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By the time “Mark Of the Legion”, the fourth Deeds Of Flesh album, was released the band had reached a new level of internal stability. The record is a very loose concept album about conflict and warfare through out the ages. It was the recording debut for new skinsman Mike
Alan Yoshida
If one were to pinpoint the exact instance where Morbid Angel, the gold standard to which all things death metal was measured, started losing the plot musically 1995’s “Domination” would be the moment. After a recklessly violent debut, and two more deliberately paced successors the Tampa, Florida unit was
Curtis Dewar
Great Britain has a rich history in doom metal with institutions as Cathedral, Esoteric, My Dying Bride and genre archforefathers Black Sabbath. The latest British export to make a name for itself is London-based unit Desolate Pathway. Desolate Pathway is formulated by scene veteran Vince Hempstead of long-suffering doom unit
Brett Hess
“Destined For Defilement”, the first Fleshgrind record after two demo tapes, largely follows the template laid out by contemporaries Cannibal Corpse and Dying Fetus. In the decade-plus that they were active, from 1993 to 2005, they released three albums, of which “Destined For Defilement” was the first. What the band
AFM Records
“Mechanize”, the first effort of the band’s second reformation, is a mixed bag. It stands to reason that it was the most aggressive, and heaviest record since the band’s 1992 debut. It is the first since 2001’s “Digimortal” to feature both Burton C. Bell and Dino Cazares,
death metal
The history of Dutch outfit Callenish Circle can be traced back to 1992. Patrick Savelkoul and Jos Evers formed the band in Sittard-Geleen, Holland as the more straightforward death metal oriented Genocide. Under that name the band honed its chops by playing cover songs of Death, Bolt Thrower, Pestilence and
Acrostichon
Despite its somewhat legendary status as one of the earliest female-fronted Dutch death metal bands Acrostichon remains a perennial underdog, and one of the scene's unsung heroes. Formed in Tilburg in 1989 the band around vocalist/bass guitarist Corinne van den Brand and guitarist Richard Schouten released only
David Hill
California was at the forefront of introducing a more guttural and blast-oriented death metal variant in North America, and Europe. Two bands were instrumental in the establishing of this new style. One of them was Deeds Of Flesh, the other Disgorge. Disgorge is the lifeswork of drummer Ricky Myers, who
Centurian
“Choronzonic Chaos Gods” is the last Centurian album of the original line-up that included future Severe Torture members Seth van de Loo (vocals), and Patrick Boleij (bass guitar). Despite the somewhat misleading imagery and album title, only a few of the tracks actually deal with the Thelemic Chaos Magick subject
death metal
“Path Of the Weakening”, the third Deeds Of Flesh record, is an album of firsts and lasts. It was the last to feature co-founder/drummer Joey Heaslet, and the sole effort to feature second guitarist Jim Tkacz. The termination of contract with Repulse Records prompted the members to form their
death metal
Of all the Dutch death metal bands of the late 1990s Zi Xul was probably the least recognized, and the most underappreciated. Located in Amsterdam, the band independently released a duo of demo tapes in its brief three-year lifespan. The band was centered on Jerry Brouwer (vocals, rhythm guitar) and
Agnete Kjølsrud
“Abrahadabra” sees Dimmu Borgir, never the most gifted band to begin with, in the latter stages of creative decay. After acrimoniously splitting with keyboardist Øyvind Sven Mustaparta (Mustis) and bass guitarist/clean vocalist Simen Hestnaes (ICS Vortex) the band reformulated itself as a trio. Where its post-“Spiritual Black Dimensions”