Some of you remember Organic Infest, who terrorized the world with Penitence, a slab of iconoclastic death metal that observed the world in fine attachmentless detail.
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Transgressor – Beyond Oblivion (2023)
Imagine a ship sailing through oceans comprised of memory and dreams of those stranded in a time of decay and pointlessness, and you get the general idea of this mixed-genre band who makes death metal and grafts in other metal genres to contrast the mood.
25 CommentsTags: death metal, transgressor
Desecresy Releases “Dark Chambers” From Deserted Realms
One-human Finnish death metal band Desecresy plans to release its eighth album, Deserted Realms, on September 26th through Xtreme Music. To that end, the band has released the tracklist, cover, and first single, “Dark Chambers.”
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Cystic – Palace of Shadows (2023)
From the school of contemplative but primordially basic death metal, Cystic unveils a subterranean exploration through riffs on the edge of primitive war metal with infusions of brief symmetrical but orthogonal melody in the Belial or Darkthrone style, creating an immersive atmosphere.
49 CommentsTags: cystic, death metal
Sammath Posts Video For “Last Gasp of the Dying” From Grebbeberg
The review queue this year has shifted, being both worse than ever before and having a higher number of promising options, which means that Sammath faces an underground which is gathering strength, which is why the band chose to reveal this intriguing video for “Last Gasp of the Dying.”
106 CommentsTags: Black Metal, sammath, War Metal
Cadaver Publish “Scum Of The Earth” From The Age of the Offended
Death metal legends Cadaver, who recently have been experimenting with modern metal, release their new hybrid in the style of recent Obituary works that features verse-chorus composition and simplified, punk-like death metal riffs that use harmony like a prog-ish band.
149 CommentsTags: cadaver, modern metal
Sammath Streams Grebbeberg
Raging martial black metal band Sammath has streamed its latest album, Grebbeberg, for a new generation of fans to appreciate the approach that combines old school dynamics with timeless melody to create a sensation of unending Nietzschean struggle and Promethean aggression.
33 CommentsTags: Black Metal, sammath, War Metal
Sacramentum Launches US Tour for 2023
Back when Dissection and Sentenced were the only bands to pick up on the hybrid of speed metal and death metal that Merciless pioneered and then add more Iron Maiden harmonized guitars and melody, Sacramentum stood out as having a darker aesthetic and more melancholic but aggressive spirit.
39 CommentsTags: Black Metal, sacramentum, tour
National Day of Slayer 2023
Yet again we gather to worship the metal of death with the National Day of Slayer, an answer to the National Day of Prayer which posits that we should enjoy life and do what is logical instead of wallowing in distinctions of “good” and “evil.”
64 CommentsTags: death metal, National Day of Slayer, slayer, Speed Metal
Static Abyss – Aborted From Reality (2023)
All post-metal is basically a ripoff of what Godflesh did on Streecleaner mixed with what bands like Ras Algethi pioneered, and when you combine post-metal and modern metal — a hybrid of speed metal and death metal with influences from late hardcore — you end up with something like Static Abyss.
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