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Decrepitaph / Humiliation – The Carnal Slumber / Enemy’s Perimeter Split 7”
It isn’t the number of songs, it’s the value of what’s etched in the grooves. This split 7” underpromises and overdelivers, with the Elektrocutioner-helmed Decrepitaph and the Malaysian maestros of...
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Darkthrone – The Underground Resistance
Fenriz and Culto forge onward into the aftermath which ensued after this ever prolific duo opted to gutter punk/pimp their once genre defining black metal ride with more traditional metal effects and a...
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Deals Death – Point Zero Solution
Arising from obscurity (sans demo) to an album deal is always suspect to my jaded old ass. Either you know someone on the inside, or you fit a commercial niche that bigger labels look for when trying...
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Diskord – Doomscapes/Aural Abjection Reissue 2CD
It’s always exciting to pick up on a band that has slipped beneath the radar, which is all too common an occurrence in today’s endless cultivation of bands that rise to the surface, to get turned back...
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Diabolical – Neogenesis
No matter how hard you try, or how connected you think you are to a musical genre, there are always good bands that evade your radar. I suppose this is easy due to the fact that you can’t swing a dead...
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Drudkh/Winterfylleth – Split 12″& Drudkh – Eastern Frontier in Flames
Drudkh/Winterfylleth – Thousands of Moons Ago/The Gates As you read these words, chances are this limited split 12” by Drudkh and Winterfylleth is close to being out of print, if it isn’t already. It...
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Demilich – 20th Adversary of Emptiness
Catalog retrospective releases are often seen as a last resort to a music seekers collection, for if you’re anything like me, it’s a lot more fun to hunt down original copies to fulfill those...
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Dirge – Hyperion
“Neurotic Post-Core”… if that means heavily influenced by early Godflesh and Pitchshifter, then sure… Neurotic Post-Core it is! I do have a deep respect and appreciation for those early indeathstrial...
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Deathrow – The Eerie Sound of the Slow Awakening
Well written blackness with a black n’ roll punch from this one man hell slinger. The Eerie Sound of the Slow Awakening benefits from a solid/full/clean production allowing every instrument to be heard...
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Dead Congregation – Promulgation of the Fall
How can a death metal album do what’s expected – ie, lay waste to the ears of the weak – and be inspiring as well? For the answer, look no further than Promulgation of the Fall, Dead Congregation’s six...
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Darkest Era – Severance
Ireland’s Darkest Era are an amalgamation of styles that coexist within a traditional metal construct. Folk elements and some faster, more aggressive speeds/aggression help to sculpt the palatable and...
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Day of Doom – The Gates of Hell
New York death metal has always maintained a distinct style and execution that revolves around a crippling form of technicality, brutality and de-tuned tonality that appeals to a certain demographic of...
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Devilspit – Grim, Hateful, and Drunk
Black metal punk continues to be well-explored in the modern era, but rarely has the style been fleshed outward enough to hold my interest long. Around comes Brittany, France’s Devilspit with a heavy...
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Darkenhold – Castellum
The term “Castle Metal” is a relatively new one to me. The first time I ever heard it was from Tanner Anderson who half in jest described Obsequiae as being a Castle Metal band. We laughed. But it...
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Dead River Runs Dry – Hierophants of the Storm
Having reviewed a demo of theirs back in 2012, I’d wondered if more Aussie black/death/thrash goodness would be forthcoming from these would-be progeny of other Down Under greats like Destroyer 666,...
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