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Phalloplasty – Systematic Mutilation (Gore House Productions, 2014)
Los Angeles, CA’s Gore House Productions has one of the most insane release schedules of any of the independent labels I regularly work with. Seriously, they pump out such a constant stream of...
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7 H. Target – 0.00 Apocalypse (Sevared Records, 2014)
What the hell is going on over in Russia? Over the past several years, the country has become a hotbed for slam/brutal death metal, as evidenced by the likes of Abominable Putridity, Traumatomy,...
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Swine Overlord – Parables of Umbral Transcendence (Gore House Productions, 2014)
“Mature” probably isn’t the first word that comes to mind when one thinks of brutal death metal, hell it probably isn’t the five-hundredth word one thinks of. But I’ll be damned if Parables of Umbral...
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A word on brutality.
Brutal death metal bands often get accused of promoting misogyny and violence. I was thinking about this the other day while listening to Abusing Dismembered Beauties, the third and most recent album...
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Cannibal Corpse – A Skeletal Domain (Metal Blade Records, 2014)
As much as I’ve championed brutal death metal here at THKD lately, I’d be remiss not to review the latest album from Cannibal Corpse, the proverbial granddaddies of ‘em all. I mean, I think we can all...
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Party Cannon – Partied in Half (Gore House Productions, 2014)
Before I ever heard even a single note from Scotland’s Party Cannon, I loved their shtick. With their Toys ‘R’ Us-esque logo and song titles like “There’s a Reason You’re Single” and “Tyrone, You Put...
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Cuff – Transient Suffering Through the Ergosphere (Gore House Productions, 2014)
Just when I think I have Gore House Productions all figured out, they start throwing wicked curve balls late in the year. First came the oddly progressive debut full length from Swine Overlord, then...
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Bloodscribe – Prologue to the Apocalypse (Gore House Productions, 2015)
It’s been a quiet year so far on the slam/brutal death metal front here at THKD. I get a serious hankering for this shit every so often, and due to the lack of promos I have to admit I’ve been...
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Hideous Rebirth – Completely Devoured (Gore House Productions, 2015)
Gore House Productions is on a mission to brutalize the living hell out of 2015. First they pummeled us to a pulp with Bloodscribe’s Prologue to the Apocalypse, now they’re stomping the bloody remains...
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Oodles of Brutals IV: Brutal-Fu, da Return
Holy shit you guys, I haven’t done one of these brutal/tech/slam death metal roundup features since 2014! Wasn’t this supposed to be a semi-regular feature?! I guess 2014 was also the year that I...
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New Cystic Dysentery tracks!
Back in 2012, Jacksonville’s Cystic Dysentery released Culture of Death, one of my favorite under-the-radar brutal death metal albums of the last five years. Indeed, the band’s debut displays their...
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Serial Butcher – Brute Force Lobotomy (Unique Leader, 2015)
I damn near passed on checking out Serial Butcher. On the surface, everything about the band’s second album Brute Force Lobotomy, from the title to the cover art, screams run-of-the-mill brutal death...
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