SUFFOCATION - BLOOD OATH

Nuclear Blast Records

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Downright abrasive to the ear lobes!  What a masterpiece, I cannot say what a riff that's been played on here that was in an ill place or poorly played.  All seemed to fall into place perfectly.  Vocals are top-notch as well!  They're compliment the dark death metal that goes alongside it. The leads were immaculate, too.  I believe this was one of the last LP's that's with Frank Mullen on vocals.  I think he did a couple more until he hung it up with Suffocation.  What a tragedy, as well.  He was one of the driving forces for the band and always had been.  Well, hold on tight to these vocals here and embrace the music!

AHTOH SKALD released new album

 

Russian Folk Metal/Neoclassical musician AHTOH SKALD released his new album «Songs for my Father». The release was recorded, mixed and mastered by Dmitriy Lutskovskiy and Theodor Borovski. The new release really knows how to work with the association and imagination of the listener, giving birth to images from famous films about pirates of the Middle Ages and sea voyages, as if inviting them on a journey.

VIKING - Man of Straw

 

VIKING - Man of Straw

High Roller Records

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Έχοντας ήδη έναν δίσκο στην πλάτη τους, οι VIKING το 1989 κυκλοφορούν την 2η ολοκληρωμένη δισκογραφική τους δουλειά με τίτλο «Man of Straw». Ένας δίσκος που βρίσκει το συγκρότημα σαφώς πιο έμπειρο και πιο κατασταλαγμένο ως προς το τι θέλει να πετύχει μουσικά. Επίσης είναι και η κυκλοφορία που κλείνει τον πρώτο κύκλο ζωής του συγκροτήματος, αφού το 1990 διακόπτουν την όποια δραστηριότητα τους για να επανέλθουν ξανά στην δράση το 2011.

DEVOURMENT - Obscene Majesty

 

DEVOURMENT - Obscene Majesty

Relapse Records

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This album is my favorite out of all I've heard from Devourment!  The music is what steals the listener.  And the vocals are so darn brutal, about the same as ever.  The riff-writing is fantastic with licks palm muted as ever before!  The music isn't too fast though they change it up somewhat!  The tremolo picking with the riffs are substantial.  Tempos are varying widely with the vocals not drowning out the guitars.  I definitely thought that this is their most original sounding album to-date!  These guys don't mess around and it's like this the whole way through the entire album: BRUTAL AS F***. 

REAP THE LIGHT released debut album

 

American Groove/Heavy Metal band REAP THE LIGHT released their debut album «Deliver Hell». The release was recorded at "Haxan Studios" in Edomex, Mexico, and mixed/mastered by Orion Hellraiser.

REAP THE LIGHT was formed in November of 2020 in the United States by Reverend Kuzz (bass) and Orion Hellraiser (guitars/drums). These days the band is constantly working on new music and are planning their next album, which is a concept album about the 7 Deadly Sins.

VIKING - Do or Die

 

VIKING - Do or Die

High Roller Records

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Μεταξύ metal μουσικής και της ιστορίας - μυθολογίας των Vikings υπάρχει ένας έρωτας μεγάλος. Σε όλο το φάσμα της μουσικής μας θα βρείτε συγκροτήματα να εμπνέονται από την ως άνω θεματολογία. Μάλιστα έχουμε κι ένα είδος που ασχολείται αποκλειστικά με τους Vikings.

CRYPTOPSY - None So Vile

 

CRYPTOPSY - None So Vile

Wrong Again Records

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One word: BRUTAL!  This album is unrelenting death metal.  I'm not sure what I like more 'Whisper Supremacy' or this one.  It's a close call really.  I think that both are pretty solid, if not substantial!  The music is just all out fast and furious.  The album could've been a bit longer but oh well.  Lord Worm's vocals are wholly guttural.  It makes the album sound heavier than it already is!  The music on here is pretty up-tempo the whole way through.  And the lead guitar work is solid.  I think the rhythms are anything but catastrophic.  They just know how to make effective death metal.  And technical at that.