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Author: Matt Alexander

Cryptic Brood / Night Hag 'Swollen With Rancid Phlegm'
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Review: Cryptic Brood / Night Hag ‘Swollen With Rancid Phlegm’

7th January 20217th January 2021 Matt Alexander Cryptic Brood, Death Doom, Death Metal, Night Hag, Rotted Life Records, Swollen With Rancid Phlegm

It’s my first review of 2021 and what better way of starting the year is there than blasting out some

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Top Ten Of 2020: Matt Alexander

16th December 202022nd January 2021 Matt Alexander Bedsore, Disembowel, Esoctrilihum, Internal Rot, Krallice, Molder, Sweven, Top Ten 2020, Ulcerate, Undeath, Worm

Thank Cheesus of Chedderlehem the year is nearly over! 2020 has been one of the most trying years for all

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DeathOrchestra ‘Symphony Of Death’
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Review: DeathOrchestra ‘Symphony Of Death’

15th December 202022nd January 2021 Matt Alexander Buicide, Classical, Death Metal, DeathOrchestra, Independent, Olympic Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Of Death

We all know this years been a shitter right? Well sometimes you just need that special surprise… you know like

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Heretical Sect ‘Rapturous Flesh Consumed’
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Review: Heretical Sect ‘Rapturous Flesh Consumed’

14th December 202022nd January 2021 Matt Alexander Black Metal, Death Doom, Gilead Media, Heretical Sect, Rapturous Flesh Consumed, Redefining Darkness Records

It’s that time of the year when the nights last forever and the days flash by within the blink of

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Depravity 'Grand Malevolence'
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Review: Depravity ‘Grand Malevolence’

3rd December 202010th January 2021 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Depravity, Grand Malevolence, Transcending Obscurity Records

There seems to have been a plethora of great music coming out of the South Pacific this year, whether it

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Skelethal 'Unveiling The Threshold'
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Review: Skelethal ‘Unveiling The Threshold’

24th November 202025th December 2020 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Hells Headbangers Records, Skelethal, Unveiling The Threshold

Lille, France home to Gris De Lille, one of the most potent smelling cheeses that the French have to offer,

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Hanging Fortress 'Darkness Devours'
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Review: Hanging Fortress ‘Darkness Devours’

4th November 20203rd December 2020 Matt Alexander Darkness Devours, Death Doom, Hanging Fortress, Redefining Darkness Records

With the myriad of incredible music coming out this year, you’d be forgiven for struggling to keep up with it

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Disrupted ‘Pure Death’
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Review: Disrupted ‘Pure Death’

23rd October 202025th November 2020 Matt Alexander De:Nihil Records, Death Metal, Disrupted, Memento Mori, Pure Death

The past few years have spewed out a plethora of throwback death metal acts whom mostly either take the American

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Carnal Ruin ‘The Damned Lie Rotting’ EP
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Review: Carnal Ruin ‘The Damned Lie Rotting’ EP

20th October 202023rd November 2020 Matt Alexander Carnal Ruin, Death Metal, Redefining Darkness Records, The Damned Lie Rotting

The Damned Lie Rotting – the being has barely breached the surface of the world and struck a thin glimmer

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Gorephilia ‘In The Eye Of Nothing’
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Review: Gorephilia ‘In The Eye Of Nothing’

2nd October 20203rd November 2020 Matt Alexander Dark Descent Records, Death Metal, Gorephilia, In The Eye Of Nothing, Me Saco Un Ojo Records

Oh man! Finland has such a rich history of producing some of the finest death metal that the entire world

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Cross Bringer ‘The Signs Of Spiritual Delusion’
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Review: Cross Bringer ‘The Signs Of Spiritual Delusion’

15th September 202026th October 2020 Matt Alexander Consouling Sounds, Cross Bringer, The Signs of Spiritual Delusion

Sometimes I read a PR release for a record and just know…I’ve got to check this out. First things off

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Premiere: Wedge ‘Like No Tomorrow’ – Releases Tomorrow, 15th January
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Premiere: Wedge ‘Like No Tomorrow’ – Releases Tomorrow, 15th January

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