Album Review: Obituary – Dying of Everything

"The right mindset, the wrong time." Obituary - Dying of EverythingJanuary 13th, 2023Death MetalRelapse RecordsGibsonton, Florida, USA Roaring out of the gates of Hell once more are Floridian death metal legends Obituary with their eleventh full length record, the aptly but also kind of hilariously named Dying of Everything. Given my level of respect for …

Akhenaten’s Best EPs of 2022

Did you think I was finished talking about 2022 just because I already released my list of best records for the year? Hah! I've fooled you! Full length albums are not all that matters under the sun. Extended plays also deserve some love, and so here we are to count the top five EPs I've …

Album Review: Revocation – Deathless

"Deathless, the fire burns on and on. Ceaseless, we ride into the dawn. No turning back, we're too far gone." Revocation - DeathlessOctober 14th, 2014Progressive Thrash / Death MetalMetal Blade RecordsBoston, Massachusetts, USA And so for our final entry into Revocation Week on this installment of Discography Deep Dive we dive into Revocation's fifth full …

Album Review: Revocation – Revocation

"Besieged by the blitzkrieg, overwhelmed by crisis fatigue, what we've seen cannot be unseen, visions of catastrophe." Revocation - RevocationAugust 5th, 2013Progressive Thrash / Death MetalRelapse RecordsBoston, Massachusetts, USA Four records into Revocation Week here on Discography Deep Dive and we come to the band's self-titled record, a seeming inevitability for most artists, however surprising …

Album Review: Revocation – Chaos of Forms

"Ripping right into you, racing through to infinity, disassemble the absolute, integrate with vacuity." Revocation - Chaos of FormsAugust 16th, 2011Progressive Thrash / Death MetalRelapse RecordsBoston, Massachusetts, USA Here we come to Revocation's third full length record, Chaos of Forms. Released in 2011 on Relapse Records, this album is the first to feature secondary guitarist …

Album Review: Revocation – Existence is Futile

"Overlord overthrown." Revocation - Existence is FutileSeptember 29th, 2009Progressive Thrash / Death MetalRelapse RecordsBoston, Massachusetts, USA A mere year following the release of their debut record, Empire of the Obscene, Revocation came crashing out of the gates with the record that first put them on my radar, Existence is Futile. I still remember the first …

Album Review: Revocation – Empire of the Obscene

"Savage is the sentencing when destined to be pierced, for capital offenders this is punishment most fierce". Revocation - Empire of the ObsceneFebruary 12th, 2008Progressive Thrash MetalIndependently ReleasedBoston, Massachusetts, USA Welcome to our first stop on Revocation Week here at Where Strides the Behemoth! This is the first installment in our new series called Discography …

EP Review: Narcömancer – Narcömancer

"Narcomancer! Alchemist psychonaut!" Narcomancer - NarcomancerApril 13th, 2020Black Metal / MetalpunkIndependently ReleasedPorto, Portugal I was first put on to the existence of Narcomancer by my pal Robert who has over the years introduced me to a number of different bands that I've found to be interesting. When I first threw this on, however, I wasn't …

Album Review: Korn – Requiem

Korn - RequiemFebruary 4th, 2022Nu MetalLoma Vista RecordingsBakersfield, California, USA When nu metal was still popular I pretty much only got into Slipknot. They were my band of choice, and boy did I love them. Sure, I was interesting in other groups like Drowning Pool and even Disturbed, but Slipknot was really the only band …

Album Review: The Callous Daoboys – Celebrity Therapist

"Cause I walk into the water buzzing with electrolytes and sacrilege." The Callous Daoboys - Celebrity TherapistSeptember 2nd, 2022MathcoreMNRK Music GroupAtlanta, Georgia, USA I was first introduced to The Callous Daoboys several years ago by my friend Corey who recommended their record Die on Mars to me. I ultimately ended up never checking them out, …