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Review: Morbific ‘Bloom Of The Abnormal Flesh’

7th May 20257th May 2025 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Headsplit Records, Me Saco Un Ojo, Memento Mori, Morbific

All life from the mammals to the vegetation rots into the earth, producing a noxious pollutant that infects everything it

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Review: Celestial Scourge ‘Observers Of The Inevitable’

20th February 202520th February 2025 Matt Alexander Celestial Scourge, Death Metal, Time To Kill Records

I have a tricky relationship with tech death, on one hand, I love all the bands that preceded the genre,

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Review: Spesimin ‘Spesimin’

30th January 202530th January 2025 Matthew Williams Death Metal, Spesimin, Strange Mono Records, Thrash Metal

If you enjoy music that doesn’t let up from start to finish, then this self-titled discography from Philadelphia’s Spesimin is

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Review: Mutagenic Host ‘The Diseased Machine’

13th January 202513th January 2025 Matthew Williams Death Metal, Dry Cough Records, Gurgling Gore, Memento Mori

I used to salivate at the thought of listening to any new death metal album but as I’ve aged and

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Review: Mammoth Grinder ‘Undying Spectral Resonance’ EP

20th December 202420th December 2024 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Mammoth Grinder, Relapse Records

If there was ever a band that you knew was going to be heavy as fuck just on the name

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Review: Primal Code ‘Opaque Fixation’

10th December 202410th December 2024 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Primal Code, Relapse Records

The debut record from ferocious Chicago-ans Primal Code, Opaque Fixation, is marked as no-frills death metal, which is always a

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Review: Rotpit ‘Long Live The Rot’

26th November 202426th November 2024 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Rotpit, War Anthem Records

I have listened and discussed an awful lot of out-there progressive/technical death metal this year and don’t get me wrong,

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Review: Contrition ‘Pariahs’ EP

29th October 202429th October 2024 Reza Mills Contrition, Death Metal, Disorder Recordings

From one of my favourite labels, the Indianapolis, Indiana based Disorder Recordings comes Pariahs, the brand new EP from Contrition.

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Review: Blood Incantation ‘Absolute Elsewhere’

16th October 202416th October 2024 Sandy Williamson Blood Incantation, Century Media, Death Metal, Prog

The new lords of cosmic progressive death metal have returned from whatever dimension they normally inhabit when not on our

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Review: Coffin Rot ‘Dreams Of The Disturbed’

25th September 202425th September 2024 Matt Alexander Coffin Rot, Death Metal, Maggot Stomp

Behold! The return of Portland, Oregon’s sordid death metal miscreants Coffin Rot with their sophomore record Dreams Of The Disturbed

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Review: Oxygen Destroyer ‘Guardian Of The Universe’

20th August 202420th August 2024 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Oxygen Destroyer, Redefining Darkness Records, Thrash Metal

‘A living nuclear weapon destined to walk the Earth forever. Indestructible. A victim of the modern nuclear age.’ – Makoto Hayashida

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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October
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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October

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Today marks the premiere of IAN’s new video for their single Manuel, the latest glimpse of their debut album Come

Video Premiere: SoftSun ‘Sacred Heart’ – New Album ‘Eternal Sunrise’ Drops 7th November
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Video Premiere: SoftSun ‘Sacred Heart’ – New Album ‘Eternal Sunrise’ Drops 7th November

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Premiere: Cosmic Reaper ‘Bloodfeather’ – New Album Releases 26th September
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