OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Short Review: Barracuda - Barracuda #heavymetal #metalsky wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/09/barr...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comBarracuda--Barracuda (CD/LP/CS) (2026 Independent)Here we have classic heavy metal from Germany with solid vocals and playing. This is very much in the vein of 80s European metal, with a lit... 021
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Short Review: Devil Master - Bloody Dreams #blackmetal #punk #blackmetalsky #metalsky wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/09/devi...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comDevil Master--Bloody Dreams (CD/LP/CS) (2026 Relapse Records)This is the third album from this black metalpunk band. At the heart of their sound is second-wave black metal, but it's laid overtop a punk... 031
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Review: Sanguine Count / Pagan Warmoon - Ancient Hate Follows It's Path (Split) #blackmetal #blackmetalsky #metalsky painfulrealityzine.blogspot.com/2026/09/sang...painfulrealityzine.blogspot.com 011
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Review: Ninth Realm - Damnation's Veil #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky #thrashmetal ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/09/revi...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comReview: Ninth Realm--Damnation's Veil (CD/LP) (2026 Transcending Obscurity Records)tometal.com 10/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS A lot of folks first hear the thrash and hardcore in Ninth Realm's influences, but I hear and feel ... 151
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Review: Abyssal Evisceration - Bleeding Through #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/09/abys...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comAbyssal Evisceration--Bleeding Through (Digital) (2026 Obscurity Records)obscurityrecords1.bandcamp.com 8/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS The Archives tells me next to nothing about this band, other than they're signed ... 010
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Review: Dart - Speed Days #speedmetal #metalsky #punk wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/08/dart...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comDart - Speed Days (LP) (2025 Agipunk Records)Dart from Finland have chosen to mix speed metal and hardcore punk and have churned out quite the record. It comes off sounding like an ampe... 020
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Review: Desecresy - The Secret of Death #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/dese...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comDesecresy--The Secret of Death (CD/LP/CS) (2026 Xtreem Music)xtreemmusic.com 7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS When Desecresy first hit the scene back in 2010 or so, I knew it was going to be a special and i... 020
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Review: Morgarath - Onward to Extermination #deathmetal #blackmetal #deathmetalsky #blackmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/morg...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comMorgarath--Onward to Extermination (CD) (2026 Independent)morgarath-dt.bandcamp.com 7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Morgarath from Poland play a delightfully rough and morbid mixture of black, death, an... 010
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Review: Nocturnal Corruptor - Obscuring the Hecatomb #blackmetal #blackmetalsky #metalsky wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/08/noct...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comNocturnal Corruptor--Obscuring the Hecatomb (CD) (2026 Independent)This is rather raw black metal with a distinctly US feel to it, and it comes to us from Oklahoma. Mainly big, open riffs are used, with lots... 010
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Review: Feretro - The Mortuary Destiny of Flesh #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/fere...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comFeretro--The Mortuary Destiny of Flesh (CD) (2025 Nihilistic Holocaust Records)nihilisticholocaustrecs.bandcamp.com 8/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Feretro have finally delivered a full length after a long stretch of demos ... 030
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Review: Obstruktion - The End Takes Form #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky #hardcore ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/obst...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comObstruktion--The End Takes Form (LP) (2025 Suicide Records)suiciderecords.se 6/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Obstruktion from Sweden play an absolutely seamless melding of death metal and metallic, disso... 010
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Review: Goddess - Ritual of the Cloven Hoof #doommetal #metalsky wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/08/godd...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comGoddess--Ritual of the Cloven Hoof (CD/LP) (2026 Majestic Mountain Records)Goddess is a recently renamed band from Sweden (they were formerly Goatess and had three full lengths under that name, and I personally thin... 011
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Review: Gravety - Of Cults and Chaos #heavymetal #metalsky #doommetal wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/08/grav...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comGravety--Of Cults and Chaos (CD/LP) (2026 Barhill Records)Ah, yes, epic heavy metal. It's one of my favorite things on planet Earth, and right up there with death metal as far as satisfying my metal... 022
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Review: Chaos Inception - Vengeance Evangel #deathmetalsky #deathmetal #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/chao...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comChaos Inception--Vengeance Evangel (CD) (2025 Lavadome Productions)lavadome.org 9/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS I've been a fan of Chaos Inception for a long time, and of their predecessor Fleshtized before that... 031
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Review: Protrusion - The Last Suppuration (10/10!!!!) #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/prot...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comProtrusion--The Last Suppuration (CD) (2026 Sevared Records)www.sevared.com 10/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS A new band comprised of scene veterans, Protrusion explodes from the Indiana underground with t... 011
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Review: One Day in Fukushima - The Shameful Eighteen #grindcore #deathmetalsky #deathmetal #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/one-...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comOne Day in Fukushima--The Shameful Eighteen (CD/LP) (2025 Global Help Records/Jungle Noise Records)globalhelprecords.com 8/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS One Day in Fukushima play furious grindcore that borders on deathgrind at times. They mana... 011
