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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Death Metal Reviews
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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PROCLAMATION – ADVENT OF THE BLACK OMEN LP (Nuclear War Now! Productions)
During a decade of decadence, defunct bestial Iberian warmongers Proclamation unleashed four monstrous full-lengths, all of which were re-released on
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GRAVE MIASMA – ABYSS OF WRATHFUL DEITIES (Dark Descent Records)
Howling across the aeons, Grave Miasma’s second full-length, ‘Abyss Of Wrathful Deities’, constitutes a devastating discharge of sepulchral Death Metal,
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ALTARAGE – SUCCUMB (Season of Mist Underground Activists)
First off, to be clear, this is not music, neither in the conventional sense nor in any other way. What
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DEMONOMANTIC – THROUGH THE PATH OF HIS MAJESTY LP (Final Agony Records)
‘Through The Path Of His Majesty’ is one of two albums released by Demonomantic in 2017, hot on the heels
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ANATOMIA – CORPOREAL TORMENT (Me Saco Un Ojo Records / Dark Descent Records)
The sonic embodiment of a slow, tortuous death, Japan’s premier overlords of death and doom return with a truly devastating
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NEXUL – SCYTHED WINGS OF POISONOUS DECAY MLP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Though modestly granted EP status, ‘Scythed Wings Of Poisonous Decay’ in reality falls into full-length territory as it clocks in
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CEREMONIAL BLOODBATH – THE TIDES OF BLOOD (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)
‘With the aptly-titled ‘The Tides Of Blood’, Ceremonial Bloodbath crafted a twisted malformation of hideous, horrific Death Metal malignancy that
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DIPYGUS – BUSHMEAT (MEMENTO MORI)
Dipygus skilfully secrete a sickening, repulsive sound that is both reassuringly familiar yet captivatingly fresh on their oozing, putrid sophomore
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MAUSOLEUM / ANATOMIA – MAUSOLEUM / ANATOMIA (Behind The Mountain)
Still no sign of a follow-up to Anatomia’s spectacular third full-length, ‘Cranial Obsession’, which was released in 2017, but Japan’s
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