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DEATH METAL ASSAULT AT NIHILISTIC DISTRO !
New CDs of Death metal and brutal death were added to the webshop, check it out and macerate in putridity!
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DEATH METAL ASSAULT AT NIHILISTIC DISTRO !
New CDs of Death metal and brutal death were added to the webshop, check it out and macerate in putridity!
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DEATH METAL ASSAULT AT NIHILISTIC DISTRO !
New CDs of Death metal and brutal death were added to the webshop, check it out and macerate in putridity!
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DEATH METAL ASSAULT AT NIHILISTIC DISTRO !
New CDs of Death metal and brutal death were added to the webshop, check it out and macerate in putridity!
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DEATH METAL ASSAULT AT NIHILISTIC DISTRO !
New CDs of Death metal and brutal death were added to the webshop, check it out and macerate in putridity!
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A package of new CDs were added to the Webshop!
Check it out and shake it on \m/Last distro news
INFAMIE (Fra)
SLAVE ONE (Fra)
HOROH (Fra)
BADASS COMMANDER (Can)
VOID RIUM (Usa)/ KASUS BELLI (Ita)
DISFIGURED HUMAN MIND (Hol)/ POTIER (Fra)
GRIMGRAVE (Pol)
TUDOR (Cze)
RADON TRENCH (Ita) -
A package of new CDs were added to the Webshop!
Check it out and shake it on \m/Last distro news
INFAMIE (Fra)
SLAVE ONE (Fra)
HOROH (Fra)
BADASS COMMANDER (Can)
VOID RIUM (Usa)/ KASUS BELLI (Ita)
DISFIGURED HUMAN MIND (Hol)/ POTIER (Fra)
GRIMGRAVE (Pol)
TUDOR (Cze)
RADON TRENCH (Ita) -
A package of new CDs were added to the Webshop!
Check it out and shake it on \m/Last distro news
INFAMIE (Fra)
SLAVE ONE (Fra)
HOROH (Fra)
BADASS COMMANDER (Can)
VOID RIUM (Usa)/ KASUS BELLI (Ita)
DISFIGURED HUMAN MIND (Hol)/ POTIER (Fra)
GRIMGRAVE (Pol)
TUDOR (Cze)
RADON TRENCH (Ita) -
A package of new CDs were added to the Webshop!
Check it out and shake it on \m/Last distro news
INFAMIE (Fra)
SLAVE ONE (Fra)
HOROH (Fra)
BADASS COMMANDER (Can)
VOID RIUM (Usa)/ KASUS BELLI (Ita)
DISFIGURED HUMAN MIND (Hol)/ POTIER (Fra)
GRIMGRAVE (Pol)
TUDOR (Cze)
RADON TRENCH (Ita) -
A package of new CDs were added to the Webshop!
Check it out and shake it on \m/Last distro news
INFAMIE (Fra)
SLAVE ONE (Fra)
HOROH (Fra)
BADASS COMMANDER (Can)
VOID RIUM (Usa)/ KASUS BELLI (Ita)
DISFIGURED HUMAN MIND (Hol)/ POTIER (Fra)
GRIMGRAVE (Pol)
TUDOR (Cze)
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Pour ceux qui n’ont pas vu passer l’info:
j’ai sorti le CD de GORENCEPHALIC!
Death metal/ brutal death brésilien qui va te défriser les poils des narines! Avec pas mal d’influences old school dedans!
Ne vous fiez pas à la pochette, leur style n’est pas trop influencé Carcass, on est plus proche des vieux Cannibal corpse, du vieux Sinister, une touche de Brutality, du vieux Immolation, des zests de Mortal decay...https://nihilistic-webzine-distro.fr/Label/moreinfos/moreinfos_gorencephalic.htm
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Messieurs dames bonsoir,
une nouvelle chronique du CD de GORENCEPHALIC que je viens de sortir, a été publiée sur le webzine GUTS OF DARKNESS (Les boyaux des ténébres! ahah)Comme c’est une bonne chro, qui décrit bien le truc, et ce qui me plait dans les prods old school, je partage ici :
https://www.gutsofdarkness.com/god/music?objet=24529FEEL THE OLD SCHOOL BRUTALITY !
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Some reviews of the GORENCEPHALIC CD were already posted,
check out this one from THRASHOCORE Webzine (France)!
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GORENCEPHALIC (Bra) Gore of the forgotten CD out now! (Death/ Brutal death)
Gorencephalic throws a mixture of brutal death metal and death metal in your face, the whole in an old school vein! Pure analog aggression and brutality from Brazil with previous members of DEFORMITY BR and MYSTIFIER, and they don't forget to add old school atmospheres, to spice the morbid meat with brutal pleasure!
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GORENCEPHALIC (Bra) Gore of the forgotten CD out now! (Death/ Brutal death)
Gorencephalic throws a mixture of brutal death metal and death metal in your face, the whole in an old school vein! Pure analog aggression and brutality from Brazil with previous members of DEFORMITY BR and MYSTIFIER, and they don't forget to add old school atmospheres, to spice the morbid meat with brutal pleasure!
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GORENCEPHALIC (Bra) Gore of the forgotten CD out now! (Death/ Brutal death)
Gorencephalic throws a mixture of brutal death metal and death metal in your face, the whole in an old school vein! Pure analog aggression and brutality from Brazil with previous members of DEFORMITY BR and MYSTIFIER, and they don't forget to add old school atmospheres, to spice the morbid meat with brutal pleasure!
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GORENCEPHALIC (Bra) Gore of the forgotten CD out now! (Death/ Brutal death)
Gorencephalic throws a mixture of brutal death metal and death metal in your face, the whole in an old school vein! Pure analog aggression and brutality from Brazil with previous members of DEFORMITY BR and MYSTIFIER, and they don't forget to add old school atmospheres, to spice the morbid meat with brutal pleasure!
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GORENCEPHALIC (Bra) Gore of the forgotten CD out now! (Death/ Brutal death)
Gorencephalic throws a mixture of brutal death metal and death metal in your face, the whole in an old school vein! Pure analog aggression and brutality from Brazil with previous members of DEFORMITY BR and MYSTIFIER, and they don't forget to add old school atmospheres, to spice the morbid meat with brutal pleasure!
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GORENCEPHALIC - Gore of the forgotten CD out now!
This a mixture between brutal death metal and death metal, the whole in an old school vein!
Pure analog aggression and brutality, that doesn't forget to add old school atmospheres, to spice the morbid meat with brutal pleasure! This consists of the band's first Ep, with 3 bonus songs.
Pro CD in Digifile with 8 pages booklets.NIHILISTIC Distro: https://nihilistic-webzine-distro.fr/Webshop/fr/24-news
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GORENCEPHALIC
Death metal/ Brutal death from Brazil in the old school vein!
A long interview with the band is now online on my webzine,
learn more about their underground brutality and some topics about the past and present of Brazil!https://nihilistic-webzine-distro.fr/Interviews/gorencephalic.htm
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GORENCEPHALIC
Death metal/ Brutal death from Brazil in the old school vein!
A long interview with the band is now online on my webzine,
learn more about their underground brutality and some topics about the past and present of Brazil!https://nihilistic-webzine-distro.fr/Interviews/gorencephalic.htm
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GORENCEPHALIC
Death metal/ Brutal death from Brazil in the old school vein!
A long interview with the band is now online on my webzine,
learn more about their underground brutality and some topics about the past and present of Brazil!https://nihilistic-webzine-distro.fr/Interviews/gorencephalic.htm
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GORENCEPHALIC
Death metal/ Brutal death from Brazil in the old school vein!
A long interview with the band is now online on my webzine,
learn more about their underground brutality and some topics about the past and present of Brazil!https://nihilistic-webzine-distro.fr/Interviews/gorencephalic.htm
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GORENCEPHALIC
Death metal/ Brutal death from Brazil in the old school vein!
A long interview with the band is now online on my webzine,
learn more about their underground brutality and some topics about the past and present of Brazil!https://nihilistic-webzine-distro.fr/Interviews/gorencephalic.htm
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NEW RELEASE IN THE WORK!
Most of the files for the new release are ready!
We’re close to sending everything to the factory!
Prepare for death metal from Brazil, between the brutal and old school! -
STORM OF DEATH IN THE EAST!
New arrival of CDs from Czech republic at Nihilistic Distro.
Old school death, brutal death and more… Check it out!SCABBARD
DEFLORACE
SCENERY
DEAD CARNAGE
DMC
SOUL MASSACRE
CHLAD
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It's #MisanthropicMonday again.
Today, i bring you a short EP by #BrutalDeath band #TortureHammer. 🤘🏻
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Some new CDs and TAPEs were added to the webshop !
Keep watching the underground wheel \m/FLESHBOMB (Rus) Reincarnated in abomination CD
NECRO (Ita) Gore ceremony CD
COLDWAR (Ireland) Pantheist CD
CORPSING (Uk) Watching the thinker CD
VA - PERCUSSIVE SPECTRE Recs compilation CD
BILLY BOY IN POISON (Den) Watchers CDHESSIAN (Usa)/ GOMOLD (Hungary) Split tape.
