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Ancient Ones be praised: Morbid Angel has gone back to its strengths on Kingdoms Disdained. Band leader Trey Azagthoth and returning champion Steve Tucker have recorded what generally sounds like Continue reading New Morbid Angel album “Kingdoms Disdained” review
The new Extermination Angel demo for 2017 is entitled Invaders, and the speakers are invaded when you press “play” to be sure. The band’s bio describes Extermination Angel as “ancient Continue reading Extermination Angel is back with “Invaders”
Kaiju Daisenso continues to hold D.U.’s attention on the strength of the latest release, the Radiation Scars CD EP. It’s a consistent follow-up to the band’s 7” we wrote about before: Continue reading Kaiju Daisenso: Radiation Scars review
This is the first release I’ve heard from Sloth Herder since 2012’s Abandon Pop Sensibility, which caught me off guard with its caustic amalgam of grind, sludge and black metal. Continue reading Review: Sloth Herder is back with “No Pity, No Sunrise”
Although the band is going to release a new album in a couple of months, we’ll back up to Bittered’s Government Oppression EP from last year. The four songs have a Continue reading Review: Bittered is feeling “Government Oppression”
“Know that your efforts, like ours, are worthless.” That’s from the band’s bio that came with the three-song CD, Vulture Manifesto, by Vulturic Eye. The group has an intriguing aesthetic: Continue reading Vulturic Eye “Vulture Manifesto” review
Police State from York, PA could be of interest to fans of both crusty grindcore and death metal, as the boys take influence from both on the Mind Collapse record. Continue reading Review: it’s a Police State
The wild and wonderful Rotten Sound from Finland has a new album out called Abuse to Suffer. It’s a solid, grinding follow-up to the Species at War EP, with a Continue reading Rotten Sound new album out now
Reeking Cross is only the latest musical project from a multi-talented guy named Mason, who has a long connection to D.U. He’s written countless reviews, some columns, and a few Continue reading Reeking Cross “Cloaked In Vermin” review
These Finns have an unusual band name, which is pronounced “zero exist,” and they say it’s “a state in which nothing and all exists.” Their band is doom metal, but Continue reading 0xíst “One Eon” review