Finnish death metal unit Abhorrence honours the Great Old Ones of death metal and unleashed the single and video ‘Old Age, Sickness and Death Metal’ as a tribute to Possessed and the 40th anniversary of the album that started it all: ‘Seven Churches’!
Swedish old school death metallers Toxaemia are gearing up to release their new album ‘Rejected Souls of Kerberus’ in November via Emanzipation Productions and share a (literally) killer track with ‘Blood Red’!
Italian technical old school death metal band Gory Blister sign with Eclipse Records for the release of their upcoming album ‘Reborn from Hatred’, and share the single ‘Greedy Existence’ to celebrate!
Swedish death metal supergroup The Lurking Fear announced their upcoming next album and unleash a first single from that release!
After 30 years, the Belgian death metal outfit Exoto finally releases a brand new EP, stream it here!
Get ready to get hunted and crushed by these German death metal juggernauts!
Our very own Belgian Carnation has taken the next big step in signing to Season of Mist!
Brutal Assault is a proper celebration of everything that is metal and/or extreme and there is something great to be found at any time of the day! We picked out 8 bands that you should go see on the first day of this year’s edition, with Frayle, RUÏM, Orange Goblin, Crystal Lake, Oranssi Pazuzu, 3 Inches of Blood, Sigh, and Brutally Deceased, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
As usual, Mazen’s top albums are a mix of death metal, black metal and a touch of doom metal, heralding everything that is underground and extreme with bands like Phobophilic, Autopsy, Stormruler, Watain, Shape of Despair, Ars Hmu, Sedimentum, Chaotian, Trolldom and Immolation!
Polish death metal band Toughness delivers one of the best albums in the style of Finnish and technical death metal bands. “Black Respite of Oblivion” is a classic release, out since February 28th via Godz ov War Productions.
Denmark’s death metal band Maceration returns with the third studio album “Serpent Devourment”, a rotten death metal record that will entice fans of Entombed and was released with Emanzipation Productions.
Re-united Swedish death metal four-piece Vomitory is back in action. The tenth album “All Heads Are Gonna Roll” is brutally and technically outstanding, out via Metal Blade Records!
California-based retro death metal quartet Mortuous offers a feast of filthy riffs on the sophomore release ‘Upon Desolation’ which blends different styles from death and doom metal, similar to bands like Necrot, Autopsy and Vastum. Out on Carbonized Records.
For the true old-school death metal aficionados Chaotian’s first full-length album ‘Effigies of Obsolescence’ is worthy of your time and money. The Danish trio presents an amalgam of U.S. death metal in its most primitive form. Out on Dark Descent and Me Saco Un Ojo Records.
Undeath’s sophomore release ‘It’s Time… to Rise from the Grave’ captures its trademark brutal elements and still manages to hold its own style by delivering a sense of freshness and death metal brevity.
Viogression’s 3rd full-length album “3rd Stage of Decay” offers a heavy slab of old school death metal morbidity with unforgettable riffs that bear the late 80s and early 90s trademarks! Out via Satanath Records!
Sentient Horror has mastered the sheer power of the Swedish style of death metal and the fact that they have left fans anticipating a return to action on the third album “Rites of Gore” is a powerful onslaught of aggression.
Cryptworm on its full length album “Spewing Mephitic Putridity” managed to sum up the putrid styles of the Finnish masters Demilich, and the guttural nuances of Undergang.
On the sixth album “Agma” Wombbath initiates a rather morbid approach to death metal making it the best effort since the debut album.
