Tag: death metal
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Scum – Garden of Shadows
Bit of an interesting back story behind this one. This Finnish death/doom outfit formed in 1990, and was signed to the legendary Black Mark Productions, where they put out a couple records in ’94 and ’95. Garden of Shadows, recorded in ’96, was to be Scum‘s third album, but Quorthon reportedly tossed this demo in the…
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Illyrian – Round 2: Fight!
Previously known by the impressive monicker of Hellborn Death Engines (which sounds like a great lost 80s film), Illyrian impressively fuse such influences as classic thrash, death metal in the vein of Obituary, and a lot of 80s influences into a profoundly impressive package. First impressions, that’s a great cover, instantly grabs the eye. Secondly, the band…
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Asphyx – Incoming Death
If you don’t think Martin van Drunen has one of the best voices in death metal then you either haven’t heard him or you have no idea what good is. If it is the latter then stop reading because you obviously couldn’t care less about punishingly good death metal. Asphyx‘s newest album Incoming Death starts off…
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Metal notes from Montreal (more to come)
It’s a very metal week in Montreal. Heavy Montreal 2016 kicks off in Parc Jean-Drapeau tomorrow, complete with afterparties scheduled for Katacombes and L’Astral. And today marks the second day of Grimposium’s Doomed to Death events – the reason I’m here. Yesterday’s Grimposium activities covered a broad spectrum. Vastum‘s Daniel Butler presented a paper touching…
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Asphalt Graves – The New Primitive
Asphalt Graves, a new project boasting an impressive resume of talent with current and former members of bands like Dying Fetus, Black Dahlia Murder, and GWAR leaves something to be desired with their debut album out on Vitriol Records. Starting with a slow roll of a riff in terms of this death/grind/punk style hybrid it…
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Briefcasefest: Saturday, 21 May 2016
Gabe Hugh’s review of Briefcasefest 2016 held at Toronto’s Coalition So, it’s the Victoria long weekend again and for those of you getting ready to spend it in the comforts of Kensington Market, either going to see some sights, shopping or getting a drink and grub – be forewarned that you may hear some interesting sounds…
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GRUESOME ON GRUESOME – Dimensions of Horror
Now, here’s a band that’s very near to my cold, cold heart. Gruesome originated as a tribute act on the Death to All tour, until, much like the Thin Black Lizzy Star Riders, they decided they couldn’t record any new material under their original moniker without creating decades of bad karma. I’m not sure how…
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Slowly We Rot: The Resounding Influence of Death Metal Album Art
By Connor Glaze (www.smashwords.com/profile/view/cglaze) The 13th of February marked the 46th anniversary of Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut album. Looking at the fast, feverish development of it all over past decades, it’s hard to believe that metal as we know it is almost half a century old! It’s been a long time since Sabbath were first…
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Abnormality – Mechanisms of Omniscience
It’s been four years since Massachusetts’s Abnormality released their debut Contaminating the Hive Mind, which is a long time for a band dedicated to technical-flavored, ‘droid-stomping death metal. You’d think that the speed of the music (and label requirements) would lead to more frequent releases, but thit isn’t the case. Surprisingly, Abnormality are already a…
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Shortcuts: 7 Recent EPs, Singles, and Splits of Note
Ok – I’m busy. You’re busy. So let’s cut the shit and talk bad-ass tunes, specifically, some recent noteworthy non-LP releases that are more than worth investing what little precious time you have to spare. Dark Circles/Abstracter – Split LP (Halo of Flies/L’Oeil Du Tigre Records/Moment of Collapse/Sick Man Getting Sick/Shove) Damn. This one doesn’t…