Saturday, October 5, 2024

Infern - Turn of the Tide [2024]


Artist: Infern
Album: Turn of the Tide
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/_X5S_oQX5yg / https://infern.bandcamp.com
Country: France
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Undertow  
2. Phineas Case  
3. Tormented Paranoid  
4. Burning Fields  
5. Archetype of Brutal Aggressor  
6. Gaining Ground  
7. State Puppet Theater  
8. March of the Grotesque  
9. To the Extreme  
10. Buried Alive

Witness: -[*]-
Here is yet another killer release for 2024! I have been waiting for this album ever since I heard their 2 song promo a couple of years ago and this disc has proven to be worth the wait. For a relatively new band, Infern has created high-quality death metal of the highest order.

Hideous Divinity - Unextinct [2024]


Artist: Hideous Divinity
Album: Unextinct
Year: 2024
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Web: https://www.indiemerchstore.com/hideous-divinity / https://centurymedia.bandcamp.com/album/hideous divinty
Country: Italy
Quality: 320 Kbps



Tracklist:
1. Dust Settles on Humanity
2. The Numinous One
3. Against the Sovereignty of Mankind
4. Atto Quarto, the Horror Paradox
5. Quasi-Sentient
6. Hair, Dirt, Mud  
7. More than Many, Never One
8. Der verlorene Sohn
9. Mysterium Tremendum
10. Leben ohne Feuer

Witness: -[*]-
It is very hard to believe that this is Hideous Divinity's first full-length album in 5 years because it seems all these Italians do is release killer technical death metal. This album does not disappoint if you have liked their style over the years.

Atræ Bilis - Aumicide [2024]


Artist: Atræ Bilis
Album: Aumicide
Year: 2024
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Web: https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com/Atræ Bilis / https://www.facebook.com/atraebilis/
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 Kbps



Tracklist:
1. Protoxenesis  
2. Hell Simulation
3. Salted in Stygia
4. Inward to Abraxas
5. To Snuff the Spirit Guides
6. Aumicide
7. Kingdom of Cortisol
8. A Monolith Aflame
9. Through the Hologram's Cervix
10. Excruciate Incarnate

Witness: -[*]-
This is the third and newest release from Canada's Atræ Bilis and I think this is their best effort so far. The band continues to improve and incorporate more technicality into their brand of death metal. 

Friday, October 4, 2024

Homizide - Flesh Depravity [2024]


Artist: Homizide
Album: Flesh Depravity
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Myt1F_1P4uY / https://homizide.bandcamp.com
Country: Spain
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Rotten Meat  
2. Blessedone  
3. Osteonecrosis  
4. Preventhory  
5. Parálisis Intestinal  
6. Knife Of Desolation  
7. Solucion Suizidio  
8. Abby's Hell  
9. Raining Blood (Slayer cover)

Witness: -[*]-
When I first came across this album on Bandcamp last week and saw the album art I was thinking it was probably some overtly brutal death metal with bull frog croak-styled vocals but that isn't the case at all. This is traditional-styled death metal with accessible vocals, interesting riff patterns, and a heavy bottom end that makes for an enjoyable listening experience. Spain strikes again!

Hereza - Decomposed Beyond Recognition [2024]


Artist: Hereza
Album: Decomposed Beyond Recognition
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://hereza.bandcamp.com/ / https://www.facebook.com/herezametalband
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps



Tracklist:
1. Demons Among Us  
2. Piggy's Palace  
3. A Shrine of Skulls  
4. Born to Raise Hell  
5. Handsome Devil  
6. Decomposed Beyond Recognition  
7. Aileen  
8. Dead End  
9. Serial Slasher  
10. El Matador

Witness: -[*]-
Hereza is a band founded in Croatia and now resides in Germany; this is their newest release. I have not followed them closely over the years but I did like their 2017 album I Become Death and this newest album is very good as well.

Quiescent Mantis - Here Comes the Swarm [2024]


Artist: Quiescent Mantis
Album: Here Comes the Swarm
Year: 2024
Genre: Thrash Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Alsa9y9vP80 / https://quiescentmantis.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Open the Gates 
2. Here Comes The Swarm
3. Apex Predator 
4. P.R.E.Y. 
5. Shake the Cage 
6. Breed. Feed. Repeat. 
7. Primal Form of Aggression 
8. Killer Bee-Killed 
9. FIGHT! 
10. This is the End 

Witness: -[*]-
This is definitely more thrash than death but it's really good nonetheless. Check'em out!

