Tag Archives: death metal

Artist: Mystic Circle Album Title: Mystic Circle Label: Atomic Fire Records Date of Release:  4 February 2022 Oh wow, the name Mystic Circle takes me back. To be more specific, it takes me back to the late 90s when I was at university and was continuing with my extreme metal journey of discovery. By this  Continue Reading »

Artist: Abyssus Album Title: Death Revival Label: Transcending Obscurity Date of Release:  21 January 2022 Growing up, I wasn’t a big fan of straight-up death metal as a genre. As I discovered more extreme forms of music, I quickly developed a love of the Gothenburg melodic death metal sound, but at the time, much of  Continue Reading »

Artist: Descent Album Title: Order Of Chaos Label: Brilliant Emperor Records (Redefining Darkness – CD; Caligari Records – Cassette) Date of Release: 14 January 2022 Sometimes, just sometimes, I want brutality. Pure, unadulterated brutality. Actually, over the past couple of years, I have felt the need more and more often. Happily, there are bands on  Continue Reading »

Artist: Necrophagous Album Title: In Chaos Ascend Label: Transcending Obscurity Date of Release: 7 January 2021 It’s nice to have the opportunity to review a debut album so early in 2022, but that’s what ‘In Chaos Ascend’ provides, as it is the very first offering from the new death metal entity known as Necrophagous. Having  Continue Reading »

Welcome to Day 19 of my Album Of The Year 2021 Top 30 Countdown. No big intro today, other than to remind new visitors that links to all my previous picks from 30-13 can be found below, as well as links to my series’ from previous years. If you check them out, I hope you  Continue Reading »

Artist: Hypocrisy Album Title: Worship Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 26 November 2021 I have known about Hypocrisy ever since I clapped my ears on their ’10 Years Of Chaos And Confusion’ ‘best of’ release back in 2001. At the time, I was entranced by the slower, more melodic and atmospheric tracks that appeared,  Continue Reading »

Artist: W.E.B. Album Title: Colosseum Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 19 November 2021 You’d think that now I’ve begun my mammoth annual Top 30 album countdown series, I’d have no more time for album reviews, wouldn’t you? Well, in the past, you might be right. But this is a new, ultra-enthused Man Of  Continue Reading »

Artist: Obscura Album Title: A Valediction Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 19 November 2021 It really is true what they say: the more you learn, the less you know. Or, the more you learn, the more you realise that you need to learn. This is particularly accurate when it comes to music. There is  Continue Reading »

Artist: Archspire Album Title: Bleed The Future Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release:  29 October 2021 Each and every time I decide to listen to an album that has brutality, technicality, and intensity at its heart, I entertain the same internal monologue. ‘It’s impressive’, I say to myself, before moving on to ‘wow, that’s  Continue Reading »

Artist: Seven Spires Album Title: Gods Of Debauchery Label: Frontiers Records Date of Release:  10 September 2021 Yes, yes, and thrice yes. I always love it when I make a new musical discovery, one that gives me goosebumps, makes me smile, and gives me that feeling that I simply need to carve out time in  Continue Reading »