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This is the
debut release from this Swedish black metal band featuring members
who are also in bands like HellGoat, Amuleto de Calamidades &
SlaughterCoffin. There are three tracks of grim yet well executed
black metal spite. The music and the vocals are done with skillful
writing and gruff black metal screams that cut into you. Check it
out. - Patrick
https://bchrecords.storenvy.com/
https://plaguedemonrecords.storenvy.com/
Acid Blade hail from Germany and play a very
tasty early to middle ‘80s heavy metal that sends some nostalgic
shivers through me. They are a very talented group of musicians who
create really memorable and up beat, high energy songs. This music
will please old school diehards of bands like Judas Priest, Iron
Maiden, Accept, Brocas Helm, Overdrive, Heavy Load, Angelwitch, Omen
and the like. The singer on here has a great siren vocal style and
excellent delivery too. Check it out. - Dale
https://acidblade.bandcamp.com/
https://www.personal-records.com/
This is a split release of two of Puerto Rico's best black metal bands. Up first is Amock with another attack of raw black metal that is played with intensity and aggression. The vocals are traditional black metal screams that are raw in their delivery. Up next is Necronomic who are a new band to me but plays a great style of old school black metal. The guitars range from a mid paced style to more of a thrashier fast paced mode. Both bands play a great style of primitive old school black metal that should please all fans of this genre. - Patrick
theblackwitch056.wixsite.com/mastersofkaos/
plaguedemonrecords.storenvy.com
“Mustamaa” was the debut album originally released in 1999 from the legendary Azaghal. Thanks to the mighty Moribund Rec., it is getting a reissue. Musically the band plays a mix of fast and furious guitars and drum passages that are done with skillful writing and execution. The music does slow to a more controlled pace yet still keeping the intensity. The vocals are traditional black metal screams and some demonic sounding growls. If you are a fan of Azaghal's and missed their debut the first time, now is your chance to pick up this classic black metal release. - Patrick
https://azaghal.bandcamp.com/album/mustamaa
http://www.moribundcult.com/
Apocalyptic
Leader comes out of the Greek UG metal scene with a release
featuring 10 tracks of well executed black metal. The music combines
brutal fast black metal and some slow melodic passages to give the
release a unique sound. The vocals are a mix of raw raspy screams &
some gruff grim growls that fit their style perfectly. If you are a
fan of bm that combines atmospheric with melodic edges and a more
violent, traditional sound together then be sure to pick this
excellent release up. - Patrick
facebook.com/apocalypticleaders
bchrecords.storenvy.com
plaguedemonrecords.storenvy.com
This is a re-release of this French bands 2005
demo, originally only released on CDR. This is a one man band of old
school death metal, the sound is a bit thin and it does sound like a
one man band. But the music on here is good and it is a demo, so
considering all that it is actually solid music, at times fast &
pounding, other times gloomy dm music on here. If you missed out the
first time you should make this second chance count. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/visceralcircuitryrecs/
https://visceralcircuitryrecs.bandcamp.com/music
Aegrus return
with a brand new EP featuring four songs of aggressive and well
played black metal. The skillful music varies in tempo, but the
mainstay style is fast, raging guitars and precise lightning drum
passages. The vocals are raw and grim black metal screams that are
intense and powerful. If you are looking for a band that plays
traditional black metal done in Finland's trademark style then do
yourself a favor and pick up a copy of ‘The Carnal Temples’ today.
- Patrick
https://www.facebook.com/Aegrusofficial/
https://osmoseproductions.bandcamp.com/
Ashen Tomb from
Finland is a new band and present to us their debut EP that consists
of 3 tracks of dirty, brutal and filthy death metal of the old
school persuasion. The dark, obscured and whisper-y growling reminds
me a bit of a muddier version of early Grave vox. They go great with
the ominous atmosphere of the music. I think fans of the old works
of bands like Autopsy, Convulse, Abhorrence or even Rippikoulu &
Funebrarum. Just really good classic death metal on tap here. -
Dale
https://www.facebook.com/AshenTomb/
https://personal-records.bandcamp.com/
Oh man this is
some seriously brutish Costa Rican death with just heavy as all fuck
riffing! With some cool really deep guttural growling over top of
this old school death metal with roots I can hear from the US,
Sweden and the UK. Some band influences I hear are Autopsy,
Repulsion, Baphomet, Morpheus Descends, early Grave, Bolt Thrower
and the often, in my opinion, the underrated Benediction. Solid stuff.
- Dale
https://astriferous.bandcamp.com/
https://mesacounojo.bandcamp.com/
 
