The Secret ‘Agnus Dei’ LP/CD 2012
Having been on what seems like an endless tour since the release of their “Salve et Coagula” record a couple
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Death Metal
Hooded Menace ‘Effigies Of Evil’ CD/LP/DD 2012
Well now, here’s a record that really surprised me! For the uninitiated amongst you, Hooded Menace are a Finnish death/doom
Read More >>Serpentine Path – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2012
For all the moaning you encounter from people young and old, there’s actually a hell of a lot of good
Read More >>Xibalba ‘Hasta La Muerte’ CD/LP 2012
The adjective ‘brutal’, like many others (such as ‘monolithic’ and ‘crushing’), has been bandied around far too much for its
Read More >>Coffins ‘March Of Despair’ 12”/CDEP 2012
“March of Despair” is Japanese death-doom stalwarts Coffins 57 millionth release. Or at least it feels like it. Hell, there
Read More >>Acephalix ‘Deathless Master’ CD 2012
Hailing from San Francisco, Acephalix deliver their sophomore album for the ever prolific Southern Lord Records. Touting crust ridden, brutal
Read More >>Mantas ‘Death By Metal’ CD/LP/Digital 2012
Chuck Schuldiner is one of the greatest metal musicians of all time. This isn’t opinion, it’s fact and Relapse Records
Read More >>Enabler ‘All Hail The Void’ CD 2012
The slow acoustic strum of a simple chord progression plays through a handful of times as delay echoes in the
Read More >>Inverloch ‘Dusk…Subside’ CD/LP/Digital 2012
Proto-Funeral Doom/Drone grinders diSEMBOWELMENT were, in many ways, the definition of ‘kvlt’, having played zero live shows, recorded one EP,
Read More >>Death ‘Vivus!’ CD 2012
I sometimes wonder regarding bands that are sadly no more, but clearly were at the absolute pinnacle of their particular
Read More >>Serpentine Path ‘Erebus/Depravity’ 7″ 2011
When you hear of a new band that unites Unearthly Trance with Tim Bagshaw of Electric Wizard and Ramesses fame,
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