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UNBIRTH - Asomatous Besmirchment (2025)
https://defcon42.net/display/9272de9b-1469-6095-2ce2-c7b330762754
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Wanted to make a list of my favorite EPs from 2025- narrowed it down to a top 10, from over 200 I'd liked and documented this year. The list contains multiple genres & I've written a brief blurb about each. Most of these I've talked about here this year. Might be something here for everyone!
Mood Bored - Too Much? (shoegaze/alt rock from the Netherlands with great female vocals - Breeders, Pixies, that dog, Throwing Muses vibes)
https://moodboredband.bandcamp.com/album/too-muchTop Dollar - Objects of Misfortune (well produced, tight hardcore punk from New York- Jerry's Kids meets Floorpunch, or MDC, even - killer drums)
https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/objects-of-misfortuneSectarian Defacement - Chaotic Demiurge (tight, catchy brutal deathgrind from Kyiv, Ukraine)
https://sectariandefacement.bandcamp.com/album/chaotic-demiurgeTrompeta - Fastfood (bizarre, synthy, Krautrock-tinged, spacey, surreal, Throbbing Gristle-esque electronica with sparse vocals, from Benicarló, Spain)
https://trompetatrompeta.bandcamp.com/album/fastfoodSpy - Seen Enough (ripping, raw, rough, unforgettable California punk - loud, feedbacky, intense)
https://spyhc.bandcamp.com/album/seen-enoughBullfinch - Louse (riffy, catchy, groovy unique sludge from Glasgow)
https://bullfinchsludge.bandcamp.com/album/lousePutrid Requiem - Engulfed in Rot... You Lay (cavernous, crusty, grody debut from Saint Petersburg, Russia band- maybe my #1 favorite metal EP of 2025)
https://putridrequiem.bandcamp.com/album/engulfed-in-rot-you-layDripped - Utopia of Euphoric Envisionment (brutal death from Perth, Australia- Dripped had one of my favorite LPs in 2023, and are one of my favorite metal bands - so consistent) https://dripped.bandcamp.com/album/utopia-of-euphoric-envisionment
Cytophagia - Spewed from Festering Sludge (3 brief songs of great riffy, dynamic goregrind from Slovakia)
https://calvos73records.bandcamp.com/album/spewed-from-festering-sludgeBrain Matter - Divine Opulence (dynamic, ripping, chugging death with some doom from Fort Worth, Texas, via Iron Corpse)
https://ironfortressrecords.bandcamp.com/album/divine-opulence#punk #metal #electronica #shoegaze #DeathMetal #HardcorePunk #PunkRock #AltRock #sludge #goregrind #BrutalDeath #BrutalDeathMetal #2025Albums #2025Records #deathgrind @brian @HailsandAles @rtw @vanessawynn @swampgas @irafcummings @jeffrey @derthomas @hl @Kitty @umrk @poetaster
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Wanted to make a list of my favorite EPs from 2025- narrowed it down to a top 10, from over 200 I'd liked and documented this year. The list contains multiple genres & I've written a brief blurb about each. Most of these I've talked about here this year. Might be something here for everyone!
Mood Bored - Too Much? (shoegaze/alt rock from the Netherlands with great female vocals - Breeders, Pixies, that dog, Throwing Muses vibes)
https://moodboredband.bandcamp.com/album/too-muchTop Dollar - Objects of Misfortune (well produced, tight hardcore punk from New York- Jerry's Kids meets Floorpunch, or MDC, even - killer drums)
https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/objects-of-misfortuneSectarian Defacement - Chaotic Demiurge (tight, catchy brutal deathgrind from Kyiv, Ukraine)
https://sectariandefacement.bandcamp.com/album/chaotic-demiurgeTrompeta - Fastfood (bizarre, synthy, Krautrock-tinged, spacey, surreal, Throbbing Gristle-esque electronica with sparse vocals, from Benicarló, Spain)
https://trompetatrompeta.bandcamp.com/album/fastfoodSpy - Seen Enough (ripping, raw, rough, unforgettable California punk - loud, feedbacky, intense)
https://spyhc.bandcamp.com/album/seen-enoughBullfinch - Louse (riffy, catchy, groovy unique sludge from Glasgow)
https://bullfinchsludge.bandcamp.com/album/lousePutrid Requiem - Engulfed in Rot... You Lay (cavernous, crusty, grody debut from Saint Petersburg, Russia band- maybe my #1 favorite metal EP of 2025)
https://putridrequiem.bandcamp.com/album/engulfed-in-rot-you-layDripped - Utopia of Euphoric Envisionment (brutal death from Perth, Australia- Dripped had one of my favorite LPs in 2023, and are one of my favorite metal bands - so consistent) https://dripped.bandcamp.com/album/utopia-of-euphoric-envisionment
Cytophagia - Spewed from Festering Sludge (3 brief songs of great riffy, dynamic goregrind from Slovakia)
https://calvos73records.bandcamp.com/album/spewed-from-festering-sludgeBrain Matter - Divine Opulence (dynamic, ripping, chugging death with some doom from Fort Worth, Texas, via Iron Corpse)
https://ironfortressrecords.bandcamp.com/album/divine-opulence#punk #metal #electronica #shoegaze #DeathMetal #HardcorePunk #PunkRock #AltRock #sludge #goregrind #BrutalDeath #BrutalDeathMetal #2025Albums #2025Records #deathgrind @brian @HailsandAles @rtw @vanessawynn @swampgas @irafcummings @jeffrey @derthomas @hl @Kitty @umrk @poetaster
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Wanted to make a list of my favorite EPs from 2025- narrowed it down to a top 10, from over 200 I'd liked and documented this year. The list contains multiple genres & I've written a brief blurb about each. Most of these I've talked about here this year. Might be something here for everyone!
Mood Bored - Too Much? (shoegaze/alt rock from the Netherlands with great female vocals - Breeders, Pixies, that dog, Throwing Muses vibes)
https://moodboredband.bandcamp.com/album/too-muchTop Dollar - Objects of Misfortune (well produced, tight hardcore punk from New York- Jerry's Kids meets Floorpunch, or MDC, even - killer drums)
https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/objects-of-misfortuneSectarian Defacement - Chaotic Demiurge (tight, catchy brutal deathgrind from Kyiv, Ukraine)
https://sectariandefacement.bandcamp.com/album/chaotic-demiurgeTrompeta - Fastfood (bizarre, synthy, Krautrock-tinged, spacey, surreal, Throbbing Gristle-esque electronica with sparse vocals, from Benicarló, Spain)
https://trompetatrompeta.bandcamp.com/album/fastfoodSpy - Seen Enough (ripping, raw, rough, unforgettable California punk - loud, feedbacky, intense)
https://spyhc.bandcamp.com/album/seen-enoughBullfinch - Louse (riffy, catchy, groovy unique sludge from Glasgow)
https://bullfinchsludge.bandcamp.com/album/lousePutrid Requiem - Engulfed in Rot... You Lay (cavernous, crusty, grody debut from Saint Petersburg, Russia band- maybe my #1 favorite metal EP of 2025)
https://putridrequiem.bandcamp.com/album/engulfed-in-rot-you-layDripped - Utopia of Euphoric Envisionment (brutal death from Perth, Australia- Dripped had one of my favorite LPs in 2023, and are one of my favorite metal bands - so consistent) https://dripped.bandcamp.com/album/utopia-of-euphoric-envisionment
Cytophagia - Spewed from Festering Sludge (3 brief songs of great riffy, dynamic goregrind from Slovakia)
https://calvos73records.bandcamp.com/album/spewed-from-festering-sludgeBrain Matter - Divine Opulence (dynamic, ripping, chugging death with some doom from Fort Worth, Texas, via Iron Corpse)
https://ironfortressrecords.bandcamp.com/album/divine-opulence#punk #metal #electronica #shoegaze #DeathMetal #HardcorePunk #PunkRock #AltRock #sludge #goregrind #BrutalDeath #BrutalDeathMetal #2025Albums #2025Records #deathgrind @brian @HailsandAles @rtw @vanessawynn @swampgas @irafcummings @jeffrey @derthomas @hl @Kitty @umrk @poetaster
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Wanted to make a list of my favorite EPs from 2025- narrowed it down to a top 10, from over 200 I'd liked and documented this year. The list contains multiple genres & I've written a brief blurb about each. Most of these I've talked about here this year. Might be something here for everyone!
