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Jul 7, 2019
Untamed By Time: False - Portent Review
Five Minnesotans take us on a ride into the abyss on an unpredictable hound from hell. How many groups can claim to be the heir apparent...


Jun 27, 2019
History Spurned: Falls of Rauros - Patterns in Mythology Review
The Portland quartet return with a Black Metal benchmark that brings the light. American Black Metal has been on the rise now for several...


Jun 16, 2019
Great Mold Ones, Forbidden Sight: Tomb Mold Planetary Clairvoyance Review
After the slug 'n' chug fest of Manor of Infinite Forms, the Canadian crew take to the cosmos on their most accomplished work yet. In...


May 30, 2019
Death Congeals All Wounds: Fetid-Steeping Corporeal Mess Review
The trio's long anticipated debut is vile and ready to bury you in the primordial ooze. Let me ask this question right out of the gate:...

May 17, 2019
Where the Suomi Slime Live: Krypts-Cadaver Circulation Review
The third LP from Finland's gloomy death metal act takes you on a disgusting exodus through depravity. For people who have really decided...


May 14, 2019
Given to the Ages: Idle Hands - Mana Review
Four horsemen, a debut opus, and the raw emotional power of an energetic instant classic. In this nebulous and often ambiguously...


May 8, 2019
Reforged in Darkness: Itheist - Self-titled Review
The blackened-death duo return with a new name, a new album, and a new sound. Many groups go through stages of being active, and...


May 5, 2019
A Trip For the Ages: Solar Haze - Self-titled Review
The California quartet come out of the void with a weapons-grade crossover crusher. The concepts of the cosmos intertwined with the lore...


Apr 25, 2019
Welcome Home (Mr. Crowley): Spirit Adrift - Divided by Darkness Review
On the crucial third LP, the Arizona riff wizards ride the lighting over the mountains and into the great beyond. It's mid-2017 and I had...


Apr 21, 2019
Seasons of Change: Árstíðir Lífsins - Saga á tveim tungum I: Vápn ok viðr Review
A larger sound for a classic formula comes to life in the latest release from the international folk metal trio. Historically, the metal...


Apr 5, 2019
Surreal Encounters: WASTE OF SPACE ORCHESTRA - Syntheosis Review
The worlds of psychedelic and sludge metal coalesce to create a cosmic concept album. In the summer of 2018, ORANSSI PAZUZU and DARK...


Apr 4, 2019
Multifaceted heaviness: HUELGA - Huelga Review
Michael Fonseca delivers a polyrhythmic assault on the senses. As common as the one-man band has become in contemporary times, it remains...


Apr 2, 2019
Sounds from Ancient Halls: GARDSGHASTR- Slit Throat Requiem Review
Swedish and American veterans combine their strengths to form a Symphonic-Black musical symposium. When listeners reflect on the cold,...


Mar 29, 2019
An evolution of musical prowess: Periphery - Periphery IV: Hail Stan Review
The progressive unit break free from genre chains to unleash their most daring effort yet. Three years from melting faces with Periphery...


Mar 20, 2019
Wake the Dead, the Saints are In Hell: Magic Circle-Departed Souls Review
In the golden age of doom metal, Magic Circle don their Priestly garb and distribute the eucharist gladly to all disciples. It's no...


Mar 18, 2019
Dissonant torment: TOTALED - Lament Review
The mysterious duo welcome you to an abyss on their first ever studio production. Blackened hardcore may be a hybrid of two subgenres on...

Mar 8, 2019
Pissing and Screaming From Bottom to Top: Triumvir Foul- Urine of Abomination Review
The Pacific Northwest slaps the collective underground with another wet blanket of unholy death metal courtesy of the mystical Portland...


Mar 3, 2019
Unfiltered death metal savagery, VIRCOLAC - Masque Review
The unit deliver death on a silver platter with a debut record that cements the quartet among the strongest death metal newcomers. First...

Feb 18, 2019
Tomb of the Humiliated: PISSGRAVE-Posthumous Humiliation review
The agonizing wait has come to an end and the Philadelphia death metal sadists return with an album that is downright vile and beyond...


Feb 11, 2019
Filth beyond measure: CREMATORY STENCH - Grotesque Deformities EP Review
The unit's sophomore EP delivers death metal of the highest order. Two months into the new year and it seems that 2019 will experience...
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