HARVEST GULGALTHA – ANCIENT WOODS (Godz ov War Productions)
Fittingly, it is with neither hype nor fanfare that Harvest Gulgaltha re-emerges from the deepest recesses of the underground armed
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Death Metal Reviews
BLOOD CHALICE – THE BLASPHEMOUS PSALMS OF CANNIBALISM (Werewolf Records)
Packed to the bursting brim with copious overflows of ferocious, uncompromising Black / Death, Blood Chalice’s second full-length, ‘The Blasphemous
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TZOMPANTLI – TLAZCALTILIZTLI (20 Buck Spin)
Bleeding tradition, heritage, pride and authenticity, Mesoamerican / pre-Hispanic funeral death doom envoys Tzompantli have delivered a unique and engaging
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BOG BODY – CRYONIC CREVASSE CULT (Profound Lore Records)
The uncannily skilful deployment of bass, drums and vocals alone lends Bog Body’s music a disturbing, organic sense of decay
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MALTHUSIAN / SUFFERING HOUR – TIME’S WITHERING SHADOW (Invictus Productions)
Opening atrocity ‘Dissolution of Consciousness’ is a suitably seething maelstrom of chaos and carnage from Ireland’s heaving heavyweights of unrestrained
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DAKHMA – BLESSINGS OF AMURDAD (Eisenwald)
In these characterless, vanilla times of repetitive, weak, monotonous cultural tedium, it has become painfully difficult to find artists of
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PESTILENGTH – BASOM GRYPHOS (Nuclear Winter Records)
From the very same territory that gave birth to the obliterating might of Altarage roars forth another irresistible anonymous force,
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CONCRETE WINDS – NERVE BUTCHERER (Sepulchral Voice Records)
Only dedicated devotees of the darkest arts would dare try to pack as much frenetic violence into 27 minutes as
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PORTAL – AVOW LP (Profound Lore Records)
The swirling swarm of sweeping insanity that is ‘Avow’ arrives as a welcome, orphaned fillip in a time when banality
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AUTOKRATOR – PERSECUTION (Krucyator Productions)
Autokrator’s harrowing and horrific fourth full-length presents 34 minutes of suffocating Death / Black Metal (with scant traces of doom
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QRIXKUOR – POISON PALINOPSIA (Dark Descent Records / Invictus Productions)
A statement that surely nobody could disagree with: Qrixkuor’s debut full-length has been more than worth the wait. In many
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LVCIFYRE – THE BROKEN SEAL (Dark Descent Records / Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
With swarming, virulent, ominous intent, the opening pact ‘Gods Await Us’ rages forth manically to signal the cursed return of
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MALGÖTH – GLORY THROUGH SAVAGERY (Iron Bonehead Productions)
There are no niceties or nuances deployed to alleviate the relentless aural assault that is Malgöth’s utterly ravenous and insatiable
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DRAWN AND QUARTERED – CONGREGATION PESTILENCE (Krucyator Productions)
For now, the relentless Death Metal machine that is Drawn and Quartered remains undiminished by the passing of time. To
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FUOCO FATUO – OBSIDIAN KATABASIS 2LP (Profound Lore Records)
If you’re craving an uplifting musical experience to help get you through these dark, depressing days then look elsewhere because
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