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Author: Matt Alexander

Crypts Of Despair 'All Light Swallowed'
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Review: Crypts Of Despair ‘All Light Swallowed’

15th April 202124th May 2021 Matt Alexander All Light Swallowed, Crypts Of Despair, Death Metal, Transcending Obscurity Records

One of my favourite things about being an audiophile is having the chance to discover music from around the globe

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Steel Bearing Hand 'Slay In Hell'
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Review: Steel Bearing Hand ‘Slay In Hell’

31st March 20216th May 2021 Matt Alexander Carbonized Records, Death Metal, Slay In Hell, Steel Bearing Hand

Today I get to bring this absolute chainsaw massacre of a record from Texas (see what I did there…!), death/trash

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Sporae Autem Yuggoth 'The Plague of the Aeons'
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Review: Sporae Autem Yuggoth ‘The Plague Of The Aeons’

3rd March 20217th April 2021 Matt Alexander Death Doom, Necrolatry Records, Personal Records, Sporae Autem Yuggoth, The Plague of the Aeons

Named after the last major poetical work from H.P. Lovecraft, Fungi From Yuggoth (however, translated into their native language) Sporae

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Coffin Mulch 'Septic Funeral'
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Review: Coffin Mulch ‘Septic Funeral’ EP

19th February 202122nd March 2021 Matt Alexander At War With False Noise, Caligari Records, Coffin Mulch, Death Metal, Redefining Darkness Records, Septic Funeral

Glasgow, Scotland home of the Glasgow Kiss and also home to old school death metal wraiths Coffin Mulch, who are

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Revulsion 'Revulsion'
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Review: Revulsion ‘Revulsion’

4th February 20214th March 2021 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Revulsion, Transcending Obscurity Records

Finland had an excellent year of extreme metal in 2020, releases from Gorephilia, Havukruunu, Oranssi Pazuzu, Sepulchral Curse, Lantern, Proscription,

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Cryptic Brood / Night Hag 'Swollen With Rancid Phlegm'
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Review: Cryptic Brood / Night Hag ‘Swollen With Rancid Phlegm’

7th January 20218th February 2021 Matt Alexander Cryptic Brood, Death Doom, Death Metal, Night Hag, Rotted Life Records, Swollen With Rancid Phlegm

It’s my first review of 2021 and what better way of starting the year is there than blasting out some

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Top Ten Of 2020: Matt Alexander

16th December 202022nd January 2021 Matt Alexander Bedsore, Disembowel, Esoctrilihum, Internal Rot, Krallice, Molder, Sweven, Top Ten 2020, Ulcerate, Undeath, Worm

Thank Cheesus of Chedderlehem the year is nearly over! 2020 has been one of the most trying years for all

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DeathOrchestra ‘Symphony Of Death’
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Review: DeathOrchestra ‘Symphony Of Death’

15th December 202022nd January 2021 Matt Alexander Buicide, Classical, Death Metal, DeathOrchestra, Independent, Olympic Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Of Death

We all know this years been a shitter right? Well sometimes you just need that special surprise… you know like

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Heretical Sect ‘Rapturous Flesh Consumed’
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Review: Heretical Sect ‘Rapturous Flesh Consumed’

14th December 202022nd January 2021 Matt Alexander Black Metal, Death Doom, Gilead Media, Heretical Sect, Rapturous Flesh Consumed, Redefining Darkness Records

It’s that time of the year when the nights last forever and the days flash by within the blink of

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Depravity 'Grand Malevolence'
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Review: Depravity ‘Grand Malevolence’

3rd December 202010th January 2021 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Depravity, Grand Malevolence, Transcending Obscurity Records

There seems to have been a plethora of great music coming out of the South Pacific this year, whether it

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Skelethal 'Unveiling The Threshold'
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Review: Skelethal ‘Unveiling The Threshold’

24th November 202025th December 2020 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Hells Headbangers Records, Skelethal, Unveiling The Threshold

Lille, France home to Gris De Lille, one of the most potent smelling cheeses that the French have to offer,

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