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Jungle Rot – Cruel Face of War Review By Grin ReaperAfter four years of studio silence, Kenoshan cavemen Jungle Rot emerge from the bush with twelfth platter, Cruel Face of War. For the uninitiated, Jungle Rot plays groovy death metal that’s hostile, bludgeoning, and never dares to overthink anything. Their output has been more reliable than our coverage, and reviewing every other album since 2011’s Kill on Command, each has earned a ‘Mixed’ rating. Interestingly, the two albums we missed reviewing, Terror Regime and Jungle Rot, are the best of that group, particularly their self-titled effort. Now faced with our first consecutive Jungle Rot evaluation, can Cruel Face of War break the mold, or does it run through the Jungle on cruise control?
‘Consistency is key’ perseveres as a pillar of advice I mete out and live by,1 and this lesson sticks with Jungle Rot like flies on a decomposing carcass. After three decades of mouth-breathing death jams, the band still delivers freshly forged OSDM every two to four years that reeks of Obituary and Bolt Thrower. While the hardcore and deathcore vestiges have diminished,2 trace amounts of Hatebreed and Slaughter to Prevail lurk within Jungle Rot’s fetid funk, especially Dave Matrise’s vocals. To be fair, any fluctuations in their sound become conversations of degrees, and since Fueled by Hate dropped in 2004, Jungle Rot has been lodged in a groove so deep they haven’t pulled out from it yet.
Jungle Rot sounds best when they inject a bit of melody into their formula, and those crumbs unerringly serve as the best morsels on Cruel Face of War. Maybe that’s because only those moments break up the monotony of an otherwise wearisome chuggathon, where an unvarying landscape of riffs and grooves blur together into an indistinct sea of homogenous death metal. For instance, the riffs on “When the Elders Rise” and “Rot Riffs” carry just enough character to help differentiate themselves from the rest of the pack, but otherwise, I can’t distinguish between most others without playing them back-to-back. To Jungle Rot’s credit, they possess a sound uniquely their own. But like a painter who only uses a single color, they lock themselves into a self-imposed prison of uniformity that undercuts any notion of tension or contrast.
Despite the detractors, Jungle Rot’s adherence to convention pays dividends as well. Pit-ready grooves and stank-inducing verses make great fodder for good ol’ fashioned head-banging, and while the simplicity limits Cruel Face of War’s upside, it also ensures a stable foundation to build upon. Regarding pacing, Jungle Rot plays with two speeds: a menacing, mid-paced skulk and a faster, more predatory trot. Though they never commit to woebegone plods or balls-out blitzes, there’s just enough variety to keep things engaging without moving too far away from Jungle Rot’s established sonic ideal. Additionally, Cruel Face of War merits praise for the efficient yet expressive solos, particularly on “Cruel Face of War” and “Horrors Vile,” with Geoff Bub and David Matrise credited for guitars.3 Bassist James Genenz rumbles and groans alongside, supplying a meaty dimension to Cruel Face of War, and drummer Spenser Syphers pounds and pummels as needed. Dan “The Man” Swanö even handles mixing and mastering, granting the immediate boost he bestows to nearly everything he touches.
Cruel Face of War never outright errs, yet Jungle Rot proves so reticent to stray from the path oft-traveled that I wonder why they recorded new material. Jungle Rot felt like a promising step forward, infusing wicked melodies into the band’s brutish brand of death metal. Since then, Jungle Rot seems content to churn out mildly different flavors of the same core recipe with rapidly diminishing returns. After thirty years of staying the course, I’m not hopeful that Jungle Rot will venture into unfamiliar territory, but without stepping outside their comfort zone, I don’t foresee them bursting free from their Jungle Rut.
Rating: Disappointing
#20 #2026 #AmericanMetal #BoltThrower #CruelFaceOfWar #DeathMetal #Hatebreed #JungleRot #May26 #Obituary #Review #Reviews #SlaughterToPrevail #UniqueLeaderRecords
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 224 kbps mp3
Label: Unique Leader Records
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook
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Making a perfect song more perfect. :beavisandbutthead:
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Making a perfect song more perfect. :beavisandbutthead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak8-Mpb54JM
#doom #doometernal #metal #slaughtertoprevail #fps #shooter #mickgordon
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Making a perfect song more perfect. :beavisandbutthead:
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#doom #doometernal #metal #slaughtertoprevail #fps #shooter #mickgordon
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Metal En Route is back with another stacked week of shows.
From Dark Tranquillity hitting the stage with Soen and Persefone, Helloween to Slaughter to Prevail, there’s no shortage of heavy across the East Coast this week.
See what’s coming through your area: https://metalinsider.net/touring/metal-en-route-04-14-04-19-the-power-of-metal-dark-tranquillity-helloween-more
#MetalEnRoute #DarkTranquillity #Helloween #SlaughterToPrevail #Metal #LiveMusic #Concerts
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Metal En Route is back with another stacked week of shows.
