DDM's Best of 2018

This year I have been going through some real life issues and I am pretty sure that I have overcome them in the end.

My mind has not been fully set to listening metal in general but it kept me going at the same time.
Metal has always been a lifesaver for me from my teenage years onwards and this year has proven similar.

I didn't care too much for a true and thorough analysis what should be the AOTY or even top 10.

I love different styles and my top 10 is a little mix, but CG don't worry it isn't all black dude. 😊

There were tremendous amounts of great releases and I have not heard them all properly.

Following is an attempt to list top 10 and further some great releases (Some worthy of top 10) split per genre.

Top 10:

1. Tomb Mold - Manor of Infinite Forms
2. Unbirth - Fleshforged Columns of Deceit
3. Hyperdontia - Nexus of Teeth
4. Pestilent Reign - Pyres
5. Burial Invocation - Abiogenesis
6. Serocs - The Phobos/ Deimos Suite
7. The Order of Apollyon - Moriah
8. Temple - Design in Creation
9. Mass Infection - Shadows Became Flesh
10. Obliteration - Cenotaph Obscure

Technical Death Metal:

Æpoch - Awakening Inception
The Aftermath - Vermine
The Beast of Nod - Vampira Disciple of Chaos
Alterbeast - Feast
Anachronism - Orogeny
Antiverse - Under the Regolith
Arsis - Visitant
Beyond Creation - Algorythm
Gorod - Æthra
House of Atreus - From the Madness of Ixion
Inferi - Revenant
Revocation - The Outer Ones
Stortregn - Emptiness Fills the Void
Spectral - Neural Correlates of Hate
Advent of Bedlam - Human Portal Phenomenon
Gortuary - Divine Indigenous Sacrament
Enblood - Cast to Exile
Aethereus - Absentia
Ahtme - Sewerborn
Obscura - Diluvian
Centaurus-A - Means of Escape
Aparia - Beyond The Walls Of Man
Portal - ION
Augury - Illusive Golden Age
Soreption - Monument of the End

Death Metal/ OSDM:

Abysmal Torment - The Misanthrope
De Profundis - The Blinding Light of Faith
Outer Heaven - Realms of Eternal Decay
Deicide - Overtures of Blasphemy
Flesh Hoarder - Homicidal Necrophile
Binah - Phobiate
Shed the Skin - We of Scorn
Undersave - Sadistic Iterations... Tales of Mental Rearrangement
The Crown - Cobra Speed Venom
Abolishment of Flesh - The Inhuman Condition
FaithXtractor - Proverbial Lambs to the Ultimate Slaughter
Obscenity - Summoning the Circle
Deadborn - Dogma Anti God
Skeletal Remains - Devouring Mortality
Construct of Lethe - Exiler
Mortuous - Through Wilderness
Infuriate - Infuriate
Coffin Birth - The Serpent Insignia
Taphos - Come Ethereal Somberness
Baest - Danse Macabre
Torture Rack - Malefic Humiliation ??
Aborted Fetus - The Ancient Spirits of Decay
Blood of the Wolf - Album I + II
Hate Eternal - Upon Desolate Sands
Organic - Carved in Flesh
Storm upon the Masses - The Ones Who Came Back
Taphos - Come Ethereal Somberness
Wombbath - The Great Desolation
Wombripper - From the Depths of Flesh
Boethiah - Invocation of the Xenolith
Lecherous Nocturne - Occultaclysmic
Immense - Slaughter of Brutality
Oxygen Destroyer - Bestial Manifestations of Malevolence and Death
Eskhaton - Omegalitheos
Cancer - Shadow Gripped
Deceased - Ghostly White
Veld - S.I.N.
Scorched - Ecliptic Butchery
Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe Of Cosmic Chaos
Chapel of Disease - ...and as We Have Seen the Storm, We Have Embraced the Eye
Nahum - Within Destruction
Fleshworks - Engine of Perdition
Hellish God - The Evil Emanations
Nachash - Phantasmal Triunity
Ulthar - Cosmovore
Depravity - Evil Upheaval

Grindcore:

Aborted - Terrorvision
Anaal Nathrakh - A New Kind of Horror
Axis of Despair - Contempt for Man
Cripple Bastards - La fine cresce da dentro
Scumpulse - Rotten
Pink Mass - Necrosexual
Wake - Misery Rites
Treasonist - Treasonist
Human Cull - Revenant
Lifetaker - Thanatos
Kataplexis - Kataplexis
Pig Destroyer - Head Cage