Mood Bored - Too Much? (shoegaze/alt rock from the Netherlands with great female vocals - Breeders, Pixies, that dog, Throwing Muses vibes)
https://moodboredband.bandcamp.com/album/too-muchTop Dollar - Objects of Misfortune (well produced, tight hardcore punk from New York- Jerry's Kids meets Floorpunch, or MDC, even - killer drums)
https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/objects-of-misfortuneSectarian Defacement - Chaotic Demiurge (tight, catchy brutal deathgrind from Kyiv, Ukraine)
https://sectariandefacement.bandcamp.com/album/chaotic-demiurgeTrompeta - Fastfood (bizarre, synthy, Krautrock-tinged, spacey, surreal, Throbbing Gristle-esque electronica with sparse vocals, from Benicarló, Spain)
https://trompetatrompeta.bandcamp.com/album/fastfoodSpy - Seen Enough (ripping, raw, rough, unforgettable California punk - loud, feedbacky, intense)
https://spyhc.bandcamp.com/album/seen-enoughBullfinch - Louse (riffy, catchy, groovy unique sludge from Glasgow)
https://bullfinchsludge.bandcamp.com/album/lousePutrid Requiem - Engulfed in Rot... You Lay (cavernous, crusty, grody debut from Saint Petersburg, Russia band- maybe my #1 favorite metal EP of 2025)
https://putridrequiem.bandcamp.com/album/engulfed-in-rot-you-layDripped - Utopia of Euphoric Envisionment (brutal death from Perth, Australia- Dripped had one of my favorite LPs in 2023, and are one of my favorite metal bands - so consistent) https://dripped.bandcamp.com/album/utopia-of-euphoric-envisionment
Cytophagia - Spewed from Festering Sludge (3 brief songs of great riffy, dynamic goregrind from Slovakia)
https://calvos73records.bandcamp.com/album/spewed-from-festering-sludgeBrain Matter - Divine Opulence (dynamic, ripping, chugging death with some doom from Fort Worth, Texas, via Iron Corpse)
https://ironfortressrecords.bandcamp.com/album/divine-opulence#punk #metal #electronica #shoegaze #DeathMetal #HardcorePunk #PunkRock #AltRock #sludge #goregrind #BrutalDeath #BrutalDeathMetal #2025Albums #2025Records #deathgrind @brian @HailsandAles @rtw @vanessawynn @swampgas @irafcummings @jeffrey @derthomas @hl @Kitty @umrk @poetaster
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Listening to the new EP from Guttural Slug
'Ulcers in the Flesh of Thought' and it's siiiick - now THIS is how you do brutal death. Leave it to the Danish, man 🤘https://uniqueleaderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ulcers-in-the-flesh-of-thought
#NowPlaying #DanishMetal #DanishBands #metal #DeathMetal #BrutalDeathMetal #BrutalDeath #Denmark @brian @HailsandAles
@swampgas @rtw @guffo @c0m4 @Kitty @umrk @nnenov -
Some new CDs and a tape were added to the Webshop,
Death metal, death doom, thrash metal, old brutal death…
Check it and feel the doom!NAMELESS GODS (Bra)
SCYTHROW (Fin)
VISIONS FROM BEYOND (Uk)
CROWN OF ANGUISH (Uk)
ABHORRED (Usa)
DECONFORMITY (Uk)
IMPURIST (Uk)https://nihilistic-webzine-distro.fr/Webshop/fr/24-news
#deathmetal #deathdoom #doom #brutaldeath #thrashmetal #metal
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Kill Everything – Headless Cum Dumpster Review
By Saunders
In terms of subtlety and nuance, brutal death represents an oil vs water scenario. Illustrating the point, Texan purveyors of repugnant, stupidly heavy slam-infected brutal death, Kill Everything, return with the charmingly titled Headless Cum Dumpster, the long-gestating follow-up to their well-received 2018 debut, Scorched Earth. Time passed has brought in changes to the band’s line-up since their thumping debut, with ex-Devourment gurgler Mike Majewski leaving the fold, bassist Mike Leach joining, and former bassist Brett Wilson switching to second guitar, teaming up with another ex-Devourment member in guitarist Brian Wynn. Scorched Earth offered solidly satisfying slams and cement-smashing riffs, featuring a clean, heavy production job and suitably gut-wrenching vocal eruptions to chunky effect. The time away has found the band devolving into a darker, danker, uglier beast, while retaining the overwhelmingly punishing aural onslaught and face-smashing slams they detonated with such impact on their debut. Seven years is an eternity in the underground realms of brutal death. Can the rejinked Kill Everything cash in on their promise on the second go around?
Kill Everything favor brevity, probably to the album’s benefit, lock, loading and firing off a whirlwind eight song beatdown, clocking-in a brisk twenty-six minutes plus change. As indicated earlier, Headless Cum Dumpster strips away the more polished sonic elements from the debut, smearing layers of grime and a rancid mass of unidentified bodily fluids across the album’s dense, gritty construction. The resulting change in production tact creates an endearingly rugged, unvarnished edge to an already feral bout of guttural extremities. “Fermented Drippings” lays out the album’s formula in unsubtly head-caving terms, riding shotgun with rugged mid-paced batterings, chunky grooves, and forceful vocal emissions. The song makes an impactful explosion to begin the album; however, it lacks a genuine hook or lasting impression, a recurring theme across the album.
While never sluggish, Kill Everything prefer to operate in murky, mid-paced terrain, aside from more chaotic, speedier numbers or urgent rhythmic shift (“Maggot Frenzy,” “Infatuated with Homicide”). Although there are standout moments, riffs, and the obnoxiously addictive power of the almighty slam at play, Headless Cum Dumpster tends to blur by in all its unsophisticated, bone-headed glory. The ingredients and performances nail the aesthetics and key points to please brutal death and slam aficionados, complete with incomprehensibly heaving, guttural vox, and classic snare tone. And when this shit is on, there is fun to be had. For instance, “Headless Cum Dumpster” mashes busy drumming and chaotic riffage with satisfyingly explosive slams, while “No Lives Matter” rumbles drunkenly along like a deranged bog monster, off-kilter rhythms and sewer-dwelling grooves erupting in a headbangable frenzy.
In the moment, Headless Cum Dumpster provides momentary enjoyment, courtesy of the band’s tight performances, emphasis on swaggering, meaty grooves, repugnant slams, and chaotically brutal attack. Several songs create a decent impact, yet despite the album’s efficiency and Kill Everything’s dedication to their craft, the writing fails to consistently rise to the occasion. The loss of Majewski is significant. Vocals in brutal death can often function as a secondary rhythmic instrument, playing second fiddle to the instrumental base. They are not often the standout feature, nor should they negatively diminish or overwhelm the dense assault. Johnny Abila’s (Mortifying Deformity, Rotting Plague) uber-deep, guttural burps lend the album a brutal punch; however, the monotonously one-dimensional performance becomes an unwelcome distraction, lacking the character and variety of his predecessor. Coupled with songwriting that is missing the immediacy, dynamics, and infectiousness of the debut, Headless Cum Dumpster falls short as a long-awaited follow-up.
Overall, Headless Cum Dumpster ticks the boxes for a rollicking good time for avid listeners of underground brutal death, with a particularly slammy profile. However, the album’s bruising underground charms, unrelenting attack, and gut-busting slams cannot substantially paper over the songwriting deficiencies, shortage of genuinely engaging moments, and subpar vocals, diminishing an otherwise solid slab of nasty underground brutality.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Comatose Music
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook
Releases Worldwide: July 25th, 2025#25 #2025 #AmericanMetal #BrutalDeath #ComatoseMusic #DeathMetal #Devourment #HeadlessCumDumpster #KillEverything #MortifyingDeformity #Review #Reviews #RottingPlague #Slam
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Clairvoyance – Chasm of Immurement Review
By Maddog
Yes, I picked this up entirely because of its cover. Girardi’s gorgeous spiral of tombstones and skeletons conjures vintage highbrow death metal of the likes of Death. The title Chasm of Immurement grasps at brutal badassery in the vein of Suffocation’s Effigy of the Forgotten. Clairvoyance’s logo remains indecipherable even if you know the band’s name, suggesting kvltness galore. The promo materials describe lyrics that address the isolating effects of depression, foreshadowing a harrowing listen. In isolation, each of these judgments strikes at the truth but glances off. Chasm of Immurement is the debut album from Poland’s Clairvoyance, an unknown band comprising unknown musicians. Lying at the intersection of brainless death-doom and brainiac digressions, Chasm of Immurement is a powerful foray into death metal.
A first pass through Chasm of Immurement suggests primitive death metal with a dollop of doom. “Eternal Blaze” opens the album with a bang that recalls Faceless Burial’s Speciation. After grabbing me by the anus, Clairvoyance maintains its hold by alternating between mid-range Obituary riffs and lurching Autopsy-style death-doom. These lowbrow highlights feel both as slimy and evolved as an amoeba. With both its riffs and its guitar tone, Chasm of Immurement leaves a palpable layer of grime that justifies multiple colonoscopies. “Blood Divine” emerges as a late gem through riffs that are gory enough to draw blood and enormous enough to evoke Immolation. This isn’t isolated to a subset of the tracks; throughout its runtime, Chasm of Immurement alternates between a sixteen-wheeler and a used minivan without dulling its fun.
