Agiel- Dark Pantheons Again Will Reign (2002)

Agiel

Dark Pantheons Again Will Reign (2002)

Genre- Brutal Techincal Death Metal/Grindcore

Fuuuck. Man, I can't believe it took me so long to check this album out. And what a bitch it was to track down too! It was all worth it though, this one screams of outright brutality and violence right from the get go. Aggressive, gut churning songs pile on one after the other in an all out attack of beautifully mastered brutal death metal. Dark, evil chants, an absolutely explosive double bass heavy drummer and a signature punishing grinding rhythm that seems to be found over and over again. Check this one out, its a fucking monster.

Dark Pantheons Again Will Reign

Silent Death- Before The Sunrise (1993)

Silent Death

Before The Sunrise (1993)

Genre- Death Metal

So, I'm sure by this point the majority of you have already heard the freshly leaked single from Aborted, so there's no reason to repost that for the thousandth time this week. Instead, today I offer you guys some truly obscure and early doomy death metal goodness from Malaysia. These guys originally formed under the name 'Bacteria' (fuck yea) but switched to 'Silent Death' in 1987. This is their first full length, its a 40 minute slab of mid paced death metal fun. The guitars/riffs have a bouncy quality about them and the overall production is pretty crumby but suitable for the material. They get themselves into some great grooves on this album, excellent solos and tons of that old school charm. Before the Sunrise was reissued on CD in 2010 and contains 9 bonus tracks featuring all their demos. You can buy that here.

Before the Sunrise

Impurity- Unearthly Affinity (2003)

Impurity

Unearthly Affinity (2003)

Genre- Death Metal

My annual wave of cold weather fueled black metal obsession hasn't quite kicked into full gear... yet. Lately I've been dwelling, yet again, into the evil depths of obscure death metal. Florida's Impurity definitely delivers a strong outing on this 5 song EP. The low and evil vocals are extra high in the mix to haunt the listener during this assault. Honestly its a standard death metal riff party here folks, nothing you haven't heard before but it's still damn effective. The drumming is a notch or 2 above average though, and it all works to create for a very heavy sound. Fans of true brutal death metal should get this.

Unearthly Affinity

Diabolic Possession- Ripped To Pieces (1993)

Diabolic Possession

Ripped To Pieces (1993)

Genre- Death Metal

Formed in 1987, these guys hailed from Omaha, Nebraska. They played a very brutal style of straightforward death metal. This early work features a raw production, heavy, crunching riffage, face melting solos, solid drumming and vocals that vary from a mid to low range yell/growl with the occasional high shriek. This was some quality deathy goodness from a band who only went on to release one more short, 4 song EP (of which, also included this 'Ripped To Pieces' EP). Check it out if you're a fan of old, grimy, death.

Ripped To Pieces

Averse Sefira- Tetragrammatical Astygmata (2005)

Averse Sefira

Tetragrammatical Astygmata (2005)

Genre- Black Metal

This is definitely some way out there, mythical, punishing black metal from Austin, Texas. Averse Sefira mixes a fast and cold, classic style of black metal with a thrashing/death metal edge before dwelling into the more dark and droning, slower paced slabs of atmospheric chaos occasionally. The vocals stay in the mid to high range yells with some reverberating distortion effects. Certain riffs and the overall production remind me a bit of 1349 on this cd, so there's that. This is a really solid hunk of obscure black metal for ya to chew on for about an hour. Fans of 1349, older Behemoth and Myrkskog will enjoy.

Tetragrammatical Astygmata

KillWhitneyDead- Stocking Stuffher (2008)

merry fuckin christmas

-Munk

With Blood Comes Cleansing- Golgotha (2006)

With Blood Comes Cleansing

Golgotha (2006)

Genre- Deathcore

I'm not going to lie, I'm feeling mighty lazy tonight. Its been a long week at work and I really dont feel like looking through the wall for something obscure and crazy to post today. So instead, I chose to give in to the first thing that popped up on random in the ITunes. I found out about WBCC in 2006/07 after one of my old bands played a show with them down in Asbury Park. I found it to be a simplistic and very real approach to deathcore, with as much influence on the death as there was the core. They didn't play breakdowns for 25 minutes and there was a lot of quality riffage happening, the vocalist had a great range about him and the songs flowed very well. And so fucking what if they like god and angels and all that shit? If the music is decent thats all that really matters to me. Fans of Winter Solstice and On Broken Wings will appreciate this quickie of an album.

Golgotha

Dying Fetus- Bathe In Entrails (1993)

Dying Fetus

Bathe In Entrails (1993)

Genre- Death Metal

Some truly absurdly heavy and genre bending shit for 1993. This is Dying Fetus in their most pure and early form before all the bullshit and controversy that would follow. This demo features John Gallagher on the drums and vocals as well as guitar solos, some very impressive stuff indeed. The sound quality here is pretty damn good and the song writing is nothing but quality brutality and is way ahead of its time. If nothing else, you should check this out just for the demo version of 'Grotesque Impalement' because it fucking destroys. Whatever your current stand is on Dying Fetus, you have got to have respect for this one. This is a very strong 6 songs and the sound portrayed here is still trying to be imitated by new bands.