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Review: Horrid Mass - Nauseating Ecstatic Degeneration #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/horr...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comHorrid Mass--Nauseating Ecstatic Degeneration (CD/LP) (2026 Memento Mori Records/Night Terrors Records)memento-mori.es 7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS This is the first full length from Milwaukee's death merchants Horrid Mass, following up a demo ... 030
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Review: Wharflurch - Mycodeath and Rebirth in the Outer Clusters #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/whar...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comWharflurch--Mycodeath and Rebirth in the Outer Clusters (CD/LP/CS) (2026 Personal Records/Gurgling Gore Records)personal-records.com gurglinggore.com 10/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS After a remarkably prolific several years (2020-2024), this is the first ... 021
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Review: Miscreation - Miscreation #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/misc...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comMiscreation--Miscreation (CD) (2026 Independent)miscreation.bandcamp.com 7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Miscreation hail from Germany and play straightforward death metal with quality. They f... 021
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Review: Torpor - Dungeon Descent #blackmetal #blackmetalsky #heavymetal #metalsky wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/08/torp...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comTorpor--Dungeon Descent (CD/LP) (2026 Dying Victims Productions)Torpor from Poland have concocted something quite unique and original, being black metal musically but heavy metal vocally, with epic melodi... 002
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Review: Brainbath - Headhunted GET YOUR ASS TO BANDCAMP AND BUY THIS. 10/10. #deathmetalsky #deathmetal #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/brai...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comBrainbath--Headhunted (CD/LP/CS) (2026 Independent)brainbathdm.bandcamp.com 10/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland comes Brainbath, who play death metal firmly grounded i... 030
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Review: Demonic Manifestation - Grimshrine #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/demo...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comDemonic Manifestation--Grimshrine (CD) (2026 Personal Records)personal-records.com 6/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Demonic Manifestation play heavy as fuck death metal from Mexico with a dose of darkness co... 020
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Review: Nothingness - Godslaughter #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/noth...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comNothingness--Godslaughter (CD/CS) (2026 Everlasting Spew Records)everlastingspew.com 6/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Nothingness has returned with a third full length, but this is my first encounter with the b... 010
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Review: Expiatoria - A History in Three Acts #doommetal #heavymetal #metalsky wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/08/expi...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comExpiatoria--A History in Three Acts (CD) (2026 Diamonds Production)This is the second full length from this band that apparently began its life in 1987 and released a spate of demos and EPs up until their fi... 013
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Review: Coffin Hunters - Cosmic Dawn #heavymetal #metalsky wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/08/coff...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comCoffin Hunters--Cosmic Dawn (CD/LP) (2026 Independent)Coffin Hunters play a unique form of heavy metal that mixes the sounds of the '70s with more modern heavy metal tropes. Think 1970s Judas Pr... 001
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Review: Horror Paradise - Dominio Inhumano #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/horr...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comHorror Paradise--Dominio Inhumano (CD) (2026 Concreto Records)concretorecs.com 7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS This is very much brutal death metal in the Suffocation style, with playful riffs and tons of t... 001
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Review: Sinister Void - By Rot and Shrapnel #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/sini...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comSInister Void--By Rot and Shrapnel (CD) (2026 Metal Race Records)metalrace.com 9/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Sinister Void play completely heads-down death thrash that reminds me of the best of the late '80s... 021
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Review: Stonecast - Expand Crimson Chaos #heavymetal #metalsky wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/08/ston...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comStonecast--Expand Crimson Chaos (CD) (2026 Pitch Black Records)Hailing from France, this is the band's fourth full length of darkly melodic heavy metal with a slight gothic tinge. It's also their third r... 001
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Review: Neurologic Pathology - Born of Pathology #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/08/neur...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comNeurologic Pathology--Born of Pathology (CD) (2026 Pathologically Explicit Recordings)pathologicallyexplicitrecords.com 7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Here we have brutal death metal in the vein of Suffocation and Dying Fetus tha... 011
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Review: Doctrine of Gore - Blood Sacrifice #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/07/doct...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comDoctrine of Gore--Blood Sacrifice (CS) (2026 Independent)doctrineofgore.bandcamp.com 5/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS After opening with a Goblin-esque intro, we get four tracks of decently crafted and ... 010
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Review: Dripping Decay - Ripping Remains #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/07/drip...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comDripping Decay--Ripping Remains (CD/LP) (2024 Satanik Royalty Records)satanikroyaltyrecords.com 6/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS I thought I'd give this a review even though it appears the band has split up since th... 020