On your fifth listen, Clairvoyance’s experimental bent comes into view. The same doomy riffs you’d heard before reveal spooky foreground melodies (“Reign of Silence”). The same track that you’d interpreted as a caveman ditty blossoms in baffling melodic directions in its second half (“Eternal Blaze”). The same song that introduced itself as by-the-books death metal culminates in a monstrous doomy climax (“Fleshmachine”). The same sections that you’d dismissed as repetitive transform into home bases for grimy excursions, interfering with your sleep schedule and your family obligations. Adorning hefty riffs with sinister melodies, Clairvoyance recalls both Lovecraft’s Azathoth and Morbid Angel’s Trey Azagthoth. It took me a while to realize that I was doing Chasm of Immurement an injustice by pigeonholing it into old-school death metal. It is indeed that, but it’s so much more.
Clairvoyance’s varying ambitions both empower and dilute each other. Spanning 34 minutes across 6 tracks, Chasm of Immurement is a concise collection of lengthy tracks. Some of its pieces wander, especially at their simplest. For instance, despite being the second shortest track, “Blood Divine” feels lengthy because of its dearth of creative ideas. Similarly, the shortest song, “Eternal Blaze,” suffers from riffwork that’s decent but unimaginative, before eventually redeeming itself with more variety. Even so, these flubs are rare. The six-minute “Hymn of the Befouled” is the starkest counterexample, balancing length with girth by combining a vicious off-kilter main riff with melodic escapades that hold me rapt. Parts of Chasm of Immurement could do a better job of remaining engaging, but it’s hardly a fatal flaw.
Balancing thoughtful death metal and anti-intellectual death-doom, Clairvoyance’s debut is as weird as it is powerful. Neanderthals who need their fix should look here, as Chasm of Immurement’s crushing death metal riffs rival the best of old-school death metal. Conversely, fans of Morbid Angel’s wonkiness or Tomb Mold’s shapeshifting shenanigans will find just as much to love here. Chasm of Immurement is unlikely to dethrone Faithxtractor’s Loathing and the Noose atop my 2025 death metal ranking, as its occasional meandering loses my interest. But it’s a promising debut from a crew of talented Polish fiends.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Carbonized Records
Websites: carbonizedrecords.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/clairvoyancedeathmetal
Releases Worldwide: July 18th, 2025#2025 #35 #Autopsy #BrutalDeath #BrutalDeathMetal #CarbonizedRecords #ChasmOfImmurement #Clairvoyance #Death #DeathDoom #DeathMetal #DeathDoomMetal #FacelessBurial #Immolation #Jul25 #MorbidAngel #Obituary #PolishMetal #ProgDeath #ProgressiveDeath #ProgressiveDeathMetal #Review #Reviews #Suffocation #TombMold
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Clairvoyance – Chasm of Immurement Review
By Maddog
Yes, I picked this up entirely because of its cover. Girardi’s gorgeous spiral of tombstones and skeletons conjures vintage highbrow death metal of the likes of Death. The title Chasm of Immurement grasps at brutal badassery in the vein of Suffocation’s Effigy of the Forgotten. Clairvoyance’s logo remains indecipherable even if you know the band’s name, suggesting kvltness galore. The promo materials describe lyrics that address the isolating effects of depression, foreshadowing a harrowing listen. In isolation, each of these judgments strikes at the truth but glances off. Chasm of Immurement is the debut album from Poland’s Clairvoyance, an unknown band comprising unknown musicians. Lying at the intersection of brainless death-doom and brainiac digressions, Chasm of Immurement is a powerful foray into death metal.
A first pass through Chasm of Immurement suggests primitive death metal with a dollop of doom. “Eternal Blaze” opens the album with a bang that recalls Faceless Burial’s Speciation. After grabbing me by the anus, Clairvoyance maintains its hold by alternating between mid-range Obituary riffs and lurching Autopsy-style death-doom. These lowbrow highlights feel both as slimy and evolved as an amoeba. With both its riffs and its guitar tone, Chasm of Immurement leaves a palpable layer of grime that justifies multiple colonoscopies. “Blood Divine” emerges as a late gem through riffs that are gory enough to draw blood and enormous enough to evoke Immolation. This isn’t isolated to a subset of the tracks; throughout its runtime, Chasm of Immurement alternates between a sixteen-wheeler and a used minivan without dulling its fun.
On your fifth listen, Clairvoyance’s experimental bent comes into view. The same doomy riffs you’d heard before reveal spooky foreground melodies (“Reign of Silence”). The same track that you’d interpreted as a caveman ditty blossoms in baffling melodic directions in its second half (“Eternal Blaze”). The same song that introduced itself as by-the-books death metal culminates in a monstrous doomy climax (“Fleshmachine”). The same sections that you’d dismissed as repetitive transform into home bases for grimy excursions, interfering with your sleep schedule and your family obligations. Adorning hefty riffs with sinister melodies, Clairvoyance recalls both Lovecraft’s Azathoth and Morbid Angel’s Trey Azagthoth. It took me a while to realize that I was doing Chasm of Immurement an injustice by pigeonholing it into old-school death metal. It is indeed that, but it’s so much more.
Clairvoyance’s varying ambitions both empower and dilute each other. Spanning 34 minutes across 6 tracks, Chasm of Immurement is a concise collection of lengthy tracks. Some of its pieces wander, especially at their simplest. For instance, despite being the second shortest track, “Blood Divine” feels lengthy because of its dearth of creative ideas. Similarly, the shortest song, “Eternal Blaze,” suffers from riffwork that’s decent but unimaginative, before eventually redeeming itself with more variety. Even so, these flubs are rare. The six-minute “Hymn of the Befouled” is the starkest counterexample, balancing length with girth by combining a vicious off-kilter main riff with melodic escapades that hold me rapt. Parts of Chasm of Immurement could do a better job of remaining engaging, but it’s hardly a fatal flaw.
Balancing thoughtful death metal and anti-intellectual death-doom, Clairvoyance’s debut is as weird as it is powerful. Neanderthals who need their fix should look here, as Chasm of Immurement’s crushing death metal riffs rival the best of old-school death metal. Conversely, fans of Morbid Angel’s wonkiness or Tomb Mold’s shapeshifting shenanigans will find just as much to love here. Chasm of Immurement is unlikely to dethrone Faithxtractor’s Loathing and the Noose atop my 2025 death metal ranking, as its occasional meandering loses my interest. But it’s a promising debut from a crew of talented Polish fiends.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Carbonized Records
Websites: carbonizedrecords.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/clairvoyancedeathmetal
Releases Worldwide: July 18th, 2025#2025 #35 #Autopsy #BrutalDeath #BrutalDeathMetal #CarbonizedRecords #ChasmOfImmurement #Clairvoyance #Death #DeathDoom #DeathMetal #DeathDoomMetal #FacelessBurial #Immolation #Jul25 #MorbidAngel #Obituary #PolishMetal #ProgDeath #ProgressiveDeath #ProgressiveDeathMetal #Review #Reviews #Suffocation #TombMold
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Clairvoyance – Chasm of Immurement Review
By Maddog
Yes, I picked this up entirely because of its cover. Girardi’s gorgeous spiral of tombstones and skeletons conjures vintage highbrow death metal of the likes of Death. The title Chasm of Immurement grasps at brutal badassery in the vein of Suffocation’s Effigy of the Forgotten. Clairvoyance’s logo remains indecipherable even if you know the band’s name, suggesting kvltness galore. The promo materials describe lyrics that address the isolating effects of depression, foreshadowing a harrowing listen. In isolation, each of these judgments strikes at the truth but glances off. Chasm of Immurement is the debut album from Poland’s Clairvoyance, an unknown band comprising unknown musicians. Lying at the intersection of brainless death-doom and brainiac digressions, Chasm of Immurement is a powerful foray into death metal.
A first pass through Chasm of Immurement suggests primitive death metal with a dollop of doom. “Eternal Blaze” opens the album with a bang that recalls Faceless Burial’s Speciation. After grabbing me by the anus, Clairvoyance maintains its hold by alternating between mid-range Obituary riffs and lurching Autopsy-style death-doom. These lowbrow highlights feel both as slimy and evolved as an amoeba. With both its riffs and its guitar tone, Chasm of Immurement leaves a palpable layer of grime that justifies multiple colonoscopies. “Blood Divine” emerges as a late gem through riffs that are gory enough to draw blood and enormous enough to evoke Immolation. This isn’t isolated to a subset of the tracks; throughout its runtime, Chasm of Immurement alternates between a sixteen-wheeler and a used minivan without dulling its fun.
On your fifth listen, Clairvoyance’s experimental bent comes into view. The same doomy riffs you’d heard before reveal spooky foreground melodies (“Reign of Silence”). The same track that you’d interpreted as a caveman ditty blossoms in baffling melodic directions in its second half (“Eternal Blaze”). The same song that introduced itself as by-the-books death metal culminates in a monstrous doomy climax (“Fleshmachine”). The same sections that you’d dismissed as repetitive transform into home bases for grimy excursions, interfering with your sleep schedule and your family obligations. Adorning hefty riffs with sinister melodies, Clairvoyance recalls both Lovecraft’s Azathoth and Morbid Angel’s Trey Azagthoth. It took me a while to realize that I was doing Chasm of Immurement an injustice by pigeonholing it into old-school death metal. It is indeed that, but it’s so much more.
