Blood Reaping - Ignis Penumbra [2003]

Artist: Blood Reaping 

Album: Ignis Penumbra
Year: 2003
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Web: http://youtu.be/8xRQpfwxGgs
Country: Mexico
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Intro - Ignis Penumbra
2. Witching Bloodreaping
3. Boiling Steel
4. Venom Incarnate
5. Emptyness
6. Wrath of Blasphemy
7. Pandemonia
8. Where Black Flames Arise
9. Lascivious Malignant Miasma
10. Descend (Congregation of Blood And Flames)

Witness: -[*]-
Old school brutal \m/\m/

Blood Reaping - Feasting the Weak [2001]

Artist: Blood Reaping

Album: Feasting the Weak
Year: 2001
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/BabXizpCG5s
Country: Mexico
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Boiling Through Mastication  

2. Freezing Slaughter  

3. As My Knife Cuts  

4. Diabolic Profanation  

5. Seeds of Destruction  

6. Feasting the Weak  

7. Excrement Ward  

8. Sacrilegious Dismemberment

 
Witness: -[*]-

Emerald Lord - Attaining the Supreme [2023]

Artist: Emerald Lord

Album: Attaining the Supreme
Year: 2023
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/S8DezchS3Dg
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Transcendental Knowledge

2. Opulence of the Absolute

3. The Universal Form

4. Nature, the Enjoyer, and Consciousness

5. The Divine and Demoniac Natures

6. Calculation of Time from the Atom

7. The Cause of All Causes

Witness: -[*]-
After going on a rant a week or so ago about being burnt out on 1-man bands I keep stumbling across new ones that I like 😣 Oh well, this guy from Indy has created a pretty good effort with Attaining the Supreme.

Act Of Impalement - Infernal Ordinance [2023]

Artist: Act Of Impalement

Album: Infernal Ordinance
Year: 2023
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/UiHtfEQVy-E / https://actofimpalement.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Summoning the Final Conflagration  

2. Bogbody  

3. In Wolflight  

4. Specters of Unlight  

5. Creeping Barrage  

6. Atomic Hecatomb  

7. Blasphemies Rebirth  

8. Death Hex  

9. Erased

Witness: -[*]-
Here is some grimy blackened death thrash from Nashville, Tennessee of all places. They won't be playing this in any honky tonk bars.

Imprisoned In Flesh - From Arrogance to Extinction (EP) [2022]

Artist: Imprisoned In Flesh

Album: From Arrogance to Extinction
Year: 2022
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/NlNmXwKz1ME
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. An Ode to the Beheaded King  

2. Under a Smirking Sun  

3. Planet of the Idiots  

4. Redemption of a Warlord  

5. Nauseating Agony  

6. The Flying Foam Massacre  

7. Resolution of a Dying Species

Witness: -[*]-

Corrosive - Death as a Process [2022]

Artist: Corrosive 

Album: Death as a Process
Year: 2022
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://corrosivemr.bandcamp.com/ / https://www.backstagepro.de/corrosive
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Death as a Process  

2. Preserved Behind Glass  

3. Human Puzzle  

4. Welcome to Your Autopsy  

5. When Body and Mind Are Separated  

6. Romance for Barbecue  

7. Necroloveicon  

8. Deathbedvisions  

9. When She Smells like Warm Butter  

10. Your Pain Is My Gain  

11. Demon

Witness: -[*]-
Corrosive has been the model for consistency in German death metal over the years and this album carries forward their grisly expertise quite nicely I think.

Damngod - Humanity: The Legacy of Violence and Evil [2011]

Artist: Damngod
Album: Humanity: The Legacy of Violence and Evil
Year: 2011
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: http://youtu.be/AOvhHQx84CM
Country: Finland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Father of the Year
2. Feelin' Bad Never Felt So Good
3. First Lady
4. Blood Church
5. Smiling From My Grave
6. Warlike Mind
7. Brother No. 1
8. Zyklon Golgotha

Witness: -[*]-
Here is a blast from the past that I had forgotten about and I really like them, they have that classic Swedish OSDM feel but they're from Finland. A very good listen \m/\m/

Souls To Deny - The Tragedy of Human Existence [2022]

Artist: Souls To Deny

Album: The Tragedy of Human Existence
Year: 2022
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/URRZmQ18xyg
Country: Slovakia
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Intro  

2. An Act of Enslavement  

3. The Beast Within  

4. Like Lambs to the Slaughter  

5. Architects of Decay  

6. Vivisepulture  

7. A Necrotic Magician  

8. The Bloodswamp  

9. Our Wretched Existence  

10. Outro

Witness: -[*]-
I like this album, these guys may not be doing anything particularly new or unique but they have a style and groove that is appealing to my tastes \m/\m/

Monastery - Divine Damnation [2022]

Artist: Monastery

Album: Divine Damnation
Year: 2022
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/YgGtNkSxl90
Country: Hungary
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Intro

2. Decomposition of Human Brain

3. Hereditary Pestilence

4. Divine Damnation

5. Catatonic Schizophrenia

6. Age of Shit

7. Bleed

8. Fakemockracy

9. Anatomy of Insanity

10. The End Is the Beginning (Outro)

Witness: -[*]-
A version of this band has been around since 1990 and this incarnation still has 2 of the original members (guitar & drums). This is my first exposure to Monastery and it has been quite pleasing. 