Black Metal:

Funeral Mist - Hekatomb
Adzalaan - Into Vermilion Mirrors
Aura Noir - Aura Noire
Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods
Imperialist - Cipher
Lucifer's Child - The Order
Marduk - Viktoria
Mare - Ebony Tower
Order ov Riven Cathedrals - Gobekli Tepe
Outre - Hollow Earth
Svartidaudi - Revelations of the Red Sword
Mutilation Rites - Chasm
Totenmesse - To
Spectral Wound - Infernal Decadence
Ascension - Under Ether
Stark Denial - Covenant of Black
Varathron - Patriarchs of Evil
Malichor - Nightmares and Abominations
Eskhaton - Omegalitheos
Anicon - Entropy Mantra

Thrash Metal:

Antipeewee - Infected by Evil
Degrave - Degrave
Final Breath - Of Death and Sin
Inquisitor - Stigmata Me, I'm in Misery
Rapture - Paroxysm of Hatred
Crisix - Against the Odds
Vomitor - Pestilent Death

EP:

Cast the Stone - Empyrean Atrophy
Unanimated - Annihilation
Dischordia - Binge/Purge
Quantum Hierarchy - Neutron Breed
Rotten Sound - Suffer to Abuse
Vimana - The Collapse
Demonbreed - Hunting Heretics
Benighted - Dogs Always Bite Harder than Their Master
Dominant - The Summoning

CarlG's Best of 2018

As I have said numerous times, what a sensational year for Death Metal!

And did Germany kick ass!

1) Zombie Riot (Ger) - Reign Of Rotten Flesh, this cd has been number one on my list all year and I wondered if an established band was going to knock it back, but nope. A great cd, from a great up and coming band! Now let us just hope they do not fuck it up and fix what ain't broken because I love it! I am serious guys, give this a chance.

2) Obscenity (Ger) - Summoning The Circle, this band has been a huge favorite of mine, often coming in third all time behind Vomitory and Bolt Thrower, but despite their last being good it was different. Since having a long run with vocalist Oliver Jauch up until 2009 they have used 3 different vocalists on their last 3 albums. On 2016's Retaliation these guys experimented, not excessively but did use some dual and varying backing vocals that did not appeal to me. It is great they have fixed it, gone back to their great style and again are back to kick ass death metal!

3) Damage Source (Ger) - Aeons Of Nothingness, a band that has been around for 10 years or so, but only a demo, single and EP to show so far, until this great release came to us. Very good, but no frills whatsoever, so if you want some straight up death give these guys a listen.

4) All Consumed (UK) - Birth Of Ruin, a somewhat late in the year release coming in mid October could influence this a bit but damn is this some really good death metal. Not an ounce of bullshit with 8 great songs. The only negative to me is 29:37 of playing time. I would really liked to have heard 40 to 45 minutes from these guys! Don't trust MA labeling them Death/Groove/Metalcore as this is straight up DFM!

5) Eteritus (Pol) - Order Of Death, due to all the media and access we have there is almost always warning of new releases, when they are due and very quick communication once they are. This is one that somehow snuck in and maybe was my biggest surprise of the year. I loved their previous and had it high on my 2017 list. This one might be better as these guys are good and have proven that they are not one hit wonders.

6) Mass Infection (Grc) - Shadows Become Flesh, these guys with Resurgency and Blessed By Perversion have been my favorite bands from the land of Greece but actually Mass Infection is highest on that list, and not really due to the greatness of this release. Their 2009 release The Age Of Recreation is one of the best cds in my collection and this new one is climbing high very fast! Yep, 9 songs and no bullshit!

7) Neter (Esp) - Inferus, does it get any better! Minus a 1:02 intro of piano this cd is 45:24 of nothing but death metal. Back in 2015 these guys landed #6 on my EOY list and I commented that I hope they stay on path and follow that great release up! Well guess what! They did!

8) Incremate (Ger) - Violence and Insanity, these guys made #5 on my 2016 EOY list with a superb inaugural cd and they have lost nothing with this one! Nine songs, all from 3:00 to 4:00 minutes with no frills! I love it!

9) Atomwinter (Ger) - Catacombs, a band that is a big favorite of mine, with 2 previous awesome releases! This may be their best, but that is a tough call. Gets no better with 10 songs at 39:58 with only a short intro for me to complain about.

