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Revenge ‘Victory Intolerance Mastery’ CD/LP 2004
From the chaotic, distorted opening 30 seconds of this album, you just know your in for a nasty, nihilistic treat and with the arrival of the blast beats, coupled with dirty grinding riffs help set...
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Martyr AD ‘On Earth As It Is In Hell’ CD 2005
This is the second album from these US Hardcore stalwarts. Apparently the first album ‘The Human Condition in Twelve Fractions’ caused shockwaves worldwide but is oddly unavailable anywhere (believe me...
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Lair Of The Minotaur ‘War Metal Battle Masters’ CD 2008
They’re back, everyone’s favourite mythological beast slaying, old-school death metal worshipping purveyors of brutal metal barbarianism. And it’s a desolate wasteland Lair of the Minotaur inhabit,...
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Evisorax ‘Enclave’ CDEP 2008
Is it just me or does anyone else break out in an anxious sweat when the subject of modern day death/grind core is vomited up? It’s an irritation that gets right under my skin, and when I agreed to...
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Obliteration ‘Nekropsalms’ CD 2009
Old-school Death Metal of the highest order here from Norwegian maniacs Obliteration. This is Death Metal from back in the days before there was a clear distinction between the Florida sound and the...
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Lair Of The Minotaur ‘Evil Power’ CD 2010
I love Lair Of The Minotaur but as I write these words I actually question whether I do indeed ‘love’ them. I thought about other things that I love in my life, and asked myself a few questions….. 1....
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Brutal Truth ‘End Time’ CD/LP 2011
The first thing that strikes you about US grindcore veterans Brutal Truth’s scorching new album End Time is the departure in style and mood from their relatively cleaner (yet still refreshingly...
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Xibalba ‘Hasta La Muerte’ CD/LP 2012
The adjective ‘brutal’, like many others (such as ‘monolithic’ and ‘crushing’), has been bandied around far too much for its own good. When a writer uses it to describe the sound of a band we are oft...
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