Live from the Pit: Sanguisugabogg @ Foufounes Electriques – 05/09/2024

Sanguisugabogg @ Foufounes Electriquesw/ Jesus Piece, Peeling Flesh, GagMay 9th, 2024Extensive EnterpriseMontreal, Quebec, Canada Sangusiugabogg have undoubtedly had one of the most meteoric rises in the world of underground death metal over the past couple of years. The band cropped up on my radar a few years ago and I've only continued to hear about …

Album Review: Autopsy – Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts

"Death is all, all is death, no escape, 'til final breath." Autopsy - Ashes, Organs, Blood and CryptsOctober 27th, 2023Death MetalPeaceville RecordsOakland, California, USA I'll fully cop to being perhaps less than familiar with California death metal legends Autopsy than I should be. I did listen to Macabre Eternal when it came out back in …

Album Review: Creeping Death – Boundless Domain

"Chaos embraced in a way so familiar". Creeping Death - Boundless DomainJune 16th, 2023Death MetalIndependently ReleasedDenton, Texas, USA Admittedly my familiarity with Creeping Death is only somewhat passing. I've seen the band live twice, once as an opener for High on Fire and Power Trip, and a second time as a headliner on a bill …

Album Review: Bonginator – The Intergalactic Gorebong of Deathpot

Bonginator - The Intergalactic Gorebong of DeathpotApril 20th, 2023Death MetalBarbaric BrutalityBoston, Massachusetts, USA Long time no enthrallment folks, it’s me after all these years, Abraxas, the Reclaimer! You’ll notice that my tone and vocabulary has adapted significantly, for I am the 507th iteration, a much more adapted to the modern living that my predecessors looked …

Album Review: Sanguisugabogg – Homicidal Ecstasy

"I stab my scrotum, incisions, I'll never have sex again." Sanguisugabogg - Homicidal EcstasyFebruary 3rd, 2023Death MetalCentury Media RecordsColumbus, Ohio, USA Returning from the filth from whence they originally came, Columbus, Ohio death metal quartet Sanguisugabogg have returned with their second full length album. Released once again through Century Media Records, this new album, entitled …

Live from the Pit: Dying Fetus @ Theatre Corona – 06/02/2022

Dying Fetus @ Theatre CoronaW/ Chelsea Grin, Bodysnatcher, Frozen Soul, UndeathJune 2nd, 2022 The new wave of old school death metal has been such a fucking boon to the underground in recent years. With bands like Undeath, Frozen Soul, Sanguisugabogg, Malignant Altar and more flooding the market with gnarly riffs meant for caving in skulls …

Rust in Peace: Trevor Strnad [The Black Dahlia Murder] 1981-2022

The past few years feel like they've been particularly tough on the global metal scene in terms of prominent figures that have been dying way too young. Yet none have quite hit so hard as this. I won't belabor the point because I want to speak to just how much of a treasure Trevor Strnad …

Album Review: Knocked Loose – A Different Shade of Blue

"Mistakes like fractures, hiding underneath the skin." Knocked Loose - A Different Shade of BlueAugust 23rd, 2019Hardcore / BeatdownPure Noise RecordsOldham County, Kentucky, USA I admit that I was a bit slow on the uptake when it came to the new wave of heavy hardcore bands that seem to have swept through younger generations recently. …

Album Review: 200 Stab Wounds – Slave to the Scalpel

200 Stab Wounds - Slave to the ScalpelNovember 12th, 2021Death MetalMaggot Stomp RecordsCleveland, Ohio, USA The return of sickening old school death metal has only gotten bigger and better over the last few years, with groups like Gatecreeper and Blood Incantation leading the charge, and giving way to younger, newer outfits like Frozen Soul. Among …

Album Review: Frozen Soul – Crypt of Ice

"Your bones, they twist and crack. You feel your skin contract. You start to slow. Behold your crypt of ice." Frozen Soul - Crypt of IceJanuary 8th, 2021Death MetalCentury Media RecordsFort Worth, Texas, USA I've spoken a great deal about the new wave of old school death metal on this blog before, having reviewed the …