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Cattle Decapitation has gore-grind roots, but over time the band has added sonic variety and song length to the point that it’s basically playing technical death metal (Cephalic Carnage falls into the same “über technical grind” camp). 2004’s Humanure experimented with varied tempos and ambient bits; Karma. Bloody. Karma (on Metal Blade) takes that three […]

Morbid Saint was a thrash band from Sheboygan, WI that released one album, Spectrum of Death. In 1989, a small Mexican label, Avanzada Metallica, put out the album, which Grind Core reissued in 1991. The band also recorded a set of demos called Destruction System, which Keltic packaged together with Spectrum of Death into one […]

Mastodon and Iron Maiden reviews are now up at Stylus.

When I heard that Terrorizer had reformed and would release a new album, I was both surprised and excited. This group was known for two things – a single album, 1989’s World Downfall (which was actually recorded after the band broke up), and its famous alumni. Guitarist Jesse Pintado moved to England and joined Napalm […]