Drown In My Piss

Embryonic Devourment- Beheaded By Volition (2003)

Embryonic Devourment

Beheaded By Volition (2003)

Genre- Technical Death Metal/Grindcore

This violent little slab of death is the first from these heavy hitting California natives. Tons of production here folks, this is one clean death metal cd. Lots of bass driven riffs, off timing technical mayhem, a sludgy breakdown or 2 and solid drumming with alot of tight, blasting stabs. The vocal style here is dominated by a low guttural sewage gurgle with the occasional mid range burst and high shriek. I could see fans of the early Abacinate stuff getting down with this, its just a little less groovy than them but just as brutal in its own way. I think this is a sick little EP that you should take out for a spin.

Beheaded By Volition

Cattle Decapitation- Human Jerky (1999)

Cattle Decapitation

Human Jerky (1999)

Genre- Death Metal/Grindcore

One of the first goregrind bands I got really into was Cattle Decapitation. There was something very natural about their sound, especially on this album (ep?). Nothing seems forced here, its generally a very straight forward release. Simple, but always brutal and chunky. Deathy, grinding riffage, a drummer that could keep timing then stop on a dime and blast pretty well and an absolute beasting toilet box of a vocalist. Short songs here, some are a bit experimental at times and all are constantly aggressive. I can remember dwelling on the vocals of Travis Ryan for some time as a kid, pondering about how any human could possibly make these disgusting, vomitous sounds, it was just really fucking awesome to me as an impressionable young vocalist, shit it still is actually. I also found their anti-human, pro animal themes to have a very intelligent edge at times, not that I necessarily agree with them, but I've got to respect it. Say what you will about CattleD, but I think these vegetarians fuckin slay. You decide.

Are You A God?

Wehrmacht- Shark Attack (1987)

Wehrmacht

Shark Attack (1987)

Genre- Thrash

This is some aggressive shit for 1987! The blistering speeds are constant, loads vicious riffs and solos along with all of that early thrash attitude you know you love. This is unrelenting and pioneering beer fueled thrash metal from Portland Oregon that you should really get down on. I'm actually kinda bummed that I only recently heard this shit. Thrash!

Shark Attack

Beyond the Sixth Seal- A Homicide Divine (2001)

Beyond the Sixth Seal

A Homicide Divine (2001)

Genre- Melodic Death Metalcore

A very unique blend of melodic death metal and metalcore with hints at numerous other genres around as well. This one features Adam Wentworth of Premonitions of War and The Red Chord, which is cool. This is a straight blend of melo death and metalcore done very right, they even have a bit of black metal/folk influence about them at times, which is also cool. These tracks have a lot of depth and substance. You guys should give this a shot.

A Homicide Divine

Sorry, 2 posts in a row with no YouTube vid =/

End of All- Infanticide (2001)

End of All

Infanticide (2001)

Genre- Death Metal/Deathcore

Talk about some really rare shit, I think the original pressing of this (7inch?) was limited to something like 100 copies. Pretty cool when you're talking about a band that went on to become the mighty All Shall Perish (same basic line up here as on "Hate, Malice, Revenge" by the way). This EP/demo contains 3 raw ass "studio" tracks and 2 live songs and it's nearly impossible to track down now a days. Luckily I was an active member of mp3.com back in like 2000/01 so I've got you guys covered hahaha. This is a much more simplistic and straightforward death metal/deathcore approach than the before mentioned "Hate, Malice, Revenge" album which was definitely more sparkly and technical. This is still a fun listen for fans of really raw early deathcore/death metal, enjoy.

Infanticide

If you like this shit you should check out Catorsion

Bloodbath- Breeding Death (2000)

Bloodbath

Breeding Death (2000)

Genre- Death Metal

A homage to punishing old school death metal in the form of a Swedish death super group. This is the first release from Bloodbath featuring Mikael Akerfeldt, Anders Nystrom, Jonas Renske and Dan Swano. This 3 song assault will please the most picky of death metal purists and any newcomers alike. This, as with most of their discography, is great stuff.

Breeding Death

Chthonic- Seediq Bale (2005)

Chthonic

Seediq Bale (2005)

Genre- Melodic Blackened Death Metal

I first found out about Chthonic in 2009 when they dropped the mind blowing 'Mirror of Retribution' on the world of metal. Since then I've been slowly working my way through their entire discography and have been very pleased with the journey thus far. I'm a huge fan of originality and innovation in music, and their use of the Erhu, a traditional Taiwanese instrument stringed instrument, is just fucking incredible. The instrument sounds like a haunting female voice and it lends a very atmospheric and almost theatrical touch to the powerful and dark melo-death/black anthems that rip through this album, their fourth full length. I know the keys and female backings wont be for everyone but I promise you this band is worthy of your time. I bet the live show is sick.

Seediq Bale