rivers of nihil - hierarchy

boy, this one takes me right back to those myspace days in the mid to late 00's. what a throwback.

musically not as diverse as nowadays' version of ron, the listener gets a sharp attack of what deathcore was like in 2009. metal blade. 2024.

dimmu borgir - abrahadabra

wasn't much into this dimmu album upon time of release. back then i started to collect vinyl and was rather chasing copies of 'puritanical euphoric misanthropia' and 'death cult armageddon' on 2nd hand platforms.

when 'abrahadabra' became a thing for me, first press copies were long gone and a re-press of small quantity passed me by as well. not this time around. originally released by nuclear blast in 2010. re-issue on green vinyl by metalville. 2024.

blood incantation - absolute elsewhere

i had the vinyl of the new bi record standing in a pile in front of my turntable for quite a while. the overall hype surrounding the band put me off a little.

meanwhile i spun it a handful of times and have to admit that the hype is not undeserved. strong effort of these guys, which sees a new expansion of their unique sound. 700 copies on clear w/ purple splatter vinyl. century media. 2024.

artificial brain - labyrinth constellation

looooong awaited re-issue of this progressive technical death metal masterpiece. profound lore. 2014/2024.

nile - the underworld awaits us all

five years back, nile entered a new era in the band's history with 'vile nilotic rites'. Slightly altered guitar and drum sound, slightly different song writing and it all paid off imho.

fast forward to today and the nile's tenth full length emerges from the duat. it's a logical continuation of the new sound but all turned up a notch. unmistakably nile and yet fresh all the way through.

missed out on the most limited pressing but this dark green w/ yellow splatter vinyl looks really good as well. 300 copies made. napalm records. 2024.

exist - hijacking the zeitgeist

their last record "egoiista" was quite too long for my taste and tend to get a bit boring, so i wasn't really sure about the new album. for "hijacking the zeitgeist" they cut down the duration to almost the half and it worked wonders.

with an improved song-writing the tracks sound as fresh as can be. huge, catchy choruses and everything proggy inbetween. love it. prosthetic records. 2024.

year of the knife - ultimate aggression

was looking for a copy ever since i learned about the band and now i finally copped this recent re-issue. handy compilation of the band's first two e.p.'s. 1.500 copies made. pure noise records. 2019/2022.

wormed - omegon

wow. this one is really, really good. might become my favourite album of these spanish death dealers. 200 copies pressed. season of mist. 2024.

the red chord - fused together in revolving doors

trc were one of those many mathcore bands active in the late nineties and throughout the 00's. i have most of their output on cd and when the first record of theirs was announced to get the vinyl treatment, i was all over it. deathwish europe had copies of this beauty and i snagged one right away. 200 copies pressed on this lovely blue/red swirl vinyl. first released in 2002 by robotic empire. vinyl re-issue through black market activities. 2024.

funeral leech - the illusion of time

i slept on this when it was initially released but through the miracles of social media, i finally got my hands on a copy. finest death doom from funeral leech that is easily on par, if not better than their predecessor 'death meditation'. carbonized records. 2024.