Tag: Death
Heaving Earth – Denouncing The Holy Throne Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Heaving Earth plays the kind of death metal that shakes the very foundation of what is possible within the genre. The way the Czech outfit juxtaposes intricately technical guitar ch… …
Facebreaker – Infected Review
When I first saw that there was a band called Facebreaker, I immediately assumed it had to be some third- or fourth-rate, chugga-chugga metalcore band. I didn’t even bother to read their bio or listen …
Bloodbath – Grand Morbid Funeral Review
In 1991, I was 14 or so, another disposable teenager lost in the abundant wastes of suburban Middle(-class) America. Like countless others caught in the endless strip malls and high school football games, the Applebees …
Dimesland – Psychogenic Atrophy Review
Oakland’s Dimesland raised some eyebrows with their debut EP, 2012’s Creepmoon. It was a thrashing, technical mix that landed somewhere between Atheist, Voivod, Martyr, and even the more adventurous Pestilence material, pleasing a lot of …
Necrophagia – WhiteWorm Cathedral Review
Conveniently in time for Halloween season, Necrophagia awakens from its three-year slumber. Back in ye olden days of the 1980s, when death metal was just crawling forth from the womb, Necrophagia was among the first …
Nuclearhammer – Serpentine Hermetic Lucifer
Hellhammer begat Blasphemy begat Angelcorpse begat Nuclearhammer. Goodbye, cruel world. If the idea of having your reality ravaged and flattened to soot by music yanks your crank, Serpentine Hermetic Lucifer is your ticket to ride …
Obituary – Inked In Blood Review
It has been over five years since the last Obituary album, 2009’s Darkest Day, and the band has gone through many changes in that time. Long-time bassist Frank Watkins experienced some kind of mid-life crisis …
At The Gates – At War With Reality
In the eyes of many, At the Gates did it all perfectly. They rose out of a fruitful, creative scene in the very early 90s, gradually honing their cold, malevolent form of melodic death metal …