Cankered Corpse Pleasure of Mania

Chinese metal seems to blossom so maybe we can have a look at some of its most brutal representatives! Cankered Corpse is actually a band i quite enjoy as they somehow remind me of Brutal Truth ...more in spirit than in tone!...I mean, they play DM but they have that punk "momentum"/attitude in their songs which i find very enjoyable! otherwise it boils down to guttural vox (not overdone), low tuned guitars and blast beats...yummie! (track two has a problem..like skipping a wee bit!)

Cankered Corpse Pleasure of Mania
Genre: Brutal DM/ Grindcore
Tracklist
1. Limbs Grinding
2. Lust of Butcher
3. Who Possess the Dead
4. Mood to Kill
5. Face of Immoral Conduct
6. Final Solution of Morbid Scum
7. Canerous Organ of Sex
8.Rain of Blood Falling From Sky
9. Cutting Throat
10. Grume Bredder
11. Quick Asphyxia
12. Mayhem
13. (Blank)
14. Bloody Festa (Demo)
15. Annihilation (Demo)
16. Deathly Stillness (Demo)
17. Mayhem (Demo)
18. Bloody Corpse (Demo)
19. Quick Asphyxia (Demo)

Cankered Corpse Pleasure of Mania

Аясын Салхи - Coffin Town Under The Moon 2008

Let me bring you to ... Mongolia!! The other day I was watching a movie from that country (pretty cool one entitled Mongol, about the Genghis Khan)...but it would never have occured to me that in this untouched and pristine countryside a DM combo was to be found! Аясын Салхи plays an old style of DM in the line of Krabathor for intance or maybe The Crown / Crown of Thorns...pretty technical with awesome riffage! I don't know if Mongolia has other DM band but this one is well worth a shot believe me! \m/

Ayasiin Salhi - Coffin Town Under The Moon (2008)
Genre:DM
Tracklist:
01. Hummer
02. Ticket to a Death
03. Stab in the Back
04. Torture or Perdition
05. I'd Sooner Die
06. Flame and Flesh
07. Bleeding Heads
08. Coffin Town Under the Moon
09. Blood Sort
10. Brain Growth
11. I Make Space for You
12. Dead Silence
13. Putrefaction
14. Critical Condition
15. Alphabet of Death

Аясын Салхи - Coffin Town Under The Moon

Those Who Bring The Torture - Those Who Bring The Torture [2007]

here's some pretty cool album...old school DM from Sweden..rather rare nowadays to find a good band in that genre! don't look for anything new or original here ..first you'll be really disappointed and second you'd be completely missing the point...old school IS what it means...you know it by heart but still.. it just puts a big grin on your face whenever you hear it! the songs are all rather short, they don't try to overdo it, it's just for fun, to keep the primal spirit alive! =D bearing that in mind, you are ready to ride with them! i dont know much about this band but i really enjoy them...they just play their sh$t and don't give a fu&k! yeah!! \m/ ah ah hey you!! yeah you!!..gimme sum beeers boneheadfuck$r!!!! ^^

Those Who Bring The Torture - Those Who Bring The Torture [2007]
Genre:Old School DM
Tracklist:
# 01. An Affair Of Entrails
# 02. Murdered Thrice
# 03. Filth Bag
# 04. Drudgery At The Graveyard
# 05. Chains And Saws And Chainsaws
# 06. Death Came As A Friend To Them
# 07. Professionally Curing The Disease
# 08. Defiling The Carcass
# 09. Skeletal Cage
# 10. Prone To Penetrate Pus
# 11. Distaste For Odernary Scum
# 12. Never Too Cold For Carnage
# 13. Drilled With A Jackhammer
# 14. Banquet Of The Grotesque
# 15. Shriek
# 16. Sickened Skin Infestation
# 17. Inducing Abomination Residing In Dirt

Those Who Bring The Torture

Vuvr - Pilgrimage (2001)

Welcome to the Czech Republic! not so often that we go there! as you know nowadays metal including jazz/fusion is "quite" common...but here you have to look at this album the other way around...it's jazz including metal...which is far less common, especially when the kind of metal we're dealing with is DM! what's the difference you might wonder? ^^ the difference is that even though it can be really heavy and loud, and a mixture of both genre, some songs are just plain jazz, which might seem a little bit out of step to some listeners! anyway, the guitar work is really impressive with incredible ambiances and intricate melodies...well, enough said i leave you here and let those proficient musicians do the talking! =]