Sunday, September 29, 2024

Thirteen Goats - Capricorn Rising [2024]


Artist: Thirteen Goats
Album: Capricorn Rising
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://thirteengoats.com/ / https://thirteengoats.bandcamp.com/
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 Kbps



Tracklist:
1. Sign of the Goat  
2. Murder Lives in the Heart  
3. A Wolf in Shepherd’s Clothing  
4. Global Fuckup  
5. Beheading Zoo  
6. Permission to Die  
7. Beating the Disease  
8. Goats of War  
9. Animal Kingdom

Witness: -[*]-
Wow, here is a band that is new and cool to me! These Canadians play überthrashy death metal and I dig it so much so that even though I downloaded it I also ordered a physical copy. Check this out.

Necis - Humanidad Hipnotizada [2024]


Artist: Necis
Album: Humanidad Hipnotizada
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/PLRGfWoIM34 / https://www.facebook.com/necismexicali
Country: Mexico
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Esclavo de deseos  
2. Disonancia cognitiva  
3. Cruel consumación  
4. Humanidad hipnotizada  
5. Creación de dioses  
6. Semillero de profetas  
7. La sombra del que te arrastra  
8. Muerte intravenosa

Witness: -[*]-

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Humanity's End - Plague of Cancers [2024]


Artist: Humanity's End
Album: Plague of Cancers
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://www.instagram.com/humanitys_end_666 / https://humanitysend-gurglinggore.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps



Tracklist:
1. Plague of Cancers  
2. Breath of the Innocent  
3. Dying Earth  
4. Merciless Death  
5. Order of 9 Angels  
6. Cianide Butchery  
7. Ascent of the Blessed  
8. Behind the Ivory Robe

Witness: -[*]-
Humanity's End is a two-man project from Detroit that is playing a Stockholm inspired brand of death metal which sounds pretty good to my ears. See if you agree.

Spirits Way - Attendite a Falsis Prophets [2024]


Artist: Spirits Way
Album: Attendite a Falsis Prophets
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/s12lDhCw4rA / https://spiritswaydeath.bandcamp.com
Country: Poland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Attendite a Falsis Prophetis Pt1
2. Body Decomposition Engineering  
3. Anatomy of Decay  
4. Morbid Might  
5. Master of Deception  
6. Attendite a Falsis Prophetis Pt 2
7. My Throne Is Made of the Bones of Jesus  
8. Paradox of Anger  
9. The Dismemberment of Christ

Witness: -[*]-
Poland has long been one of my favorite death metal countries as they have a long history of killer bands. I am not familiar with Spirits Way but they have been around since 2009 with 2 previous LPs to their credit but this is my first exposure. This album is pretty good, so I may need to check out their older material.

Scorched Earth - The Day of the Damned [2024]


Artist: Scorched Earth
Album: The Day of the Damned
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://scorchedearth-fr.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/ScorchedEarthFR/
Country: France
Quality: 320 Kbps



Tracklist:
1. Scorched Earth Part 1  
2. Dead Human Feast  
3. Flesh Eater 05:06  
4. Necrophiliac Misanthropic Satan Worshipper  
5. The Day of the Damned  
6. Ghoul  
7. Invocation  
8. Black Ones  
9. Scorched Earth Part 2

Witness: -[*]-

Insidious Void - Hellscape (EP) [2024]


Artist: Insidious Void
Album: Hellscape
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal / Black Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/u9xB_jyI-rA / https://insidiousvoid.bandcamp.com
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Legacy
2. Ashen Earth
3. On Ruinous Winds
4. Hellscape

Witness: -[*]-
Here is the newest effort from Insidious Void and if you count their 2022 EP they now have created 8 tracks of quality death metal. I am ready to hear what these guys can do on a full-length album. 

