Interment - Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy (2010)

1. Eternal Darkness
2. Torn From The Grave
3. Dreaming In Dead
4. Stench Of Flesh
5. Where Death Will Increase
6. Sacrificial Torment
7. Night Of The Undead
8. Morbid Death
9. The Pestilence

Origin - Sweden
Style - Death Metal

" Finally a Full-Length from the Swedish legend's........Is it worth the wait? "

" Featuring members of Demonical and the now-defunct Centinex, “Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy” is not just a nostalgia trip of retro-Death but also a lesson in Swedish violence!
I think this record is solid but a bit samey at the same time...Huh..?....Anyways...There's no denying the pedigree in this supergroup of sorts...And they know what the Swedish thing is all about "

" For every crushing riff..(middle part of 'Stench Of Flesh')theres allot of the same tempos and drum usage....Again I'm not saying its bad...Cause its not....I guess I was expecting a little more from being such a huge fan of all the demo material. I'm not sure about the production either...Does it sound authentically Sunlight..Yeah sure....But the clarity is a bit muddled and certain instruments get left behind in quite a few parts "

" I would have to say I like the work on the split with Funebrarum marginally better....But this is a triumphant return for a Swedish legend that finally See's the light of day 20 some odd years later..And hopefully not the last we hear from these (Avesta) Juggernaut's "

Please go out and buy this record !.......Its here Pulverised Records

Forward to the unknown !........Ohh Yeahhh!
Get it!....   Got It!....

Stench - Reborn in Morbidity - Ep (2009)

1. Reborn in Morbidity
2. Through Crypts of Ghostland
3. Embodied in Chaos
4. Stench of Death

Origin - Sweden
Style - Death Metal

" Ep on Soulseller records featuring two members of the mighty Tribulation "

" Another of the new Swedish Death Metal band's.....Top quality.....Good production.....Powerful tracks.....This country just continues to boast some of the best old and new bands playing the chosen style "

" If you dig Tribulation.....Eucharist....Etc.   You cant go wrong here......Just one thing......A Full length please...Im greedy Ok !

Buy it here.....Stench and support the scene....

Too drunk to write !......Ahhh whatever !
Right...    Left......

Undead Creep - S.T. Demo (2010)

1. Intro - Darkest Slumber
2. Final Demise
3. Summoning the Abyss Lord
4. Ritual Slaughter
5. Undead Creep

Origin - Italy
Style - Death Metal

" Italian Death Metal?.......Nahhh fuck that...This is from Sweden..Right?....You know...Sunlight sounding production...Killer Down tuned riffing and tortuous vocals....Sounding much like the classic bands..Entombed,Dismember etc....Released in small quantities on small kick ass labels "

" Sure enough (Palermo, Sicily) is where these Death destroyers hail from....And by the sounds coming from my speakers...Undead Creep are well versed in the ways of old. Its amazing how music of this type comes from all corners of the planet...With only one mission...Total Destruction on the senses ..and ears "

Undead Creep have already signed with Dark Blasphemies Records & Dark Descent Records for a full length later this year.....I highly suggest you go to Undead Creep's site and buy a Cdr or Tape...Shirt...Whatever else you can get your filthy hands on.....Get on board now!

Thanx to the band and kick ass labels for getting this stuff out there...Much Respect !

What are u waiting for?......Buy It!
Check It...     Out......

Grave - Burial Ground (2010)

1. Liberation
2. Semblance in Black
3. Dismembered Mind
4. Ridden With Belief
5. Conquerer
6. Outcast
7. Sexual Mutilation
8. Bloodtrail
9. Burial Ground

Origin - Sweden
Style - Death Metal

" When I think of legendary Swedish Death Metal....Grave comes to mind as one of the first!...Heaviest!...And most consistent bands of the early era. Move forward to 2010 and here we have their 9th studio release.....And while I will always dig the massive 'Into The Grave' and the Catchy as fuck 'Soulless' albums....Lets see what the old dogs have? "

" Well the old saying 'You cant teach old dogs new tricks' seems to apply here....Only this isnt a cut down of the Lp...Its just the kind of murky,rumbling,doomy Death Metal I like !...Nothing new...No studio trickery....Just hard as fuck Death Metal with some time changes to give it a nice flavor "

