DEAD METAL

01 Worm - Gloomlord (Iron Bonehead) 02  Old Tower  - Seelenasche /  The Last Eidolon  / Plague Harvest (Various) 03  Beast Of Revelation  -  The Ancient Ritual Of Death  (Iron Bonehead) 04  Sodom  -  Genesis XIX  (Nuclear Blast) 05  Carcass  -  Despicable  (Nuclear Blast) 06  Scour  - Black (Housecore/Nuclear Blast) 07  Transcendence  -  Towards Obscurities Beyond  (Blood Harvest) 08  Soulskinner  -  Seven Bowls of Wrath  (Xtreem) 09  Necrot  -  Mortal  (Tankcrimes) 10  Ringarë - Sorrow Befell  (Iron Bonehead) *edit* Incantation - Sect Of Vile Divinities should have made this list

Infernal Dominon is a death metal band from Houston, Texas. Formed in 1999, this is their one-and-only full-length. As you can probably tell from the cover, Salvation Through Infinite Suffering (Corpse Gristle/TXDM Underground, 2000) has some satanic overtones. Neither underproduced nor overproduced, it's a 'brutal' affair; but it stands head and shoulders above the average brutal death metal offering - excellent chugging riffs, solid guttural vocals... What perhaps stands out about it the most is the superb drumming, courtesy of Charles 'Dobber' Beverly - who now plays in a very similar style for outstanding newcomers  Malignant Altar (and who also plays in  Necrofier, amongst other bands). The 2009 Burning Dogma reissue is particularly recommended, since it boasts all of the non-album recordings as bonus tracks; not to mention a nice red jewel case. You can hear it below, and hunt down a copy here .

Skarpseian ‎ – Skygge Slottet ( GV Sound, 2013 ): Skarpseian ‎ –  Tan Gil   ( GV Sound, 2014 ): Grimrik - Eisreich ( Deivlforst, 2014 ): Grimrik ‎– Die Mauern Der Nac ht ( Deivlforst, 2015 ): Spectral Kingdom ‎– I - III ( Deivlforst, 2018 ): Blood Lord - Unwelcome Guests ( Dungeons Deep, 2019 ): *edit*  The Bloodstained Keep  is also well worth checking Kosmorik ‎– Voyage Of Discovery ( Deivlforst, 2019 ): Forgotten Ghost / Snarling Clearing ‎– Empyreal Sorrow  ( Realm & Ritual, 2020 ): Quest Master - Lost Songs Of Distant Realms, Complete Collection ( Out Of Season, 2020 ):

This post focuses on the four Gorgoroth albums that we feel we can wholeheartedly recommend. These Norwegian black metal titans got together in 1992 and are still active today. There have been plenty of member changes in the band's history, though... Original vocalist Hat only features on the debut (Pentagram) and half of the sophomore effort (Antichrist) - since he was replaced during its recording by Pest. Antichrist is a cohesive work in spite of the division of vocal duties, perhaps even surpassing the debut, but both are outstanding  Bathory -influenced offerings. Pentagram ( Embassy/Wild Rags, 1994 ): Antichrist ( Malicious, 1996 ): Pest later went on to be replaced by controversial figure Gaahl; but returned for 2009's outstanding comeback album, Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt (as well as the impressive 2011 re-recording Of Under The Sign Of Hell ). 2015's Instinctus Bestialis is also well worth picking it up; but you guessed it - it features a different vo