DEAD METAL

Worm has been featured quite heavily in the past . Aside from anything else, the last two full-lengths topped our 2020 and 2021 end-of-year lists. So hopes are high going into this one; and judging by the preview track (which can be found below) those hopes are not misplaced. Bluenothing is a four track EP/mini-album, which apparently clocks in at twenty-six minutes. Out 28th October, on 20 Buck Spin, it can be pre-ordered here .

Sororicide  ( Iceland ) - The Entity  ( Platonic, 1991 ): Purtenance  ( Finland ) -  Member Of Immortal Damnation ( Drowned, 1992 ): Benediction ( UK ) - Dark Is The Season ( Nuclear Blast, 1992 ): Gutted ( US ) - Gutted ( Loud N Local/New Millennium Vibrations, 1997 ):

Hailing from the UK, Vaticinal Rites is a brand new band. This self-titled debut offering only has four tracks, and clocks in at under 12 minutes, but it demands several listens every time you put it in the player. Flawless death metal; it would have made our 2021 end-of-year list if we had discovered it sooner. Redefining Darkness/Caligari have released it on CD (and a very cool slimline jewel case CD it is too); and cassettes are available from Dry Cough. You can stream this exceptional EP below, and pick up a copy here . Hopes are very high indeed for the forthcoming full-length.

Judas Iscariot was an American one man black metal band. The project was active for ten years (1992-2002), and made a big impression on the scene. The output from 1997 onwards is particularly worthy of your time. ...and if we were to recommend just two albums, it would most definitely be 1997's Heaven in Flames and 2002's  To Embrace The Corpses Bleeding . You can familiarise yourself with both of those releases below.

Megadeth   – Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! ( Combat, 1985 ) Nuclear Assault  – Survive ( Under One Flag, 1988 ) Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death ( Avanzada Metalica, 1990 ) Nuclear Assault – Out Of Order (Under One Flag, 1991 ) Morbid Saint – Destruction System   (self-released, 1992 ) Megadeth  - The Sick, The Dying... And The Dead! (Universal/Tradecraft, 2022 )