When executed properly, Slam Metal can be a big ball of fun.
Animalistic vocals that sound inhuman; random yet recognizable memes and clips; and an overarching mood which breeds feelings of categoric annihilation.
Tag Archives: brutal death
ALBUM REVIEW: Maul – In The Jaws Of Bereavement
Maul is about as self-explanatory as the name suggests, and In The Jaws Of Bereavement (20 Buck Spin) gets straight to the point.Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Afterbirth – In But Not Of
Get ready, folks: brute ‘n roll is upon us!
Progressive yet brutal Death Metal deviants Afterbirth, formed in 1993 but put on hold for two decades, are primed and ready for the world to hear their brand of bellicosity.
ALBUM REVIEW: Werewolves – My Enemies Look And Sound Like Me
When anger calls, it’s important to strike the iron while it’s still hot.
And that has never been a problem for Australia-based behemoths Werewolves. Their brand of death metal has always been as straightforward as their name. And barely a year after the ferocious From The Cave To The Grave the equally ferocious and downright vitriolic My Enemies Look And Sound Like Me (Prosthetic Records) is here and more vengeful than ever.
ALBUM REVIEW: Crown Magnetar – Everything Bleeds
Crown Magnetar does deathcore the right way.
Forgoing the oft-used technique of blubbering legitimately incoherent nonsense, the titans of the industry insert vulgar, spiteful lyrics all over Everything Bleeds (Unique Leader Records). The record comes fresh off the heels of 2022’s EP, Alone In Death, signaling a need for the Coloradans to constantly wreak havoc.
ALBUM REVIEW: Pathology – The Everlasting Plague
If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it. Luckily, Pathology have taken this to heart, and their punishing new heavyweight contender, The Everlasting Plague (Nuclear Blast) is simply another example of that.
Ingested – Revered by No-One, Feared by All
Ingested’s Revered by No-One, Feared by All (Siege of Amida Records) is much more than just an EP in a “young” (a decade if you count their previous incarnation as Age of Suffering) Manchester based band’s discography. This is the moment where Ingested needs to prove that they are doing it right. If in 2009 they hit the nail in the head with their debut full length, Surpassing the Boundaries of Human Suffering, two years after they hit their head with the fuckin’ nail when they released their 2011 follow-up, The Surreption. From a solid brutal death metal/slam album in 2009 they jump to a mediocre in deathcore album in 2011. What now? It seems that the answer to that question comes from the EP. With this new record the band seems to have an urgency of redirect their focus and the result is a mixture between their brutal death/slam with some pieces of deathcore that is delivered throughout these four tracks that are filled with crushing-grooving riffs, a more sparse dynamic rhythm-wise and vocals that roam between the most brutal guttural and the deathcore groovy approach. Revered by No-One, Feared by All is far from being an utterly amazing piece but it’s solid and proves that the band can learn from their mistakes. Now we just need to pay some attention because their next record can be, easily, fuckin’ MASSIVE!
6.5/10
Ingested on Facebook
Tiago Moreira