Vuvr - Pilgrimage (2001)
Genre: DM/Fusion/Jazz
Tracklist:
01 Fear
02 Back in Myself
03 Autumn
04 Garden of Consciousness
05 Longing
06 Passion
07 Waves
08 Pilgrim I
09 Surprised by Pleasure
10 Pilgrim II

Vuvr - Pilgrimage

29/09 - La Violence Thérapeutique

Welcome to France again, in the city of Nantes to meet 3 crazy guys! ^^ apparently French like numbers...after 37500... it's now 29/09! a very short album but very interesting IMHO, of course pretty brutal! ^^ packed with loads of energy and a raw sound..a bit like punk actually, 29/09 will not leave you a minute to breathe...the pace of the album is not that quick (there are some pauses here and there!) it's not really a typical grindcore band ...but the songwriting is rather gripping to me!...fells a bit like on a rollercoaster when you cling to the handle with all your strength cause you're afraid of getting chucked out of the car! ah ah....don't forget to snatch and axe as you fall down...they'll be waiting for you down there! =D

29/09 - La Violence Thérapeutique
Genre: Death Metal / Grindcore
Tracklist:
01. Introduction à la violence thérapeutique (introduction to therapeutic violence)
02. Baisez-moi (fuck me)
03. 50205
04. Brûle (burn)
05. Mon ami (my friend)
06. Deux ans (2 years ..or maybe 2 years old)
07. Je te préviens (i warn you)
08. Suicide-toi (commit suicide / kill yourself)
09. La poutre (the beam / the girder)
10. Quand la mer monte (when the sea level rises)

29/09

check out their myspace there is a 1/2 hour video of a gig + visual art performance performed at an art school.

http://www.myspace.com/29thseptember

Sybaritic - Being Human (2009)

This is the first full length released of this band from Atlanta, Georgia. They formed in 2004 and are still unsigned,.. this album was self-released for that matter...I don't know if it's a choice of their own or a consequence of the stupidy of our modern music industry... whatsoever, they re pretty good and I think they deserve some attention from real music freaks! word of mouth is the only way to survive underground! ^^ here we go chuggy rhythms, highly technical and melodical leads, brillinat songwriting ... the songs are consequently never boring...be prepared for an uncontrollable surge of serious headbanging! \m/

Sybaritic - Being Human (2009)
Genre: Thrash/Death
Tracklist:
01.Cremation Of Care
02.War
03.I Am Hate
04.Insanity
05.Fields Of The Dead
06.Enslave and Punish
07.Bloodbath
08.Being Human
09.Discarnate
10.Departed

Line-up:
Dado Zemanic - Vocals/guitar
Adam Gleason - Guitar
David Stich - Bass
Mike Conway - Drums

Being Human

Mithras - Behind the Shadows Lie Madness (2007)

Mithras is a DM band like no other and I must say even though i dont listen to them that much they are one of my all time fav band! first the guitar work is ...well...i dunno...from another planet!lol it's heavy like Morbid Angel but also psychedelic with soundscapes beyond your imagination...like craftmen of old and forgotten times, these lads are blessed with creativity and imagination...they clearly see beyond but i'm not sure they behold madness...maybe it's rather some kind of unknow beauty! \m/

Band:Mithras
Album:Behind the Shadows Lie Madness
Genre: DM (from space!)
Tracklist:
01. The Journey And The Forsaken
02. To Fall From The Heavens
03. Under The Three Spheres
04. Into Black Holes Of Oblivion
05. When The Light Fades Away
06. Behind The Shadows
07. Awaken Man And Stone
08. The Twisted Tower
09. To Where The Sun Never Leaves
10. The Beacon Beckons
11. Thrown Upon The Waves
12. Into The Unknown

Mithras

Fractal Gates - Altered State Of Consciousness (2009)

This is the first album of that band and .... what a beginning! I listened to a lot of DM in my life and that one will stand on the top shelf straightaway as it is really good! this band covers so much ground with its music that it's definitely a pleasure to listen to the songs...none of which will bore you or bring about a feeling of deja-vu! I dont know if there is something like progressive DM but that could be it...like a crossbreed between septic flesh and dark tranquility..in one word ...brilliant! just grab it!^^

