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Baltimore-based metallurgists Misery Index have ‘Complete Control’ ready to be unleashed. The four-piece band premiered in 2003 with the ‘Retaliation’ album and isn’t known as a band flooding the metal community with records. During their whole time the quartet unleashed just six longplayers and number seven is waiting in the starting blocks. ‘Complete Control’ for... Continue Reading →
Static Abyss is the brainchild of two death metal pioneers. Chris Reifert and Greg Wilkinson, both members of death metal legend Autopsy, worked on a project called Static Abyss. ‘Labyrinth of Veins’ is the title of the debut album; the duo releases these days. As not expected different, the ten songs on the album reflect... Continue Reading →
One of the most influential musical exports from Saarland, Germany is The Spirit. MS and MT started in 2015 and already their debut album, ‘Sounds of the Vortex’, was much appreciated by the metal community. To date, The Spirt has two albums under the belt and the duo adds with ‘Of Clarity and Galactic Structures’... Continue Reading →
When Sentient Horror launched their second album ‘Morbid Realms’ in 2019 it was apparent that these guys inhale pure heavy metal with every breath they take. Sentient Horror is a New Jersey-based death metal band that started in 2014 and has with ‘Rites of Gore’ their third longplayer in the starting blocks. Connected to a... Continue Reading →
To understand ‘Fiends of Emptiness’ one needs to go back all the way to 1983 when Master started and worked on their debut album. There was a bit of a back and forth between Master and the label at the time about the quality of the recording which led to a recording session in legendary... Continue Reading →
Michigan-based Temple Void announced a new album. ‘Summoning the Slayer’ will be released on June 3rd and comes via Relapse Records. With ‘Deathtouch’ a first song has been revealed and can be watched here: https://youtu.be/Ts4vVFeDwas Tracklist: Behind The EyeDeathtouchEngulfedA Sequence of RotHex, Curse, & ConjurationThe Transcending HorrorDissolution
Baltimore-based death metal powerhouse Misery Index announced a new album. ‘Complete Control’ is the title of their newest effort and is the seventh studio album, penned by the band. The tracklist carries nine songs in the following order: Administer the DaggerThe Eaters and the EatenComplete ControlNecessary SufferingRites of CrueltyConspiracy of NoneInfiltratorsReciprocal RepulsionNow Defied! The release... Continue Reading →
One of the most exciting newcomers in 2022 comes from Brazil. The Troops Of Doom is the moniker of a band that premiers this year with an album called ‘Antichrist Reborn’. The one or the other might be reminded of a song from the first Sepultura album, ‘Troops of Doom’, and the parallel isn’t coincident.... Continue Reading →
Kanonenfieber became a kind of underground rising star when it is about blackened death metal. Their 2021 debut album 'Menschenmühle' was critically acclaimed and with 'Yankee Division' a single release has been a continuation of the rise. 'Yankee Division' will be released also as 7" vinyl on March 25th, 2022. A few days ago, Kanonenfieber... Continue Reading →
Italy might be the country that one would call the epicenter of death metal. Still there are some bands, being committed to the extreme metal genre. Exceptions prove the rule. One of these bands is Dead Chasm. Founded in 2020 by Lorenza (guitar/vocals), Gigi (bass) and Dave (drums), Dead Chasm worked on a first release,... Continue Reading →
Brazilian death metal squad The Troops Of Doom recorded their full-length debut ‘Antichrist Reborn’. ‘Troops of Doom’, that is a song from Sepultura’s debut ‘Morbid Vision’s. At the time the lead guitar was handled by a guy named Jairo T. who is the mainman behind The Troops Of Doom. Together with his bandmates, bassist/vocalist Alex... Continue Reading →
Bavaria, area of Blasmusik, Oktoberfest and Weisswurst. That is the common stereotype and to a certain extend it is true. There is another musical force though in Bavaria, connected to metal. One of these underground bands from Germany’s south-east is Feaces Christ from Regensburg. Feaces Christ, that is A., C. and D.. The trio started... Continue Reading →
‘Damnum’ is the sixth album of Denver, Colorado based tech death metal outfit Allegaeon. The band, founded in 2008, delivers a musical curveball, combining the relentless heaviness of death metal with layers, known from prog metal bands. A song that shows all aspects of Allegaeon’s sound is ‘Into Ember’. Deep Florida-laden growls, excellent clean vocals... Continue Reading →
German death metal power engine Deserted Fear premiered with ‘My Empire’, an album that brought the band some attention. Things started to move more rapidly after having signed a record deal with Century Media, the label that also releases the fifth full-length longplayer of the Eisenberg, Germany based band. Three years after ‘Drowned by Humanity’... Continue Reading →
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