December 31, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: At The Gates, Best of 2014, Blastfest, death metal, Gothenburg, Grotesque, Heavy Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Sweden • 0 Comments
I have come to the conclusion that being clued in to the often disparate listening habits of the musicians I listen to, will lead my brain to a big “?”. When I saw that Tomas Lindberg had for January 2015, a recommended list for/on Spotify — posted at the top of the band’s official website […]
September 19, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: death metal, grindcore, Heavy Metal, Micawber, Viral • 0 Comments
31 minutes and 51 seconds of ghoulish, brutish nasty Death Metal. It is loud, played and produced well and clearly. Micawber hail from the West of the U.S.A. The band has made 3 excellent EPs before debuting with “Viral”. I have no idea what their band name means nor exactly how to pronounce it. Nor […]
September 15, 2013 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: death metal, Empires Of Great Enslavement, heavey metal, review, Vomitous • 0 Comments
Brutal Death Metal from Sweden. With an album cover depicting a landscape that fictional, tough guy/Sci-fi movie character Richard B. Riddick might be right at home on, comes Vomitous with another vicious, ’bout quarter of an hour, bout of ear bullying. Yet the production quality is up to snuff, and the material slams to make […]
Mental Apraxia – Against Human Manipulation
September 22, 2016 by Rich Castle • Reviews Tags: Against Human Manipulation, death metal, Mental Apraxia • 0 Comments
Colombia strikes hard with a new and totally disgusting release from the Death Metal titans, Mental Apraxia. Coyote Records’ finest, certainly, Mental Apraxia bust out this torrid second full-length affair with all the poise and skillful assertion as Jack The Ripper, himself. For those who revel in primitive metal butchery, Mental Apraxia stand somewhere in […]
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