10) Feral (Swe) - Flesh For Funerals Eternal, not much to say but another superb release from another superb Swedish straight up death metal band! In the last year or so I've given these guys a lot of listens, love their prior stuff and looked forward to this for a long time. It does not disappoint!

11) Supreme Carnage (Ger) - Morbid Ways To Die, another band that in the last 3 or 4 years has become a big favorite of mine. They certainly did not disappoint with this release and when you talk about straight up death metal this band is the definition of it. Damn, Germany can do some great death metal!

12) Revolting (Swe) - Monolith Of Madness, what a year for Rogga! He has so many releases this year that I couldn't keep track. This came out as the bell rang for 2018 and to muddy the situation within less than a week Rogga dropped a new Severed Limbs release too. Rogga's stuff is intriquing as sometimes it all sounds the same yet sometimes they sound different and this one is good.

13) Jungle Rot (US) - Jungle Rot, These guys are what I refer to as a band that just does it, cd after cd, nothing new or outstanding, no changes and guess what, never any bullshit! But, this time they changed on me and created a top notch release, and without any doubt my favorite from them so far! There is also a little bonus of something I usually do not like, dual vocals on one song with Schmier of Germany's great thrashers Destruction! I find it quite tolerable and love their awesome cover of another great German band, Kreator with Terrible Certainty!

14) Commander (Ger) - Fatalis (The Unbroken Circle), a band that has been around about 15 years, has 2 previous full lengths that I knew of but never really gave much attention. Well, this one opened my eyes, and ears! Very good solid, straight up, no frills death metal with 9 songs at 41:18 and guess what! I have worn this release out with listens this year!

15&16) Severed Limbs (Swe) - Sores Galore & Grisly (Swe) - The Spectral Wars, these two are in a tie at this position as honestly, if they are in a playlist you cannot tell one from the other. Both are superb releases and quite similar to Rogga's Revolting release above. I am not a 100% Rogga fan as some of his stuff doesn't appeal to me, but these three 2018s work.

17) Carnation (Bel) - Chapel Of Abhorrence, another band that grabbed me with a five song EP back in 2015 and had me waiting to see if they could follow it up....and wow, did they! What do you get, 11 songs = 47:36 and really does not get any better. This really should be higher up the list.

18) Vader (Pol) - Dark Age, I am cheating here, by a little bit anyway. This is a December 28th, 2017 release that we didn't get until 2018 and so worthy I thought it had to be included, and how unique! This is a re-recording of the band's first cd and something I'd love to see other bands do. Modern times bring better quality, better technology and much better sound in my opinion. This release is so much better than the original!

19) Weak Aside (Ger) - Forward Into Darkness, guess what! 10 songs = 40:00 minutes and very good, solid death metal. Not much speed, not much technicality, not much excitement, just great groove with mid paced death metal. Only small negative to me is they have a backup vocalist that is a John Tardy clone, that I could do without but really not a deterrent as he does it well.

20) Wilt (Ger) - Faces Of The Grave, another band from the great death metal country of Germany and another premiere cd from a newer band! I do not know if others recognize it but I sense a uniqueness about these guys sound that I just cannot put my finger on. I really wish I could put this cd higher on my list because it deserves it, but damn, so much great death metal this year!

21) Envig (Swe) - By Human Hands, I am not in the habit of grabbing demos, unless they fall to me somehow but I discovered Envig this way back in 2015 and loved their demo. After a long wait they finally gave me a full length and it does not fail. A solid sounding slab of Swedish death metal, but with enough unique difference to make them sound great. Only negative is the first song has 40 seconds of spoken words that is completely useless, otherwise a great release.

22) Infraktor (Prt) - Exhaust, damn....another premiere cd from a newer band! What you get is 38+ minutes of straight up, no frills death fucking metal, aside from a 4:17 minute outro of sounds that make no sense to me, this is an exceptional release.

23) Infantry (Nld) - Make War Not Love, I am just discovering, this is not a 2018 release and supposedly released mid 2017! I cannot find this anywhere, prior to Sept 2018, so again, do not tell Thorne I am cheating but I feel bad kicking this one out. A solid, thrashy death cd that is really good and worthy so check it out and guess what, another first cd from a new band!

24) Deiformity (Aus) - Corpse Stomper, another great solid release of pure death metal, and another new band! If you are looking for frills, dual vocals or anything progressive go somewhere else.

