Raffy Reviews - Burn The Priest: 'Legion: XX' May 18, 2018

Legion: XX
by Burn The Priest

Background Burn The Priest, now better known asLamb of God, is a thrash/groove metal project from Richmond, Virginia that has created several fairly memorable releases since their mid-to-late 1990s inception. Since their name change, they've become nothing short of one of the most influential and l...

Opening Fire: 2008​-​2014 May 18, 2018

Opening Fire: 2008​-​2014
by Power Trip

The Pitch: "To kick off their celebration of ten years as a band, Dark Operative is proud to present Power Trips Opening Fire: 2008-2014, a complete collection of the bands earliest non-LP output." A crossover anthology worth owning. What I Like: I don't generally review compilations and anthologie...

Liquid Anatomy May 17, 2018

Liquid Anatomy
by Alkaloid

The Pitch: German progressive death metal supergroup Alkaloid (members of Necrophagist, Obscura, Aborted, Dark Fortress, God Dethroned, etc.) return from the critically lauded The Malkuth Grimoire with a new album via Season of Mist. What I Like: As should be expected from this highly proficient gr...

The Mesmerist May 17, 2018

The Mesmerist
by Mask Of Judas

The Pitch: "Formed of luminary instrumentalists throughout the UK,Mask Of Judasbring a new age sensibility to the Progressive Metal genre, fusing together the thunderous eight string grooves with lead acrobatics alongside vocal influences that range from Soul and RnB to the outer perimeters of Death...

To Drink From The Night Itself May 16, 2018

To Drink From The Night Itself
by At The Gates

The Pitch: Swedish melodic death metal legends and forerunners of the "Gothenburg sound" At The Gates return once more with their latest album, To Drink From The Night Iteslf via Century Media Records. FFO: The Haunted, The Lurking Fear, Dark Tranquillity What I Like: You avid readers out there kno...

Sense Offender May 16, 2018

Sense Offender
by Sense Offender

The Pitch: "Intensely claustrophobic, teluric sludge infused mathy hardcore" from the UK. FFO: Northless, LLNN What I Like: Sense Offender, true to their name, are a reprehensible assault on both auditory senses and internal sensibilities. Case in point, the first track, "The Sound of Braille" is o...

Alterity May 15, 2018

Alterity
by Knelt Rote

The Pitch: Nuclear War Now! presents Portland blackened deathgrind band Knelt Rotes fourth album, Alterity, on vinyl. "The devastation wrought by the incessant percussive barrage and grinding guitars on Alterityis matched by the dark introspection into the human condition that it endeavors to naviga...

Memoirs of Misfortune May 15, 2018

Memoirs of Misfortune
by Slug in the Sun

The Pitch: Houston, Texas technical metal crew Slug In The Sun(members of GODS) have been secretly honing their craft since 2017, prepaing to strike. The time has come with the release of this incredible debut EP and their first ever shows. Bufihimat, Car Bomb, Mothman What I Like: Slug In The Sun ...

Konglomerat May 14, 2018

Konglomerat
by Gottwut

The Pitch:Gottwut (roughly German for "good rage") is a Russian industrial metal band, formed in 2015 in Moscow.They characterize their sound as a modern interpretation of industrial metal influenced by bands like Rammstein, KMFDM and Nine Inch Nails. What I Like: I hope that you really dig Rammste...

Black Death Terroristic Onslaught May 14, 2018

Black Death Terroristic Onslaught
by Hellfire Deathcult

The Pitch: "Bestial black/death metal" from Chicago band Hellfire Deathcult via Deathrune Records. FFO: Adversarial, Archgoat, Autokrator What I Like:Black Death Terroristic Onslaught is less an album than a straight-up portal into the infinite abyss. The droning, hypnotic guitars, lo-fi production...

Raffy Reviews - Skinless: 'Savagery' May 11, 2018

Savagery
by Skinless

Background Those familiar with the New York-based American brutal death metal actSkinless know of their numerous achievements in the world of their genre. Since their early 1990s formation, the band have released six full-length albums as well as multiple splits, demos EPs to boot. Sadly, they dis...

Surging Throng Of Evil's Might May 11, 2018

Surging Throng Of Evil's Might
by Superstition

The Pitch:20 Buck Spin releases Surging Throng Of Evils Might, the debut album from New Mexico blackened death metal band, Superstition. FFO: Cultes Des Ghoules What I Like: This 20 minute release, especially opening track "Death's Fuming Passage." demonstrate some serious potential for Superstitio...

Chimera May 10, 2018

Chimera
by ISA

The Pitch: "I'm a literal nobody, but have dreams of someday becoming a somebody in the music scene." This was the message in my inbox a few days ago, and it's now among my favorites. Let's see if we can make it happen. ISA is a one man self-described psychedelic progressive death metal project out ...

FlightOfIcarus With 8 Must-Listen Underground Melodeath Albums May 10, 2018

When I think of Japanese metal, my mind goes to grindcore and experimental BM. In spite of this, Serenity In Murder have defied all expectations to deliver arguably one of the best melodeath albums, period.It literally gave me goosebumps. The riffs are faster and more technical, and that classic Got...

Evil Upheaval May 9, 2018

Evil Upheaval
by Depravity

The Pitch: Brutal Australian band Depravity deliver a new release via Transcending Obscurity Records. "Louis Rando (Impiety, The Furor) and his team of musicians conjure up a maelstrom of wicked death metal that lays waste to all else. Vile, twisted and deafeningly heavy." FFO:The Furor, Morbid Ange...

Look, Here Comes The Dark! May 9, 2018

Look, Here Comes The Dark!
by Abraham

The Pitch: Swiss post metal band Abraham delivers a two hour, four-part concept album via Pelagic Records, each section defined by a unique approach in terms of style, songwriting, degree of experimentation, and choice of instrumentation. FFO: Cult Of Luna, Schammasch, Minsk What I Like: This truly...

Pig May 8, 2018

Pig
by Mouthbreather

The Pitch: More grinding mathcore mania from the IndexFest lineup. This time it's Boston's Mouthbreather. FFO: Knocked Loose, Full of Hell, Helpless What I Like: Every time that I think I've used the words "raw" or "vicious" most appropriately, a band comes along to prove that I should save such de...

Domain Of The Wretched May 8, 2018

Domain Of The Wretched
by Organectomy

The Pitch:New Zealand based slamming death metal act Organectomy re-issue theirdebut full lengthDomain of the Wretchedvia Unique Leader Records..."a crushing mix of slam, tech death, sickening atmospherics, and a ferocious brutality unmatched by most bands today." FFO: Within Destruction, Abnormalit...

Silence of the Deceased May 7, 2018

Silence of the Deceased
by Lautreamont

The Pitch: The debut album from Russian avant-garde extreme metal trio Lautreamont. "Titled Silence of the Deceased, the albums seven tracks are a journey into the dark corners of human nature, death and regression." FFO: Otargos, Balance Interruption, Veilburner What I Like: This album is making m...

Raffy Reviews - Nekrokraft: 'Servants' May 4, 2018

Servants
by Nekrokraft

Background Sweden is undoubtedly a gold mine when it comes to discovering some of the heaviest and most controversial acts in extreme metal. FromAmon AmarthtoIn Flames and many, many more, one will always find something to quench their personal taste for the brutal and blackened...and today's act i...
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