Spire Of Lazarus - Soaked in the Sands [2022]

Artist: Spire Of Lazarus

Album: Soaked in the Sands
Year: 2022
Genre: Technical Deathcore
Web: https://spireoflazarus.bandcamp.com/ / https://www.facebook.com/spireoflazarus/
Country: Austria
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Dahaka

2. Brute

3. Farah

4. Warrior Within

5. The Rekem Reservoir

6. Soldier of Sand

7. Mask of the Wraith

8. Two Thrones

Witness: -[*]-
I know that a lot of the death metal purists are vehemently opposed to anything with "core" in it but some of the technical deathcore bands make some highly entertaining music in my opinion and this band from Vienna happens to be in that category. Formerly known as Dayum, they changed their moniker in 2020 and I think it suits their style quite well. 

Dayum - Ghost of Sparta [2019]

Artist: Dayum

Album: Ghost of Sparta
Year: 2019
Genre: Technical Deathcore
Web: https://youtu.be/bsc6q7xb5C8 / https://dayumband.bigcartel.com/
Country: Austria
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Introduction

2. Ghost of Sparta

3. Pegasus

4. Downfall of Gaia

5. Icarus

6. Challenge of Poseidon

7. Desert of Lost Souls

8. Hermes

9. Prometheus

10. Challenge of Poseidon 8bit

Witness: -[*]-

Three of the 4 members of Dayum went on to form or basically change their name to Spire Of Lazarus within months of releasing this album. This is a good one for the open minded listener. 

Soul Reborn - Black Tear in a River of Blood [2022]

Artist: Soul Reborn

Album: Black Tear in a River of Blood
Year: 2022
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/phDw2kAmI7E
Country: Italy
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Our Era

2. A Perfect Choice

3. Black Tear in a River of Blood

4. The Wings of Solitude

5. Something Awakens

6. My Personal Hell

7. Insomnia

8. Wild Ego

9. The Witch of Vardo

Witness: -[*]-

Nekrovault - Totenzug: Festering Peregrination [2020]

Artist: Nekrovault

Album: Totenzug: Festering Peregrination
Year: 2020
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/pQAaMSOUfUc
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Totenzug - Funereal Hillscapes

2. Sepulkrator

3. Psychomanteum - Luminous Flames

4. Pallid Eyes

5. Serpentrance

6. Basilisk Fumes

7. Eremitorium

Witness: -[*]-

I wasn't familiar with this band until I came across this a few months ago and I really like the middle 3-4 tracks on this album but haven't listened to it much so I may end up liking more or all of it.

Insidious Void - Entropy (EP) [2022]

Artist: Insidious Void

Album: Entropy
Year: 2022
Genre: Death Metal / Black Metal
Web: https://insidiousvoid.bandcamp.com/album/entropy / https://www.facebook.com/InsidiousVoid
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The War

2. Trinity Downfall

3. Upon a Dead World

4. Entropy

Witness: -[*]-

Godless Truth - Godless Truth [2022]

Artist: Godless Truth

Album: Godless Truth
Year: 2022
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/xF4cmK3zt4s
Country: Czechia
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Wheels of Entity

2. The Decision  

3. Glory to Desperation

4. Scissors  

5. Breathe Fire  

6. Fortune Time  

7. Bred in Greed  

8. The Eyechain  

9. RIP Cage  

10. Wake Up to Obey

Witness: -[*]-
As with a lot of albums last year I picked them up early in the year and then failed to spend time with them until much later and this newest Godless Truth falls into that category as well. As they say, better late than never, because I go way back with this band and this is probably their best release since Burning Existence in 1999. 

Skullpture - A Horrifying Death (EP) [2023]

Artist: Skullpture

Album: A Horrifying Death
Year: 2023
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://skullpturechile.bandcamp.com/ / https://www.facebook.com/Skullpture
Country: Chile
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Bloodshed's Eve

2. A Horrifying Death

3. Devoured  

4. The Eyes of Horror  

5. Infamous  

6. The Offering  

7. Kill the Christian (Deicide Cover)

Witness: -[*]-

Skullpture - Reborn in Decay [2019]

Artist: Skullpture

Album: Reborn In Decay
Year: 2019
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://www.reverbnation.com/skullpture
Country: Chile
Quality: 320 Kbps



Tracklist:
1. Downfall (Intro)
2. Nine Circles of Hell
3. Ritual Ancestral
4. Hunting Humans
5. Feast with the Death
6. Xenomorph
7. Morbid Dreams
8. Human Slaughterhouse
9. The Rotten Tree
10. Respite (Outro)

Witness: -[*]-
Thrashy South American death metal from Santiago, Chile. This is a good listen for my tastes.