I have Berator’s demo tape (only 60 made
apparently) and now this EP is the second release from this Chicago
band for the great Dark Descent no less. Their ranks feature
current/former members of bands like DeathCult & the mighty
CorpseVomit. I mentioned before the vocals reminds me of a mix
Speckmann from Master & Glen Benton of Deicide, they still do and
they are killer! The music is relentless OSDM featuring some good
songwriting. Get it now. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/berator/
https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/
Not to be confused with the great Chilean
Black Beast I reviewed elsewhere. This Finnish band play high octane
intense thrashing black metal that is like a nice nightmarish mix of
the “Panzer Division Marduk” album mixed with healthy touches of
early Impaled Nazerene insanity and the evil filthy earlier works of
Venom! - Dale
https://primitivereaction.bandcamp.com/
http://www.primitivereaction.com/
 
Rising out of Boston like a spiked fist is the
metal triumvirate Black Mass. They play thrash metal in the classic
‘80s vein. The songs really rip along with some killer riffing,
heavy yet catchy rhythms. Vocalist Brendan O’Hare is good and so
eighties it hurts. I can hear so many old bands in their sound like
Kreator, Exodus, Sodom, Slayer, Celtic Frost, Destruction, Possessed
etc… If you are an old die in the wool thrash fan than you should
check this out. - Dale
https://blackmassband.bandcamp.com/
https://shop.redefiningdarkness.com/
Tennesse's Blaspherion returns with a brand
new four song EP, which is filled with raw primal black metal. The
guitars are played with fast and intense passages that feature
skillful writing by mixing in some slower mid paced patterns before
going back to the faster pace, The vocals are grim, gruff growls and
black metal screams. Blaspherion's music is utterly uncompromising
and primitive in it's delivery. - Patrick
facebook.com/Blaspherion
https://bchrecords.storenvy.com
plaguedemonrecords.storenvy.com
  
The lightning strikes again with one man
Swedish band Blixtnedslag. I reviewed the first EP “Kalla Känslor”;
it would appear there was another release since then. But no worries
if you missed any of them, as besides the 2 tracks on this EP, the
bonus tracks are the 8 songs from those releases!! The music is once
again chill but rocking ‘70s style Swede rock with that cool Kiss
influence undercurrent. Check it out for sure if that sounds like
your cup ‘o tea. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/Blixtnedslag-108454637775179/
https://blixtnedslag.bandcamp.com
Two of the legendary originating godfathers of
the genre of death metal unite on this split seven inch! I have been
a fan of both of these bands for a very, very long time; as I got
into both of these great bands around 1991-ish if memory serves.
Both bands have stayed absolutely true to their roots for all these
decades and deserve your support and respect. Oh yes, I forgot to
mention that renowned UG veteran artist Chris Moyen does the cover
artwork too. This is a must get in my book! - Dale
http://www.bloood.de/
https://www.incantation.com/
http://www.hellsheadbangers.com/
Blodulv was a short lived, but burned bright entity that was around from 2002-05, releasing 3 albums (all now being re-released). This Swedish band created some really freezing cold, evil 2nd wave black metal that is sort of an amalgamation stylistically of early works of Bathory & Darkthrone with Burzum accents. The caustic rasping raw vocals seeped with malevolence are great. I assume this is the label from someone in the band? As so far, these Blodulv albums are the only thing they have released and the only thing available in their store. If you missed out on them the first time around, don’t make that mistake twice. - Dale
https://www.ophidian-sun.com/news/store/
https://www.ophidian-sun.com/
  