Clairvoyance’s varying ambitions both empower and dilute each other. Spanning 34 minutes across 6 tracks, Chasm of Immurement is a concise collection of lengthy tracks. Some of its pieces wander, especially at their simplest. For instance, despite being the second shortest track, “Blood Divine” feels lengthy because of its dearth of creative ideas. Similarly, the shortest song, “Eternal Blaze,” suffers from riffwork that’s decent but unimaginative, before eventually redeeming itself with more variety. Even so, these flubs are rare. The six-minute “Hymn of the Befouled” is the starkest counterexample, balancing length with girth by combining a vicious off-kilter main riff with melodic escapades that hold me rapt. Parts of Chasm of Immurement could do a better job of remaining engaging, but it’s hardly a fatal flaw.
Balancing thoughtful death metal and anti-intellectual death-doom, Clairvoyance’s debut is as weird as it is powerful. Neanderthals who need their fix should look here, as Chasm of Immurement’s crushing death metal riffs rival the best of old-school death metal. Conversely, fans of Morbid Angel’s wonkiness or Tomb Mold’s shapeshifting shenanigans will find just as much to love here. Chasm of Immurement is unlikely to dethrone Faithxtractor’s Loathing and the Noose atop my 2025 death metal ranking, as its occasional meandering loses my interest. But it’s a promising debut from a crew of talented Polish fiends.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Carbonized Records
Websites: carbonizedrecords.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/clairvoyancedeathmetal
Releases Worldwide: July 18th, 2025#2025 #35 #Autopsy #BrutalDeath #BrutalDeathMetal #CarbonizedRecords #ChasmOfImmurement #Clairvoyance #Death #DeathDoom #DeathMetal #DeathDoomMetal #FacelessBurial #Immolation #Jul25 #MorbidAngel #Obituary #PolishMetal #ProgDeath #ProgressiveDeath #ProgressiveDeathMetal #Review #Reviews #Suffocation #TombMold
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Clairvoyance – Chasm of Immurement Review
By Maddog
Yes, I picked this up entirely because of its cover. Girardi’s gorgeous spiral of tombstones and skeletons conjures vintage highbrow death metal of the likes of Death. The title Chasm of Immurement grasps at brutal badassery in the vein of Suffocation’s Effigy of the Forgotten. Clairvoyance’s logo remains indecipherable even if you know the band’s name, suggesting kvltness galore. The promo materials describe lyrics that address the isolating effects of depression, foreshadowing a harrowing listen. In isolation, each of these judgments strikes at the truth but glances off. Chasm of Immurement is the debut album from Poland’s Clairvoyance, an unknown band comprising unknown musicians. Lying at the intersection of brainless death-doom and brainiac digressions, Chasm of Immurement is a powerful foray into death metal.
A first pass through Chasm of Immurement suggests primitive death metal with a dollop of doom. “Eternal Blaze” opens the album with a bang that recalls Faceless Burial’s Speciation. After grabbing me by the anus, Clairvoyance maintains its hold by alternating between mid-range Obituary riffs and lurching Autopsy-style death-doom. These lowbrow highlights feel both as slimy and evolved as an amoeba. With both its riffs and its guitar tone, Chasm of Immurement leaves a palpable layer of grime that justifies multiple colonoscopies. “Blood Divine” emerges as a late gem through riffs that are gory enough to draw blood and enormous enough to evoke Immolation. This isn’t isolated to a subset of the tracks; throughout its runtime, Chasm of Immurement alternates between a sixteen-wheeler and a used minivan without dulling its fun.
On your fifth listen, Clairvoyance’s experimental bent comes into view. The same doomy riffs you’d heard before reveal spooky foreground melodies (“Reign of Silence”). The same track that you’d interpreted as a caveman ditty blossoms in baffling melodic directions in its second half (“Eternal Blaze”). The same song that introduced itself as by-the-books death metal culminates in a monstrous doomy climax (“Fleshmachine”). The same sections that you’d dismissed as repetitive transform into home bases for grimy excursions, interfering with your sleep schedule and your family obligations. Adorning hefty riffs with sinister melodies, Clairvoyance recalls both Lovecraft’s Azathoth and Morbid Angel’s Trey Azagthoth. It took me a while to realize that I was doing Chasm of Immurement an injustice by pigeonholing it into old-school death metal. It is indeed that, but it’s so much more.
Clairvoyance’s varying ambitions both empower and dilute each other. Spanning 34 minutes across 6 tracks, Chasm of Immurement is a concise collection of lengthy tracks. Some of its pieces wander, especially at their simplest. For instance, despite being the second shortest track, “Blood Divine” feels lengthy because of its dearth of creative ideas. Similarly, the shortest song, “Eternal Blaze,” suffers from riffwork that’s decent but unimaginative, before eventually redeeming itself with more variety. Even so, these flubs are rare. The six-minute “Hymn of the Befouled” is the starkest counterexample, balancing length with girth by combining a vicious off-kilter main riff with melodic escapades that hold me rapt. Parts of Chasm of Immurement could do a better job of remaining engaging, but it’s hardly a fatal flaw.
Balancing thoughtful death metal and anti-intellectual death-doom, Clairvoyance’s debut is as weird as it is powerful. Neanderthals who need their fix should look here, as Chasm of Immurement’s crushing death metal riffs rival the best of old-school death metal. Conversely, fans of Morbid Angel’s wonkiness or Tomb Mold’s shapeshifting shenanigans will find just as much to love here. Chasm of Immurement is unlikely to dethrone Faithxtractor’s Loathing and the Noose atop my 2025 death metal ranking, as its occasional meandering loses my interest. But it’s a promising debut from a crew of talented Polish fiends.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Carbonized Records
Websites: carbonizedrecords.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/clairvoyancedeathmetal
Releases Worldwide: July 18th, 2025#2025 #35 #Autopsy #BrutalDeath #BrutalDeathMetal #CarbonizedRecords #ChasmOfImmurement #Clairvoyance #Death #DeathDoom #DeathMetal #DeathDoomMetal #FacelessBurial #Immolation #Jul25 #MorbidAngel #Obituary #PolishMetal #ProgDeath #ProgressiveDeath #ProgressiveDeathMetal #Review #Reviews #Suffocation #TombMold
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Clairvoyance – Chasm of Immurement Review
By Maddog
Yes, I picked this up entirely because of its cover. Girardi’s gorgeous spiral of tombstones and skeletons conjures vintage highbrow death metal of the likes of Death. The title Chasm of Immurement grasps at brutal badassery in the vein of Suffocation’s Effigy of the Forgotten. Clairvoyance’s logo remains indecipherable even if you know the band’s name, suggesting kvltness galore. The promo materials describe lyrics that address the isolating effects of depression, foreshadowing a harrowing listen. In isolation, each of these judgments strikes at the truth but glances off. Chasm of Immurement is the debut album from Poland’s Clairvoyance, an unknown band comprising unknown musicians. Lying at the intersection of brainless death-doom and brainiac digressions, Chasm of Immurement is a powerful foray into death metal.
A first pass through Chasm of Immurement suggests primitive death metal with a dollop of doom. “Eternal Blaze” opens the album with a bang that recalls Faceless Burial’s Speciation. After grabbing me by the anus, Clairvoyance maintains its hold by alternating between mid-range Obituary riffs and lurching Autopsy-style death-doom. These lowbrow highlights feel both as slimy and evolved as an amoeba. With both its riffs and its guitar tone, Chasm of Immurement leaves a palpable layer of grime that justifies multiple colonoscopies. “Blood Divine” emerges as a late gem through riffs that are gory enough to draw blood and enormous enough to evoke Immolation. This isn’t isolated to a subset of the tracks; throughout its runtime, Chasm of Immurement alternates between a sixteen-wheeler and a used minivan without dulling its fun.
On your fifth listen, Clairvoyance’s experimental bent comes into view. The same doomy riffs you’d heard before reveal spooky foreground melodies (“Reign of Silence”). The same track that you’d interpreted as a caveman ditty blossoms in baffling melodic directions in its second half (“Eternal Blaze”). The same song that introduced itself as by-the-books death metal culminates in a monstrous doomy climax (“Fleshmachine”). The same sections that you’d dismissed as repetitive transform into home bases for grimy excursions, interfering with your sleep schedule and your family obligations. Adorning hefty riffs with sinister melodies, Clairvoyance recalls both Lovecraft’s Azathoth and Morbid Angel’s Trey Azagthoth. It took me a while to realize that I was doing Chasm of Immurement an injustice by pigeonholing it into old-school death metal. It is indeed that, but it’s so much more.
