ALBUMS OF THE YEAR: STAFF PICKS – Matt Cook’s Top 25 Albums of 2023


With our sights set on the end of one year and the start of another, we are sharing End of Year lists from staff, bands, and some friends in the business. Ghost Cult scribe (and part of our new, expanded … Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Carnophage – Matter Of A Darker Nature


In thirty-three minutes, Carnophage balance some of the most fetid vocals with cheeky technical bluster, leaving a mark on Matter Of A Darker Nature (Transcending Obscurity Records) which leaves an enthusiastic Brutal/Tech-Death impression.


ALBUM REVIEW: Brutal Sphincter – Sphinct-Earth Society


Ain’t no surprises here.   Belgian miscreants Brutal Sphincter are here for two things: to pen gut-busting Goregrind that is filled with as much viscera as groove, and to inject quite a fair share of tongue-in-cheek humor. 


ALBUM REVIEW: Eluveitie – Anv


When it comes to musical acts, Eluveitie is a bit of an anomaly. Created nearly twenty-five years ago, the Melodic Folk Metal band has a literal laundry list of former members and only has one musician who has been there … Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Dormant Ordeal – Tooth And Nail


When it comes to Death Metal, Polish duo Dormant Ordeal have all the trappings of a colossal contender within the scene. Tech Death tendencies, groovy vocal lines, venomous guitar tones, sizzling percussion. They have it all and then some.


ALBUM REVIEW: Cytotoxin – Biographyte


Cytotoxin have well and truly embraced the Chernobyl disaster as impetus for what they term Nuclear Death Metal, and their latest foray, Biographyte (Self-Released) is yet another gruelling installment, for better and worse.