25) Vomitile (Cyp) - Pure Eternal Hate, another band I've listened to a bit in the past and not really a lot, but this is a very good one. More pure death, no intros, outros, dual vocals or anything elaborate. Why do I get these guys confused with Vistery? Both have three full lengths, both do not attempt to fix what ain't broke in death metal and both are "V" bands!

26) Deadborn (Ger) - Dogma Anti God, I have read people saying this sounds like Psycroptic, Decapitated & of course Necrophagist and no wonder, considering there are two members of that now defunct great band here. They were very short term with Necrophagist though, so I don't get the comparison. I don't know, it has a techy edge to it but in my opinion they have their own sound and 9 songs at 36 minutes of pretty much no bullshit.

27) Ammonium (Rus) - Act Of War, with only one previous full length, but because it was so good these guys are maybe my favorite band from the land of Russia. With bands like Trigger, Butcher House, Septory, Monumental Torment & Merlin this is quite a feat. Again, only negative is it is a little short at 30 minutes and has 3 totally worthless songs of just strange sounds.

28) Deicide (US) - Overtures Of Blasphemy, I've always been a fan of Deicide, like everything from them and over the years have collected their complete discography via vinyl in the early years, then cd as they came available. This one is better than good though and quite possibly my favorite of all. Do not judge the past in regards to them and do give this one a listen.

29) Warkunt (Fra) - Of Ruins And Agony, another new band! I am really impressed with this release and given some time it more than likely would have been higher. More pure straight up death metal with the only negative, just as the UK's All Consumed above is, this being only 30:00 minutes long.

30) Demonical (Swe) - Chaos Manifesto, in the last year or so I have become a big fan of these guys as I didn't give them much attention when their previous stuff was released. This new one doesn't quite meet up to the standards of their last but it is still good and gets many plays from me. If you like Swedish death go for these guys!

31) Ashes Reborn (Prt) - Contamination, some really good thrashy death from a band that has been active for 8 years with only a previous EP. I never heard of them prior to now but glad I stumbled on this one as it is a very worth while release and at 9 songs = 41 minutes what else would you expect!

32) Tortharry (Cze) - Sinister Species, what death a metal machine these guys are, and what a disappointment I was never able to find some of their early stuff on the store shelves while searching metal in the pre internet/download era. This is a very good, solid death metal release with excellent vocals, good instrumentation and a heavy edge.

33) Vistery (Blr) - Death Is Dead, another band that has been fairly active the last few years, with two prior full lengths that I have paid no attention to. This will probably not appeal to many as it is another drab, boring, slab of straight up death metal, but guess what! I like it. Hate to tell these guys but "death ain't dead"!

34) Dark Century (Can) - Under Disorder, with only about 10 plays I sort of neglected this one a bit. It came out early in the year when I was occupied with a few of the above so these guys are making up for lost time now, getting more listens from me lately. Canada has been active this year.

35) Gravestone (Swe) - Sickening, here we go again with another real good slab of Swede death metal and another new band with their first release! With Entrails guitarist Pontus Samuelsson doing vocals and that great sounding buzzsaw guitar it is no wonder these guys are good.

36) Pannychida (Rus) - Missense Mutation, interesting release here, with a unique or different kind of death metal sound. A bit of an awkward name kind of kept me away from this but as I listened, it became more and more appealing and called me back to be played. Some slight technicality but pretty much straight up 9 songs at 42+ minutes of good death metal.

37) Krisiun (Bra) - Scourge Of The Enthroned, very good release and much like Deicide I've been a decent fan of these guys since their beginning. In fact I am enjoying this as much or more than anything they've ever done. Until this maybe Southern Storm was my favorite Krisiun cd but not anymore.

38) Skeletal Remains (US) - Devouring Mortality, I've seen some negative reviews and have to say I don't understand. A very good, solid release with good vocals and great instrumentation. These guys also released a single earlier in the year, so add that, get the bonus edition, which I strongly suggest and you get 51:12 of nothing but pure death metal! By the way, the bonus is a cover of Cancer's great Hung, Drawn and Quartered! Speaking of whom, check below!

39) Cancer (UK) - Shadow Gripped, from the band that created To The Gory End back in the early days of death and with their original lineup back in the saddle! This is a really solid release and although not high up my list something I really enjoy and have listened to quite often...and will do more in the future.

