2024
Kep’s Best of 2024
Written by Kep Welcome in, folks! This year, I decided to mix things up in the interest of shouting out the maximum amount of albums that deserve it: rather than a standard ordered list, I’m […]
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2024
Album Review: Concrete Winds – “Concrete Winds” (Death Metal/Grindcore)
Written by Kep Concrete Winds – Concrete Winds> Death metal/grindcore> Finland> Releasing August 30> Sepulchral Voice Records I remember the first time I heard Concrete Winds’ Nerve Butcherer back in 2021. It was like a whirlwind laced with razor wire […]
2023
Album Review: Terra Builder – “Solar Temple” (Deathgrind)
Written by Ellis Terra Builder – Solar Temple> Deathgrind> Germany> Releasing September 29> Transcending Obscurity Records Transcending Obscurity are pretty much always good for a particularly extreme kind of W and this debut album from […]
2023
Album Review: Djinn-Ghül – “Opulence” (Industrial Deathcore)
Written by Kep Djinn-Ghül – Opulence> Industrial deathcore> Colorado, US / Venezuela> Releasing July 14> Vicious Instinct Records For ages untold humanity has asked one question: what if Anaal Nathrakh and Fear Factory had a baby, and that baby was a […]
2023
Kep’s 2023 Mid-year Top 10
As is my tradition, I’m marking the midpoint of the year with a top 10 list. The second half of the year is already looked stacked, so expect a good deal of change between now […]
2023
Album Review: Gutslit – “Carnal” (Brutal Death Metal)
Written by Kep Gutslit – Carnal> Brutal death metal> India> Releasing July 7> Independent/self-release Brutal death metal isn’t really the subgenre you go to when you’re looking for innovation, if we’re being honest. Some particularly experimental and […]
2022
EP Review: Chestcrush – “Apechtheia” (Blackened Death Metal)
Written by Kep Chestcrush – Apechtheia> Blackened death metal> Scotland, UK> Releasing November 1> Independent/self-release Okay folks, show of hands: how many of you have heard Chestcrush’s 2021 opus Vdelygmia? If your hand is down then you need to […]
2022
Album Review: Ósserp – Els nous cants de la Sibil-la (Deathgrind)
Written by Barlovv Ósserp – Els nous cants de la Sibil-la> Deathgrind> Spain> Released August 19> Independent/self-release Sobre els ciments granítics La convicció d’eternitat El mall del temps Els nostres fills… l’enfonsaran In the time […]
2021
Album Review: Chestcrush – “Vdelygmia” 8/10 (Blackened Deathgrind)
Review by Ellis Heasley Chestcrush – Vdelygmia Blackened Deathgrind from Edinburgh, UK Releases July 14th 8/10 You won’t find many records nastier than Vdelygmia by Chestcrush. With a title meaning “abomination, filth and repulsion of […]