Death Metal Reviews
Obscura – Omnivium (Death Metal)
9th May 2011 -[gameinfo title="Album Info" album_name="Omnivium" publishers="Relapse Records" genres="Death Metal" release_date="March 29, 2011" buy_link="http://playcom.at/rocksins/19102227.html"] Whilst many modern day Death Metal bands follow the well-trodden path formed by the genres founding fathers; few deviate from the path in their own unique way quite like Obscura do. Never a band fond of keeping things the same, this German four piece experiment with the peculiar… Read More »
Mayan – Quarterpast Album Review (Death Metal, Prog Metal)
5th May 2011 -[gameinfo title="Album Info" album_name="Quarterpast" publishers="Nuclear Blast" genres="Death Metal, Prog Metal" release_date="19th May 2011" buy_link="http://playcom.at/rocksins/19312258.html"] What would happen if distinctive elements of Epica, Amon Amarth, Dimmu Borgir and Skeletonwitch were thrown into a large mixing bowl, stirred around considerably and then poured into an album? You’d get something along the lines of Mayan. The new supergroup put together by Epica’s Mark… Read More »
Abysmal Dawn – Leveling The Plane of Existence (Death Metal)
25th April 2011 -Although it’s only early in the year – and undoubtedly there are still plenty more surprises to come – but what 2011 has proven so far, much like 2010 did, is that many bands are ready to make the step up to the next level. From the retro-rock-inspired Black Spiders, to the Industrial-tinged the Defiled, from the ever increasing popularity… Read More »
Before the Dawn – Deathstar Rising (Death Metal)
25th April 2011 -When a band selects to take a trip down the melodic side of the death metal genre, they either have to bring masterfully technical musicianship, much like Children of Bodom have down over the years, or bring a sack full of head-sticking choruses like Soilwork did on last years the Sonic Broadcast. Failure to bring either of these will result… Read More »
The Absence – Enemy Unbound (Death Metal, Metal)
25th April 2011 -Before receiving the advanced copy of Enemy Unbound, the latest release from The Absence on Metal Blade records, they were a band I had never heard of and had no idea what to expect. The Metal Blade website suggested that they sounded like Dark Tranquility, which was a definitely good start before a note had been heard but was it true… Read More »
