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Tau Cross Regresses On “Deep State”

by Daniel Maarat on June 3, 2017

Tau Cross previewed the cover art and a track of their upcoming Pillar of Fire album on Relapse Records. “Deep State” sees the supergroup headed by Rob “The Baron” Miller regress towards a hybrid of crust, thrash, and modern rock as seen on the final Amebix album, Sonic Mass. While free of the overt Brit pop and Godsmack of Sonic Mass, “Deep State” is still almost static like a rock song with riffs around a static chord for catchy rhythms and vocal hooks to be arranged around. The instrumental music is a tired retread that I have heard at least a few dozen speed metal band do better before.

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Tags: Crust Punk, hard rock, mainstream metal, new track, pop, relapse, relapse records, rob miller, tau cross, upcoming release

Death Fortress Preview “The Warrior’s Mantle”

by George Psalmanazar on May 31, 2017

Death Fortress previewed a new track, “The Warrior’s Mantle”, from their upcoming album Triumph of the Undying. Unlike the band’s earlier material such as Deathless March of the Unyielding, the primary influence of “The Warrior’s Mantle” seems to be Immortal instead of Hate Forest. This is a sign of potentially great improvements. Have Death Fortress ascended the “Mountains of Might” to join the lords of the raven realm in Valhalla? Probably not but we will have to see when Triumph of the Undying is actually released.

<a href="http://deathfortress.bandcamp.com/track/the-warriors-mantle">The Warrior’s Mantle by Death Fortress</a>

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Tags: Black Metal, Death Fortress, death metal, Fallen Empire, Fallen Empire Records, new album, new track, upcoming release

Vallenfyre Preview New Album

by Daniel Maarat on May 31, 2017

Vallenfyre premiered a new Swedish sounding track, “Nihilist” (Get it?) from their upcoming album, Fear Those Who Fear Him, which comes out June 2nd on Century Media. “Nihilist” is nothing special in the grand scheme of things but is not nearly as godawful as much of the metalcore pretending to be metal today. The earlier preview track, “An Apathetic Grave”, was reminiscent of Autopsy, one of the main influences on Entombed, Carnage, Dismember, and Grave.

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Tags: century media, century media records, death metal, death-doom, new album, new track, upcoming release, vallenfyre

Desecresy Releases First Single “Amidst” From Fifth Album The Mortal Horizon To Be Released In August

by Brett Stevens on May 30, 2017

Finnish ambient death metal band Desecresy let loose its single “Amidst” yesterday. This track comes to us from the fifth Desecresy album, The Mortal Horizon, which will be released in August through Xtreem Music, who released the four previous full-lengths from the band.

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Tags: Black Metal, death metal, desecresy, Finland, new album, new track, tommi gronqvist, upcoming release, xtreem music

Morbid Angel Premiere “Warped”

by Daniel Maarat on May 25, 2017

Morbid Angel premiered a new song off of their yet untitled upcoming record at a recent live show in Orlando. Current frontman Steve Tucker:

This song is probably the most warped thing we’ve ever done. This song is called “Warped”.

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Tags: boring, death metal, lame metal, morbid angel, new song, new track, Steve Tucker, trey azagthoth

Dying Fetus Release New Music Video

by Daniel Maarat on May 17, 2017

Camouflage cargo shorts band Dying Fetus released a music video for “Panic Amongst The Herd” off their upcoming crap album, Wrong One to Fuck With, on sell-out sludge and metalcore label Relapse Records. Relapse insist that:

Now 25 years into their distinguished career, Dying Fetus cement their legacy with Wrong One to Fuck With and uphold their position as the dominant force in death metal today.

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Tags: deathcore, dying fetus, Hardcore, Hardcore Punk, music video, new track, relapse, relapse records, slam, thrash metal, upcoming release

Entrails Premiere “Soul Collector”

by Daniel Maarat on May 16, 2017

Swedish death ‘n’ roll band Entrails previewed a new track, “The Soul Collector”, from their upcoming sure to be awful album World Inferno from Metal Blade Records. Prior Entrails albums were shot full of holes in in the firing ranges / execution grounds that are the Sadistic Metal Reviews. World Inferno will surely be too based on this track.

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Tags: death 'n' roll, entrails, metal blade records, new track, Sweden, upcoming release

The Lurking Fear Preview “Winged Death”

by Daniel Maarat on May 14, 2017

The Lurking Fear, a side project of At the Gates members including Tomas Lindberg, preview a new track, “Winged Death” from their upcoming self-titled EP that is coming out soon. The band also has an album, Out Of The Voiceless Grave, coming out August 11th on Century Media. Death Metal Underground’s staff are not giddy with anticipation but rather unsurprisingly disappointed.
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Tags: death 'n' roll, mainstream metal, new track, Speed Metal, the lurking fear, Tomas Lindberg, upcoming release

Suffocation Release “Return To The Abyss” Lyric Video

by Daniel Maarat on May 13, 2017

Suffocation released a new lyric video of their upcoming, awful phoned-in album, …Of the Dark Light. Suffocation have dumbed themselves down to mediocre speed metal with generic riffs rehashed from their classic material prior to their 1998, post Despise the Sun breakup. Return to the Abyss is incredibly boring. Do not buy this phoned in excuse to tour. Do not see Suffocation on tour without Frank Mullen.

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Tags: boring, lyric video, new track, nuclear blast, nuclear blast records, shit, Speed Metal, suffocation

Suffocation – …Of the Dark Light (2017)

by Guest Contributor on April 19, 2017

Review contributed to Death Metal Underground by Edward Colt.

Suffocation overreaches on this one. Favoring the pubescent Call Of Duty crowd, they have fully bent over and accepted that their last handful of albums are: video game music. With new artwork that looks like something out of Mass Effect, all …Of the Dark Light invokes is some strange ground between nerd-rage and ravehead drug bingers. The cover artwork could be the poster of some corn field sponsored outdoor rave event in your nearest rural area away from seemingly never-ending suburban sprawl.

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