These songs feel like guys shouting at each other across a bar, each with a good idea, and the whole thing barely but strongly holding together, making a simple statement of both past and present.
8 CommentsTags: death metal, hypoxia
Mike Browning (1964-2026)
It was with much sadness that we heard that Mike Browning (Nocturnus, Morbid Angel) has passed on to worlds beyond unexpectedly early. He provided guidance to death metal in its early days and developed the sci-fi subtype.
23 CommentsTags: death metal, mike browning, morbid angel, nocturnus
Massacre Unleashes Tyrants of Death Demo Comp
Longstanding Florida death metal inventors Massacre intend to release a compilation of their demos entitled Tyrants of Death this year which features some of the music that contributed to the makeup of classic death metal.
25 CommentsTags: death metal, massacre
International Day of Slayer (2026)
The time has come again to enjoy the one holiday that celebrates metal culture and its power, the International Day of Slayer.
19 CommentsTags: death metal, international day of slayer, National Day of Slayer, slayer, Speed Metal, Thrash
Desecresy – The Secret of Death (2026)
Desecresy return with more keyboards and something closer to their original approach, which seems to finely-refined jazz technique applied to ambient death metal, creating a sense of free descent in an ocean cave of ambiguity.
48 CommentsTags: death metal, desecresy
Aurora Borealis – Disillusioned by the Illusion (2026)
Over the last few years, death metal has been steadily invaded by speed metal and late hardcore just like black metal because these genres are easy to produce so everyone can participate, but Aurora Borealis pushes back against this trend with an album full of roaring old-school riffs and speed thrills.
5 CommentsTags: aurora borealis, death metal
Mortuary – Great Black Earth (2026)
Almost no one understands what made speed metal great, looking from the outside-in as any time after the era tends to do, nor what made those transitional bands like Slayer, Rigor Mortis, and Destruction so powerful.
8 CommentsTags: death metal, Mortuary
Metal Cosmos (#6)
Black metal is its own religion: Darwinism + naturalism + consequentialism + transcendence. You will recognize this as the formula that most ancient societies used because it worked for tens of thousands of years.
14 CommentsTags: Black Metal, death metal, Grindcore, metal cosmos, radio, War Metal
Fleshcrawl Epitome of Carnage Out June 12
Fleshcrawl, which is basically original member Bastian Herzog with a new batch of musicians, continues its path of making melodic but intense death metal within the older style with some modern hints to the rhythm.
18 CommentsTags: death metal, fleshcrawl
Desecresy The Secret of Death Out May 21
New release from Finnish ambient doom-death squad Desecresy, The Secret of Death, drops on May 21st. Sounds to be like a hybrid between the last two albums, hitting trademark Desecresy techniques and themes with more old school grinding vibe.
4 CommentsTags: death metal, desecresy
