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Florida’s Abiotic present their second album “Casuistry”. Whatever “Casuistry” is, it seems to involve large portions of technical riffage in a decidedly death metal framework. It’s impossible not to come back to the word technical. Progressive patterns are interwoven into… Continue Reading →
In meaningful existence for seven years, Thulcandra seem to have been a divisive act for the entire time. For whatever reason, many Dissection worshippers have taken offense at these Germans paying homage to the Swedish masters both musically and artistically… Continue Reading →
The Boston, Massachusetts band Revocation have been around for a number of years now. I recall first seeing their name in a copy of Terrorizer – probably around the time they started – and being taken with their decidedly old… Continue Reading →
These Canadian technical death metal merchants began life in 2007 under the name Defenestrated; a name which I assume was influenced by the first Cryptopsy album. Shifting monicker to Archspire in 2009, the band eventually released its debut ‘All Shall… Continue Reading →
French metal acts have a tendency to twist and distort your view of how a metal style should sound and for the most part this debut sits safely in the realms of modern technical death metal but initially on “LFDY”… Continue Reading →
To suggest that anticipation for this gig was high would be something of an understatement – many people I know had invested in their tickets months in advance and given the general sense of good-feeling towards this incarnation of the… Continue Reading →
Okay, so first thing’s first: lots of people detested the last Cryptopsy album, ‘The Unspoken King’. Personally, I have no idea what the exact problem was as I’ve never listened to it. Not enough cash = no CDs, therefore I… Continue Reading →
Spawn Of Possession’s first album, Cabinet, was a minor favourite of mine – coming hot on the heels of Visceral Bleeding’s own storming debut on which two members of SoP lent their talents. Their more technical and meandering brand of… Continue Reading →
I actually enjoyed JFAC’s “Ruination” album from 2009, reviewed during the sites previous incarnation Metal Team UK. Whenever I say that I like JFAC I am usually laughed at which does astound me and whilst their live performances aren’t exactly… Continue Reading →
A gas masked psychopath on the front and zombie like nuns on the back means that this is about to be a full frontal tympanic membrane carnage. Meta-Stasis is composed of members from Ted Maul and Sikth. It is very… Continue Reading →