Clairvoyance’s varying ambitions both empower and dilute each other. Spanning 34 minutes across 6 tracks, Chasm of Immurement is a concise collection of lengthy tracks. Some of its pieces wander, especially at their simplest. For instance, despite being the second shortest track, “Blood Divine” feels lengthy because of its dearth of creative ideas. Similarly, the shortest song, “Eternal Blaze,” suffers from riffwork that’s decent but unimaginative, before eventually redeeming itself with more variety. Even so, these flubs are rare. The six-minute “Hymn of the Befouled” is the starkest counterexample, balancing length with girth by combining a vicious off-kilter main riff with melodic escapades that hold me rapt. Parts of Chasm of Immurement could do a better job of remaining engaging, but it’s hardly a fatal flaw.
Balancing thoughtful death metal and anti-intellectual death-doom, Clairvoyance’s debut is as weird as it is powerful. Neanderthals who need their fix should look here, as Chasm of Immurement’s crushing death metal riffs rival the best of old-school death metal. Conversely, fans of Morbid Angel’s wonkiness or Tomb Mold’s shapeshifting shenanigans will find just as much to love here. Chasm of Immurement is unlikely to dethrone Faithxtractor’s Loathing and the Noose atop my 2025 death metal ranking, as its occasional meandering loses my interest. But it’s a promising debut from a crew of talented Polish fiends.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Carbonized Records
Websites: carbonizedrecords.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/clairvoyancedeathmetal
Releases Worldwide: July 18th, 2025#2025 #35 #Autopsy #BrutalDeath #BrutalDeathMetal #CarbonizedRecords #ChasmOfImmurement #Clairvoyance #Death #DeathDoom #DeathMetal #DeathDoomMetal #FacelessBurial #Immolation #Jul25 #MorbidAngel #Obituary #PolishMetal #ProgDeath #ProgressiveDeath #ProgressiveDeathMetal #Review #Reviews #Suffocation #TombMold
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Cryptopsy – An Insatiable Violence Review
By Alekhines Gun
We all know the score for Cryptopsy by now. It’s been thirteen long years since their apology letter/fan service/throne rebuilding mission statement attempted to right the wrongs in the brutal death stalwart’s camp. But the wounds were too deep, the fanbase’s rage too visceral, and in the end, an otherwise excellent album passed by without much of the fanfare it deserved. In subsequent years, two slabs of incredible EP’s and one monster full-length have worked to regain the graces of death aficionados the world over. Constant touring and setting a personal record for being the first metal band to play in Saudi Arabia saw them putting in the work while fine-tuning the formula that brought them to the dance. Now, a meager two years after As Gomorrah Burns, the Canadians have not returned with The Book of Suffering III (unfortunately) but a new full-length in An Insatiable Violence. Is enough enough? Can we leave the checkered past behind us and welcome the return of the kings?
It’s my intellectually rooted, emotionally detached, and purely scientific opinion that we absolutely can. An Insatiable Violence is a masturbatory self-tribute of carnage on the grandest scale, touching on all the songwriting cornerstones that founded the classic Cryptopsy lore while still attempting to push the band’s compositions to new heights and their performances to ever more lethal levels. Every ingredient you can name in tech and brutal death, from waltz-rooted chuggathons (“Until There’s Nothing Left”), to staccato peppered twanging and forest-fire tempo’d savagery (“Fools Last Acclaim”), are worked with head chef precision into a concise, yet dense and detailed listen. Bassist Oliver Pinard’s fingerprints are all across the album with multiple solos and highlights (“The Art of Emptiness” “Our Great Deception”), adding color and texture to the fastest of riffs and depth of tone to the slower moments, ensuring an album that does its best to live up to its name in the bands overall trajectory.
The secret ingredient to Cryptopsy’s classics is catchy simplicity disguised through techy virtuosity1. This focus is found throughout An Insatiable Violence, where accessible hooks and immediate earworms are run through a filter of proficiency and skill. “The Nimis Adoration” features one of the single most melodic solos in the band’s history, while “Malicious Needs” is constructed on the bones of a stuttering groove which would slot itself neatly into the band’s OG era. Indeed, the band said they wrote the album while touring in support of As Gomorrah Burns, which imparts a flavor that’s meant to be performed and consumed in a live setting, and every cut across the bloody board features a highlight to liquify vertebrae and flay nerve endings.
Individual performances in the Cryptopsy camp remain unsurprisingly top shelf. Flo Mounier continues to expand his drumming skillset in defiance of bands half his age, while Matt McGachy maintains his growth as a vocalist. An Insatiable Violence features some of his best work, with his vocals hitting pitches both high and low yet to be heard in his tenure with the band, while growing in enunciation and barbarism. Throughout the album, the band writes a tribute to each of their eras, from grooves that sound pulled right from The Book of Suffering to acoustic strums from the avant-garde middle period, to the vintage, PTSD-inducing savagery of yore. Even the lyrics2 attempt to return to the storytelling literature vibe of olden days, and while it’s true nothing will quite hit the vibe of “Pardon, please”, the mood is permeated throughout the release.
An unusually early promo from Season of Mist has allowed me to spend almost two full months with An Insatiable Violence, and each of the near fifty listens I’ve had offer up some new detail, compositional nuance, or performative bit which stands out and demands my attention. For the last decade plus, Cryptopsy have enhanced their skillset, honed their compositions, and fine-tuned their performances into the giants they used to be. It is time to leave the past in the past, to cease using The Unspoken King as a benchmark of career banality, and to recognize that the throne has indeed been rebuilt. An Insatiable Violence is engaging, bloodthirsty, frantic, and most importantly, an excellent release from a granddaddy band who are here to remind any that there truly is none so vile.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Season of Mist
Websites: Album Bandcamp | Band Facebook
Releases Worldwide: June 20th, 2025#2025 #40 #AnInsatiableViolence #BrutalDeath #CanadianMetal #Cryptopsy #Jun25 #Review #Reviews #SeasonOfMist #TechDeath
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Cryptopsy – An Insatiable Violence Review
By Alekhines Gun
We all know the score for Cryptopsy by now. It’s been thirteen long years since their apology letter/fan service/throne rebuilding mission statement attempted to right the wrongs in the brutal death stalwart’s camp. But the wounds were too deep, the fanbase’s rage too visceral, and in the end, an otherwise excellent album passed by without much of the fanfare it deserved. In subsequent years, two slabs of incredible EP’s and one monster full-length have worked to regain the graces of death aficionados the world over. Constant touring and setting a personal record for being the first metal band to play in Saudi Arabia saw them putting in the work while fine-tuning the formula that brought them to the dance. Now, a meager two years after As Gomorrah Burns, the Canadians have not returned with The Book of Suffering III (unfortunately) but a new full-length in An Insatiable Violence. Is enough enough? Can we leave the checkered past behind us and welcome the return of the kings?
It’s my intellectually rooted, emotionally detached, and purely scientific opinion that we absolutely can. An Insatiable Violence is a masturbatory self-tribute of carnage on the grandest scale, touching on all the songwriting cornerstones that founded the classic Cryptopsy lore while still attempting to push the band’s compositions to new heights and their performances to ever more lethal levels. Every ingredient you can name in tech and brutal death, from waltz-rooted chuggathons (“Until There’s Nothing Left”), to staccato peppered twanging and forest-fire tempo’d savagery (“Fools Last Acclaim”), are worked with head chef precision into a concise, yet dense and detailed listen. Bassist Oliver Pinard’s fingerprints are all across the album with multiple solos and highlights (“The Art of Emptiness” “Our Great Deception”), adding color and texture to the fastest of riffs and depth of tone to the slower moments, ensuring an album that does its best to live up to its name in the bands overall trajectory.
The secret ingredient to Cryptopsy’s classics is catchy simplicity disguised through techy virtuosity1. This focus is found throughout An Insatiable Violence, where accessible hooks and immediate earworms are run through a filter of proficiency and skill. “The Nimis Adoration” features one of the single most melodic solos in the band’s history, while “Malicious Needs” is constructed on the bones of a stuttering groove which would slot itself neatly into the band’s OG era. Indeed, the band said they wrote the album while touring in support of As Gomorrah Burns, which imparts a flavor that’s meant to be performed and consumed in a live setting, and every cut across the bloody board features a highlight to liquify vertebrae and flay nerve endings.
Individual performances in the Cryptopsy camp remain unsurprisingly top shelf. Flo Mounier continues to expand his drumming skillset in defiance of bands half his age, while Matt McGachy maintains his growth as a vocalist. An Insatiable Violence features some of his best work, with his vocals hitting pitches both high and low yet to be heard in his tenure with the band, while growing in enunciation and barbarism. Throughout the album, the band writes a tribute to each of their eras, from grooves that sound pulled right from The Book of Suffering to acoustic strums from the avant-garde middle period, to the vintage, PTSD-inducing savagery of yore. Even the lyrics2 attempt to return to the storytelling literature vibe of olden days, and while it’s true nothing will quite hit the vibe of “Pardon, please”, the mood is permeated throughout the release.