" Believe me...This tastes good...From 'Semblance in Black' with its seething Doom ridden riffs to the straight forward re-recording of the demo track 'Sexual Mutilation' (Anyone remember that demo?). The tempo and arrangements are simple but thought out and very effective...Again with many a Doomish section adding to the overall atmosphere "

Look....You can bring all your new school/old school Death Metal bands you want...I really dig alot of them (Better than brootal death metal wankery)...But maxium respect to your elders !...In this case..Grave !,,,Who by the way have been doing this shit since 1988

Keep on!.....Keepin On !
Check this..    or that....

Entrails - Tales from the morgue (2010)

1. Intro: Tales from the morgue
2. Blood red
3. Voices
4. Breath of blood
5. Entrails
6. Stormy death
7. Euthanasia
8. Evil obsession 
9. Triumph of the sinners
10. The morgue
11. The curse of death

Origin - Sweden
Style - Death Metal

Tracks : 1&11 are unreleased
Tracks : 2&7 are from 'Human Decay' Demo (2009)
Tracks : 3,4,5,6,8,9,10 from 'Reborn' Demo (2008)

" Well....Well...I am back from the Frozen tundra of Idaho,Montana,Wyoming.....And after 15 days of temps in the 20s-40s...And no phones,computers,TV.....Just survival of the fittest !.....I get back to have some stuff stacking up "

" lets talk Entrails here....This is their debut full-length..And while you will recognize most of the song titles from the 2 demo's + a couple of new ones...This shit sounds fresh to me !...Probably because of the Mix and Mastering done by Metal God Dan Swano at his Unisound Studio's "

" This is totally legit Swedish Death Metal with that old vibe !.....Some damn eerie solo's and the crushing riffs of early Dismember,Entombed and so on....There are some catchy riffs and buzzsaw style in spades on this Lp...And I for one dig the fuck out of it !.....Has it been done before?...Sure. Is it authentic without being a copy?....Fuckin ehh....Is it powerful?...Hell yes!..Like the Grizzly I saw ..swat the shit out of a grey wolf and steal his kill......Hey...Only the strong survive !  "

Go to the websites or directly from the band and buy this !....Entrails......Or FDA Rekotz (link didnt work right now)...Support the underground !!

Keep it comin Jimmy !..........Its Fucken Nice !
Here...     There.....

Vacation......

Gone for a couple weeks people......Sorry I didnt post earlier.....
Borrowing a computer at a hotel in Jackson Hole,Wyoming.........

D.D.

Beyond Hell - And Evil Crept Through...Ep (2010)

1. Invoking The Elder Beasts (Intro)
2. Summoning The End
3. Fall To Thy Knees In Fear
4. Starving For More

Origin - USA
Style - Death Metal

" From out of the heart of the United States comes another terror in the Death/Doom scene...Beyond Hell featuring Elektrokutioner (Decrepitaph,Festered) and a cast of cohorts :Supreme Sicko - Vocals,Ghastly Shredder (a.k.a. Tony P.) - Guitar, Bass"

" 4 tracks of dark heavy Death/Doom ala Decrepitaph, Hooded Menace etc....This Ep still has a touch of melody in there to spice things up..To go along with the murky doom ridden deathtracks"

" Watch for the full length on Dark Descent Records and Skeleton Plague Records coming soon !
Guaranteeing a more doomier and dakened sound than this 4 tracker...."

They Live !.......We Sleep !
Get it...      Got It...

A few words about the passing of Ronnie James Dio....

Today May 16th,2010.....Metal lost an Icon...Legend....Incredible Voice...And true original Ronnie James Dio...

For me personally...Dio was and will always be one of my favorite singers of all time...
It all started in 1976 with Rainbows 2nd album 'Rainbow Rising'....Then on to 'Long Live Rock&Roll' in 1978...Me cranking it all on a eight track stereo(God damn I'M old! )I'm sure most of you youngsters have never even heard of 8 track before....It was before cassettes...Anyways..It was 1980 when Dio made his best,When he joined Black Sabbath and put out the legendary 'Heaven & Hell' album. Now this album means alot to me then and still is in heavy rotation today.
I was on the way to see Sabbath in 1981 for the Heaven & Hell tour but spent the night in jail instead(But that's a whole other story)All the way to see Heaven & Hell the band reenact that album some 27 years later.