This is the new band of guitarist Jamison
Palmer of Visigoth’s debut release. The two songs are “The Fear” &
“Tortured Earth”. Blood Star play classic heavy metal with touches
of hard rock in the tradition of the NWOBHM up through the mid ‘80s
with nods to bands like Rainbow, Accept, Saxon, Riot, Manilla Road,
Chastain, BOC etc… Vocalist Madi Smith has those traditional late
‘70s/early ‘80s metal lyrics down injecting some melody into her
voice to push the music along. Nice debut. - Dale
https://blood-star.bandcamp.com/
https://www.shadowkingdomrecords.com/
This TX band is
essentially a metal band with heavy punk/hardcore influences. The
first listen it just felt like a fun party band, but the more
listens I gave it the more layers I found here. The music (lyrics
too) is actually pretty involved and impressive if you have the
patience for it. The vocalist Hurricane G. fucking rules and kills
it. Böndbreakr are a bit like the Bad Brains without the reggae
influences. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/bondbreakratx https://www.bondbreakr.band/
I have seen this bands name around, but this
my first time hearing this Finnish (Great UG metal scene!) band,
despite this being their 4th album. Bonehunter plays
absolutely amazing, bombastic & ornery black thrashing speed metal
with a high level of skill. Many killer influences pop to mind but a
few are Venom, Bathory, Bulldozer, Abigial, early Sodom etc… Hells
Headbangers have a real tiger by the tail with this band! Hold on
tight and get this ASAP. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/bonehuntermetal
https://shop-hellsheadbangers.com/
 
This is solo artist Bryan Eckermann’s eight
full-length in eight years, all self released. It took all of one
listen to realize Bryan is one talented fellow seemingly on all
instruments he employs. He writes some high level, skilled
black/death metal. My personal hang up is I am not the biggest fan
of highly melodic black or death metal. I turn to heavy metal
(especially the old school variety) for that in my metal. But if you
are into melodo extreme metal it is hard not to recommend this for
you. - Dale
https://bryaneckermann.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/bryaneckermannofficial/
Cabinet does not rest on their laurels, as
this is already their 2nd album this year! It continues on from
their strong debut in similar fashion. I can not help but repeat
myself. They are musically extreme, full of harsh yet trippy sorta
death metal-ish rumbling with a superb atmosphere inducing abnormal
accents, strange and vaguely disturbing sound effects. If you want
something different, something progressive in a dirty regressive way
that can keep you guessing you should really try the drawer on this
filing Cabinet. - Dale
https://bloodymountainrecords.bandcamp.com/
http://www.bloodymountainrecords.com/
Callous has
members coming out of both of New York and Vermont. This is their
debut album featuring a primitive, old school black metal style. The
guitars are played with a mix of flowing evil sounding mid paced
patterns with lots of faster more aggressive passages, the guitarist
even adds in a few solo's. The vocals are raw bm screeches & rasping
screams that add in an extra level of menace to their music.
Recommended for fans of primeval harsh black metal. - Patrick
https://callousbm.bandcamp.com/
https://bornforburning.bigcartel.com/
  