Pythagoras - Botched Field Surgery [2022]

Artist: Pythagoras

Album: Botched Field Surgery
Year: 2022
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/OxPoIQNt-Jk
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Machine Head Strangulation  

2. Botched Field Surgery  

3. The Inevitability of Death  

4. Baby Crusher  

5. Cipher  

6. Thin Out the Herd  

7. Captain 'Murica  

8. Succubus

Witness: -[*]-
Here is a 2022 release that dropped 2 days before the end of the year and as such got sucked into the black hole but El Faffo pushed it on us and I am here to promote it as well. A very good first LP from this band out of the LBC.

Seven Doors - Feast of the Repulsive Dead [2023]

Artist: Seven Doors

Album: Feast of the Repulsive Dead
Year: 2023
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/cqPVD8l9ShA
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. A Quiet Night in the Cemetery  

2. Feast of the Repulsive Dead  

3. Stalked, Strangled and Stabbed  

4. The Morbid Mortician  

5. Welcome Back to Life  

6. I'll Swallow Your Soul  

7. The Hack Shack  

8. Isolated Existence  

9. The Graves of Matool  

10. Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers  

11.  Eve of the Apocalypse

Witness: -[*]-
Just a few days ago I was ranting in here that I am getting burned out on all of these 1-man / 2-man project bands but I am going to backtrack here because this dude who is Seven Doors creates some damn fine death metal. After one listen this is currently one of my favorite releases for 2023.

Immortal Possession - The Resurrectionist [2022]

Artist: Immortal Possession

Album: The Resurrectionist
Year: 2022
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://immortalpossession.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/ImmortalP666/
Country: Canada
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Mass Murder  

2. Wisdom Beyond Mortal Measure  

3. Delicacy of Disease  

4. Evilution  

5. Waltz of the Corpse  

6. Rectal Dissection  

7. Encorpsed  

8. Surgical Castigation  

9. Class Warfare

Witness: -[*]-
This disc came out in early December and fell into the black hole at the end of the year but I wanted to promote it now because I really like this release. With this disc and Last Retch the guys up in Canada at CDN Records had 2 very good releases in '22 that I am aware of.

Turbid North - The Decline [2023]

Artist: Turbid North

Album: The Decline
Year: 2023
Genre: Technical Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://turbidnorth.bigcartel.com/ / https://www.facebook.com/turbidnorth
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Eternal Dying  

2. The Oppressor  

3. Slaves  

4. Life over Death  

5. Patients  

6. Drown in Agony  

7. The Old Ones  

8. The Road  

9. A Dying Earth  

10. Time

Witness: -[*]-
I first discovered this band back in 2011 with their Orogeny release and I really liked that disc at that moment in time but then in 2015 their next album Eyes Alive didn't connect with me. Fast forward to last week when my oldest friend nuttinface coerced me into listening to this their new release and I am very glad that he did. The style has morphed over the years and I am into it again.

Reprisal - None Survive the Sun [2018]

Artist: Reprisal

Album: None Survive the Sun
Year: 2018
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://reprisal.bandcamp.com/merch / https://www.facebook.com/reprisalmetal
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Oxygen Crisis

2. Monomania

3. Cannibal Cosmos

4. Hammer of Light

5. The Great Dying

6. Starmaker

7. The Patronarch

8. The Relic

9. Born Alien  

10. Nephila

Witness: -[*]-
Reprisal hail from Surrey/Berkshire, England and I somehow missed this disc back in 2018 but I am glad that I came across it a few months back because this is some thrashy-ass death metal and I like it!

Exitium - Punishment of Blasphemer (EP) [2022]

Artist: Exitium

Album: Punishment of Blasphemer
Year: 2022
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/vjdJpZOwuxc
Country: Indonesia
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Fall Of The Damned  

2. Damnation  

3. Punishment Of Blasphemer  

4. Endless Suffering

Witness: -[*]-
I like this but would prefer more range in the vocals, and then it would be even better.

Jesus Wept - Pscychedelic Degeneracy (EP) [2022]

Artist: Jesus Wept

Album: Psychedelic Degeneracy
Year: 2022
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Uvdb5tRn8lU
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Surgical Punishment Symmetry

2. Dispossession

3. Psychedelic Degeneracy

4. God Fetish

Witness: Link Removed

Carnal Necrosis - Origins of Malevolence (EP) [2017]

Artist: Carnal Necrosis

Album: Origins of Malevolence
Year: 2017
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/9RK5ilV3exk
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Necromania
2. Feeble Faith
3. Blood Feasting
4. Infernal Species
5. Shadow of the Sheep
6. Demented Torment

Witness: -[*]-
With all of the new releases every year it is easy to overlook certain bands but don't make that mistake with Carnal Necrosis, this SoCal high desert band from Victorville put together an entertaining 25 minutes of death metal back in 2017 and I am hoping to hear something new from them in the near future \m/\m/