Lets not forget his solo stuff..Which was very cool also...'Holy Diver' was on my radio last night as I was enjoying a bonfire at the beach....'Last In Line' was another of his great recordings.....In the end Ronnie James Dio's music and voice will live on forever and I'm sure he will be fronting whatever great band he appears in..In the afterlife...With Horns raised !.....And shouting: "Look Out"

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona); July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010

D.D.

Chronic Decay - Justify Your Existence (2010)

1. Visions 
2. Final Grave 
3. Mirrors of Death
4. Hate Mask 
5. Return to Heaven
6. Everlasting Hate
7. Justify Your Existence 
8. Murder By Degree 
9. No Prayer for the Damned
10. Relentless
11. Silent Prayer 
12. Treachery
13. 1st of September
14. Alko Man Decends

Origin - Sweden
Style - Death/Thrash Metal


" The story of Chronic Decay starts in (Eskilstuna) Sweden in 1987....Originally formed as Hellfire in 1985 Who released a demo called 'Death Revenge' in 86...Later morphed int Chronic Decay and released a Ep in 1990 'Ecstacy In Pain' (Classic stuff) and a legendary split with Exanthema in 1993(also Awesome).....Chronic Decay also appeared on the infamous CBR compilation “Projections of a Stained Mind” (1990) with the track “1st Of September”, and in the “Grindcore” compilation CD (Nuclear Blast, 1993) with two tracks : “Taste For Blood” and “Arbeit Macht Frei” "

" The reason I bring up all the background is to let you see when and where these guys were around and at what time.....Fast forward to 2010 and here we have a Unreleased full-length recorded in 1994 at studio Underground....Brought back from the dead by Me Saco Un Ojo Records...A great new label out of the U.K. "

" I will start by saying....This isn't like the majority of Death Metal that was coming out of Sweden at the time...This is much more Thrashier Punk infested Death Metal played at top speed. The riffing comes exploding out right away and you notice the Hardcore pissed off vocals over the up-tempo tracks...Now there are some cool time changes..But are usually only temporary before taking off again. Sometimes the songs feel like they are careening out of control only to be reigned back in just in the nick of time. 'Hate Mask' sounds like it could be off of 'Beneath The Remains' from Sepultura and 'Murder By Degree' has a great Slayerish breakdown around the 1:36 mark that sounds classic "

" This is a piece of history that has been luckily uncovered !...And even if some of the track's sound samey and end abruptly..This still is a worthy pick up and a Fine album "

Fan's of Sepultura(Old),Pestilence(Malificarus era),Swedish Death Metal with punkish overtones.....Please get to the site and buy this !

Dischange and Meanwhile !.........Get It!
Hear...       Here.....

Miasmal - S.T. - Ep (2010)

1. Creation of Fire
2. Bionic Godhead Erase

Origin - Sweden
Style - Death Metal

" Miasmal return's with a two track 7" of what else?......Crushing Swedish Death Metal ! "

" Now those of you who follow this site know I dug Miasmal's demo...I even had the band send me some Cdrs to get out to the fortunate few who ordered. This band's ability to bring the old sound back is awesome and totally true "

" You know what you get here.....On this ep or single....Typical morbid sounding melodies and buzzing guitars...Great shouting vocals and a cool sound reminding of Dismember's Classic 'Reborn in Blasphemy ' Demo "

Ok...Now its time for these guys to get out a full length...There's enough new and strong labels out there who would get to this....

Follow The Left !........Hand Path !
Over....      Here....    And buy it at Detest Records....And all other fine establishments.