I have to confess when I pressed play I was
not expecting what I heard from this Finnish band. Think of a mix of
classic heavy metal doom with Glenn Danzig singing the doom parts,
mixed with get this - raging hardcore! I shit you not; it suddenly
transitions from doom to a fucking mix of Earth Crisis, Sick Of It
All, Cro-Mags musically / vocals wise. I have heard it all now.
Crazy! - Dale
https://casketsopen.bandcamp.com/
http://shop.nine-records.com/
Germany’s Carnal Tomb hit us with their third album and it is a monster. They play all encompassing, thick and fucking heavy death metal that has a lot going on. There is some excellent songwriting on display, with solid waves pathos, some killer guitar fills and sick chunky bass lines. The growling vocals are superb, and classic sounding. Think of a killer mixing of Grave, Dismember, Cannibal Corpse, and Vomitory. - Dale
http://lnk.spkr.media/carnal-tomb
https://en.testimonyrecords.de/
Good to see Cemetery Urn still going strong. This Aussie band features some grizzled veterans of bands like Abominator, Bestial Warlust, Vahrzaw etc… This horde play suffocating, brutal and sulphurous death metal with a slight doomy edge. The vocals of Damon Bloodstorm are fantastic wraith like growls with some nice boiling & gurgling undertones from time to time. Yes, great vocals, and the music to match. - Dale
https://cemeteryurn.bandcamp.com/
https://hellsheadbangers.bandcamp.com/
 
This is some
really raucous, noisy speedy thrashing crossover metal punk music
from Italy. This is their third album (I reviewed their debut a
decade ago if you look for it). They are still ripping out some high
energy, attitude filled songs I enjoy. I think the
recording/production on the past material was more precise and
clear. The sound on here is really tinny/noisy and a bit annoying.
But the music is killer, so fuck it! - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/COTofficial
https://shop-hellsheadbangers.com/
Paul is back
with his Soulgrinder comp series, this time around though he has
partnered with Thrashback for this release. This disc lives up to
it’s name, it is filled with 15 bands all playing explosive spiked
fist to your face thrash metal with balls & attitude! Every song is
a killer. Some bands include Kraken, The Donner Party, Evil Army,
Dick Vomit, Fatal Agent, Paralysis, Disruptor + more. You get a 12
page full-colour booklet with contact / pics of all the bands. -
Dale
https://thrashbackrecords.com
https://www.facebook.com/soulgrinder.zine
 
Clairvoyance from Poland is a new band with
only a demo under their belts prior to this EP. The band plays, for
me, an enjoyable brand of OSDM that is grimy, gloomy and brutal
melding of things like early Grave with some of the classic Finnish
dm sound and injecting a little New York ancient death into the mix
from time to time. This is some solid stuff worth checking out.
- Dale
https://www.facebook.com/clairvoyancedeathmetal
https://www.bloodharvest.se/
This is the debut album from Chile’s duo known
as Convilivm. They produce blackened death metal with a truly
oppressive & suffocating evil aura that wraps itself around their
mid paced brutality. There is a great balance struck between raw
primitive simplicity and refined guitar work and songwriting. This
is a quality record worth your time. - Dale
https://concilivm.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/IronBoneheadProductions
 
Coming out of New Orleans is a relatively new
band that brings some really chunky, thick grinding death metal of
the old school persuasion. The vocalist brings it too with a killer
fuzzy and oppressively vile main growling voice, which is augmented
at times with some cool clearer contrasting maniacal screams and
yells I enjoyed. The bio nails it when they say this is a mix of
traditional early to mid ‘90s New York & Finnish style death metal.
- Dale
https://congealedputrescence.bandcamp.com/
http://www.caligarirecords.com/
This Finnish
band keeps chugging along, this is their 3rd album and I
think all of them have been released by the well respected Dark
Descent Records. Corpsessed features members of Tyranny & Lie In
Ruins and play excellent dark and brutal death metal with a dank
aura that fits nicely alongside great bands like Incantation, Dead
Congregation, Disma, Funebrarum and the like. I enjoyed this one.
- Dale
https://www.facebook.com/Corpsessed
https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/
  
