August 2017 – METAL PURGATORY MEDIA

HOUR OF PENANCE – Cast The First Stone

August 31, 2017 0

Formed in 1999 from Rome, Lazio Italy, Hour Of Penance are a Technical Brutal Death Metal band that has had some minor change ups throughout the years and have created a pierced album titled Cast The First Stone. Released on January 27th, 2017 through Prosthetic Records Cast The First Stone is seventh full-length studio recording and following up to 2014’s Regicide. From their lyricism of Socialized Failures, Anti-religious Vatican themed, Torturous and Mortality lyrics, Cast The First Stone is not […]

VIRVUM – Illuminance

August 30, 2017 0

Formed in 2007 from Zurich, Switzerland VIRVUM are a Swiss Technical Death Metal band that is best described from their landscaped, dreaming, illuminating, medicating and subconscious style of Technical Death Metal. Illuminance is the full-length debut from Virvum released on September 16th, 2016 and clocks in around 40:00 in duration and features 8 blissful, atmospheric and authentic tracks. Illuminance is a album that mainly discusses the most jaw-dropping, rhythmic, progressive, stylistic and artistic expressions to any Technical Death Metal releases […]

ANALEPSY – Atrocities From Beyond

August 29, 2017 1

ANALEPSY are a Brutal Death Metal band formed in 2013 from Lisbon, Portugal and play a unique style of Esoteric, Murderous, Alien Life Formed and Si-Fi themed of Brutal Death Metal. Prior to 2015’s Dehumanization by Supremacy, 2017’s full-length album titled Atrocities From Beyond was released on January 27th, 2017 and is the debut full-length from this Portugal outfit. Clocking in around 30:00 and 10 astonishing tracks, Atrocities From Beyond takes the listener on a wild journey into the deepest, […]

INFANT ANNIHILATOR – The Elysian Grandeval Galeriarch

August 28, 2017 3

2016’s The Elysian Grandeval Galeriarch by Extreme Metal band Infant Annihilator is a album that focuses on lyricism based on violence, sexual perversion, anti-religious, propaganda and biblical references. Musically, authentically and sympathetically speaking, Infant Annihilator combined many differential influences borrowing elements from Archspire Cattle Decapitation BLACK TONGUE Acrania and hint of INGESTED with the song variations heavily focuses on polished, melodic, catastrophic and visceral displays of vicious technicality. With songs from Soil The Stillborn, Unholy Gravebirth and my personal favorite […]

DECREPIT BIRTH – Axis Mundi

August 24, 2017 0

Decrepit Birth are a American Technical Death Metal band formed in 2001 from Santa Cruz, California and have contributed some incredible albums from 2010’s Polarity and 2003’s Debut …And Time Begins. Released through Nuclear Blast on July 21st, 2017 Axis Mundi is the fourth full-length recording from this Californian outfit and with this particular album it showcases the band’s return to form with songs clocking in over an hour and two minutes while borrowing elements of Suffocation Death, Nile and […]

HIDEOUS DIVINITY – Adveniens

August 22, 2017 0

Formed in 2007 from Rome, Lazio Italy, Hideous Divinity are a Italian Technical Brutal Death Metal that uses conceptual lyricism based on horror films and a modernized flair of distinctive flavorings for extreme music. Released on April 28th, 2017 through Unique Leader Records Adveniens is the third full-length album from this Italian artist and is prior to 2014’s sophomore album titled Cobra Verde. Clocking around 48:00 in duration and consists of 9 tracks, Adveniens is considered to be one of […]

BENIGHTED – Necrobreed

August 20, 2017 0

Benighted are a French Extreme Metal band formed in 1998 from Saint-Étienne, Rhône-Alpes, France and was originally started out as a Black Metal outfit then with later releases transgressed into more of a psychological, pathological and transported style of Brutal Death Metal with elements of Grindcore and Deathgrind. Prior to 2014’s Carnivore Sublime, Necrobreed is the next evolution for this French Metal outfitters seeking out redemption, visceral brutality and destructive sequences of sophisticated branched musicality. Released on February 17th, 2017 […]

EREBOR – Erebor

August 20, 2017 0

Formed in 2013 from Durham, England Erebor play a style of HP Lovecraftian, Anti- Thiesm, Social Injustice and fantasy related combination of both Progressive Death and Technical Death Metal. Released on December 31st, 2016 this reissue of self titled EP Erebor consists of four tracks and just clocks in nearly at fourteen minutes in duration. Now upon my first introduction to this band was through a good friend and Youtuber by the name of Ryan J Thirtle who’s the frontman […]

DYING FETUS – Wrong One To Fuck With

August 19, 2017 0

Formed in 1991, Dying Fetus are an American Death Metal band from Marlboro, Maryland known for their consistent hook laden structures, characterized blast beats, slamming and complex riffs, heavy breakdowns and have lyrics discussing political/ modern themes notable in Death Metal today. Released on June 23rd, 2017 through Relapse Records Wrong One To Fuck With is the eighth full-length effort followed up to 2012’s Reign Supreme which my opinion was Dying Fetus’s most established, circumcised and intelligent albums the band […]

WITHIN DESTRUCTION – Void

August 17, 2017 1

Within Destruction are a slamming death metal/deathcore band formed in 2010 from the depths of Jesenice, Slovenia and play a style of Apocalyptic, Damnation and wretched style of Deathcore with Slam compositions. Released on February 12th, 2016 Void is the sophomore effort from Within Destruction and with Void, they’ve contributed Brutal Death Metal interpretations with triggered drums, sharp production, Crystal clear Death Metal stylistics and ridiculous highs and low guttural squealing vocals by Rok Rupnik is a diabolical force not […]