Swallowed - S.T. Ep (2010)

1. Unsavorably
2. Black Phlegm
3. The Dying Misted In The Bloodstream

Origin - Finland
Style - Death Metal

" Holy Doom !.......This is without a doubt.....The slowest....Doom drenched...First Black Sabbath sounding tracks I have heard in a long time. Finland's Swallowed had already put out a couple of demo's in the last couple years....But this 7" takes their sound to a new level ! "

" When playing Crushing Doomy Death Metal....One must take into consideration the sound...And the two earlier demo's left a little to be desired. But on this little ditty..We get a much improved production..Albeit still gloomy atmosphere,Crushing wall of guitars,Barely audible Vocal's. But it works !....In a very Autopsy kinda way "

" 13 minutes of Deathly/Doom Metal with some cool time changes and buildups.....All blessed by the Finnish way of doing it ! "

Go to Emptiness Productions and Buy This !


Devastating !...........Must Buy !
Check it...       Uh..huh.....

Disfigured Dead - Visions of Death (2010)

1. Beyond the Darkness
2. The Gates of Hell
3. Screamatorium
4. Mentally Mutilated
5. Welcome to the Morgue
6. The Act of an Unsound Mind
7. Dead But Walking
8. Trapped Between Worlds
9. Visions of Death
10. They Hear Your Heart Beating
11. Possessed Dead
12. Eternally Entombed

Origin - USA
Style - Death Metal

" With all the Old....New Death Metal acts putting out material in the world today....They mostly pay homage to the Swedish Greats....And there is certainly nothing wrong with that...Enter youngsters Disfigured Dead ! "

" Autopsy !.......Death !.......That's what this reeks of !.....Organically produced....Real drums....Vocals from the grave. This is something that gets my attention. With all the Swedish Love out there..It is nice to hear a young band doing it the way their forefathers did !.....Grinding,Thrashy,Not perfect Death Metal...Nasty,Ugly...That's what I'm talkin about "

" This is not a perfect record....As there seldom is....But Disfigured Dead has touched on something that is rare in today's scene....Visions of Death contains an old school vibe that is dirty, somewhat messy at times and flat out abusive....But goddamn entertaining and shows a bright future ahead "

If you are looking for Synthetic....Perfect Death Metal......Get The Fuck Out!
If you are looking for a small piece of the Old School Pie....Grab your plate....Get A Slice !

Go to Hells Headbangers and buy this !

How Do You Like Me Now ?........I Feel Better Already !
Get It.....    Got It......

Thanx !

Hey people...Sorry about the lack of posts.....Alot going on these days !.......Buying a new house and moving......Buisness keeps me busy working overtime.......Just have not had much time for the blog.....You..The fans are great..and what makes this shit worth doing.....I will try and get back in the groove and get something up everyday !....Woah...Havent I already put up everything that is good in the metal genre?.......Not a chance.....Alot of great stuff coming up....Hopefully some new bands that deserve the recognition and will kick your ass along the way !

Stay With Me !

D.D.

Winterwolf - Cycle of the Werewolf (2009)

1. Intro to Death
2. Phantoms of Madness
3. Cemetary by Night
4. Lycanthropic Aeons
5. nataS fo tsaeB
6. All Shall Be Eaten
7. Shadows, Howling and Doom
8. Wolf Skin Mask
9. Return to the Shadow of Death
10. Cenotaph (Bolt Thrower cover)

Origin - Finland
Style - Death Metal

" Well......Winterwolf Huh?.......Could this be the same Winterwolf that changed their name to DeathChain?......Yes it surely is.....Resurrected and now with their debut album...Well on Cd at least..Vinyl was last year. Now this is quite a band of merauders here...You have ex-members of such luinaries as Demilich !.....De Liriums Order,Deathchain including Antti Boman from Demilich on guitar and backing vocals.....This has to be good right? "

" This is a recreation of the late80s..early 90s Death Metal scene in Sweden, Done by musicians that know what the fuck they are doing. Sulight production?....No..But very close to it..Buzzsaw guitars..Yes....Vocals from so deep it is inhuman..Yes.....Tracks that sound like they would be on some lost Carnage album..Yes Or Nihilist Or..Well you get the idea "

" The songs themselves are, heavy... But with that sort of feeling..Like its all going somewhere ! Bass and guitars move in unision as a monstrous behemoth while the drums thunder away with speedy single and double beats. The thick and balanced production also furthers the brutality by recalling the soundscape of many a album of old. Toss in a Bolt Thrower cover done to the tee and you have a brilliant album on your hands "

Go to Xtreemmusic and buy this now !........This kills....Plain and simple....

