Obituary remains one of the most impressive, most brutal, most respected, most influential bands in the death metal genre. Having perfected a distinct, slow, slimy, sludge-groovy, "OBITUARY" sound, they truly stand apart from the thousands of also-a-death-metal-band s. "Cause of Death" marks the time when they perfected the "Obituary" sound or maybe mastered the art… Read More Obituary – Cause Of Death
With an intro of some kind of demoniacal possession (sampled from "The Exorcist" series, I’m told) and the proclamation "They do it rather well, don’t you think?", prepare to get a lesson in sheer brutality from these Canadian monsters. This is the second full length release of the band,the debut being "Blasphemy Made Flesh". The… Read More Cryptopsy – None So Vile
Take a band whose core sound is devastatingly Morbid Angel-ish in it’s mannerisms.Throw in some Egyptian influences like weird chanting, traditional instruments and background synths.Mix it up nicely so that they get incorporated into the songs themselves.Then burn this death metal mayhem onto a CD. Yes sir,you guessed right. The black smoldering piece of plastic… Read More Nile – Black Seeds Of Vengeance
Ad Noctum:Dynasty Of Death is a very,very fitting title,for Limbonic Art have steered themselves down a similar path as fellow countrymen Gehenna,Keep Of Kalessin and to a certain extent,Emperor,by adopting more of a brutal death metal influence to co-exist with their symphonic black metal persona for their new full length release. The outcome is dark… Read More Limbonic Art – Ad Noctum:Dynasty of death
Hail to one of the best Satanic death metal album ever recorded to date!The statement on the tray card of this cd couldn’t be more accurate;"Dark Art For The Satanic Elite".From the intro of "Invocation" to the last track "Cruciform Antithesis"( a re-recorded version of the original demo)you will enter a musical realm you thought… Read More Blood Ritual – At The Mountain Of Madness
Obituary hailing from Tampa, Florida are the best death metal act of all time and recorded this live album during their "Back From The Dead" tour [`97-`98] in America and Europe. Obituary has John Tardy keeping you in deathly silence with his manic growls, Allen West providing the shrill leads, Frank Watkins on the bass… Read More Obituary – Dead
France’s Season Of Mist has acquired a number of promising artists,but Norway’s Bloodthorn are hands down the flagship band on the label! the trepidation of Armageddon has arrived in the form of Onwards Into Battle, a mid-tempoed yet searing, 8 track premonition of what misery is to befall the human race. Bloodthorn are the masters… Read More Bloodthorn – Onwards Into Battle
The fires set by AngelCorpse on their debut "Hammer Of The Gods" are now raging out of control.save your soul( if you have one,that is…)motherfuckers..stop, drop and roll! The Inexorable is this bands 3rd crusing full length, further exploring the frontiers of hyperblasting mayhem and morbid angel-esq terror riffing.This album is a mindfuck of intensity..never… Read More Angelcorpse – The Inexorable
What can be said about them what hasn’t been said till now. One of the foremost band in the death metal genre, Morbid Angel has been continuously evolving the genre with their consistent and ever evolving music. The death metal masters from Florida have once again proved their dominance in the genre with the release… Read More Morbid Angel – Gateways To Annhilation
Few people can match Chuck Schuldiner talent and creativity.One of the first Death Metal bands Death has built us a strong fan following and had some great releases like Symbolic and Leprosy and their new offering Sound Of Perseverance is one of their best efforts so far.This time Richard Christy(I think) is on drums.Some awesome… Read More Death – Sound Of Perseverance
From the cold, dark forests of Slovakia, comes a grand and magnificent album from Slovakian Melodic Death Metal band, Depresy. The album is the band’s second release . Following their debut album ‘Sighting’, this album has 12 tracks of which tracks 5-12 are re-recorded from their demo ‘And There Came The Tears With Christ’. The… Read More Depresy – A Grand Magnificence
This is must for everyone who like Melodic Death metal.Amon Amarth are from somewhere in Europe and play "Viking Metal" or "War Metal" as they put it.This album kicks ass from the 1st song Bleed For Ancient Gods which is heavy and melodic and they vocals are a good mix of growls and screams.Songs that… Read More Amon Amarth – The Avenger