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Author: Matt Alexander

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Review: Putrid Yell ‘Consuming Aberration’

13th April 202313th April 2023 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Pulverised Records, Putrid Yell

‘The only two certainties in life are death and taxes’ famously said by Benjamin Franklin, well folks let me tell

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Tithe 'Inverse Rapture'
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Review: Tithe ‘Inverse Rapture’

16th February 202324th March 2023 Matt Alexander Black Metal, Death Metal, Grindcore, Profound Lore Records, Tithe

Portland, Oregon needs to get someone out to check the water, it seems like the ‘City Of Roses’ should be

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Mithridatum 'Harrowing'
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Review: Mithridatum ‘Harrowing’

25th January 20238th March 2023 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Mithridatum, Willowtip Records

To my delight there has been a spate of excellent disso-death being released over the past few years, with great

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Matt Alexander - 2022
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Top Ten Of 2022: Matt Alexander

20th December 20226th February 2023 Matt Alexander Autophagy, Chaotian, Cruz, Heaving Earth, Inanna, Live Burial, Shrouded Infinity, Top Ten 2022, Vacuous, Worm

As the world burns, music remains an indelible source of hope and happiness for me so… hello to you the

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Vrenth 'Succumb To Chaos'
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Review: Vrenth ‘Succumb To Chaos’

5th September 20229th December 2022 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Rotted Life Records, Vrenth

Spewed out of the hell-mouth and landing straight in Amboy, California, the death metal cenobites Vrenth return with their second

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Sedimentum 'Suppuration Morphogénésiaque'
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Review: Sedimentum ‘Suppuration Morphogénésiaque’

27th July 202228th August 2022 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Me Saco Un Ojo Records, Memento Mori, Sedimentum

It’s July 2022, Buckingham palace has melted into a giant rouge and gold globule that is slowly devouring central London,

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Malignant Aura 'Abysmal Misfortune Is Draped Upon Me'
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Review: Malignant Aura ‘Abysmal Misfortune Is Draped Upon Me’

2nd June 20226th July 2022 Matt Alexander Bitter Loss Records, Death Doom, Malignant Aura

As the weather improves and the days get longer here in the UK, I often need something to drag me

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Inanna 'Void Of Unending Depths'
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Review: Inanna ‘Void Of Unending Depths’

4th May 202215th June 2022 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Inanna, Memento Mori

Don’t you just love it when you come across a record that sends you down a rabbit hole of killer

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Schizophrenia 'Recollections Of The Insane'
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Review: Schizophrenia ‘Recollections Of The Insane’

28th February 202228th March 2022 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Independent, Schizophrenia, Thrash Metal

The amalgamation of genres can be a tricky place, we’ve all been suckered in by the lure of a black

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Rotten Casket ‘First Nail In The Casket’
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Review: Rotten Casket ‘First Nail In The Casket’ EP

13th January 202224th February 2022 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Lycanthropic Chants, Rotten Casket

Cheesus Crust! It’s 2022… twenty… twenty-two! It’s not been a brilliant decade for the planet so far what with the

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Matt Alexander
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Top Ten Of 2021: Matt Alexander

21st December 20218th February 2022 Matt Alexander Acausal Intrusion, Cerebral Rot, Charnel Grounds, Crypts Of Despair, Defacement, Outre-Tombe, Suffering Hour, Top Ten 2021, Vertebra Atlantis, Wharflurch, Worm

Can you believe it’s that time of the year again! The dreaded moment that I must meticulously work through and

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Video Premiere: Omnibadger ‘F I X’ – From The Duo’s New Album ‘Famous Guitar Licks Vol. III’
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Video Premiere: Omnibadger ‘F I X’ – From The Duo’s New Album ‘Famous Guitar Licks Vol. III’

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Following on from yesterday’s coverage of the latest aural assault from Stoke-on-Trent’s experimental duo Omnibadger and their new album Famous

Premiere: Pire ‘The Sanctuary’ – From The Bands New Album ‘Grief World’ That Drops 15th June
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Premiere: Pire ‘The Sanctuary’ – From The Bands New Album ‘Grief World’ That Drops 15th June

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Premiere: Mud Spencer ‘Kliwon’ – New Album Of Instrumental Psych Jams Drops This Friday

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