Cortége return
to the pages of Canadian Assault with their first offering for new
label Desert Records. The music on this two song, sixteen minute EP
is super slow droning doom metal, like if you took the first Sabbath
album and slowed it down a couple notches haha. If you like hypnotic
doom with a post apocalyptic doom feel then check these guys out.
- Dale
https://www.facebook.com/cortegeatx
https://desertrecords.bandcamp.com/
Do you long for the great old classic black
metal from Greece? Because I have an interesting shadowy and evil
black metal band from Brazil for you. They have captured that
hollowed sound and style in near perfect fashion. You will listen to
this album and it will transport you back to the glory days of the
almighty Necromantia and their amazing early to mid ‘90s output.
- Dale
https://tranceoftheundead.bandcamp.com/
https://ironbonehead.de/
The debut album
from this Canadian duo that features William of the mighty Expunged.
The main focus is driving brutality & nothing gets in the way of
that run away train. The drumming of E.H. is an unrelenting
blitzkrieg of precise, carpet bombing strikes. There are brief
slower sequences to catch your breath, but gulp it fast my friends.
Definitely worth your attention if you dig bands like Benediction,
Asphyx, Grave, Bolt Thrower and the ilk. - Dale
https://dsadeath.bandcamp.com/
https://www.bitterlossrecords.com/
  
Death Invoker is
from Peru, this was released originally in 2018 on 7” EP (plus a
bonus unreleased track cut from the vinyl due to length) and now
gets the tape treatment. The band plays dirty & heavy deathrash
music with an evil aura to it. If you love things like the very
early works from Sepultura, Sodom, Destruction mixed with Sarcofago
& Blasphemy then get this ASAP! - Dale
https://deathinvoker.weebly.com/ https://nihilisticholocaustrecs.bandcamp.com/
A book for
diehards of the early strange diabolical years of this legendary
occult band. I am a Death SS fan going back to the early ‘90s, when
I tape traded first for their 1981 demo tape, and it took off from
there. This is the history of Death SS & Sylvester himself. Prepare
yourself for a wild ride of haunting music, rituals and the insanity
that is this man and his charismatic eccentric ways. First time in
English! Get it! - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/theajnaoffensive
https://www.theajnaoffensive.com/
Deathhammer is a
Norwegian band, who is the epitome of relentless and lightning quick
thrash metal. There are a million wall to wall riffs and all of them
are killers and I dig when they mix in the manic guitar fills. The
vocals are so ‘80s with gruff vocals mixed with screeching siren
banshee yells. This is for diehard fans of old mid to late ‘80s
thrash ala Slayer, Destruction, Kreator and the like fit in with
newer whorshippers of that time period like Aura Noir, Nifelheim,
Nekromantheon, Antichrist. - Dale
https://hellsheadbangers.bandcamp.com/
http://www.hellsheadbangers.com/
 
My musical
tastes and Cruz’s match up 9 out of 10 times. This is one of those
rare times they diverge. The band presents largely as classic doom.
But to be honest, there is something missing here for me, the music,
vocals & lyrics do not project gloom, melancholy, depression &
oppressiveness. No, it comes off more as I lost my girl & miss her
so much, sappy sad vibe reminding more of an Emo or goth style band
than what I consider doom. I will pass, but maybe this is you’re cup
of tea? - Dale
https://deaththeleveller.bandcamp.com/
https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com/
Deathcult
returns with their 2nd album proving through their high octane OSDM
roots that this metal horde from Switzerland is anything but
neutral, they pick sides & go for the throat. The band takes early
Swedish death metal (Dismember & Unleashed) and mix it liberally
with early ‘90s US death metal ala Possessed, Autopsy, early Death
plus Brits Bolt Thrower. Has a crisp production that also manages a
dark & dirty atmosphere. Good shit. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/DeathMetalCult/
https://invictusproductions.net/
This is so great, how can you not love that
fucking cover artwork?!! King Fowely has been talking about doing a
thrash cover album for many years. He finally pulled the trigger and
the result is a damn entertaining listen for old fanatic thrash
metallers. There are cover versions of songs from Whiplash,
Sacrifice, Blessed Death, Bulldozer, Stone, Cyclone, Artillery,
Stone, Voivod, Razor & more. Oh and every single one rules! -
Dale
https://hellsheadbangers.bandcamp.com/
http://www.hellsheadbangers.com/
  
