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Bay Area death-thrashers LACERATION has joined forces with Unspeakable Axe Records for the early 2019 release of Remnants. Emerging out of the Northern Bay Area of California in 2006, LACERATION is an old-school style death/thrash band dedicated to crushing skulls and splitting ears. The band...

CRITICAL DEFIANCE goes straight for the jugular with their relentless and intricate brand of old-school thrash metal. Though spawned in the depths of Chile's underground, CRITICAL DEFIANCE bear all the markings of a band that came straight from the 80s Bay Area scene. Following two demos and a...

Two years after their last full-length, Zealotry are back with their newest offering (and first with Unspeakable Axe Records), titled "At the Nexus of All Stillborn Worlds." This is progressive death metal at its most uncompromising, dense with intricate riffs, elaborate bass lines...

Appearing almost completely from thin air, Greek death metallers Gravewards made a small but intense impression with their 2017 demo Subconscious Lobotomy. That independently-released 4-track tape was the kind of death metal too rarely heard in recent years, having the spirit of the original...

Molder's EP "An Act of Revenge" is the kind of death metal that will have horror fans grinning. Its title song is based on the eternally controversial flick I Spit On Your Grave (a.k.a. Day of the Woman), and another track, "God's Critters," shouts out the similarly grimy cult classic Motel...

Death metal has proliferated all over the world, but the ugliest, vilest kind has always been made here in the US. Continuing in that tradition is Nashville-based Act of Impalement. With their debut full-length "Perdition Cult," Act of Impalement gives the sonic equivalent of their band name...

Coming August 31st, "The Spectre of Lonely Souls" will be the second full-length from Chilean thrashers HELLISH. This is high-velocity, almost out of control thrash with a fog of evil hanging around it, as patented and perfected by South Americans going back to the mid-80s. Fans of their...

Out of fire-blasted Texas comes Morgengrau, returning with their new album "Blood Oracle." The band's German name belies its American origins, just as much as its combination of Euro-death riffs and rhythms with the Floridian originators of the genre will keep listeners guessing. With a...

Bringing raw aggression and rot back to death metal, Chile's BLOOD OATH is a blast of putrid air in a genre too often stuck between hyper-precise sterility and rote, soulless copycatting. The first EP by Blood Oath, titled "The Line Between," is neither of those things - just nasty, frenzied...

10 minutes of new and depraved death metal. Two new songs from the band and two new eerie horror interludes by their longtime collaborator Phantasma, presented on a pro cassette with a solid bloodred shell and 4 panel j-card. Check out "Enter the Cellar/Existence Dissolved" here: Tape can be...

Encyrcle's debut album last year was a change of pace for the label - a fully melodic blast of speed and heavy metal. Their new EP "Burning Child" is now a change of pace for them too - with a new singer and some slower tempos in the mix, especially on this 7 minute odyssey of a title track...

The Chilean underground scene has been thriving for years with great bands of all styles of extremity. Occasvs is both unique within that scene and also a fitting encapsulation of it, combining black metal with death, heavy metal and more, while lying in wait for years as their long-in-the-works...

Disgusting Canadian death metal featuring members of Sabbatory. "Esophageal Mutilation" is their debut 7" - four songs in a primitive style bound to make you retch. Coming this July. This is the first track "Vermin Feast":

Emanating from Alberta, Canada, Phylactery practices a malevolent brand of death/thrash they liken to cult favorites Morbid Saint and their fellow countrymen Sacrifice. Following just one prior demo, "Necromancy Enthroned" is their debut full-length - 11 tracks of hammering riffs and demonic...

Canada is still one of the best per capita producers of great metal. Like their label mates Besieged and Sabbatory, Solanum hail from Winnipeg. They play intense crossover thrash influenced by bands like D.R.I. and S.O.D., with an unusual twist to their riffing rare in the genre. Their new EP...

Disincarnation hail from San Jose, California but in contrast to their sunny state of origin, their music is ugly and dark death metal. Influenced by Asphyx, Bolt Thrower and others, the band combines vicious riffs with putrid vocals and surprisingly melodic lead work. "By The Old Gods And The...

If Ripper represents the technical, precise end of the spectrum of Chilean thrash metal, Hellish sits down at the other end: raw, spirited and malevolent black/thrash that will satisfy fans of early Bathory and Aura Noir. "Grimoire" is their debut album, digitally self-released by the band in...