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Rotted Life Records

Gosudar/Malignant Altar – Split
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Review: Gosudar/Malignant Altar – Split EP

21st December 20226th February 2023 James Bullock Death Metal, Gosudar, Malignant Altar, Me Saco Un Ojo Records, Rotted Life Records

The guttural, sludgy death metal of Texas’s Malignant Altar meeting the gloomy majesty of Moscow’s Gosudar seems like a meeting

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Vrenth 'Succumb To Chaos'
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Review: Vrenth ‘Succumb To Chaos’

5th September 20229th December 2022 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Rotted Life Records, Vrenth

Spewed out of the hell-mouth and landing straight in Amboy, California, the death metal cenobites Vrenth return with their second

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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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Conjureth ‘Majestic Dissolve’
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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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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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Noxis 'Expanse Of Hellish Black Mire' EP
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Review: Noxis ‘Expanse Of Hellish Black Mire’ EP

29th October 202021st October 2021 Jamie Grimes Death Metal, Expanse Of Hellish Black Mire, Noxis, Pulverised Records, Rotted Life Records

You can always tell a record shop that really knows, and cares, about their stock when they take the time to

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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

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

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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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