Thanx to all the requestors.....Sorry it took so long......

Buy It!......Steal It!....
Borrow it...    Get it....

Laethora - The Light In Which We All Burn (2010)

1. Ekpyrosis
2. I As Infernal
3. A.S.K.E
4. World Deluge
5. A New Day
6. Humanae
7. The Sightless
8. Saevio
9. Uproar
10. Cast To Ruin
11. To The Point 
12. Damnable Doctrine
13. Alogia

Origin - Sweden
Style - Death Metal

" Niklas Sundin of Dark Tranquillity fame and some guys from The Provenance strike back at the melodic sound of their previous bands with this Crushing second album "

" Now D.T. has been around a long time and has made many a great album....But to me their stuff has been kind of stale over the past few records. But this record.....Oh Fucking my !.....Is right up my alley. Grinding Death Metal in the Swedish Tradition....Reminding me of the under appreciated Coercion for some reason....I think it is the savage riffing and gutteral yelling that gets me every time. "

" I didnt know Sundin had this type of album in him....But Im happy he did. This has more than a few moments of Death Metal mayhem that really fucks with my mind while at work. This Lp is a masterstroke of Dark,Relentless,Punishing Music and will give any band out there a run for their money "

Fans of Bloodbath,Coercion Etc.   This is a must !

Go Ahead!.......See If I care!
Yes?        No?

Revolting - The Terror Threshold (2010)

1. Gulp the Blood...
2. The Grip of Death
3. Grotesque Beyond Belief
4. Heads in the Fridge
5. Rise of the Revolter (Instrumental)
6. Harvest the Humans 
7. Trigger the Trap 
8. Bloodthirsty Bitches
9. Destructive Organism
10. Horror Hooker
11. Gorezone Obsession
12. Vengeance of the Nails
13. Slimetime
14. Grizzly Aftermath
15. Welcome to the Shredshed
16. Bonesaw Leftovers
17. Skull Scavengers

Origin - Sweden
Style - Death Metal

" 2nd full length from Rogga and the boys "

" This is fucking cool...You not only get the new album!...But a unreleased Ep 'Bonesaw Leftovers' in the package...A full 52:30 of Swedish Death Metal. What the hell !!!......Do I hear some melodic passages....Some cool melodic guitars..No not of the gay power metal kind.....But in a Uunleashed,Evocation sorta way. Rogga has stepped it up in the song writing dept.... and even includes an instrumental of the horror type complete with catchy melodic guitar work"

" Don't get me wrong....This shit is brutal in the Swedish tradition....Just more varied and definitely crushing ! Just way more catchy and better overall songs. Rogga's growl has not changed but add in a bit of a higher rasp in some tracks. This may be the best set of tracks that Rogga has written...And thats saying alot "

Go to Razorback and buy this at once !.....I command you !......Or miss out on one of the best albums of the year so far !

Nightmare !.....On Gamleby st. !
Shoot....      Score.....

Exodus - Exhibit B: The Human Condition (2010)

1. The Ballad Of Leonard And Charles
2. Beyond The Pale
3. Hammer And Life
4. Class Dismissed (A Hate Primer)
5. Downfall
6. March Of The Sycophants
7. Nanking
8. Burn, Hollywood, Burn
9. Democide
10. The Sun Is My Destroyer
11. A Perpetual State Of Indifference
12. Good Riddance

Origin - USA
Style - Thrash Metal

" After 30 years in the Thrash Metal buisness....Here comes Exodus to show everyone how the fuck it is done ! "

" I had the pleasure of playing with Exodus a few times back in the 80s,90s and I can tell you...These guys never took a night off....They always ripped and always gave all they had.This new record see's a confident,veteren band that have been around the world and back..And are still pumping out albums such as this "