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Review: Crypts of Golgotha - Disemboded in the Arms of Perdition #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/07/cryp...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comCrypts of Golgotha--Disembodied in the Arms of Perdition (LP) (2026 Return Trip Records)returntriprecords.bandcamp.com 3/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Crypts of Golgotha return with their first full length, but overall it's a pretty... 000
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Review: Speeslut - Cimbrian Rites #thrashmetal #speedmetal #blackmetal #blackmetalsky wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/07/spee...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comSpeedslut--Cimbrian Rites (CD/LP/CS) (2026 Listenable Records)This band from Denmark has blown me away, just flooring me with their black speed metal attack. From the '80s Metallica- and Slayer-isms to ... 000
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Review: Lithopaedia - Inferno #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/07/lith...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comLithopaedia--Inferno (Digital) (2026 New Standard Elite)lithopaedia-ca.bandcamp.com 7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Lithopaedia from LA play a groove-forward style of brutal death metal that I found q... 020
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Review: Venomous Invokation - Diabolic Death Metal #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/07/veno...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comVenomous Invokation--Diabolic Death Metal (CD) (2026 Crow's Nest Records)crowsnest22.bigcartel.com 5/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Venomous Invokation hail from Nashville, TN, and they arise with a new demo with a tit... 022
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Review: Hating Life - Revenge from Beyond #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/06/hati...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comHating Life--Revenge from Beyond (CD/LP) (2026 Pulverised Records)pulverised.net 7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS From Spain comes this Swedish-style death metal band, a band I was interested in because they nam... 022
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Review: Iron Kobra - Eternal Dagger #heavymetal #speedmetal #metalsky wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/06/iron...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comIron Kobra--Eternal Dagger (CD/LP/CS) (2026 Dying Victims Productions)The fantastically absurd science fiction cover of this record caught my attention immediately. A woman with a laser gun riding a tiger on a ... 010
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Review: Cemetery Echo - Civitas Lacrimarum #gothicmetal #heavymetal #metalsky wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/06/ceme...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comCemetery Echo--Civitas Lacrimarum (CD/LP) (2026 Seeing Red Records)Here's something I don't review all the time - gothic metal. The reason I chose this to review is that this isn't a typical gothic metal rec... 021
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Review: Endseeker - Coffin Born #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/06/ends...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comEndseeker--Coffin Born (CD/LP) (2026 Metal Blade Records)www.metalblade.com 7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS It's been three years since last we heard from Endseeker, one of the better of the crop of HM... 031
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Review: Haserot - Advent of Suffering #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/06/hase...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comHaserot--Advent of Suffering (CD/LP) (2026 Redefining Darkness Records)www.redefiningdarkness.com 8/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Texas has a hell of a scene, and Haserot from Houston are no exception to the quality... 011
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Review: Axe - Autogeddon #blackmetal #thrashmetal #blackmetalsky #metalsky wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/06/axe-...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comAxe--Autogeddon (CS) (2026 Caligari Records)Black thrash bands tend to be a dime a dozen, and they're often fairly interchangeable. Enter Axe with their Autogeddon demo, a solid slab ... 022
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Review: Serpent Corpse - Retaliate #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/06/serp...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comSerpent Corpse--Retaliate (CD/10") (2025 Transcending Obscurity Records)tometal.com 8/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Again I must say it. I really enjoy some of the bands infusing death metal with metallic hardcore, e... 010
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Review: Vomepotro - Fall Into Decay #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/06/vome...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comVomepotro--Fall Into Decay (CD) (2026 Brutal Mind Records)brutal-mind.com 8/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS It's been seventeen years since Vomepotro graced our ears with a record, and it's a welcome retu... 020
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 22/06/2026It reminds me of their 90s releases for sure. A good throwback! They never change and I never want them to. 020
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Review: Sarcoughagus - Remnants #deathmetal #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/06/sarc...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comSarcoughagus--Remnants (CD/LP) (2024 Rotted Life Records)rottedlife.com 7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS Coming from my former home state of Ohio is Sarcoughagus, giving us some damn fine death metal. T... 030
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 21/06/2026It really is a unique record, and a fine one. 010
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Review: Khemmis - Khemmis #doommetal #heavymetal #metalsky wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.com/2026/06/khem...wintertormentwebzine.blogspot.comKhemmis--Khemmis (CD/LP) (2026 Nuclear Blast Records)It's uncommon for a band to name their fifth album after themselves - it's usually a statement made earlier in a band's career, typically on... 032
OMINOUS VOMIT @ominousvomit.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Review: No Shelter - Remission/Resolve #deathmetal #hardcore #deathmetalsky #metalsky ovdeathmetal.blogspot.com/2026/06/no-s...ovdeathmetal.blogspot.comNo Shelter--Remission/Resolve (LP/CS) (2026 This Charming Man Records)thischarmingmanrecords.com 7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS No Shelter has mixed a base of Swedish-style death metal with metallic hardcore and i... 120
