Style gives voice to content, which means that the wrong style can distort content and present it incoherently, which is a problem since disorganization creates all the bad music in the world. Metalheads also suffer from popularity, since we do not understand it, so when one type of metal style becomes popular, the tendency is to incorporate it even if it does not fit.
No CommentsTags: betrayer, death metal, poland
A new Asphyx track sounding roughly like a hybrid between The Rack and late-model Bolt Thrower, “The Nameless Elite” runs long with a riff pair and a quick break and detour before returning to the classic death metal cadenced groove.
8 CommentsTags: asphyx, death metal
For most albums, you can write a shorthand review: needed more time in the oven. That is, they have the right elements, but in the wrong order, and the transitions do not make enough sense to be powerful, which results in a chaotic feeling with moments of “wow, this is pretty good.”
5 CommentsTags: cadaver, death metal
Crushing death metal band Asphyx announced their intent to release their tenth full-length album, Necroceros, on January 21, 2021 via Century Media.
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Trendy albums age poorly, but those written for eternity tend to maintain their stature even as people gain more experience and cynicism over the years. Finis Malorum stands up to time with a new edition that includes the “Sedes Impiorum” demo, two covers, and an early track.
No CommentsTags: Black Metal, death metal, sacramentum
Metal finds itself adrift between major movements, having perfected itself with black metal, especially as the genre re-incorporated death metal influences. Morons took that back into rock with “technical death metal” and “post-metal,” and the underground retaliated by becoming hardcore punk with “war metal.”
6 CommentsTags: death metal, gravfraktal
Technical percussive death metal band Deeds of Flesh (similar to Suffocation, Kataklysm, or Malevolent Creation) releases its ninth studio album, Nucleus, on December 11 of this year. Overcoming the loss of founder and guitarist Erik Lindmark in 2018, the band has come back with an updated sound and style.
2 CommentsTags: death metal, deeds of flesh
COVID-19 — the bizarre virus from Wuhan, China that is part HIV, part bat flu, and part pure demonic evil — only attacks when we are having a good time, scientists have revealed. This necessitates the closing of all bars, pubs, restaurants, concert venues, and record stores, but not tax offices, tire shops, or proctologists.
3 CommentsTags: alcoholism, covid-19, death metal, proctology, satire
Grinding, brooding doom-death metal band Obituary have launched a platform for pay-per-view concerts, each based around an era of their material: Slowly We Rot, Cause of Death, and everything else (“Rare Classics and Special Tracks”). For your $15 you get a live Obituary show beamed into your living room three nights this year.
22 CommentsTags: death metal, obituary
Italian progressive-but-aggressive death metal band Maleficarum delighted many who liked its black metal influenced range of moods but tendency to return to Slayer, Morbid Angel, Vader, and Hypocrisy style ripping intricate riffs with a forward momentum that potentiated their complexity and intensity.
8 CommentsTags: death metal, maleficarum
