OBITUARY
Besides being one of my favourate child hood bands, Obituary, are one of the most influential bands in death metal history, the lads began their journey in 1984 in Tampa,…
SODOM Obsessed by Cruelty
Ok, here we go with Sodom’s next effort. Sodom Obsessed by Cruelty is more of the same after the release of their first EP “In the Sign of Evil“. However…
ROTTING CHRIST Passage to Arcturo
Rotting Christ Passage to Arcturo (released 1991) is the first release from this mighty Greek band. This is kind of their first EP before releasing an album proper and is…
LIK Necro
Here’s a band that I stumbled onto by accident, and what a pleasant surprise it was too! I knew nothing about this band before but hey, If Metal Blade Records…
CARCASS Reek of Putrefaction
CARCASS Reek of Putrefaction from 1988 is the first album from the British Grind / Death Metal band. A lot of people consider this album to be a little undercooked.…
CANNABIS CORPSE – The Weeding
Cannabis Corpse the Weeding is the latest EP from these Virginia based smokers. As the more astute amongst you may have realised the name is a parody of well respected…
MORBID ANGEL
Among the earliest bands to start playing the music that would be known as Death Metal were Flordians Morbid Angel—a band that would go on to set new standards for…
NECROPHAGIA Season of the Dead
This is something of an enigma. Necrophagia formed in 1983 by vocalist Killjoy which could really make them the first death metal band. They however didn’t manage to release anything…
AUTOPSY – Severed Survival
When I was young I have to say I didn’t really get these guys. I didn’t mind them, but there were plenty of other bands I felt were far superior…
DEATH
The Early Days of Death: How Chuck Schuldiner Helped Shape Death Metal Death, one of the most influential bands in death metal history, began as a teenagers dream in the…