Mindwork are the Czech Republic’s most highbrow metal artist. Their country’s famous Obscene Extreme festival has never booked them, but they’ve appeared at the legendary Brutal Assault on four occasions.…
Tag: progressive death metal
Death metal supergroups have had more hits than misses in this decade so far. Voodoo Gods, Memoriam and Vltimas are three groups that lived up to their billing, and another…
Australian tech death crew, Growth, belong in the Australasian family tree created by Ulcerate and Psycroptic. They also have a prog dimension that should elevate their music. So, why does…
Hertfordshire death metal thrashers, Burdensome, bring the excitement wherever they play. They feel the power of every riff, maximise the adrenaline with every triplet, and let their guts throb with…
Progressive death metal collective, Gutvoid, write music with a clear match between the audio and the visual. They compose art that can be described as “cosmic horror.” Hailing from Toronto,…
Progressive death metal traces its origins to the seminal 1991 Human LP by Death. But not all offshoots come from this source. Gorguts are influential on the dissonant strain of…
Death metal musicians approaching their genre like jazz musicians is like shoegaze-inspired bands trying to incorporate atmospheric black metal into their textures. It should work, but it seldom does. Maybe…
Seldom do you encounter a band that formed for the explicit purpose of honouring their heroes. In this case, the raison d’être of Gruesome is to pay homage to the…
Fallujah are one of the few original bands in the metal landscape these days. Starting where Cynic left off in 1993, they’ve transcended the progressive death metal domain and created…