40) Ribspreader (Swe) - The Van Murders - Part 2, more Rogga but unlike Severed Limbs and Grisly he does have some help here. I've been up and down with these guys over the years, having loved their early stuff, then putting them aside for awhile. But, have to admit, this one and their previous are bringing me back. Also, after this release they are no longer just a Swede band, see below under EPs/Splits/Singles.

41) Spirit Of Rebellion (Can) - The Reign Of Denial, good solid Canadian death metal band with a bunch of previous releases that I really have not given any attention. Maybe I should! Although I haven't listened much to their past stuff, they are labeled "black/death" by Metal Archives, and on this release I hear nothing but straight up death.

42) Monstrosity (US) - The Passage Of Existence, a big fan of this band in the mid 90s, but there have been lineup changes since. After a decade since their last full lenght, the guys are back. Although there is only one consistent member their sound has remained pretty much the same for 25+ years and this release is no exception. A very good one that needs more plays but as I have said before, "there is too much death and not enough life". Also, 57:43 minutes of playing time and I wish my favorite releases (and other things) could be that long!

43) Introtyl (Mex) - Creation Of Insanity, when this one came out it stunned me so much, and completely had my interest. It is a very good release and great quality death metal from a complete band of females, which is pretty rare. The only negative is a total length of 24:04, but otherwise straight up, pure death metal and not too many women do vocals like this! Do not assume that this will be melo, or anything else but solid death and really should be higher.

44) Gluttony (Swe) - Cult Of The Unborn, not great, not bad and no where near as pushy to be played as their previous, but still a decent slab of death metal. A littel short at only 31 minutes but still a reasonably good listen.

45) Insanity Unveiled (Zaf) - World Of Deception, a rarity here as this is two years in a row that we've had a good release out of South Africa. Last year we had Maximum Carnage and now these guys! Keep it up ZAF! These guys have a true death metal sound with some really great instrumenation in my opinion.

46) Bloodland (Ger) - Chronicles Of Death, another first full length band and again, nothing different but just good pure death metal with a heavy edge. I can't put this real high on my list as there are others a bit better but this is good.

47) Funeratus (Bra) - Accept The Death, what do we have, straight up no frills Death Fucking Metal from the land of our buddy Lord Frost! Great stuff and should get more listens because these guys do it right.

48) Zealot Cult (Irl) - Spiritual Sickness, yep...another band that does it right, with 8 songs = 41:07 + no bullshit. Also, another John Tardy sounding vocalist and does it good. Some really solid riffs in this Irish death and by the looks of these guys on their Metal Archives page I don't expect to see them in kilts playing bagpipes!

49) Morbid Illusion (Swe) - In The Crypt Of The Stifled, another newer Swedish band with a rough or raw edge to them, unlike most of the sound from Sweden, but I like it. The vocals are really raw but compliment the music well so I am curious to see how these guys will evolve.

50) Gruesome (US) - Twisted Prayers, I have never given Gruesome's prior releases any attention but have to admit this is good. A little slow or melo for me at times, it is the style of death metal I love. Another really good release that if death metal was not so much alive I'd be sure to be playing a lot more.

More bands that created good stuff....

Eroded (Ita) 

Wombripper (Rus) 

Prospective Reign (Fin)
Ectoplasma (Grc) 

Gravewards (Grc) 

Fleshless (Cze)
Hell Is Here (US)

The Grotesquery (Int) 

Abythic (Ger)

Gutter Instinct (Swe) 

Carnage (Rus) 

Deiquisitor (Dnk)
Dig Me No Grave (Rus)

Storm Upon The Masses (Bel)

 Unleashed (Swe)
Desdemonia (Lux) 

Wombbath (Swe)

 Just Before Dawn (Int)
Lectern (Ita) 

Drawn And Quartered (US)

 Outre Tombe (Can)
Those Who Bring The Torture (Swe) 

Down Among The Dead Men (Swe)

EPs / Splits / Singles

Demonbreed (Ger) - Hunting Heretics [ep], best EP of 2019, enough said! 

Open Surgery (Swe) - After Birth Abortion [ep]
Ribspreader (Swe/US) - Comorbid Diagnosis [split], another superb Rogga release only this time he decided to go out of country for help and Ribspreader has now become international. What happened to the members that created his other 2018 release I don't know but they are now Swe/US.....but still Rogga.

Ribspreader (Swe/US) - Cancun Deathride [ep], more solid Rogga death.

