Unfathomable Ruination

Unexpectance – Solus Ipse

By Kenstrosity on January 14, 2026 in Reviews, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, 41 comments

“Spanish metalcore/melodeath quintet Unexpectance lived up to their name when I encountered them for the first time in 2022, boasting a remarkably meaty and riff-packed assault on their sophomore effort Vortex. After recruiting a new drummer, a new vocalist, and a new lead guitarist, their upcoming salvo Solus Ipse threatens to sound quite a bit different, despite tapping similar Dante-centric philosophical wells for its theme. This potential shift didn’t hamper my interest, however, as their chunky, groovy songwriting held up quite well over time.” No one expects the unexpectance.

ByoNoiseGenerator – Subnormal Dives [Things You Might Have Missed 2025]

By Kenstrosity on December 18, 2025 in Reviews, Things You Might Have Missed 2025, Death Metal, Grind, Mathcore, Technical Death Metal, 62 comments

“Me, falling in love with a jazzgrind record? Of all the things that surprised me this year, that takes the cake by a wide margin. Of course, it follows that the band responsible for this change of heart is no less than my (formerly) least favorite act in the turboniche subgenre, Russia’s ByoNoiseGenerator.” Panic at the jazzgrind emporium.

AMG Turns 15: Middle Management Speaks

By Carcharodon on May 25, 2024 in AMG Turns 15, 90 comments

AMG middle management are a bunch of grasping, entitled prima donnas. It will be great fun hearing what AMG means to them on this somber 15-year milestone. And for the last time, there will be NO bonuses this year!

Revulsed – Cerebral Contamination Review

By Kenstrosity on December 14, 2023 in Reviews, Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, 21 comments

“Eight years ago, Australian brutal death duo Revulsed dropped one of the most overlooked slabs of quality murderizing, Infernal Atrocity. Dripping with grimy licks, slithering riffs, and enough pinch harmonics to pop your nipples right off your torso, Infernal Atrocity demanded the attention of all who would encounter it. The fact that it was the band’s debut outing makes it only that much more impressive. Now it’s 2023, going on 2024. Revulsed found their way into Everlasting Spew’s roster, and at long last sophomore follow-up Cerebral Contamination prepares for ultimate unleashment.” Irresistable revulsion.

Ominous Scriptures – Rituals of Mass Self-Ignition

By Dear Hollow on February 3, 2023 in Reviews, Blackened Death Metal, Death Metal, 38 comments

“I don’t know what I’m doing here. I liked the title – I thought it sounded cool. Belarus is fun to say. You all know by now that I am not a brutal death kinda guy, so this will be a learning experience for everyone. Slams, crunchy riffs, sticky production, and a vocalist from hell combine for maximum vitriol, and I have never felt so bewildered in my life. How did we end up in track eight? We were just listening to track two. I’ve got my work cut out for me.” Death in effect.

Faceless Burial – Speciation Review

By Kronos on August 3, 2020 in 2020, Reviews, Death Metal, 82 comments

“Sometimes you know within seconds that an album is going to absolutely rule. I knew it when I heard the chimes in Desolate Endscape. I knew it when I heard the first riff of “Cognitive Sedation Butchery.” This time I knew it when I heard three notes – guitar, bass, and snare – and fell into a tetanic stupor, fists clenched in ecstasy, tongue projected out to the state line. Faceless Burial just made a modern classic in old school death metal.” Endangering species.

Decrepid – Endless Sea of Graves Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on July 6, 2020 in Reviews, Death Metal, 18 comments

“Decrepid is a death metal band from the UK. Predictably, I didn’t guess that on my first listen to Endless Sea of Graves wherein, like any responsible critic, I ignored every digital square inch of promo material the label sent me. Decrepid sound American to my ears, taking most of their songwriting cues from Immolation, Incantation, and Monstrosity and their production cues from Morrisound.” Death over nations.