For 4 albums since 2020 , Sweden’s Carnal Savagery has been one of those solid to decent Swedish Death metal bands that I have enjoyed, purchased albums, etc, but never truly loved or considered an heir apparent to the legends of the genre. Despite members coming out of the genre’s birth in the early 90s […]

  Rotpit are a filthy death metal band featuring members residing in Sweden and Germany.  Ralf Hauber on vox (Revel in Flesh, Heads For the Dead), Jonny Petterson on guitars/bass (Heads For the Dead, Wombbath) and Erik Barthold on drums (Darklands) return with their second full-length album and have managed to make this a tad […]

I have an unequivocal love for themed Death Metal bands. VHS, Fulci, Fluids, Satanic Tea Company and Surfin Bird Death Metallers Kólga. I mean, yeah there’s Alestorm but they’re sort of becoming a ‘party, party, drink, drink’ band like Steel fucking Panther and less fun than when they were keelhauling motherfuckers instead of getting plowed […]

My bud Alex, the owner of Dolorem Records, has sent me another promo for one of his bands and this time it’s for Ad Vitam Infernal, a death metal band hailing from France.  The album cover is quite striking and with all of his releases this is the best one yet.   with the Devil and […]

2024 has been the year of the EP. I think I might have covered more EPs this year than in previous and that’s not a bad thing. They’re bite sized albums, five maybe six tracks; half an hour tops. Yet within those handfuls of tracks, magic (albeit a dark, blood soaked and decapitated rabbit) can […]

Sweden’s Wretched Fate has released 2 fine albums of Swedish-styled death metal, with their debut Fleshletting, back in 2019, and their 2023 follow-up, Carnal Heresy. Both put them near the top of the conversation as one of the bright newcomers in the genre. To remind us they are still a major player in the genre, […]

Italy’s Kaivs released the Horrend ep last year and all those songs have been re-recorded for their debut album – After the Flesh.  The Dan Seagrave type of striking artwork drew me into this album.  The color hues of yellow, purple, blue and red really is eye-catching.  It’s all fun and games with cool album […]

A traditional American dinner consists of meat and potatoes, usually with a vegetable of some sort. It’s one of my favorite foods because it fills me up and that’s how I often view American Death Metal; comparisons could be made but I’m not really going to go down a rabbit hole here so think a […]

We all know Jonny Pettersson (or Rogga Johanssen 2.0, as I like to call him) from his current and former work in multiple bands, including the now-defunct Henry Kane, Wombbath, Rotpit, Heads for the Dead, Gods Forsaken, Massacre, and others. While he is more known for Swedish-styled death metal projects, he has branched out (as heard on the […]

I’ve reviewed my fair share of Sentient Horror releases and have seen this New Jawsey HM-2 Swedish-inspired death metal band live after their outstanding Ungodly Forms debut album.  I still feel their debut is by far their best release and their other releases have been good and well-received by the fans. Their last album, their […]

While Jeremy Wagner was on hiatus from Broken Hope back in 2002 (before they got back together), he, along with Broken Hope drummer Mike Miczek, started Earthburner, named after a Broken Hope song from Grotesque Blessings, to pass the time. However, Broken Hope reformed and released some more albums, but Earthburner was always sort of lurking […]

Vivé le France part deux? See I just finished a review for fellow countrymen Mercyless,  and their recent Those Who Reign Below album,  and who could probably arm wrestle Loudblast for the notoriety of the first French Death Metal band. However according to Metal Archives, Loudblast is the first, so I don’t fucking know and […]

Lublin Poland’s Deivos return with their Seventh full-length album Apophenia. Deivos plays a very groovy style of technical death metal that is quite pummeling. Things get kicked off with a fury with “Feretory.”  One thing I noticed off the bat from last record is that the production is much brighter. “My Sacrifice” opens with some […]

I’ve not been shy about Molder being my favorite of these new school death metal bands. I have a vest with their Gremlins back patch, signed by the band. Frontman Aaren Pantke signed it with an “OUGH.” I swear I didn’t put him up to it, but if I had, that’s exactly what I would […]

Canada produces, on average, some of the finest, most killer Black Metal and Death Metal. It’s the home to Black Metal titans Blasphemy, Death Metal tricksters VHS, and hordes of other, equally deadly bands capable of crushing the listener into mulch. Enter Sedimentum. Suppuration morphogénésiaque was at the top of my year-end list that year, […]

Just check out this album cover from Finland’s Ashen Tomb!!  Anytime you’ve got a Kaiju-sized maggot-encrusted corpse sitting down saying:  “Wow! I’ve had a rough life, I’m gonna sit my ass down for a break and maybe order me up some cheeseburgers” – well I’m gonna be all over the album, let me tell you. […]

Vivè la France! After hosting the most controversial and Metal as fuck Olympics that saw countrymen Gojira performing next to a headless Marie Antoinette and a feast of mythological proportions; all in the opening ceremony. Mercyless are also from France, and although they play a significantly different style of Death Metal than Gojira, they bring […]

Maul kicks some serious ass. I have no clue at this point how many times I have seen them, but it’s several. I am also going to see them soon in a few days. They’re an unrelenting force on record, as well as live. Seraphic Punishment, their debut, found a lot of love in metal […]

Long Running Florida death metal act, Massacre, seems to always have something going on.  Whether it’s the issues with the internet trolls or former members going on to form Inhuman Condition several years ago, rest assured, vocalist Kam Lee is sure to always comment.  I met him a few years back at MDF and he […]

Australia’s Abramelin comeback album in 2020, Never Enough Snuff,  was a really good death metal album, which I reviewed as well.  Refusing to rest on their laurels, this band was a free agent, and picked up by Hammerheart Records, and Sins of the Father is the band’s latest offering. An issue I had with the […]

My bud Alex, the owner of Dolorem Records, has sent me a promo for one of his bands and this time it’s for Infern, a death metal band hailing from France.  The album cover is quite interesting with the Kaiju-sized crab.  When looking at this cover I had no idea WTF to expect.  Could this […]

The cover art on Obsidian Mantra‘s 3rd album, As We All Will, may not scream “DEATH METAL!!!!”, instead having more of an Opeth-ian progressive metal vibe. However fair reader, as the old saying goes, ‘never judge a book by its cover’. As We All Will is VERY much a death metal album. A death metal […]

France’s Esoctrilihum returns with their 11th full-length album Döth-Derniàlh.  Last year’s Astraal Constellations of the Majickal Zodiac was the longest album I have ever reviewed.  An album broken up into 3 discs, running over 2+ hours.  Esoctrilihum are one of the most fascinating one-man band acts out there, however, I know when I review, I […]

This is cleaner than I expected. Drier than I’d like, too. I’m talking about the production on Undeath’s new album More Insane. I was expecting something dirtier, but that’s a bad characteristic most of the time. Regardless, one of death metal’s hottest bands is back. This new slab of death is loaded with bangers. Take […]

I have reviewed Connecticut’s Vomit Forth’s prior releases and since their debut album, Seething Malevolence, on Century Media Records, the band started to gain a lot more momentum, with tours and such.  However, they have not crossed the threshold to reach the heights of labelmates Frozen Soul and Sanguisugabogg. However, that could all change with […]