Album review Enforced-A Leap Into The Dark
Enforced fill in the gap with A Leap Into The Dark, a six track EP that serves to tide fans still suffering whiplash from the band's 2023 sophomore release, War Remains. The Virginia quintet get to business on opening salvo, “Betting On The End.” The ...
Album Review: “The Judas Paradox” by God Dethroned
Dutch extreme metal outfit God Dethroned return with its twelfth album, aptly titled The Judas Paradox. The album's lyrical themes are a continuation of the band's 2020 release, Illuminati. Paradox touches on the occult, Satanism and religious conspir ...
Album Review: “Banished By Sin” By Deicide
Deicide finally did it. The diabolical death metal outfit has released its thirteenth effort, Banished By Sin. Six years have passed since the band released Overtures of Blasphemy and the band has a new guitarist in Taylor Nordberg. However, the gap a ...
Album review: “Heartrot” by Bjorko
Amorphis guitarist Tomi Koivusaari lets his creative juices flow on his solo project Bjorko. His debut effort, Heartrot, is a textured album that combines heavy metal, rock, industrial and folk music. This album has some heavy tracks such as “The Hear ...
Album Review: “Make Them Beg For Death” by Dying Fetus
Dying Fetus return with another lesson in brutality on its ninth outing, Make Them Beg For Death. The Maryland trio's unique blend of technical death metal with a spoonful of groove is on full display. Album opener “Enlighten Through Agony” bursts thr ...
Album Review: “Unholy Deification” by Incantation
Incantation have reached a couple milestones in these past few years. First, celebrating over thirty years as a band. The next is the release of Unholy Deification, the group's twelfth album. Incantation get straight to business on “Offerings” with it ...
Album review: “Portal To Darkness” by Unblessed Divine
Unblessed Divine add a dose of electronica to death metal on its debut effort Portal To Darkness. The band is comprised of former members of Malevolent Creation, Sinister and Decapitated. Therefore, this is not a band of rookies that discovered a blas ...
Album review: “Killing Innocence” by Graveworm
Italian dark metal outfit Graveworm have returned from its eight year slumber with the release of Killing Innocence, out June 2nd, 2023. “Escorting The Soul” opens the record with sorrowful piano and strings creating a haunting atmosphere, before indus ...
Album Review: Atrocity-Okkult III
German death metal group Atrocity complete its trilogy with Okkult III. Okkult treads the line between commercial accessibility and uncompromising brutality on this record. Songs will shift from grooving riffs reminiscent of Machine Head and Slipknot ...
Album Review: Obituary-Dying Of Everything
Six years have passed since legendary death metal band Obituary released its self-titled tenth record. The band's newest release, Dying Of Everything, is replete with Obituary's swampy riffs and John Tardy's guttural vocals. Unfortunately, th ...