Progressive Death Metal

Xenobiotic – Dante Review

Xenobiotic – Dante Review

By Kronos on March 7, 2026 in Reviews, Death Metal, Deathcore, 25 comments

“You haven’t lived until you’ve heard an Australian recite Dante. Once a niche ritual available only to the geographically privileged, everyone’s somethingth-favorite Australian prog-death band Xenobiotic are using their aptly titled third LP to democratize access to this sonorous phenomenon, and some other sonorous phenomena to boot, familiar to those acquainted with much-lauded sophomore effort Mordrake. The band’s adventurous efforts are well-suited to epic literature, and, as for the subject matter, recall that this is a death metal record.” Hell is here.

Dyed in Grey – Harbinger Review

Dyed in Grey – Harbinger Review

By ClarkKent on February 5, 2026 in Reviews, Death Metal, Progressive Metal, 27 comments

“For progressive death metal acts, the shadow of the masters, Opeth looms large. Yet some recent progressive death acts, like Iotunn, Tómarúm, and Dvne, have carved their own paths in the genre. When Dyed in Grey released their debut, The Abandoned Part, in 2013, Opeth was charting a course into pure prog sans death metal. I only mention Opeth because Dyed in Grey’s brand of prog death sees clear influences in the titans of the genre, though with a more technical, improvisational imprint.” Grey and fancy.

Sallow Moth – Mossbane Lantern [Things You Might Have Missed 2025]

Sallow Moth – Mossbane Lantern [Things You Might Have Missed 2025]

By Grin Reaper on December 21, 2025 in Things You Might Have Missed 2025, Death Metal, 29 comments

“I don’t know if Garry Brents is the busiest person in metal, but he’s active enough that I worry for his work-life balance. In 2025 alone, Brents cranked out releases for multiple projects, including Sallow Moth’s latest platter, Mossbane Lantern. This is death metal for purveyors of the unrepentantly weird, especially those who indulge in sci-fi and fantasy.” Leave the lantern on.

AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö: Blindfolded – What Seeps through Threads

AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö: Blindfolded – What Seeps through Threads

By Dolphin Whisperer on December 19, 2025 in Angry Metal Guy's Unsigned Band Rodeo, Death Metal, 22 comments

“AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö” is a time-honored tradition to showcase the most underground of the underground—the unsigned and unpromoted. This collective review treatment continues to exist to unite our writers in boot or bolster of the bands who remind us that, for better or worse, the metal underground exists as an important part of the global metal scene. The Rodeö rides on.” Blindfolded and led to the Rodeö.

Citadel – Descension [Things You Might Have Missed 2025]

Citadel – Descension [Things You Might Have Missed 2025]

By Kenstrosity on November 14, 2025 in Reviews, Things You Might Have Missed 2025, Blackened Death Metal, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, 82 comments

“2025 has been a banner year for the long form in my book. With such high-ranking triumphs from Tómarúm, An Abstract Illusion, and Flummox in rotation, you’d think there wouldn’t be any time left for another. Yet, New Jersey trio Citadel dropped the lush and dramatic Descension upon the Earth back in late March, and it’s never left my rotation since.” Fortress of goodness.

Wretched – Decay Review

Wretched – Decay Review

By Dear Hollow on October 21, 2025 in Reviews, Deathcore, Melodic Death Metal, 19 comments

“Wretched has always been a strange beast, incorporating the heft of deathcore with the technicality and atmosphere of more progressive acts. While breakout album (and my introduction to the band) Beyond the Gate was an elegantly elegiac deathcore album, swaying between the patient sprawls of “Birthing Sloth” and the bouncy chugs of “My Carrion,” follow-ups Sons of Perdition and Cannibal reflected the changing of the guard at vocals, as Glass Casket frontman Adam Cody injected an unhinged frenetic energy that had the band flirting with grind and thrash. Decay is an important album, released eleven years after its predecessor and existing as a return to form for a band that never had a slump.” Time, decay, and wretchedness.

In Mourning – The Immortal Review

In Mourning – The Immortal Review

By Kenstrosity on August 28, 2025 in Reviews, Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, 92 comments

“Swedish sadboi staples In Mourning have had quite the journey over the 25 years since their founding. From the early days of doom-laden, gothic-tinged pall to the current era of dramatic, crooning melodic death, In Mourning’s trajectory arcs over one of the more unsung careers in a world filled with Insomniums, Be’lakors, and Omnium Gatherums. Yet, theirs is the one that stuck with me.” The smell of melodeath in the mourning.

Clairvoyance – Chasm of Immurement Review

Clairvoyance – Chasm of Immurement Review

By Maddog on July 27, 2025 in Reviews, Death Doom, Death Metal, Progressive Death, 26 comments

“Yes, I picked this up entirely because of its cover. Girardi’s gorgeous spiral of tombstones and skeletons conjures vintage highbrow death metal of the likes of Death. The title Chasm of Immurement grasps at brutal badassery in the vein of Suffocation’s Effigy of the Forgotten. Clairvoyance’s logo remains indecipherable even if you know the band’s name, suggesting kvltness galore. The promo materials describe lyrics that address the isolating effects of depression, foreshadowing a harrowing listen. In isolation, each of these judgments strikes at the truth but glances off. Chasm of Immurement is the debut album from Poland’s Clairvoyance, an unknown band comprising unknown musicians. Lying at the intersection of brainless death-doom and brainiac digressions, Chasm of Immurement is a powerful foray into death metal.” Are you not immured?