The title of this album translates to
something close to “No More Gods No Demons”. Hailing from Peru, this
is the bands fourth album since 1999! It is a pretty slickly
produced and clean but heavy recording. They mix crisp late
‘80s/early ‘90s thrash metal with a rawer middle ‘80s crossover
style. It is an interesting and intense result. The songs rip with
high energy and the vocalist Pocho López is a beast on the mic!
- Dale
https://www.facebook.com/demenciatrujillo/
https://www.facebook.com/impulsoruin
Deiquisitor hail from Denmark and despite the
band releasing three albums and a handful of demos and extended play
releases, this is my first encounter with them. They play extremely
brutal ‘90s style death metal and it is high quality stuff. The
vocals and slight doomy touches that whispers at the fringes of
their brutality reminds me a little of Immolation. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/Deiquisitor
http://www.darkdescentrecords.com/
Man the death
metal scene in Quebec, Canada is getting really good and prolific
again! Add Disembodiment to that movement, who bring a strong early
Incantation vibe to their music that suffocating, crushing style
that dramatically manipulates you emotionally like a methodical
torturer. This is the kind of album you can not just take out one
song, as the whole album is a continual experience. It is great old
school death metal to the max. - Dale
https://caligarirecords.bandcamp.com/
http://www.caligarirecords.com/
  
This Sverige band do their country proud
playing my fave brand of death metal, which is early to mid ‘90s
brutal Swedish death metal. They do nothing new, nothing
groundbreaking, nothing progressive. What they do do, as mentioned
above is create explosive, barbarous and morbid sunlight dm. When it
is done this well then I am here for it all fucking day long! -
Dale
https://disrupted.bandcamp.com/ www.memento-mori.es
www.denihilrecords.com
You would never
know from looking at these graying old goats (I am right behind
them) that they play utterly speedy, pissed off & violent hardcore
punk that is only a couple steps away from mince/grind. This is the
kind of hardcore & punk I like and listen to, it has to be fast,
caustic and aggressive. Dropdead have been around since 1991 and
they are still wrecking all in their paths!! - Dale
https://dropdeadhc.bandcamp.com/ https://armageddonlabel.bandcamp.com/
Embrace hail from Greece featuring members of
bands like Thou Art Lord, Dephosphorus, Caedes Cruenta, Necrovorous,
Serpent Noir & War Possession. They are longtime vets of the UG,
having released their first demo in 1999, and “Entropy Dynamics”
marks their 6th full-length album. Embrace produce
sickeningly necrotic and evil black death metal with sudden
explosive bouts of war metal injections from time to time. It is
some really intense, good shit. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/EmbraceOfThorns
https://nuclearwinterrecords.bandcamp.com
  
More evil (and I mean that thematically / lyrically too) Occult and/or Satanic stoner doom metal. Helter Skelter nearly has this interesting and quality sub-genre nearly cornered with their stable of bands (Black Spell, Demonio, Fulanno, Ibliss, Mephistofeles, Old Ghoul, Witchsnake + more!). En La Niebla fits nicely in with those bands with own evil brand of massively heavy doom metal of the old school style with great atmosphere and an oppressive aura. This 29+ minute EP is fantastic stuff, H.S. delivers again. - Dale
https://enlaniebla666.bandcamp.com/
https://www.helterskelterproductions.se/
It is evident off the hop, both listening to this and looking up the history of the band, that Entierro are talented and experienced. I mean they have members of Nightbitch & guitarist Victor Andruini of Fates Warning (classic early albums). They have their roots in classic heavy metal, but have fashioned an interesting sound of their own to create some really moody, varied & smooth heavy metal. The vocals of Chris Taylor Beaudette are so rich and fantastic, giving the band much extra character to go along with the great music. - Dale
https://entierro.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/entierrometal
This release is
the bands debut. The music is a caustic, lethal yet skillful mix of
Power Violence and Grindcore. Everything is played with pinpoint
accuracy. The vocalist Katerina is a ferocious beast on the mic!
Check it out grind fans. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/escuelagrind
https://armageddonlabel.bandcamp.com/
  