Friday, September 27, 2024

Christ Denied - Christopsy [2024]


Artist: Christ Denied
Album: Christopsy
Year: 2024
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/5AhppF76hXs / https://www.deathmetal.biz/christdenied/
Country: Spain
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Scream Bloody Blasphemy  
2. Fake Deity  
3. A Blinding Light?  
4. Take, Eat; This Is My Body  
5. Why Call Him God?  
6. Voracious Disciples  
7. Starving Acolytes  
8. Oozing Blood Nails  
9. Liar's Meat Aftertaste  
10. Mutant Christ (Cryptopsy cover)

Witness: -[*]-

Christ Denied - Cancer Eradication [2013]


Artist: Christ Denied
Album: Cancer Eradication
Year: 2013
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/ndFQJYFTD5o / https://store.sevared.com/christ-denied
Country: Spain
Quality: VBR

Tracklist:
1. Weak Lunatics  
2. Blasphemic Blessings  
3. Putrid Christian Blood  
4. Christ Is Gone  
5. Limbless God  
6. Prophylactic Execution  
7. Beheading the Abomination  
8. Infidel's Triumph  
9. Of the Underworld (Imprecation cover)

Witness: -[*]-

Karpathian Relict - Never Be After [2023]


Artist: Karpathian Relict
Album: Never Be After
Year: 2023
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Web: https://karpathianrelict.bandcamp.com/ / https://www.facebook.com/karpathianrelict/
Country: Poland
Quality: 320 Kbps



Tracklist:
1. The Moth
2. Bury in the Past
3. Closed Book
4. Silent Waters Pt. I
5. Silent Waters Pt. II
6. Жach
7. My Anthem
8. The Masochist

Witness: -[*]-
I really enjoyed the first 2 albums by Karpathian Relict and that got me to order a physical copy of this CD last year but when I got it and listened it didn't really grab me the way the previous had. This is my own CD rip and I have had this sitting here waiting to post for a long time and finally getting around to it. Check it and see what you think.

Demored - Sickening Dreams [2018]


Artist: Demored
Album: Sickening Dreams
Year: 2018
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/rDEbYC78wn4 / https://demored.bandcamp.com
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Bodyswap
2. From Life to Ichor
3. Omnious Venesection
4. Drained (Interlude 1)  
5. Drenched in Dysphoria
6. One with the Dead
7. Sickening Dreams
8. Desecrated (Interlude 2)  
9. Dread Return (Life Reformed)
10. Cease to Exist
11. Dismal Mutualism
12. Outro

Witness: -[*]-
I had meant to post this album a few weeks back with their new album Well of Liquid Souls but I dropped the ball, so try to correct my error now. I like the new album a lot but haven't listened to this one as much but I can tell you that it is good.

Saturday, September 21, 2024

Coffin Rot - Dreams of the Disturbed [2024]


Artist: Coffin Rot 
Album: Dreams of the Disturbed
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/lI5ZbGiEQao / https://coffinrot-maggotstomp.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Slaughtered Like Swine  
2. Perverted Exhumation  
3. Lurking in the Cemetery  
4. Unmarked, Shallow Grave  
5. Living Cremation  
6. Hands of Death  
7. Predator Becomes Prey  
8. The Howling Man

Witness: -[*]-
Fucking killer new album from Portland's Coffin Rot! Thanks to CarlG for spreading the word on this new album. I really liked their 2019 release A Monument to the Dead but to be honest, I really wasn't even thinking about these guys and didn't know they had a new album coming. It seems that they have added a 2nd guitarist since their last album and based on 1 listen this expanded lineup sounds damn good.

Crypt Crawler - The Immortal Realm [2024]


Artist: Crypt Crawler
Album: The Immortal Realm
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://www.cryptcrawlermetal.com/ / https://cryptcrawlermetal.bandcamp.com
Country: Australia
Quality: 320 Kbps



Tracklist:
1. The Immortal Realm
2. Summary Execution
3. Forced Metamorphosis
4. Maze to Insanity
5. Higher Society
6. Shrine of Sacrifice
7. Abhorrent Abominations
8. Gateway of Souls

Witness: -[*]-
Crypt Crawler are back with their newest release and it's a heavy ass slab of death metal. Their 2021 album was very good in my opinion but this one is even better. These guys are showing a solid progression from each album and they are becoming one of my favorites from Down Under.