From Dark Tranquillity hitting the stage with Soen and Persefone, Helloween to Slaughter to Prevail, there’s no shortage of heavy across the East Coast this week.
See what’s coming through your area: https://metalinsider.net/touring/metal-en-route-04-14-04-19-the-power-of-metal-dark-tranquillity-helloween-more
#MetalEnRoute #DarkTranquillity #Helloween #SlaughterToPrevail #Metal #LiveMusic #Concerts
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New post: Gig Review: Slaughter To Prevail / Dying Fetus / Suicide Silence / Annotations of an Autopsy – O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester (17th January 2026) https://moshville.co.uk/reviews/gig-review/2026/01/gig-review-slaughter-to-prevail-dying-fetus-suicide-silence-annotations-of-an-autopsy-o2-victoria-warehouse-manchester-17th-january-2026/ #DyingFetus #SlaughterToPrevail #SuicideSilence
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Psycho-Frame – Salvation Laughs in the Face of a Grieving Mother Review
By Dear Hollow
Deathcore doesn’t give a shit. There was a moment when bands like Lorna Shore and Slaughter to Prevail attempted to make deathcore more accessible to other metal fans, incorporating blackened/symphonic textures or nu-metal influences. However terrible, solid, milquetoast, or well-intentioned you found it, that’s not the spirit of deathcore. Psycho-Frame has steadily been building a fanbase around their particularly unhinged take on deathcore with the release of 2023 EPs Remote God Seeker and Automatic Death Protocol, and we’re finally faced with a full-length debut: Salvation Laughs in the Face of a Grieving Mother. But don’t expect heavyhandedness – expect just heavy. Dumb heavy. Basically, the music for the sellout. Get those fists swingin’, Hot Topic frequenters! We’re goin’ to the mall.
Psycho-Frame embodies a trend in deathcore that is layered in nostalgia. Fearing that the style has lost its teeth, bands like the nation-spanning six-piece1 embrace the days of MySpace (think old-school Chelsea Grin or Bring Me the Horizon). It’s raw, groovy, and devastating, brandishing a brand wavering between thick-ass breakdowns settling on the ocean floor and lightning-fast blastbeats and unhinged technical thrills. Psycho-Frame otherwise benefits from a two-vocal attack, with Mike Sugars relying on a tough Frankie Palmeri bark attack while Jonathan Whittle offers fierce shrieks, horrific bellows, and the occasional pig squeal. It’s big, dumb fun that doesn’t overstay its welcome, embracing a savage edge contrary to contemporary acts off the same ilk: the rawness of Killing of a Sacred Deer or the melodic technicality of Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Psycho-Frame emerges as the elite, its loud and ouchy production amped to louder and ouchier, its vocal attack barbaric and ominous, and its songwriting whiplash-inducing. It’s everything you love – and loathe – about deathcore.
There’s little nuance in Salvation Laughs – if it’s thoughtful songwriting and careful construction you’re after, Psycho-Frame ain’t it. It doesn’t have a lick of the tragedy its title implies because, remember, deathcore doesn’t give a shit. It recalls the chaos of This is Exile-era Whitechapel, The Cleansing-era Suicide Silence, or self-titled Chelsea Grin in its chunky viciousness and stonewalled rigidity. Neck-snapping tempo shifts are a norm, downtempo Black Tongue chugdowns assaulting your ears one second before ravaging them with ripping blastbeats and shredding riffs. Riffiness is a trait not often expounded upon by deathcore, but it appears often throughout Salvation Laughs, giving an unexpected head-bobbing groove and pinch harmonics (“Blueprints for Idol Genocide,” “Endless Agonal Devotion”), jaw-dropping fretboard wizardry that recalls Beneath the Massacre and pairs neatly with numbskull density (“Apocalypse Through Lysergic Possession”), while slam’s gurgling lurch a la Ingested adds nice sonic depravity (“Filleted and Fucked,” “Still Water Salvation”). Each member offers his best, the dual shrieks and roars commanding charisma, the guitars offering flaying technicality and caveman knuckle-dragging meatheadedness equally, bass holding up the sound amid the fray, and drums retain a sharp metallic ring that adds to the unhinged quality Psycho-Frame possesses.
For the same reasons, some will love Psycho-Frame, others will understandably loathe it. In many ways, it feels like the insanity of mid-2000s deathcore distilled into a bullying thirty-eight minutes. It’s relentless, it’s over-the-top, and perfect to make frowny faces at while you windmill your way through the pit. That being said, some parts of the album are guiltier than others: when groove dominates, the result is an insane little number, but when that’s toned down to channel Suicide Silence, it sounds pitifully stale (“The Portal,” “BLACK_WAVE II”). Furthermore, there are short-lived spoken word samples scattered throughout the album, which provide more of a blush than the creepiness factor they are attempting to instill. But apart from the nitpicks, for nearly all the reasons mentioned in the paragraph above, Salvation Laughs in the Face of a Grieving Mother can be the thorn in a metalhead’s side – Psycho-Frame is truly an apt representative of deathcore.
