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Death metal is one of those genres highly resistant to experimentation and originality. For that reason Ævangelist are nothing short of a necessity. At heart this is utterly cavernous, swirling and unrelentingly nebulous death metal but beneath that murky veil lurks a range of layered effects, keys, moans and wails that work on a whole new plane of depth and give De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis a truly unique and frightening atmosphere quite unlike anything else you've heard.
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The four guys and one girl of Abnormality finally released their anticipated debut Contaminating The Hive Mind in 2012 and it is safe to say that our hive mind here at Metal Storm has been blown. A very mature-sounding mixture of impressive technicality with ruthless brutality, this album will make all death metal fanatics out there very happy and serves as a reminder that even with the somewhat limited means available to death metal musicians, something captivating can still very much be produced.
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With their (hard to believe) debut, Agruss created the perfect soundtrack for such a colossal disaster like the one from Chernobyl. Morok displays a variety of death metal with black undertones in such an oppressive manner that you will find it difficult to resist its suffocating power. A couple of atmospheric moments will appear every once in a while in order to give you some time to gasp for the toxic air around you but beware: You won't be left unharmed by this caustic album from a band which future can only be brighter.
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The Dutch war machines are back, doing what they do best... Death. The Brutal Way. Well, Death. The Old School Way. Hellish vocals, riffs that somehow contain groove, swagger, and power. Tempos can go deathly fast and doomly slow, but often roll at the cruising speed of a division of tanks.
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| Sentenced To Life is an flawlessly mixed, grimy, dirty, swift and groovy knock to the dome from the sorts of dudes who know how to pay respects to Entombed and the old schools without being overly Entombed-esque and playing contrived stuff. If you're looking for a brass-tacks sort of DM disc from 2012, this album here is the best choice to throw on. Immediately. |
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Just because Dying Fetus have been around since the early Nineties (which in death metal years equates to a thousand or so) doesn't mean they play your granddad's death metal. Nope, just the opposite applies with the release of Reign Supreme; technical death metal at its finest. While lacking that second guitarist might be a handicap for some bands, Dying Fetus proves they do just fine without. Blast beats galore, shredding 'till the ears bleed, chuggidy chug - all there - go listen.
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Take the most extreme styles of metal - thrash, death and black. Now stir in tasteful doses of melody along with the blood pouring your wounds from headbanging too much against the wall when listening to Goatwhore, and you have the perfect offering for your Master.
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Freely based upon historical facts (Igor, King of Kiev was murdered in 945, and his widow Olga avenged him, well, harshly), Gorod's highly anticipated fourth album easily dismisses everything the band has recorded previously. No mere feat for sure, given the quality of their previous outputs, but the Frenchies once again released a fantastic piece of technical, proggy death metal - with groove!
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Italy and brutal/technical death metal have been going together like Silvio Berlusconi and "ad personum law" lately. Sedition is no exception. Hour Of Penance isn't just one of the better Italian DM bands around when it comes to delivering a sonic shit-wrecking, they've developed into one of the better DM bands to deliver a sonic shit-wrecking in general.
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What's this? Whatever happened after Planetary Duality, The Faceless must have had a nuclear-bomb-grade creativity explosion, because Autotheism completely transcends the band's deathcore roots, and goes beyond just being another technical brutal death metal outfit. The metamorphosis has created a fantastic mix of extreme and progressive music that will guarantee to melt your face.
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