Slaughterday (Ger) [ep]

Humiliation (Mys) [split]

To Descend (Swe) [ep] 

Gatecreeper (US) [split] 

Graveyard (Esp) [ep] 

Misery Index [single] 

Nightbearer (Ger) [ep] 

Puteraeon (Swe) [ep] 

Sentient Horror [ep] 

Carnal Garden (Grc) [split] 

Misanthrope Monarch (Ger) [single]

The Death Chamber's Best of 2018

Here we are again at the beginning of a new year and the end of an old one, and it's ironic that I struggled so much to keep up again in 2018, because in last year's list I said that it would be hard to top 2017, and it is fairly obvious that this past year did. It's difficult to really fathom the sheer weight of all of the metal that '18 had to offer because I have 336 new releases between everything that I purchased, ripped & downloaded, and I probably didn't even scratch the surface of what was out there. It was a very healthy, highly saturated year for the scene with a ton of new bands and a lot of older established bands who came back, kicked ass, took names and left a trail of destruction in their wake.

There were so many bands and releases to consider and enjoy again in 2018 that it is almost obscene and further proof that metal is stronger than ever. The only downside is that it is almost impossible to hear and absorb it all. It also makes it very difficult to create a credible list of everything that was good, so as has been the case in recent years I am only offering suggestions of what I liked and nothing more and I will most assuredly leave many worthy releases off of the record. To prove this point when quality offerings from bands such as Supreme Carnage, Deadborn, Tortharry, Terrorizer, Revolting, Unbirth, Carnation, Storm Upon the Masses, Cemetery Urn and Abysmal Torment don't make the list, then it has been a pretty damn good year. I also thought that the new Requiem, Spirit of Rebellion, Gravestone, Nails of Imposition, Faithxtractor & Eroded were quite worthy as well as many others. I would also be remiss if I didn't mention one of my old favorites The Crown, who I thought created a very good comeback release this past year. As usual, I could keep going on and on but I won't, so without further ado, here is The Death Chamber's Top 30 for 2018.

I hope that you may discover something here that you missed and enjoy it as much as I do. This list is in no particular order and only reflects offerings that made me want to throw the \m/\m/ in the air, wreck my neck and break some shit, enjoy!

 Mass Infection - Shadows Became Flesh

Band: Mass Infection
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Country: Greece
Purchase: https://massinfection.bandcamp.com/album/shadows-became-flesh
Preview: https://youtu.be/b18KffC0z64

Neter - Infernus

Band: Neter
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Spain
Purchase: https://neter.bandcamp.com/
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/neterofficial / TDC Link

Infraktor - Exhaust

Band: Infraktor
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Portugal
Purchase: https://www.facebook.com/infraktor.metal/
Preview: https://youtu.be/drHMNFn7y1I / TDC Link

Angelic Desolation - Rumpus Time Is Over

Band: Angelic Desolation
Genre: Death Metal
Country: United States
Purchase: https://angelicdesolation.bandcamp.com/album/rumpus-time-is-over
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/angelicdesolationofficial/ / TDC Link

Phylactery - Aeber

Band: Phylactery
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Czech Republic
Purchase: https://phylactery.bandcamp.com/album/aeber
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/phylacteryband/ / TDC Link

Ashes Reborn - Contamination

Band: Ashes Reborn
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Portugal
Purchase: Contact band @ Facebook link below
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/ashesreborn.pt/ / TDC Link


Obscenity - Summoning the Circle

Band: Obscenity
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Germany
Purchase: https://obscenitydeath.bandcamp.com/
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/Obscenity.Official / https://youtu.be/EjVUTPLiXbk

Deicide - Overtures of Blasphemy

Band: Deicide
Genre: Death Metal
Country: United States
Purchase: Century Media
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDeicide/


Betrayer - Scaregod

Band: Betrayer
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Poland
Purchase: Amazon.com
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/BetrayerOfficial / TDC Link

Skeletal Remains - Devouring Mortality

Band: Skeletal Remains
Genre: Death Metal
Country: United States
Purchase: https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/devouring-mortality
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/SkeletalRemainsDeathMetal / TDC Link


Wombripper - From the Depths of Flesh

Band: Wombripper
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Russia
Purchase: https://wombripper.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-depths-of-flesh
Preview: Facebook.com / https://youtu.be/3Tg647XQ7_Y

Introtyl - Creation of Insanity

Band: Introtyl
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Mexico
Purchase: Contact band @ Facebook link below
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/IntrotylMx / TDC Link