Evangelist is a Polish band that creates a
really emotional, introspective mix of epic heavy metal and classic
doom metal. The vocalist has a smooth and fitting voice for this
style of music. I think fans of bands like Manilla Road & Pagan
Altar mixed with Solitude Aeturnus & Solstice (U.K.). If you like
those bands I think you will dig this well crafted album. - Dale
https://evangelistdoom.bandcamp.com/
http://shop.nine-records.com/
This is some
rhythmic, hypnotically dark and heavy doom metal from Brazil. I find
their music an extremely addictive listen. The vocalist Mistress
Wournous puts in a wonderful performance on the mic, that is an
interesting, if not melodramatic and a more feminine mix of Messiah
Marcolin, Eric Wagner & Peter Steele. Yes, great music and great
vocals. Fans of Candlemass, Solitude Aeturnus, Electric Wizard,
Black Sabbath and Sleep take note. - Dale
https://theevildm.bandcamp.com/
https://www.osmoseproductions.com/
A relatively new
duo from Canada featuring Jo Steel from Ice War, Aphrodite and
William Finn from Dead Soul Alliance. The band plays energetic death
metal with a dark & crushing feel and atmosphere. It is no secret on
here, I worship old school Swedish dm and that is what you get here.
Think of Bolt Thrower mixed heavily with the early works of Carnage,
Grave, Dismember etc… Even the great growling vocals remind me of a
more in your face version of Ola Lindgren. Solid stuff. - Dale
https://expunged-canada.bandcamp.com/
http://www.hellsheadbangers.com/
  
These Australian
brutal death metallers to me are a near picture perfect mix of old
school and new school death metal. They have that traditional
ruthless dm foundation and song writing within that framework that
is more adventurous & lively like a lot of modern bands. There are
some nice guttural growling vocals on here and also some tasty
little guitar fills now and again. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/facelessburial/ https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/
This is a
technically proficient, high energy melting pot of thrash crossover
and death metal with bits of grind influence as well. It is
adrenaline inducing stuff that really grabs me at times. There are
other times when it is almost a little too adventurous in it’s
inventive and crazy song crafting, but I can tend to be a purist at
times. No matter that I can not deny the intelligence, skill and
creativity involved. - Dale
https://www.facebook.com/FeedtheCorpsestothePigs
https://hpgd.bandcamp.com/
I have to mention F.Z. is from the brain of
renowned veteran UG artist Mark Riddick. Fetid plays dirty & heavy
death metal with nods towards the old school roots. There is a
cavalcade of guest appearances here. Mark also employs more synth
than you would expect with this style, as well as flourishes of
melody in between the brutality and growling. Some killer guitar
solos on here too. It all gives Fetid Zombie an own feeling apart
from most bands in this style. This is well worth checking out for
something familiar yet also a little different, slightly progressive
at times, but always well done. - Dale
https://fetidzombiedm.bandcamp.com/
https://tometal.com/
https://www.facebook.com/torecs
 
Well long time readers of Canadian Assault
will know I am a Funeral Mist admirer and interviewed Arioch (aka
Mortuus vocalist of Marduk) way back in the print issue days. Arioch
is the main man in Funeral Mist, many bands soften and wimp out when
they get progressive. Not Arioch with F.M. the music, the
songwriting and song construction are very inventive & dynamic, but
everything in their unique black metal sound strives to be as evil,
harsh and cruel as possible! - Dale
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I have long been a fan of split EPs and LPs.
This one features two Greek bm bands. Funeral Storm kicks off on
this two song affair with “Mistress Of The Night”, which is great
early / mid ‘90s style Greek black metal bringing to mind the early
works of bands like Varathron & Necromantia. Synteleia also honour
their countries bm roots with a gloomy track that reminds me to
early Thou Art Lord & Rotting Christ, but a bit more melodic maybe.
Nice split vinyl. - Dale
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