ALBUM REVIEW: Undergang – De Syv Stadier Af Fordærv


 

Alright, all you sicko freaks – this rotting slab of stinking fetid metal is for you! Danish gore-hounds Undergang have been steadily churning out rotten meat since they formed back in 2008. Their latest offering, De Syv Stadier Af Fordærv (from the twin hit factories Me Saco Un Ojo / Dark Descent), has plenty more inhuman vocals, grinding rhythms and caveman riffs.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Faceless Burial – At The Foothills Of Deliration


 

There are (at least) two ways to ascertain if metal is going to be technically inspired: the cover or the song titles.

In fact, with an album entitled At The Foothills Of Deliration, maybe it was obvious all along.

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REVIEWS ROUND-UP: Through The Cracks Of Death: Altars – Hissing – Dead Void – Maul – Ferum – Castrator


Richard Benton watches with horror as the wounds knit, the flesh reforms, and the thing pulls itself with a sickening tear from its premature tomb.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Blood Incantation – Hidden History of the Human Race


 

Chalk it up to me partaking more in the reefer these days and revisiting professional wrestling as a hobby again, but I feel like I took a chair shot to the back of the skull. Why am I feeling discombobulated? Have you tried listening to Blood Incantation‘s Hidden History of the Human Race (Dark Descent)? No? Then why don’t you go to your nearest highway and attempt to run across during rush hour traffic? Best of luck.Continue reading


Watch a New Video From Blood Incantation – “Slave Species of the Gods”


Cosmic themed Death Metallers Blood Incantation have shared their new video for ‘Slave Species of the Gods’. The song comes from their upcoming new album Hidden History of the Human Race. The album arrives on November 22 on CD/LP/CS/Digital and merchandise available through Dark Descent Records in North America, with Century Media handling Europe. Watch it now! Continue reading


Corpsessed Shares New Music Video For “Graveborne” Track


Finnish Death Metal veterans Corpsessed have shared a new video for their track ‘Graveborne’. The song comes from their forthcoming new album, the amazingly titled Impetus of Death, due out November 23rd on Dark Descent Records. The inventive clip features animation from Jussi Kandelin. Watch it below now!Continue reading


Album Stream: Encyrcle – Encyrcle


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Danish speed metallers Encyrcle is streaming their self titled album, out June 2, 2015 via Unspeakable Axe Records and Dark Descent Records here.

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01: Chronoboros
02: To the End
03: Evoke the Night
04: Bloodbasker
05: Entrance
06: Dizzy me Deadly
07: Serpent’s Dream
08: Deathlust
09: Facelasher
10: Black Dust
11: Obliteration Eyes

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Audio: Encyrcle – Bloodbasker


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Danish machine gun metallers Encyrcle will release their self-titled debut album June 2, 2015, via Unspeakable Axe Records and Dark Descent Records. Stream “Bloodbasker” below.

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Encyrcle Encyrcle tracklist:
01: Chronoboros
02: To the End
03: Evoke the Night
04: Bloodbasker
05: Entrance
06: Dizzy me Deadly
07: Serpent’s Dream
08: Deathlust
09: Facelasher
10: Black Dust
11: Obliteration Eyes

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House of Atreus Streaming “Messenger of a Shaken Host”


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American war metallers House of Atreus is streaming “Messenger of a Shaken Host,” off their new album The Spear and the Ichor That Follows, out May 5, 2015 via Dark Descent Records.

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Side A
1. Trenches of Fortune
2. Messenger of a Shaken Host
3. Throne of Chariots
4. Oresteia – The Unforgotten Scorns
Side B
5. Heir to the Crown of Sodom
6. Beasts of Antiquity
7. Veiled in Dignities of Wrath
8. The River Black

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Invincible Force Streaming “Bringers of Armageddon”


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Chilean thrashers Invincible Force is streaming “Bringers of Armageddon,” off of their new album Satan Rebellion Metal, out March 10, 2015 via Dark Descent Records in the US and March 17, 2015 via Sound Pollution and April 2, 2015 via Code7/PhD in Europe below. Cover art for Satan Rebellion Metal was created by Mark Riddick.

A ripping and vile blend of thrash, death and Christ-hating black metal, Satan Rebellion Metal will leave a trail of broken and bloodied corpses in its wake. Next to bands like Force of Darkness and Dekapited, Invincible Force are one of the strongest Black/Death/Thrash Metal bands from Chile and highly recommended for fans of Slaughter Messiah, Force of Darkness, Possessed, Nifelheim and Desaster.

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Rise The Wrath of Satan
Scraps of The Dead
Necromance
Summoning The Black Destruction
Desolation
Onwards To War
Bringers of Armageddon
Unholy Trinity

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