Friday, September 20, 2024

Manus Mortis - Shores of Hell [2024]


Artist: Manus Mortis
Album: Shores of Hell
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Sz0_MIrf_Gk / https://www.backstagepro.de/manusmortis
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Eaters of the Sun  
2. Reap the Storm  
3. Dark Corners  
4. Scourge  
5. Void  
6. The Shores of Hell  
7. Chaos  
8. Seeds of Babylon  
9. Gonzalez  
10. Doomed to Perish  
11. If it ends Tomorrow

Witness: -[*]-
I didn't have any familiarity with this band until I came across this album back in March and after listening I liked what I was hearing so I searched out their previous material as well. This is their first release in a decade and it is easy to hear a traditional '90s death metal influence in their sound. If that is what you are craving then you will probably like this band. 

Manus Mortis - The Art of Damnation [2014]


Artist: Manus Mortis
Album: The Art of Damnation
Year: 2014
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/HjTpmjwvnzM / https://www.facebook.com/manusmortisofficial/
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Point of No Return  
2. Nothing Left  
3. Inner Self  
4. World of Treason  
5. Manus Mortis  
6. Land Beyond  
7. Thy Flesh Consumed

Witness: -[*]-

Lunacy - Disconnection [2023]


Artist: Lunacy
Album: Disconnection
Year: 2023
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/leckmgh3a8E / https://lunacyofficial.bandcamp.com
Country: Poland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Blood
2. Childs Play
3. Mince Machine
4. Deviant Fetish
5. (No) Chance to Break
6. Circle of Sleepers
7. Reverence
8. All That Jazz

Witness: -[*]-

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Apep - Before Whom Evil Trembles [2024]


Artist: Apep
Album: Before Whom Evil Trembles
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/MdM9MVn1-t4 / https://www.facebook.com/ApepBand/
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Enslaving the Putrefied Remnants of the Deceased  
2. The Pillars of Betrayal
3. Tombs of Eternity  
4. Wanderers in the Waste  
5. Before Whom Evil Trembles (Goddess of Carnage)
6. The Breath of Kheti  
7. Swallowed by Silent Sands

Witness: -[*]-
The new Apep is out, I thoroughly enjoyed their 2020 release, and this time around they have taken on more of a technical slant in their style from my perspective and I am liking their evolution a lot.

BleedSkin - Homicidal Therapy [2024]


Artist: BleedSkin
Album: Homicidal Therapy
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialBleedSkin/ / https://www.instagram.com/bleedskinofficial/
Country: Belgium
Quality: 320 Kbps



Tracklist:
1. Relieve the Pain (Intro)  
2. Echoes of the Past  
3. Deadly Chase  
4. Spread Your Venom  
5. Murderous Madness  
6. Purgatory  
7. From Hunted to Hunter  
8. The Reaper  
9. Darkest Secret  
10. Last Breath (Outro)

Witness: -[*]-
Damn, the last couple of weeks have been really good for death metal releases, and the new Bleedskin is right there at the top of the new releases in September. This is a superior follow-up to their 2020 release Blood Reign, which was very good as well. Check this trio out!

Monstrous Death - Nightmares [2024]


Artist: Monstrous Death
Album: Nightmares
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/psOhBWj2xJA / https://monstrousdeath.bandcamp.com
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Arrival
2. Into the Void of Cosmic Horror  
3. Shattered Reality - Possessed  
4. Insatiable Hunger  
5. The Beast  
6. The Need to Kill  
7. Swallowed Dreams  
8. Omega

Witness: -[*]-
This is yet another 1-man does it all project but I really like this one. This has a decidedly thrashy old-school feel and a great sense of groove. The dude isn't doing anything new but he is doing it well.

Praise Of Death - Philanthropist [2024]


Artist: Praise Of Death
Album: Philanthropist
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/-f-ayrBlAzc / https://praiseofdeath.bandcamp.com
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Fatal Decisions (Intro)
2. Philanthropist
3. Origins of Life
4. Merged into Another World
5. Past Present and Future
6. Inner Darkness
7. Snakepit
8. Desolate Ways of Temptation
9. Smoldering Fire
10. Odyssey
11. Evanescence of All Living Forms
12. Once So Vivid

Witness: -[*]-