For better or worse, Psycho-Frame is deathcore, and it doesn’t pretend to be anything else. It’s big and dumb, overly loud and obnoxious, with enough groove, rawness, and wonky tricks to carry its dual vocal attack into something resembling enjoyment. It’s a low-ceiling, low-floor situation, because Salvation Laughs in the Face of a Grieving Mother can either bring some fun into your day or utterly ruin it. I had fun with Psycho-Frame because of its refreshing simplicity and relentless brutality – but it’s still a cautionary tale.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: N/A | Format Reviewed:
Label: Sharptone Records
Websites: psychoframedc.bandcamp.com | psychoframe.com | facebook.com/psychoframedeathcore
Releases Worldwide: July 25th, 2025#2025 #30 #AmericanMetal #BeneathTheMassacre #BlackTongue #BringMeTheHorizon #ChelseaGrin #Deathcore #Ingested #Jul25 #KillingOfASacredDeer #LornaShore #PsychoFrame #Review #Reviews #SalvationLaughsInTheFaceOfAGrievingMother #SharpToneRecords #SlammingDeathcore #SlaughterToPrevail #SuicideSilence #ThusSpokeZarathustra #Whitechapel
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Dead Meadow
07.06.2025 Berlin / Neue ZukunftGhetto Justice
21.11.2025 Berlin / LidoJinjer
21.02.2026 Berlin / AstraLionheart
11.01.2026 Berlin / AstraShame
16.10.2025 Berlin / SO36Slaughter to Prevail
24.01.2026 Berlin / UFO im Velodrom#Astra #Berlin #DeadMeadow #GhettoJustice #Jinjer #Lido #Lionheart #NeueZukunft #SO36 #Shame #SlaughterToPrevail #UFOImVelodrom #SteelFeed
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https://www.wacoca.com/media/314018/ SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL、ニュー・アルバム『Grizzly』リリース決定＆新曲「Russian Grizzly In America」公開！BABYMETALやRonnie Radke（FALLING IN REVERSE）参加曲も収録！ #BABYMETAL #FALLINGINREVERSE #music #SLAUGHTERTOPREVAIL #フォーリングインリヴァース #ベイビー・メタル #ベビメタ #音楽
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Babymetal announce new album featuring Poppy, Spiritbox, Slaughter to Prevail, Polyphia and more!
Babymetal returns with Metal Forth. The renowned Japanese metal band has signed to Capitol Records, which will release the album globally on 13th June. Meaning “beyond metal,” Metal Forth
#News #Babymetal #Polyphia #Poppy #SlaughterToPrevail #Spiritbox
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Fan Injured At SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL Show, ALEX TERRIBLE Helps Load Them Into An Ambulance
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SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL To Attempt The World's Biggest Wall Of Death
Hellfest, it could happen!https://metalinjection.net/news/slaughter-to-prevail-to-attempt-the-worlds-biggest-wall-of-death
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About photographing day 2 of Into The Gr⚰️ve Festival 😄
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📷 by me #sethpicturesmusic #sethabrikoos
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Live Nation Offering $25 Tickets For IRON MAIDEN, KORN, LIMP BIZKIT, CREED & More
Rob Zombie, Sum 41, Halestorm, and more!#ConcertWeek #LiveNation #IronMaiden #Korn #LimpBizkit #CREED #RobZombie #Sum41 #Halestorm #BretMichaels #JerryCantrell #Candlebox #3DoorsDown #FingerEleven #DeepPurple #FiveFingerDeathPunch #MarilynManson #SlaughterToPrevail #311 #Ticketmaster #AntitrustLaws #USDepartmentofJustice #SenatePSI
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MARILYN MANSON Is "Sober And He's Staying Clean," According To ZOLTAN BATHORY
"Manson is sober and he's staying clean and doing the work, so also we're supporting that."#MarilynManson #Sober #Tour #FiveFingerDeathPunch #SlaughterToPrevail #LegalIssues #SexualAssaultAllegations #EvanRachelWood
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Alex Terrible - Kingdom of Storm and Thunder.
#deathcore #metalcore #hardcore #alternative #nowplaying #newmusic #listening #breakdown #drums #riff #guitar #bass #heavy #band #stagedive #circlepit #headbang #wallofdeath #twostep #moshpit #gig #black #tech #dark #punk #goth #emo #australia #alexterrible #slaughtertoprevail
https://youtu.be/7R6jpPnncWE?si=uI7-ri-z66-CBQz1
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Looks like #MickGordon (composer of the #Doom 2016 soundtrack) and #AlexTerrible (singer of #SlaughterToPrevail) might be going to record an album together¹ – and BOY, am I all here for that! 🤩
:youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw5HcXHRkjg
¹ In the video Alex says Mick changed his mind. But in a comment below the video he clarifies that was just a misunderstanding and Mick's still in!