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8.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 25, 2026 493 1 2

Spanish Caustic is, admittedly, a name that had slipped past me until now, despite a career reaching back to the early nineties. What they deliver on Inner Deflagration is unapologetically classic death metal: blasting drums, thick, heavy riffing, and some surprisingly tasteful lead guitar...

CRIMSON GLORY Chasing The Hydra Hot

9.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 30, 2026 213 1 2

Crimson Glory may have been formed as far back as 1983, but their career path has been anything but straightforward, marked by lengthy periods of silence followed by sporadic resurrections. The current incarnation of the band, active since 2023, brings together founding members Jeff...

CORONER Dissonance Theory

9.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 27, 2026 155 1 2

Although Coroner have been active since the early eighties, they’ve always been one of those bands I knew of but never fully explored. I’ve likely encountered some of their early material in passing, but never with the attention it deserved. If their previous four...

COMMUNIC Hiding From The World Hot

9.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 11, 2026 2245 1 2

Some bands never seem to run out of inspiration, and Communic is firmly among that rare group. Hiding From the World marks their sixth full‑length album, their second release through AFM Records, and once again they deliver a level of consistency that has become...

CONCEPTION State Of Deception Hot

7.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 11, 2026 3042 1 2

Some releases are simply harder to review than others, and State of Deception is certainly one of them. The reason is straightforward: Conception is a band that has given me mixed emotions over the years. I was a huge admirer of their first three...

CRAFTING THE CONSPIRACY The Cosmic Key, pt. 1 Hot

8.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 2898 1 2

Crafting The Conspiracy is a new acquaintance to me, heading from Odessa, Texas and they promote themselves as a melodic death metal band. I would probably rather file them as deathcore, but of course with elements of both melodic- and more brutal death metal....

CANDLEMASS The Door To Doom Hot

9.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 2434 1 2

Swedish doom legends Candlemass returns with their first studio album in seven years, and it also marks the return of singer Johan Längquist to the line-up. As most of you probably already know Längquist was the man behind the microphone on their legendary 1986...

COGNITIVE Matricide Hot

9.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 3196 1 2

Cognitive's 2016 album 'Deformity' was frequently played at my home around it's release, and now the New Jersey based tehcnical death metal force are back with the follow up which is their third studio album and their second for Unique Leader Records. Cognitive's style...

CORPSESSED Impetus Of Death Hot

7.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 2633 1 2

'Impetus Of Death' is the title of second full length album from Finnish death metal act Corpsessed, following up their 2014 debut. Their sound and style is pretty well rooted in the old school segment of the genre, with references to the early nineties....

CANNIBAL CORPSE Red Before Black Hot

9.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 14, 2018 2845 1 2

Genre defining death metal veterans Cannibal Corpse are finally back with their 14th studio album, and as always they have remained true to the formula that have been their trademark since the very beginning three decades ago. The one thing that really have changed...