" This new record is a ball crusher...Period !......This will hurt your speakers...Your ears....Your neighbors....Its that good !.......Riffing has always been Exodus main forte...And Exhibit B is no different....Over an hour of riff after punishing riff...Interspliced with terrific solo's and a bombastic mix.To me..Rob Dukes sounds like Zetro Souza alot of the time...And the rest he fits in his own style....Which is fine. But it is Gary Holt & Lee Altus that are the stars here....Their riffs and melodic solo's and dual harmony guitars are spectacular and worth the price of admission "

So in the end...Exodus is here to show all the wonderkind retro-Thrashers and high top wearin youngsters the real shit.....This aint Old-School.......These Mother-Fuckers are Pre-School !

Get It?........Good!

Corrupt - Born of Greed - Demo (2004)

1. Born of Greed
2. Human Wreckage
3. Warpath

Origin - Sweden
Style - Thrash Metal

" I have been gone for a week or so on buisness...Didnt have time to post anything...Sorry people!
Not much new stuff anyway...Revolting..Not Yet,Entrails...Not Yet....Hopefully soon...Anyways..."

" Here we are talking Thrash Metal....My own preferred style back in the day...Death Metal was not here yet. Corrupt or Corrupted before the name change are in the fine tradition of Old-Style sounding Thrash bands from Sweden...Much like the mighty Hypnosia..One of my all timers"

" Aggressive old school thrash, also reminiscent of Kreator ("Terrible Certainty", "Extreme Aggression") and Destruction..Maybe late 80s Slayer and Sepultura also.The vokills are from the Mille Petroza school of singing here...Snarling and vicious. Riffing is provided by talented guitarist Olof Wikstrand (Enforcer,Caustic Strike)..Who has to be the most prolific Thrash musician in Sweden right now"

A top notch demo that was later put on cassette with a bonus track...I have the Cdr copy....That track is a Slayer cover 'Kill Again'

Recommended for all true Thrashers out there !

Go Ahead !....Get It!
Here...     There....

Intestinal - Human Harvest (2010)

1. Maggot Filled Flesh
2. Licking a Dead Cunt
3. Bloodsplatter
4. Piled Alive
5. Skinripped Whore
6. Meat Train
7. Swamp
8. No Remains of Your God
9. Murder = Art
10. Dead Raped Forever

Origin - Sweden
Style - Death Metal

"  Youngster's Intestinal from Östergötlands län, Sweden set forth with their debut album "

" Lets see what we have here: Black & White cover art?...Check !.....Lyrics dealing with necrophilia, guts,blood?....Check!....Raw production(Demo Styled)?.....Check!....Buzzsaw guitars,grindy passages?...Check!...Slashing,Groovy Autopsy inspired  songs?....Check!...Originallity?....Nope !.....But who gives a shit....Its from Sweden ! "

" If you are into the descibed sound above....Minus vocals a bit too far back in the mix...Then this is for you. Not the greatest thing since sliced bread....But putridly wholesome..And authentic sounding !  "

Not a bad start here.....I would expect a stronger effort next time....Keep it comin....

Nihilistic Holocaust !.......Huh?
Whatever....      Listen.......

Zombified - Zombified Slaughtermachine (2010)

1. Divine Killing
2. Zombified Slaughtermachine
3. Sleepless
4. This Saw Was Made for Killing
5. Dö Nån Jävla Gång 
6. World of Disembodied Spirits
7. Skull Fister 
8. The Master Destroyer
9. Carnage Kingdom
10. Anemic Slaughterhouse

Origin - Sweden
Style - Death Metal


" Imagine that !.......Another Grooving,Grindy,Death Metal Band from Sweden.....And a Fucking good one at that "

" If you dig on the old sound...Insert name here......This has it all....Deep gruff vocals,Grinding skillsaw guitars,punishing drums and the authentic yet modern sound to it. And you can get this on the cheap from the label Shepherd Of Rot Records $7 in the Usa $9 anywhere else...Now why wouldnt you spend a few bucks and get some quality music from a label thats doing it the right way ? "

This oozes Death from every pore !

Are You In?...  Or Are you out?
Get it...     Got It!....