Extreme Metal
Album Of The Week / Black Metallers Wormlight release Nightmother
Since changing their name from Unhallowed, refreshing their line-up and refining their sound in 2015, Umeå’s Black Metallers Wormlight have gone from strength to strength. Wormlight – Nightmother (Black Lion Records) Release Date: 7 May 2021 Words: Jools Green Now they are back to build on the successes of their …
Pantheon / A fascinating, mid-pace chunk of Blackened Death/Thrash
After the massive success of their CD version of ‘Age of Wolves’ last July, which has all but sold out, Arkansas’ ‘Pantheon’ return with the vinyl edition of the album, which comes with two bonus tracks. Pantheon – Age of Wolves Release Date: Out Now (Vinyl 27 May) Words: Jools …
Evile / Brace yourself for an incoming aural onslaught
UK Thrashers Evile return with a raucous Thrash Metal assault on your senses in the shape of their fifth studio offering ‘Hell Unleashed’. If you thought things had gone a bit quiet since their 2013 release ‘Skull’, brace yourself for an incoming aural onslaught. Evile – Hell Unleashed (Napalm Records) …
House By The Cemetary / Rogga Johansson and his trademark genius
Death Metal overlord Rogga Johansson is back again with yet another project. Known as House By The Cemetary (sic), this time Rogga is collaborating with Monstrosity frontman Mike Hrubovcak, with added drum battery from Paganizer drummer Matthias Fiebig. House By The Cemetary – Rise Of The Rotten (Pulverised Records) Release …
Akiavel / Væ Victis has set the bar extremely high
Those venomous French Death Metallers Akiavel return with their second studio album ‘Væ Victis’, the follow up to the 2020 release ‘V’. They have not wasted any time, or rested on their laurels, after their previous success. On the contrary, guitar player Chris explained “When the pandemic hit and all …
Bushido Code / The Ronin is an end to end winner
Pennsylvanian Crossover/Thrashers Bushido Code are back to their roots for their debut studio full length ‘The Ronin’. It follows their two previous EP’s, 2018’s ‘The Dying Virtues Vol.1’ and ‘The Dying Virtues Vol.2’ which followed in 2019, and they continue to delver their engaging meld of Death Metal, Thrash and …
No conspiracy here, as Endseeker deliver a superb and essential listen
Following hard on the heels of 2017’s ‘Flesh Hammer Prophecy’ and 2019’s ‘The Harvest’ German Death Metal band Endseeker return with vengeance with their third studio album ‘Mount Carcass’, using, as many Metal bands have also wisely done, the down time due to the pandemic to create their latest offering. …
Alex Webster / Part Two: “Vince Locke defined how our band is presented visually”
Since the release of their 1990 debut album ‘Eaten Back To Life’, Cannibal Corpse have been at the forefront of Death Metal and have become the best selling Death Metal band of all time. On 16 April 16, the band will release their fifteenth studio album ‘Violence Unimagined’ via Metal …
Alex Webster / “We want the Cannibal Corpse songs to be memorable”
Since the release of their 1990 debut album ‘Eaten Back To Life’, Cannibal Corpse have been at the forefront of Death Metal and have become the best selling Death Metal band of all time. On 16 April 2021, the band will release their fifteenth studio album ‘Violence Unimagined’ via Metal …
Beast Mode / “A killer lineup with a fresh set of recordings”
Beast Mode recently release their superb album ‘Pound of Flesh’ and the Monster inspired Melodic Blackened Thrash Metal quartet from Athens, Georgia, certainly deserve to be better known. Hopefully this release will gain them a few more fans. The six track album contains two songs originally released as singles in 2018: The …
