Crypt Rot hail from deepest darkest Ohio and while the guys have been plying their trades in various local bands over the years, the aptly titled Embryonic Devils represents their new project’s debut LP. The band describe themselves as sinister blackened death which, as we were about to find out, again rather aptly captures the sound on this, … Continue reading Review: Crypt Rot – Embryonic Devils
Author: Beze
After seeing Memoriam live at Bloodstock in 2016, and following the release of their excellent debut EP, The Hellfire Demos, later that year, it would not be underestimating to state that the launch of their debut album quickly became one of my most anticipated events of 2017. I think that enough has probably been said of … Continue reading Review: Memoriam – For the Fallen
As I have pointed out many times, probably to the point of mild annoyance to my fellow Moshville Times colleagues, Obituary enjoy somewhat messianic status in my eyes with 1990’s seminal Cause of Death record surely staking a rightful claim to be the best death metal album of all time. Hell, I even have the … Continue reading Review: Obituary – Obituary
"Supergroup" is a sadly oft-misused term these days. However, Lock Up's pedigree gives solid grounds for such status given some of the grindcore and death metal luminaries that have graced the band's line-up over their eighteen years on this planet. Formed in 1999 essentially as a Napalm Death spin-off they have gone on to cement themselves as a … Continue reading Review: Lock Up – Demonization
Lovers of underground death metal will be no strangers to Italian stalwarts Lectern but I think their story is worthy of note before we start. Formed back in 1999 they released their debut EP Bisbetical the same year but then, like many of their peers, the band suffered from the general apathy towards, and lack … Continue reading Review: Lectern – Precept of Delator
Execration Diatribes, is the debut album from Portuguese death metal threesome Pestifer. I must it to not having heard these guys before but their name alone, not to mention their provenance (the band hail from Portugal), piqued my interest. This is really classic death metal with a nod to the halcyon days of Morbid Angel … Continue reading Review: Pestifer – Execration Diatribes