Tag Archives: OSDM

ALBUM REVIEW: Aeon – God Ends Here

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While it seems strange to refer to a sound that has been around for over two decades as “modern”, it feels completely accurate to describe the sonic barrage of Aeon as Modern Death Metal. Renowned for keeping the intensity levels up – backed by a production to level small towns with its ripped, lean torso – for their fifth release Swedish violence-dealers have shown no relenting despite lockdown, No extra inches have been added to their waist-bands, and no sign of flabbiness added to their carb-free sensory assault.

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CONCERT REVIEW: Black Label Society – Obituary – Prong: Live at Ace of Spades

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Getting fully back into concert mode has been fun, but also scary on some levels as a fan. I need live music in my life, bad, but I am nervous around small clubs and tons of people right now, since the pandemic is still a thing. Nevertheless, I got the opportunity to cover legends like Black Label Society, Obituary, and Prong all at the same show, no less, and so I had to handle my emotions and nerves (I have pretty bad anxiety on the reg) and trooped out to Sacramento’s respected Ace of Spades club.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Graveslave – No Center

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It takes a lot of blood, sweat, beers to make it in the music business. A lot of bands form around a good idea, some beers, mutual bands, or a few riffs, heat up, run cold and call it day. Few bands have the temerity to overcome real adversity with all the music industry shit that crushes your soul. If you know, you know. Graveslave has overcome the death of their original vocalist Don “Doombringer” Durkee in 2019, and are still here. Putting out a killer EP during the lockdown Devotion, and now a new album, this is far above what most others could muster. No matter what happens in their career, they have defied the odds for the love of music.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Inhuman Condition – Rat God

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While all things toxic (waste; holocausts; um, waltzing) have long been a regular bedfellow for the lyric writers and album cover artists that inhibit the pungent worlds of Thrash and Death Metal, it also lurks in another sense; behind the scenes and pervading the environment of many bands relationships. Escaping the cryptic realms of one such biohazard of a relationship was a necessity for legendary bassist Terry Butler (Obituary, Death, Six Feet Under), guitarist Taylor Nordberg (Wombath, Ribspreader), and vocalist/drummer Jeramie Kling (Venom-Inc, Goregang, The Absence). Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Baest – Necro Sapiens

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Death Metal is in rude health. It is a status that has been brewing and broiling over the last ten years, with pushes and spurts in pocketed sub-sub genres, until now the whole scene, and its multitude of variants and mutations and off-shoots, feels like it is not just doing alright, but burgeoning with a lush virility unseen since it’s fomentation some thirty years ago.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Gatecreeper – An Unexpected Reality

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Not content with being hailed as one of the leaders of a New Wave of Death Metal bruisers (NWODMb anyone?) taking inspiration from the founding fathers of three decades past along with Blood Incantation and Tomb Mold – a pack that looks likely to be joined by impressive newcomers Frozen Soul and their glacial Bolt Throwerisms – Arizonian quintet Gatecreeper have taken it upon themselves to mix things up and show some gnarly dexterity in style and idea, and try and shake things up a little in response to the current COVID landscape and restrictions.

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Gatecreeper to Release New “An Unexpected Reality” Tomorrow via Closed Casket Activities

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Gatecreeper will surprise drop a new album An Unexpected Reality tomorrow, January 13th, 2021via Closed Casket Activities. The band last released their acclaimed full-length Deserted in 2019, along with a split release with Exhumed via Relapse Records. The band has commented:

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: Sea Sleeper – “Salt” Lyric Video

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Ghost Cult is proud to team up with brutal Portland Death Metal band Sea Sleeper on their new lyric video for their track “Salt.” The song comes off of their forthcoming debut album Nostophobia, due out February 4th via Metal Assault Records. Due out February 4th via Metal Assault records. The track is a hellish slide of Tech Death greatness, but surprising moments of both prog and OSDM vibes too. Check out the lyric video to “Salt” now! Continue reading →


EXCLUSIVE: Dira Mortis Shares New Single – “Twilight Of Divine Purgatory”

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Polish Death Metal crushers Dira Mortis are releasing their next album, Ancient Breath Of Forgotten Misanthropy, later this month, December 25th, via Selfmadegod Records. The band has teamed up with Ghost Cult today to debut their new single, “Twilight Of Divine Purgatory!” The track is a bleak unflinching OSDM style neck-snapper, with the requisite ghastly vocals, furious drums, but also with a ton of sophisticated riffs and licks to serve notice to modern tastes. Check out the track here:Continue reading →