Krisiun - Scourge of the Enthroned

Band: Krisiun
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Brazil
Purchase: Century Media
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/krisiun.official/


AHTME - Sewerborn

Band: AHTME
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Country: United States
Purchase: https://www.indiemerch.com/uniqueleader/item/57218
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/ahtmekc/


Depravity - Evil Upheaval

Band: Depravity
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Australia
Purchase: https://depravityaustralia.bandcamp.com/
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/Depravitydestroy/


Subtype Zero - The Astral Awakening

Band: Subtype Zero
Genre: Thrash Metal
Country: United States
Purchase: https://seeingredrecords.bandcamp.com/album/subtype-zero-the-astral-awakening
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/Subtype-Zero-678525312507499/ / TDC Link

Enblood - Cast to Exile

Band: Enblood
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Portugal
Purchase: https://enblood.bandcamp.com/album/cast-to-exile
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/enbloodband / TDC Link


Jungle Rot - Jungle Rot

Band: Jungle Rot
Genre: Death Metal
Country: United States
Purchase: http://www.jungle-rot.com/item/VR759-CD/
Preview: http://www.jungle-rot.com/ / https://www.facebook.com/igotjunglerot


Daging - Nafsu

Band: Daging
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Country: Indonesia
Purchase: https://brutalmind.bandcamp.com/album/nafsu
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/DAGING-Death-Metal-692228284149271 / TDC Link

Ripped to Shreds - 埋葬

Band: Ripped to Shreds
Genre: Death Metal
Country: United States
Purchase: https://rippedtoshredsdeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/-
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/rippedtoshredsband/ / TDC Link

Monstrosity - A Passage of Existence

Band: Monstrosity
Genre: Death Metal
Country: United States
Purchase: Indiemerch / https://monstrosityofficial.bandcamp.com/
Preview: https://www.monstrosity.us/band/ / Facebook / https://youtu.be/Zf3O_fwslOU

Create A Kill - Summoned to Rise

Band: Create A Kill
Genre: Thrash Metal / Death Metal
Country: United States
Purchase: https://createakill.bandcamp.com/releases / Repulsive Echo Records
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/createakill/ / TDC Link


Prospective Reign - The Beast Within

Band: Prospective Reign
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Country: Finland
Purchase: Contact band @ Facebook link below
Preview: Facebook / TDC Link


Fleshless - Doomed

Band: Fleshless
Genre: Brutal Melodic Death Metal
Country: Czech Republic
Purchase: Contact band @ Facebook link below
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/fleshlessofficial/ / -[*]-


Abolishment of Flesh - The Inhuman Condition

Band: Abolishment of Flesh
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Country: United States
Purchase: Contact band @ Facebook link below
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/abolishmentoffleshofficial/ / -[*]-

Merciless Reign - Haunting the Aftermath

Band: Merciless Reign
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Country: United States
Purchase: https://www.facebook.com/MercilessReign/timeline
Preview: https://youtu.be/WVtHgoDulek / -[*]-

Sadistik Forest - Morbid Majesties

Band: Sadistik Forest
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Finland
Purchase: https://sadistikforest.bandcamp.com/album/morbid-majesties-death-metal
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/entertheforest/?ref=ts / -[*]-

Parius - The Eldritch Realm

Band: Parius
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Country: United States
Purchase: https://parius.bandcamp.com/
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/pariusofficial / TDC Link

Severed Limbs - Sores Galore

Band: Severed Limbs
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Sweden
Purchase: https://ablazeprods666.bandcamp.com/album/sores-galore
Preview: https://youtu.be/TVnnca1zW3M

Sinsaenum - Repulsions for Humanity

Band: Sinsaenum
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Country: International ( France / United States / Hungary)
Purchase: http://www.sinsaenum.com/
Preview: https://www.facebook.com/Sinsaenum

2018 Ep's and Demos of High Regard

Furnace Born - Purgatory
Sentient Horror - The Crypts Below
Dominant - The Summoning
Voracious Scourge - Our Demise
Defenstration - Gutter Perdition
Hatalom - Of Sorrow and Human Dust
Carnal Ruin - immortal Domain
Strangle Wire - The Dark Triad / -[*]-


Killibrium - Purge
In Pain - Summoning the Dead
Absorption - Inevitable Doom
Cranial Contamination - From the Absence of Existence
Martyred - Dawn of Terror
Nightbearer - Stories From Beyond

