Tag: Death
Schizophrenia – Recollections Of The Insane Review
Remember the good old days, when thrash metal was just crossing the bridge into death metal? Pepperidge Farm remembers. And so does Belgium’s Schizophrenia. Taking their name and some musical cues from early Sepultura, Schizophrenia’s …
Immolation ‒ Acts Of God Review
[Cover artwork by Eliran Kantor] Most Immolation fans would agree that their genre defining classics are behind them, and that’s okay! This is a band whose floor includes very good records that can’t possibly hurt …
Amorphis – Halo Review
[Cover artwork by Jean-Emmanuel “Valnoir” Simoulin] Comfort is an underrated and often unexpected trait of heavy metal that’s largely eclipsed by the conventional “brutal,” “crushing,” “razored,” “evil” et al. that largely dominates the lexicon of …
Gore Brigade – Gore Brigade Review
Gore Brigade hides nothing. From the decomposed, hanging, and skin-stretched body on the cover art to song titles such as “Show Me the Gore” and “The Rot Becomes You,” the band’s first, self-titled EP keeps …
Bludgeoned ‒ Summary Execution Review
Bludgeoned is a new brutal death metal band out of Washington State and, wait a sec… The brutal variety of death metal has been around since Suffocation unleashed Human Waste on mankind over 30 years …
Druid Lord – Relics Of The Dead Review
Horror and metal have intertwined all the way back to the moment Black Sabbath saw the marquee for Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath. Countless bands since have turned to horror–both fiction and non–for inspiration. While the inspiration manifests …
Nullification ‒ Kingdoms to Hovel Review
Cover art by Ov Exvn Infërnvz. A lot of metal bands wear their influences on their sleeves, sometimes literally in the form of a long-sleeve t-shirt with 15 logos on each arm. Much rarer are …
Blockheads – Trip To The Void Review
Fast Rites: because sometimes brevity is fundamental. At the risk of repeating myself (as if this would be anywhere close to the first time for that), France’s Blockheads are far and away the best grindcore …