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Mithridatum 'Harrowing'
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Review: Mithridatum ‘Harrowing’

25th January 202325th January 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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Obituary 'Dying Of Everything'
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Review: Obituary ‘Dying Of Everything’

3rd January 20233rd January 2023 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Obituary, Relapse Records

Obituary. Godfathers of death metal. A band who have stubbornly refused to change an iconic sound for thirty plus years

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Private Prisons 'Extrication'
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Review: Private Prisons ‘Extrication’

28th December 202228th December 2022 Reza Mills Death Metal, Doom, Private Prisons, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings

Private Prisons are an Anaheim, California quartet who consist of Ryan Beitler – guitars, vocals, loops and synth, Federico Pennacchini

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Gosudar/Malignant Altar – Split
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Review: Gosudar/Malignant Altar – Split EP

21st December 202221st December 2022 James Bullock Death Metal, Gosudar, Malignant Altar, Me Saco Un Ojo Records, Rotted Life Records

The guttural, sludgy death metal of Texas’s Malignant Altar meeting the gloomy majesty of Moscow’s Gosudar seems like a meeting

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Exhumed 'To The Dead'
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Review: Exhumed ‘To The Dead’

28th November 202229th December 2022 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Exhumed, Relapse Records

You’d think after 32 years that Exhumed would have run out of steam, or macabre shit to write about. But

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Bones 'Vomit'
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Review: Bones ‘Vomit’

22nd November 202226th December 2022 Reza Mills Bones, Death Metal, Disorder Recordings, Thrash Metal

A band calling itself Bones and their album Vomit couldn’t be anything other than death metal could it? This isn’t

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Buzzherd/Pale Horseman - Split
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Review: Buzzherd/Pale Horseman – Split

21st November 202226th December 2022 Goro Riffs Buzzherd, Death Metal, Doom, Pale Horseman, Sludge, Thrash Metal

The art of the split release is a beast all its own. Putting together two, or more, bands on a

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De Profundis 'The Corruption Of Virtue'
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Review: De Profundis ‘The Corruption Of Virtue’

7th October 20229th December 2022 Tom Hanno De Profundis, Death Metal, Transcending Obscurity Records

Metal has broken off into many sub-genres, in fact, in 2019 Liveabout Dotcom did an article in which they claim

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Vånda - Photo by Karl Johan Bergman
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Premiere: Vånda ‘Covenant Of Death’ – Releases 30th September via Majestic Mountain Records

27th September 20229th December 2022 Lee Edwards Death Metal, Majestic Mountain Records, Vånda

Although we review our fair share of death metal on these hallowed pages, it’s rare that we host any premieres.

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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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Bloodbox ‘Post Human Disorder’
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Review: Bloodbox ‘Post Human Disorder’

23rd August 202223rd September 2022 Jamie Grimes Bloodbox, Death Metal, Electronic, Grindcore, Headwound Recordingz

It’s feeling increasingly usual at this point for bands to emerge from decade-plus long hiatus, more obscure ones particularly. New

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Video Premiere: Isaak ‘OBG’ – Taken From The New Album ‘Hey’ That Releases 31st March
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Video Premiere: Isaak ‘OBG’ – Taken From The New Album ‘Hey’ That Releases 31st March

2nd February 20232nd February 2023 Lee Edwards

Genoa’s hard-hitting heavy rock four-piece Isaak, a band that should be familiar having once been associated with long-running and highly

Video Premiere: Dirge ‘Hollow’ – Taken From Their Self-Titled Album That Drops 10th March
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Video Premiere: Dirge ‘Hollow’ – Taken From Their Self-Titled Album That Drops 10th March

1st February 20231st February 2023 Lee Edwards
Premiere: TORSO ‘A Crash Course In Terror’ – Debut Album Drops This Friday via APF Records
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Premiere: TORSO ‘A Crash Course In Terror’ – Debut Album Drops This Friday via APF Records

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Video Premiere: Hands Up Who Wants To Die ‘L’inconnue’ – New Album ‘Nil All’ Drops Next Month
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Video Premiere: Hands Up Who Wants To Die ‘L’inconnue’ – New Album ‘Nil All’ Drops Next Month

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