Driven by inhuman, mechanical blasting rhythms that collapse and contrast against its more meandering, atmospheric grooves, Mastering the Di...

World of Shit is a project which has existed in the shadows for over two decades, finally coming to full fruition with this new EP Bleeding...

Macabre 's a band I never get around to revisiting often, but don't let that fool you, I think they're a fairly interesting and ...

A Life Extinguished is the second in a series of singles planned for 2023 by Chicago sickos Morgue Supplier , and like its predecessor, its...

Coming off the frenetic Inevitability , Chicago's Morgue Supplier returns with something to further broaden its sound and scope, a trac...

'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the popular expression, and had these Chicago deathgrind lunatics followed up their epo...

Rabid Beast is the metal passion project defined, a pairing of longtime thrash fans who have made their way in other styles, but could no...

Horror of the Zombies is not much of an evolution upon its older sibling Ultimo Mondo Cannibale , which is to say that it remains the most...

If you had seen or experienced some of the crazy low temperatures these Chicagoans had experienced during the cold snap of 2018-19, then y...

Energy Vampires are an interesting little obscurity from the Midwest who published an album-length demo back in 1991, to little or no fan...

It's important to note that I'm coming at Hail Satan in reverse, having already been smitten with both of Drug Honkey 's late...

Cardiac Arrest  is another of those hard working Midwestern acts which never seems to quite catch a break or generate a ton of buzz despit...

The biggest crime committed by Autumnal Equinox is that it's just so aesthetically scatterbrained, where from appearances alone it lo...

2012's Ghost in the Fire was such an overwhelming paean to human suffering that I doubted in advance there was any 'lower' pl...

One of the reasons Morgue Supplier is one of the most exciting death/grindcore mutations to explode from the States in the 21st century i...

On its surface, Death Curse really seemed like an album I was bound to enjoy. Razorback has, in my estimation, a pretty good ear for the ...

Many readers will likely recall the Chicago tyrants Usurper , who were more or less a crushing 90s amalgamation of Celtic Frost and Venom...

Dan Klein is the sort of musician who pisses me off (in a good way), because the guy's a beast on just about every instrument he lays ...

Executioner looks to be another of those ultra violent comedy 'toons in the vein of Metalocalypse, Superjail! , and the ill-fated Kor...

Had Fleshgrind delivered an album that improved upon The Seeds of Abysmal Torment as much as that had vaulted past Destined for Defileme...