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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Death Metal Reviews
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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SUFFERING HOUR – THE CYCLIC RECKONING (Profound Lore Records)
On their ominous, multi-textured and tantalisingly-intangible sophomore full-length, ‘The Cyclic Reckoning’, Suffering Hour have crafted an immense offering of destructive
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UPON THE ALTAR – ABSID AB ORDINE LUMINIS (Putrid Cult)
Billowing forth from Lesser Poland with a blistering blitzkrieg of Black / Death Metal, Upon The Altar issue a devastating
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EVAPORATED SORES – ULCEROUS DIMENSIONS LP (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)
It would be no exaggeration to describe Evaporated Sores’ challenging debut full-length as a hideous maelstrom of unforgiving auditory chaos,
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SERAPHIC ENTOMBMENT – QUELLED (Morbid Chapel Records)
A dose of decay and decadence reverberating through the speakers leaving a stench of death and disease lingering in the
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UNDERGANG – ALDRIG I LIVET (Me Saco Un Ojo Records / Dark Descent Records)
From the foulest sewers of Copenhagen arrives Undergang’s compellingly gross and captivating fifth full-length, ‘Aldrig I Livet’. A decade on
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CRYPTAE – NIGHTMARE TRAVERSAL (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)
Swarming, crushing, encircling, suffocating, ‘Nightmare Traversal’ – the demented debut full-length from eccentric Dutch duo Cryptae – presents 30-odd minutes
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