Well, I guess that is all I have to say for 2018. There was a ton of other good stuff out there in the past year but this list is good enough for me because I know others will promote many bands that I didn't. Continue to enjoy and Support as many of the bands as you can, so we can keep the Underground alive and well \m/\m/

Enblood - Cast to Exile [2018]

Artist: Enblood

Album: Cast to Exile
Year: 2018
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://enblood.bandcamp.com/
Country: Portugal
Quality: 320 kbps



Tracklist:
1. Pantheon of Solitude
2. Cast to Exile
3. Earth Raised Creation
4. Oblivious Hate
5. Strayed Path in Dementia
6. Leviathan
7. Abyssal Consolation of Souls
8. Awaken from the Depths
9. Black Morning
10. Under Werewolves' Skies
11. Procession

Witness: -[*]-
Wait a minute, what was going on in Southern Europe this past year because tiny Portugal has produced 3 of my favorite releases in 2018 with Enblood, Ashes Reborn & Infraktor? This is good shit and I just want to share it!

Samskaras - Lithification (EP) [2018]

Artist: Samskaras

Album: Lithification
Year: 2018
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/LrjXuFjKRNc
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Reconciliation
2. As Warriors
3. Alignment
4. A Deux Mains

Witness: -[*]-
Listen and offer your support <<< here.

Subconscious Void - Chains of Lies [2011]

Artist: Subconscious Void

Album: Chains of Lies
Year: 2011
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://myspace.com/subconsciousvoid
Country: Ukraine
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Without Disgrace
2. Pitiful Signs of Humanity
3. Symbolic Existence
4. Insanity
5. New Life
6. Humans Hate
7. Futures Mark
8. Undead

Witness: -[*]-
Do you remember these guys from Chernihiv, Ukraine? The disc is damn good, right? They are certainly due for something new and supposedly they're still active but unfortunately, I can't find much evidence to support that assertion.

 

Hate Storm Annihilation - Following the Path to Eternal Fire [2018]

Artist: Hate Storm Annihilation

Album: Following the Path to Eternal Fire
Year: 2018
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/I4s8wpYFsig
Country: United States
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Track Zero
2. The Devil Exists
3. The Spirit of the Black Flame
4. The Nameless King
5. Ancient Sorceries Used to Condemn the Souls of the Dead from Passing onto the After Life
6. Following the Path to Eternal Fire
7. The Incoherent Chanting of the Chronicler to Which This Tale Ends

Witness: -[*]-

Bloodland - Chronicles of Death [2018]

Artist: Bloodland

Album: Chronicles of Death
Year: 2018
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/dTLeJqp7Rx8
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Buried Alive
2. Disturbance of the Dead Rest
3. Out of the Grave
4. Ritual
5. Chronicles of Death
6. The Undead Wrath
7. Murdered Is Expensive
8. Waiting for Dissection
9. Bonesaw

Witness: -[*]-
This is a really good effort from these Bad Dürrenberg, Saxony-Anhalt Germans \m/\m/

Just Before Dawn - Tides of Blood [2018]

Artist: Just Before Dawn

Album: Tides of Blood
Year: 2018
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/ETQOOIU0JBk
Country: Sweden / United Kingdom
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. When the Iron Shield Falls
2. Day of Days
3. Market Garden
4. Formations at the Rising Dawn
5. Battle for the Bridge
6. Tides of Blood
7. Bombs over Bremen
8. Civilian Alliance
9. Spirit of the Blitz
10. In the Depth of War (Outro - Declaration War)

Witness: -[*]-
Again, there are a significant number of guest musicians on this release and also again, it turns out very good \m/\m/

Just Before Dawn - Precis Inann Gryningen [2013]

 

Artist: Just Before Dawn
Album: Precis Inann Gryningen
Year: 2013
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/qBFlDMAWqrI
Country: Sweden / United Kingdom
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Precis Innan Gryningen
2. As Death Breaks The Surface
3. Under Wheels Of Death
4. Pulverised
5. Ten Megaton War Machine
6. Raped Soil
7. Slagfält Efter Slagfält
8. The World Burning

Witness: -[*]- With a name like Just Before Dawn, I somewhat expected melodic deathcore or something like that but don't be fooled by the name. This is a Swedish death metal project featuring guest appearances by the likes of Rogga Johansson & Jonas Lindblood along with members of Blood Mortized, Godhate, Zombification, and Revel in Flesh just to name a few \m/\m/