An unusually early promo from Season of Mist has allowed me to spend almost two full months with An Insatiable Violence, and each of the near fifty listens I’ve had offer up some new detail, compositional nuance, or performative bit which stands out and demands my attention. For the last decade plus, Cryptopsy have enhanced their skillset, honed their compositions, and fine-tuned their performances into the giants they used to be. It is time to leave the past in the past, to cease using The Unspoken King as a benchmark of career banality, and to recognize that the throne has indeed been rebuilt. An Insatiable Violence is engaging, bloodthirsty, frantic, and most importantly, an excellent release from a granddaddy band who are here to remind any that there truly is none so vile.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Season of Mist
Websites: Album Bandcamp | Band Facebook
Releases Worldwide: June 20th, 2025#2025 #40 #AnInsatiableViolence #BrutalDeath #CanadianMetal #Cryptopsy #Jun25 #Review #Reviews #SeasonOfMist #TechDeath
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Cryptopsy – An Insatiable Violence Review
By Alekhines Gun
We all know the score for Cryptopsy by now. It’s been thirteen long years since their apology letter/fan service/throne rebuilding mission statement attempted to right the wrongs in the brutal death stalwart’s camp. But the wounds were too deep, the fanbase’s rage too visceral, and in the end, an otherwise excellent album passed by without much of the fanfare it deserved. In subsequent years, two slabs of incredible EP’s and one monster full-length have worked to regain the graces of death aficionados the world over. Constant touring and setting a personal record for being the first metal band to play in Saudi Arabia saw them putting in the work while fine-tuning the formula that brought them to the dance. Now, a meager two years after As Gomorrah Burns, the Canadians have not returned with The Book of Suffering III (unfortunately) but a new full-length in An Insatiable Violence. Is enough enough? Can we leave the checkered past behind us and welcome the return of the kings?
It’s my intellectually rooted, emotionally detached, and purely scientific opinion that we absolutely can. An Insatiable Violence is a masturbatory self-tribute of carnage on the grandest scale, touching on all the songwriting cornerstones that founded the classic Cryptopsy lore while still attempting to push the band’s compositions to new heights and their performances to ever more lethal levels. Every ingredient you can name in tech and brutal death, from waltz-rooted chuggathons (“Until There’s Nothing Left”), to staccato peppered twanging and forest-fire tempo’d savagery (“Fools Last Acclaim”), are worked with head chef precision into a concise, yet dense and detailed listen. Bassist Oliver Pinard’s fingerprints are all across the album with multiple solos and highlights (“The Art of Emptiness” “Our Great Deception”), adding color and texture to the fastest of riffs and depth of tone to the slower moments, ensuring an album that does its best to live up to its name in the bands overall trajectory.
The secret ingredient to Cryptopsy’s classics is catchy simplicity disguised through techy virtuosity1. This focus is found throughout An Insatiable Violence, where accessible hooks and immediate earworms are run through a filter of proficiency and skill. “The Nimis Adoration” features one of the single most melodic solos in the band’s history, while “Malicious Needs” is constructed on the bones of a stuttering groove which would slot itself neatly into the band’s OG era. Indeed, the band said they wrote the album while touring in support of As Gomorrah Burns, which imparts a flavor that’s meant to be performed and consumed in a live setting, and every cut across the bloody board features a highlight to liquify vertebrae and flay nerve endings.
Individual performances in the Cryptopsy camp remain unsurprisingly top shelf. Flo Mounier continues to expand his drumming skillset in defiance of bands half his age, while Matt McGachy maintains his growth as a vocalist. An Insatiable Violence features some of his best work, with his vocals hitting pitches both high and low yet to be heard in his tenure with the band, while growing in enunciation and barbarism. Throughout the album, the band writes a tribute to each of their eras, from grooves that sound pulled right from The Book of Suffering to acoustic strums from the avant-garde middle period, to the vintage, PTSD-inducing savagery of yore. Even the lyrics2 attempt to return to the storytelling literature vibe of olden days, and while it’s true nothing will quite hit the vibe of “Pardon, please”, the mood is permeated throughout the release.
An unusually early promo from Season of Mist has allowed me to spend almost two full months with An Insatiable Violence, and each of the near fifty listens I’ve had offer up some new detail, compositional nuance, or performative bit which stands out and demands my attention. For the last decade plus, Cryptopsy have enhanced their skillset, honed their compositions, and fine-tuned their performances into the giants they used to be. It is time to leave the past in the past, to cease using The Unspoken King as a benchmark of career banality, and to recognize that the throne has indeed been rebuilt. An Insatiable Violence is engaging, bloodthirsty, frantic, and most importantly, an excellent release from a granddaddy band who are here to remind any that there truly is none so vile.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Season of Mist
Websites: Album Bandcamp | Band Facebook
Releases Worldwide: June 20th, 2025#2025 #40 #AnInsatiableViolence #BrutalDeath #CanadianMetal #Cryptopsy #Jun25 #Review #Reviews #SeasonOfMist #TechDeath
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Cryptopsy – An Insatiable Violence Review
By Alekhines Gun
We all know the score for Cryptopsy by now. It’s been thirteen long years since their apology letter/fan service/throne rebuilding mission statement attempted to right the wrongs in the brutal death stalwart’s camp. But the wounds were too deep, the fanbase’s rage too visceral, and in the end, an otherwise excellent album passed by without much of the fanfare it deserved. In subsequent years, two slabs of incredible EP’s and one monster full-length have worked to regain the graces of death aficionados the world over. Constant touring and setting a personal record for being the first metal band to play in Saudi Arabia saw them putting in the work while fine-tuning the formula that brought them to the dance. Now, a meager two years after As Gomorrah Burns, the Canadians have not returned with The Book of Suffering III (unfortunately) but a new full-length in An Insatiable Violence. Is enough enough? Can we leave the checkered past behind us and welcome the return of the kings?
It’s my intellectually rooted, emotionally detached, and purely scientific opinion that we absolutely can. An Insatiable Violence is a masturbatory self-tribute of carnage on the grandest scale, touching on all the songwriting cornerstones that founded the classic Cryptopsy lore while still attempting to push the band’s compositions to new heights and their performances to ever more lethal levels. Every ingredient you can name in tech and brutal death, from waltz-rooted chuggathons (“Until There’s Nothing Left”), to staccato peppered twanging and forest-fire tempo’d savagery (“Fools Last Acclaim”), are worked with head chef precision into a concise, yet dense and detailed listen. Bassist Oliver Pinard’s fingerprints are all across the album with multiple solos and highlights (“The Art of Emptiness” “Our Great Deception”), adding color and texture to the fastest of riffs and depth of tone to the slower moments, ensuring an album that does its best to live up to its name in the bands overall trajectory.
The secret ingredient to Cryptopsy’s classics is catchy simplicity disguised through techy virtuosity1. This focus is found throughout An Insatiable Violence, where accessible hooks and immediate earworms are run through a filter of proficiency and skill. “The Nimis Adoration” features one of the single most melodic solos in the band’s history, while “Malicious Needs” is constructed on the bones of a stuttering groove which would slot itself neatly into the band’s OG era. Indeed, the band said they wrote the album while touring in support of As Gomorrah Burns, which imparts a flavor that’s meant to be performed and consumed in a live setting, and every cut across the bloody board features a highlight to liquify vertebrae and flay nerve endings.
Individual performances in the Cryptopsy camp remain unsurprisingly top shelf. Flo Mounier continues to expand his drumming skillset in defiance of bands half his age, while Matt McGachy maintains his growth as a vocalist. An Insatiable Violence features some of his best work, with his vocals hitting pitches both high and low yet to be heard in his tenure with the band, while growing in enunciation and barbarism. Throughout the album, the band writes a tribute to each of their eras, from grooves that sound pulled right from The Book of Suffering to acoustic strums from the avant-garde middle period, to the vintage, PTSD-inducing savagery of yore. Even the lyrics2 attempt to return to the storytelling literature vibe of olden days, and while it’s true nothing will quite hit the vibe of “Pardon, please”, the mood is permeated throughout the release.
