up. Seth Buttnam and I (plus one uninvited guest) are rounding up some of our favoritest grindcore (or grind-adjacent) releases of the past however …
Massteron – Second In The Spheres Review
[Cover Art by Francesco Gemelli] I need to make a confession to you, my friends. Lately, I’ve been taking a little break from pouring the sound of heavy metal into my ears. I can explain. …
Mutation – Esoteric Order Of Debauchery Review
Let’s just blow the lid right off this review from the start. When you absolutely, positively have to rip everything to shreds, only a band like Sweden’s Mutation will do. Debut Esoteric Order of Debauchery …
Dissimulator – Artifice Dissolves Review
[Cover art by Noah Cutter Meihoff] It’s been more than 40 years since Watchtower really ushered in the age of tech metal with their debut Energetic Disassembly, and in all those years, the techy arms …
Snet – V Bazinach Vedomi Review
[Album artwork by Tomáš Mitura] What I love most about Sněť is that it dips its toes into but never fully commits to doom. That is, Sněť is not a death/doom band. Rather, Sněť is …
Epitaphe – III Review
[Artwork by Petri Ala-Maunus] There’s nothing quite like that sense that you get as a listener that you’ve fully connected with an artist through their music. There’s about a million ways it can happen, from …
Ch’ahom – Anthropic Rites Of Sublimation Review
There’s much more than this plane of existence. Are you willing to listen? A few years ago, one of the more obscure bands on my year-end list happened to be Germany’s Ch’ahom and their debut …