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In case you hadn’t noticed, the world of death metal is probably at its strongest place since the early 2010s,

Morbific 'Bloom Of The Abnormal Flesh' Artwork

Review: Morbific ‘Bloom Of The Abnormal Flesh’

7th May 202530th January 2026 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Headsplit Records, Me Saco Un Ojo Records, Memento Mori, Morbific

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

Mutagenic Host 'The Diseased Machine' Artwork

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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

Intolerance 'Waking Nightmares Of An Endless Void' Artwork

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Review: Intolerance ‘Waking Nightmares Of An Endless Void’

5th August 20245th August 2024 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Godz Ov War, Intolerance, Memento Mori

Zaragoza, Spain’s Intolerance are back with a brand new record Waking Nightmares Of An Endless Void two years after their

Coffin Curse ‘The Continuous Nothing’ Artwork

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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

Coffin Mulch 'Spectral Intercession' Artwork

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Review: Coffin Mulch ‘Spectral Intercession’

29th June 202329th June 2023 Matt Alexander At War With False Noise, Coffin Mulch, Death Metal, Dry Cough Records, Gurgling Gore, Memento Mori

In an ever-burgeoning UK extreme metal scene, one of the stand-out acts and one of the records I have been

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Review: Sedimentum ‘Suppuration Morphogénésiaque’

27th July 202228th August 2022 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Me Saco Un Ojo Records, Memento Mori, Sedimentum

It’s July 2022, Buckingham palace has melted into a giant rouge and gold globule that is slowly devouring central London,

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Review: Inanna ‘Void Of Unending Depths’

4th May 20227th May 2024 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Inanna, Memento Mori

Don’t you just love it when you come across a record that sends you down a rabbit hole of killer

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Review: Ectoplasma ‘Inferna Kabbalah’

17th March 20224th May 2022 Lee Edwards Death Metal, Ectoplasma, Memento Mori, Rotted Life Records

Inferna Kabbalah is the fourth full length from Greek death metallers Ectoplasma and finding a permanent home on the roster

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Review: Conjureth ‘Majestic Dissolve’

21st October 202126th November 2021 Sandy Williamson Conjureth, Death Metal, Memento Mori, Rotted Life Records

The debut full-length from California’s Conjureth, following two well received demos last year, is out this October, 25th, through Memento

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Review: Hexorcist ‘Evil Reaping Death’

9th July 202113th August 2021 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Godz Ov War, Hexorcist, Memento Mori, Unholy Prophecies

First of all, before I start anything, there’s a lot of things that can be cringy about death metal artwork.

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