An unusually early promo from Season of Mist has allowed me to spend almost two full months with An Insatiable Violence, and each of the near fifty listens I’ve had offer up some new detail, compositional nuance, or performative bit which stands out and demands my attention. For the last decade plus, Cryptopsy have enhanced their skillset, honed their compositions, and fine-tuned their performances into the giants they used to be. It is time to leave the past in the past, to cease using The Unspoken King as a benchmark of career banality, and to recognize that the throne has indeed been rebuilt. An Insatiable Violence is engaging, bloodthirsty, frantic, and most importantly, an excellent release from a granddaddy band who are here to remind any that there truly is none so vile.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Season of Mist
Websites: Album Bandcamp | Band Facebook
Releases Worldwide: June 20th, 2025#2025 #40 #AnInsatiableViolence #BrutalDeath #CanadianMetal #Cryptopsy #Jun25 #Review #Reviews #SeasonOfMist #TechDeath
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Relics of Humanity – Absolute Dismal Domain Review
By Saunders
Time to hit the reset button, shake off the writing funk, and forge on into a bold and hopefully killer year of metal. As easy as it may be to get caught up on the missed albums of a solid 2024 campaign or fall into the comfort of favorites and old classics, 2025 has already kicked off with a truckload of new releases to explore. Taking a random dip into the promo sump, I picked up the third LP from unheralded brutal death metal act Relics of Humanity. Hailing from Belarus and forming in 2007, these folks are hardly newcomers to the scene, although guitarist/chief composer Sergey Liakh appears to be the sole remaining member from their earliest demo days. Nevertheless, some experienced bandmates are in tow to fulfill his uncompromising vision. Despite various singles, a compilation, and EP release, the last full-length from the Willowtip-affiliated band dropped in 2014, so Absolute Dismal Domain marks a comeback of sorts, at least in LP terms. Coming off a particularly brutal, uncompromising year of deathly platters, can Relics of Humanity leave a bruising impression to warrant your attention?
Bruising is certainly one word that springs to mind when blasting this rugged, no-frills chunk of brutal death. Absolute Dismal Domain punches hard and takes no prisoners, favoring thick, viscous grooves and dirty, down-tuned pummels to bury the listener into the submission with brute force, rather than an abundance of speed or technical finesse. The gritty production and drum tones lend the album an old school underground vibe, as Relics of Humanity channel the nasty sewer-dwelling carnage of Devourment, coupled with the extra chunky riffs and grooves of underrated stalwarts Dawn of Demise. Pared down to a lean and appropriately efficient thirty-two-minute runtime ensures Relics of Humanity maximize impact, with majority of cuts falling in the palatable three-to-four-minute timeframe.
Despite boasting the right ingredients for a brutal slice of knuckle-dragging fun, the first few spins were underwhelming. The songwriting failed to stick beyond a surface level, and songs seemed to bleed unimaginatively into one another. However, under further inspection, there is a deceptively addictive mix of dank, unsettling atmospheres, subtle dynamics, and pure headbangable enjoyment to be pulled from the album’s filthy pores. Chunky, pile-driving heaviness and inventive drum work propels songs that rely heavily on doom-spattered chugs and mid-paced pummels, occasionally roughed up with thumping, in-your-face blasts and slammy, murderous grooves (“Taking the Shape of Infinity,” “Absolute Dismal Domain”). These serve to liven the pace, though the focus is more on crushing intensity rather than lightning-fast blasting. “Smoldering of Seraphim” is a fine showcase of Relics of Humanity’s strength of balancing slower tempos and uber-heavy riffs and grooves, with skull-cracking blast segments.
Favoring an all-out destructive approach, Relics of Humanity also add some sinister atmospheric elements, creating unsettling, otherworldly vibes. This is particularly evident on the bleak, apocalyptic touches illuminating “Paralyzing the Light II,” and sparse, ritualistic-esque experimental sounds emanating from closer “Dominion.” Rock-solid performances abound from the experienced line-up, upholding a tight, beastly framework. Drummer Vladislav Vorozhtsov’s work behind the kit is especially noteworthy. His punchy, thick double bass grooves are a constant focal point driving the album’s pummeling, groove-oriented approach. However, it’s his snappy snare work and inventive fills that add subtle complexities and flare to proceedings. Flo Butcher is the next man in line to take over vocal duties, in what appears an area of instability for the band. Butcher’s incomprehensible growls and nasty bellows cut an imposing figure, though the somewhat one-dimensional display and vocal forward mix are drawbacks. Speaking of the production and mix, while there is much to like about the unvarnished, extra-heavy sound and sick drum tones, the mix is uneven, drums and vocals tending to overshadow guitars that could use a sharper, meatier presence in the mix.
Overall, Relics of Humanity slam down a solid slab of brutal death to kick off the early days of 2025. The album features endearing moments of underground brutal death and blunt force menace to compensate for the less memorable aspects of their songwriting formula and production qualms. While unlikely to remain in heavy rotation, I have enjoyed my time with Absolute Dismal Domain. Though long-term satisfaction may be questionable, listeners craving a heaving dose of unclean, no-frills brutality might find the fix they require.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Willowtip Records
Websites: RelicsofHumanity.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/relicsofhumanity
Releases Worldwide: January 31st, 2025#2025 #30 #AbsoluteDismalDomain #BelarusianMetal #BrutalDeath #DawnOfDemise #DeathMetal #Devourment #RelicsOfHumanity #Review #Reviews #WillowtipRecords
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Relics of Humanity – Absolute Dismal Domain Review
By Saunders
Time to hit the reset button, shake off the writing funk, and forge on into a bold and hopefully killer year of metal. As easy as it may be to get caught up on the missed albums of a solid 2024 campaign or fall into the comfort of favorites and old classics, 2025 has already kicked off with a truckload of new releases to explore. Taking a random dip into the promo sump, I picked up the third LP from unheralded brutal death metal act Relics of Humanity. Hailing from Belarus and forming in 2007, these folks are hardly newcomers to the scene, although guitarist/chief composer Sergey Liakh appears to be the sole remaining member from their earliest demo days. Nevertheless, some experienced bandmates are in tow to fulfill his uncompromising vision. Despite various singles, a compilation, and EP release, the last full-length from the Willowtip-affiliated band dropped in 2014, so Absolute Dismal Domain marks a comeback of sorts, at least in LP terms. Coming off a particularly brutal, uncompromising year of deathly platters, can Relics of Humanity leave a bruising impression to warrant your attention?
Bruising is certainly one word that springs to mind when blasting this rugged, no-frills chunk of brutal death. Absolute Dismal Domain punches hard and takes no prisoners, favoring thick, viscous grooves and dirty, down-tuned pummels to bury the listener into the submission with brute force, rather than an abundance of speed or technical finesse. The gritty production and drum tones lend the album an old school underground vibe, as Relics of Humanity channel the nasty sewer-dwelling carnage of Devourment, coupled with the extra chunky riffs and grooves of underrated stalwarts Dawn of Demise. Pared down to a lean and appropriately efficient thirty-two-minute runtime ensures Relics of Humanity maximize impact, with majority of cuts falling in the palatable three-to-four-minute timeframe.
Despite boasting the right ingredients for a brutal slice of knuckle-dragging fun, the first few spins were underwhelming. The songwriting failed to stick beyond a surface level, and songs seemed to bleed unimaginatively into one another. However, under further inspection, there is a deceptively addictive mix of dank, unsettling atmospheres, subtle dynamics, and pure headbangable enjoyment to be pulled from the album’s filthy pores. Chunky, pile-driving heaviness and inventive drum work propels songs that rely heavily on doom-spattered chugs and mid-paced pummels, occasionally roughed up with thumping, in-your-face blasts and slammy, murderous grooves (“Taking the Shape of Infinity,” “Absolute Dismal Domain”). These serve to liven the pace, though the focus is more on crushing intensity rather than lightning-fast blasting. “Smoldering of Seraphim” is a fine showcase of Relics of Humanity’s strength of balancing slower tempos and uber-heavy riffs and grooves, with skull-cracking blast segments.
Favoring an all-out destructive approach, Relics of Humanity also add some sinister atmospheric elements, creating unsettling, otherworldly vibes. This is particularly evident on the bleak, apocalyptic touches illuminating “Paralyzing the Light II,” and sparse, ritualistic-esque experimental sounds emanating from closer “Dominion.” Rock-solid performances abound from the experienced line-up, upholding a tight, beastly framework. Drummer Vladislav Vorozhtsov’s work behind the kit is especially noteworthy. His punchy, thick double bass grooves are a constant focal point driving the album’s pummeling, groove-oriented approach. However, it’s his snappy snare work and inventive fills that add subtle complexities and flare to proceedings. Flo Butcher is the next man in line to take over vocal duties, in what appears an area of instability for the band. Butcher’s incomprehensible growls and nasty bellows cut an imposing figure, though the somewhat one-dimensional display and vocal forward mix are drawbacks. Speaking of the production and mix, while there is much to like about the unvarnished, extra-heavy sound and sick drum tones, the mix is uneven, drums and vocals tending to overshadow guitars that could use a sharper, meatier presence in the mix.
Overall, Relics of Humanity slam down a solid slab of brutal death to kick off the early days of 2025. The album features endearing moments of underground brutal death and blunt force menace to compensate for the less memorable aspects of their songwriting formula and production qualms. While unlikely to remain in heavy rotation, I have enjoyed my time with Absolute Dismal Domain. Though long-term satisfaction may be questionable, listeners craving a heaving dose of unclean, no-frills brutality might find the fix they require.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Willowtip Records
Websites: RelicsofHumanity.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/relicsofhumanity
Releases Worldwide: January 31st, 2025#2025 #30 #AbsoluteDismalDomain #BelarusianMetal #BrutalDeath #DawnOfDemise #DeathMetal #Devourment #RelicsOfHumanity #Review #Reviews #WillowtipRecords