We end the year on a chaser episode. Who are the Big Four of Death Metal? If Death Metal had a Mount Rushmore, what bands would be on it? Nik and Keefy rank the best Death Metal bands of all time, checking down from a list of about 30 bands!
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The nut to crack that is Obvurt is a tough one.
On the one hand, the Quebec-based tech-death trio hold their own with bombastic, forceful drumming; chaotic, thrashy elements; and call-off-the-dogs brutal vocals. On the other hand, the majority of Triumph Beyond Adversity (Unique Leader Records) is mired in mediocrity, relying too much on formulaic tropes while falling prey to a surplus of empty space. A portion of the songs inexplicably feel out of place, though not due to the band’s inability. Instead, the record plays as the personification of a college student who boasts a 3.0 GPA while coasting through the four years without engaging in much of any extracurricular activity, content with being uncompromisingly normal.
With a Sunday night show to cap Thanksgiving weekend, veteran death metallers Exhumed stomped into NYC in support of their latest album “To the Dead.” (Read our review here.)
The Great Heathen Army Tour marched through Cincinnati and Amon Amarth set the town ablaze.
Metal masters Amon Amarth have been chasing the peasants away for thirty years. They are presently on tour in support of The Great Heathen Army (Metal Blade) record that came out earlier this year, and they brought along Cattle Decapitation, Obituary, and Carcass for the ride.
Disquisition On An Execution surpasses the confines of being a meager release. It’s The Last Ten Seconds Of Life’s eighteen-minute soundtrack to accompany a lecture on the best way to snap a victim’s neck in one fell swoop. The four-track EP – courtesy of mammoth label Unique Leader – is an inescapable assault – a hodge-podge of dense, declarative deathcore. Fits and starts of feral madness fuel the Pennsylvanian foursome.
Recently Mid-west Brutal Technical Death Metal militia Casket Robbery teamed up with Ghost Cult Magazine to share their new single and lyric video – “Worm Food!” Now they have dropped another new song and a full video for “Post-Mortem” over at Decibel Magazine. The track comes off their highly-anticipated new album Rituals of Death – due out on November 11, 2022, via Blood Blast Distribution. Watch the video now for “Post-Mortem” and pre-order the album at the links below.
We caught up with solo Technical Death Metal artist Justin Pierrot of Stormland! His new album “The Human Cost” is out now. We chatted about his career in music, a layman’s explanation of Gundam , death metal guitar, guests on his album such as Ross Sewage of Exhumed and Leda Paige, and much more!
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.
Stormland is a one-man Death Metal project that bills itself as “Gundam Metal.” I’m not as hip to Gundam as I am to Transformers, but I love the approach. What’s more metal than giant fucking fighting robots?
Mid-west Brutal Technical Death Metal militia Casket Robbery has teamed up with Ghost Cult Magazine to share their new single and lyric video – “Worm Food!” The track comes off their highly-anticipated new album Rituals of Death – due out on November 11, 2022, via Blood Blast Distribution. The track is a thick slab of tech death majesty, with a relentless slamming groove. Directed by Scott Rudd, the video is a great companion to this sick new song, sure to be on your spooky season stay-list! Watch the lyric video now for “Worm Food” and pre-order the album at the links below.