Discography Deep Dive: The Ocean – Heliocentric

"And God said let there be lights." The Ocean - HeliocentricApril 12th, 2010Progressive MetalMetal Blade RecordsBerlin, Germany After the past week we finally come to the end of Discography Deep Dive as it relates to The Ocean with their fifth full length record, Heliocentric. Dropping in 2010, this album came out at the exact perfect …

Discography Deep Dive: The Ocean – Precambrian

"We're distracted with excuses, why we can't reach for the stars, and so we never spring to arms." The Ocean - PrecambrianNovember 27th, 2007Progressive Metal / Sludge MetalMetal Blade RecordsBerlin, Germany Coming to the fourth album from German progressive metal sextet The Ocean we are treated to the group's longest and most ambitious effort yet. …

Discography Deep Dive: The Ocean – Aeolian

"Lo! Death has reared himself a throne!" The Ocean - AeolianNovember 28th, 2005Progressive Sludge Metal / Metalcore / Post MetalMetal Blade RecordsBerlin, Germany We continue Discography Deep Dive this month with the third album from German post metal and progressive metal outfit The Ocean, Aeolian. Upon revisiting the discography of this band I was shocked …

Album Review: Vulture – Sentinels

"Where there's a whip, there is a way, succumb to the rhythm of our drill." Vulture - SentinelsApril 12th, 2024Thrash MetalMetal Blade RecordsDortmund, Germany I was first made aware of Vulture last year when I discovered their record Dealin' Death on a YouTube channel dedicated to the new wave of old school thrash metal, and …

Album Review: Midnight – Hellish Expectations

"Why would I want you to die? So you could be free? Don't want to see you in hell, not next to me." Midnight - Hellish ExpectationsMarch 8th, 2024Blackened Heavy / Speed MetalMetal Blade RecordsCleveland, Ohio, USA Screaming back for more after the release of 2022's Let There Be Witchery, solo musician Athenar, under the …

Album Review: Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite

"Every human's bed is made, nightmares start when you awake, and this world will go on without you." Cattle Decapitation - TerrasiteMay 12th, 2023Death Metal / GrindcoreMetal Blade RecordsSan Diego, California, USA Cattle Decapitation were a band I always listened to on occasion in passing here and there, but it wasn't really until their last …

Album Review: Nuclear Power Trio – Wet Ass Plutonium

Nuclear Power Trio - Wet Ass PlutoniumJuly 28th, 2023Jazz Fusion / Progressive MetalMetal Blade RecordsDenver, Colorado, USA I first encountered Nuclear Power Trio much earlier this year when I stumbled across their first EP, A Clear and Present Rager, which I enjoyed immensely. This instrumental power trio, as their name so aptly describes, features Greg …

Album Review: Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific

"An axe, a knife, a machete, only defense, start butchering." Cannibal Corpse - Chaos HorrificSeptember 22nd, 2023Death MetalMetal Blade RecordsBuffalo, New York, USA Cannibal Corpse is a band that needs no introduction, of course. Even those who are outside the purview of the metal spectrum are likely familiar with the name, as the group has …

Album Review: The Black Dahlia Murder – Ritual

"Pitch black transmission of the soul, instincts from within rise, we’re all but beasts, that hunger from inside." The Black Dahlia Murder - RitualJune 21st, 2011Melodic Death MetalMetal Blade RecordsDetroit, Michigan, USA So we have come to the end of The Black Dahlia Murder Week on Discography Deep Dive here at Where Strides the Behemoth, …

Album Review: The Black Dahlia Murder – Deflorate

"A din of stained glass fragments, cut your flesh to the bone, baptized in black blood, hymen breached with a cross." The Black Dahlia Murder - DeflorateSeptember 15th, 2009Melodic Death MetalMetal Blade RecordsDetroit, Michigan, USA The Black Dahlia Murder Week continues on Discography Deep Dive here on Where Strides the Behemoth with Deflorate, the band's …