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Review: Gatecreeper ‘Dark Superstition’

4th June 20244th June 2024 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Gatecreeper, Nuclear Blast Records

I remember really enjoying the last record from Arizona’s Gatecreeper, Deserted, and so this new offering is something that has

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Review: Coffin Curse ‘The Continuous Nothing’

7th May 20247th May 2024 Matt Alexander Coffin Curse, Death Metal, Desert Wastelands Productions, Eat My Records, Memento Mori

Album artwork that includes wraiths, tendrils, a mysterious building covered in a mist of blood and a dripping band logo

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Review: Septage ‘Septic Worship’

29th April 202429th April 2024 Sandy Williamson Dark Descent Records, Death Metal, Extremely Rotten Productions, Grindcore, Me Saco Un Ojo Records, Septage

Danish gurgling grind monstrosity Septage have finally birthed their debut full-length Septic Worship (Intolerant Spree Of Infesting Forms) after a

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Review: Witch Vomit ‘Funeral Sanctum’

8th April 20248th April 2024 Matthew Williams 20 Buck Spin, Death Metal, Witch Vomit

There has been a lot of anticipation and noise surrounding the third album from Portland’s Witch Vomit. Their previous two

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Review: Slimelord ‘Chytridiomycosis Relinquished’

22nd March 202422nd March 2024 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase 20 Buck Spin, Death Metal, Doom, Slimelord

It’s better late than never with Slimelord’s new album out of 20 Buck Spin. We’re a couple of weeks into

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Premiere: T-800 ‘Sin Of Existence // Dermanecrotic’ – Ferocious Death & Blackened Sludge Drops Today

1st February 20241st February 2024 Lee Edwards Black Metal, Death Metal, Sludge, T-800

After yesterday’s Wasted Death premiere, if you didn’t check out, why the hell not, so head over there now as

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Review: Escuela Grind ‘DDEEAATTHHMMEETTAALL’

12th January 202412th January 2024 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Escuela Grind, Grind, MNRK Heavy

The third and final piece in the Escuela Grind tribute EPs, following 2020’s PPOOWWEERRVVIIOOLLEENNCCEE and GGRRIINNDDCCOORREE (I absolutely love this,

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Review: Feral Forms ‘Premalignant’ EP

22nd December 202322nd December 2023 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Feral Forms, Filth Junkies Records, Grindcore, Night Terrors Records

‘But you can’t hear the lyrics…’ they cry! Well, who the fuck cares when the vocals sound like the Balrog

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Review: Left Cross ‘Upon Desecrated Altars’

19th December 202319th December 2023 Todd Robinson Death Metal, Left Cross, Profound Lore Records

The last couple of years has seen a massive injection of life into death metal with stellar releases from established

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Review: Goatburner ‘Fatal’

23rd November 202323rd November 2023 James Bullock Death Metal, Goatburner, Grindcore, Time To Kill Records

Fatal is a blistering album. Guitar and vocalist Keijo Niinimaa (Rotten Sound), aka Kaos, and drummer Jack Foreman (Ratface), aka

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Review: Warcrab ‘The Howling Silence’

22nd November 202322nd November 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Death Metal, Doom, Sludge, Transcending Obscurity Records, Warcrab

Warcrab have been doing their scuttling sludge-influenced death metal dance for over a decade now, their name an amazing invocation

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

30th April 202630th April 2026 Lee Edwards

Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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