“Time and tide wait for no man,” says the famous quote by Chaucer. Especially when faced with your own mortality. Whether we accept it or not, Death comes for all of us eventually, and we have to accept that this flesh cage is not built to last. But also, tell that to Mark Whelan of Fuming Mouth, who faced down cancer and triumphed a few years ago. Death is a palpable figure on their new album “The Ringing Bell” – their first for Triple B Records. You feel the entire range of emotions Mark carries, delivered with heaving riffs and never-ending livid screams, all in just a breathtaking thirty-four minutes of extreme music.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Cognizance – Phantazein
New year, new label… Following their first two releases under the Prosthetic banner, UK-based death metallers Cognizance are back with Phantazein, a concept album via Willowtip Records that focuses primarily on “art, obsession, and the profound influence of one’s environment.”
ALBUM REVIEW: Dimmu Borgir – Grand Serpent Rising
Lengthy gaps between albums are becoming quite the custom with Norwegian symphonic black metal act Dimmu Borgir. Not satisfied with the eight-year absence between Abrahadabra and 2018’s Eonian, the band took the same amount of time to write and produce a new record, Grand Serpent Rising (Nuclear Blast Records), before finally unleashing it upon an expectant corpse-painted world. Continue reading


