Reviewed: December 2012 Released: 2012, Relapse RecordsRating: 5.0/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher Time for another killer remaster! Over the last 2 years Chuck Schuldiner’s former manager and intellectual property owner Eric Grief has been painstakingly remastering, remixing (in some cases), and digging out live performances and demos for special re-releases of the…
Megadeth – Countdown To Extinction 20th Anniversary
Reviewed: December 2012 Released: 2012, EMI RecordsRating: 5.0/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher Megadeth has been kicking major ass lately, with David Ellefson’s return, Big 4, The RUST IN PEACE 20th anniversary tour, and 2011 album THIRTEEN. Now it has been 20 years since their most successful album COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION was released,…
Obscenity – Atrophied in Anguish
Reviewed: October 2012 Released: 2012, Apostasy RecordsRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher When you think of heavy metal in Europe, you instantly think of Germany, home of the Wacken Open Air Festival and great thrash and death metal. Obscenity, one of Germany’s oldest death metal bands, is now unleashing ATROPHIED IN ANGUISH…
Enemy Reign – From Hell to Oblivion
Reviewed: October 2012 Released: 2012, independentRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher It’s good to see the death metal underground is alive and well with new bands cropping up, especially in unexpected places. Hailing from Denver, Colorado, Enemy Reign is now spewing forth their first full length album, FROM HELL TO OBLIVION. Rocky…
Woslom – Time to Rise
Reviewed: August 2012 Released: 2010, NoneRating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher I am amazed at how much 80s style thrash is out there in the underground. In the last few months I have reviewed albums from Havok and Mutant Squad that reminded me of the thrash glory days. Now Brazil’s Woslom has…
Natron – Grindermeister
Reviewed: July 2012 Released: 2012, Southern Birgade RecordsRating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher Italian old school deathsters Natron have been blasting their brand of brutality for 20 years now, with 5 full length albums, and EP, and years of extensive touring under the belts. To celebrate their 20th anniversary, Natron has decided…
Cattle Decapitation – Monolith of Inhumanity
Reviewed: July 2012 Released: 2012, Metal Blade RecordsRating: 1.0/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher San Diego’s Cattle Decapitation has been playing their brand of deathgrind since 1996, supporting animal rights and denouncing animal mistreatment and consumption in the process. Some of the band members are vegetarian, similar to Carcass back in the late…
Havok – Point of No Return
Reviewed: June 2012 Released: 2012, Candelight RecordsRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher Denver’s Havok has been playing their brand of old school thrash since 2004. Currently they are making a name for themselves, touring in Europe for the first time with 3 Inches of Blood and Goatwhore after just completing a US…
Alice Cooper – Alice Cooper Live! No More Mr. Nice Guy
Reviewed: May 2012 Released: 2012, Four World MediaRating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher Living legend Alice Cooper has been at it for 45 years and is showing no signs of stopping anytime soon! Alice has recently completed his No More Mr. Nice Guy tour and released his first new album in years,…
Deadborn – Mayhem Maniac Machine
Reviewed: May 2012 Released: 2012, Apostasy RecordsRating: 2.0/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher Germany’s Deadborn is a technical death metal band that originated in 2001. Their first album “Stigma Eternal” was released in 2007 following their “Decades of Decapitation” EP. Their new release “Mayhem Maniac Machine”, is my first exposure to the band.…
The Almighty Excruciating Pain – E.P.E.P.
Reviewed: May 2012 Released: 2012, Rating: 1.0/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher Hailing from Vancouver, BC, The Almighty Excruciating Pain is a band with a mix of thrash, punk, death, and a dash of humor. Their release “E.P.E.P.” is an odd tongue in cheek mix. I think they need to find what they…
Mutant Squad – Social Misfits
Reviewed: May 2012 Released: 2012, Suspiria RecordsRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher Spain’s Mutant Squad have been playing old school 80s/early 90s thrash since 2007. Recently signed to Suspiria Records, Mutant Squad have released their second EP, SOCIAL MISFITS. A sign of a good metal EP is when it is finished you…
Asphyx – Deathhammer
Reviewed: April 2012 Released: 2012, Century MediaRating: 5.0/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher Asphyx is one of Holland’s oldest death metal bands, staring back in 1987. In 1991, vocalist Martin Van Drunen left Pestilence and joined Asphyx, and the result was some of the best death / doom metal ever made! THE RACK…
A Sound of Thunder – Out of the Darkness
Reviewed: April 2012 Released: 2012, Nightmare RecordsRating: 1.0/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher OUT OF THE DARKNESS is the second album from Washington DC’s A Sound of Thunder, a progressive / power metal band that’s been around since 2008. Their other releases include a self-titled EP and their first album, METAL RENNAISSNACE. OUT…
Hour of Penance – Sedition
Reviewed: April 2012 Released: 2012, Prosthetic RecordsRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: Infamousbutcher Hailing from Rome, Italy, Hour of Penance has made a significant impact on the European death metal underground over the last 10 years playing big extreme metal festivals such as Hellfest in France and Neurotic Deathfest in the Netherlands and…