Band:Fractal Gates
Album:Altered State Of Consciousness
Genre:DM
Year:2009

Tracklist:
01. Visions I (1:20)
02. Altered State of Consciousness (3:41)
03. Gates to Nebula (5:30)
04. Inertia (4:19)
05. Visions II (0:57)
06. Immersion (5:39)
07. The Eclipse (4:10)
08. Visions III (0:40)
09. Skies of Orion (4:44)
10. The Encounter (4:03)
11. Visions IV (1:04)
12. Illusional Dementia (5:43)
13. Departure (5:49)
14. Visions V (0:49)

Band:
Stéphane Peudupin - Guitars and composition
Sébastien Pierre - Vocals, keyboards and composition
Arnaud Hoarau - Guitar
Antoine Verdier - Bass
Vivien Dumont - Drums

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=0tfp7ewwsc

Fatal - Barbarism 2007

...and the crows eventually flew away as stepping on crushed bones and broken skull strewn upon the ground, the mighty warriors braced themselves awaiting the forthcoming battle! =D That could be the first feeling you have when you listen to the opening track of that album! and it matches exactly the one inside of me as i listen to it and write those lines! ^^
Fatal is a French DM band playing technical chuggy rhythms to which they add melodic leads (even jazzy sometimes). Overall they play a conventional (though complex and intricate)type of DM but they have that little thing which makes their songs different and catchy...hope you like it!

btw I cannot access blogspot but through a proxy...blogspot (as so many other things) is blocked on the mainland....

Band:Fatal
Album:Barbarism
Genre: DM
year: 2007
Tracklist
1. [Mer: Dei Ktusi L'Mut]
2. Killed In Kaptivity
3. Stain Remover
4. Bodies Thrash
5. KYN
6. Ultimate Suffering State
7. The Black Emperor Victory
8. Tribes Ok Khenda
9. Designed To Be Blind
10. Inkutaneus Pakt
11. Apokalust
12. Zhong-Ma Unit

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=mcuwl6fmrn]Forsaken Times

Gargoyle - March of the Heroes (2006)

i'm just back from the south of china where i spent some time in the mountains, but back for a very short while, as i leave again tomorrow morning! so here's a quick play with an awesome band that most of you probably already know... or perhaps it didn't reach south africa or taiwan yet but i very doubt it! ah ah! music-wise it's some war like epic thrash, or perhaps we can call that black-death asskicking oriental-o-frantic! .. whatever, who gives a shit anyway! ^^ it's quite melodic/symphonic, but rather powerful and heavy... sometimes it reminds me of Samael (in their "passage album" period), especially because of the vox but it has a bit more gothic overtones overall... the thing is that i just love all the songs in that album which does not happen that often, so i guess it really qualifies as a brilliant one! hope you dig it, cuz they rox! \m/

Gargoyle - March of the Heroes (2006)
Genre: Death Metal, Black Metal
Tracklist:
1 Disaster of the Silent Shores
2 Dawn at Bosphorus
3 Rain
4 Crying Angel
5 March of the Heroes
6 Homecoming
7 Epilogue

Nothing is everything!

Acephalous - Divine Purity - (2007)

While we're investing brutality, let's have a look at belgium =) they have quite a solid scene regarding metal and Acephalous does nothing to undermine it, quite the opposite! they are not the uttermost original band ever but in they mixed style of Black death metal they are serious candidates, and this is only their debut album if im not mistaken! BM wise (and guitar wise!) they remind me of immortal, their DM side would be more like crown of thorn (or the crown as they must call themselves now). Blasting riffs and crazy mechanical double bass, guttural and scream vox, dark arpeggios...what about a hellish symphony for lunch!? ^^

Acephalous - Divine Purity - (2007)
Genre: DM, BM
Tracklist:
1 Another Dawn, Another Death
2 Bloodfull Moon
3 Divine Purity
4 Red Of Children's Blood
5 Magalomanious Killing
6 Pure Damnation
7 Tears Of Blood
8 Into The Abyss (Instrumental)
9 The Last Black Rose

Rotten from the inside!

In Vain - Wounds 2005

Perhaps this name is familiar to you....anyway this band is difficult to describe...they are violent ...BM type of thing, but also quite technical as would be a grindcore squad of berserkers or a troop of medieval minstrel(!^^) ....and also quite unpredictable! their song are definitely in the vein of progressive stuff, call it 8 bit grindy-death-black-O-blues-folky-matic progressive sort of thing if you want =O ! but they have long tracks in which you have loads of differents and crazy atmosphere...well enough said ...i think they kick ass....what about you? ready to get a thrashing??!


In Vain - Wounds 2005
Genre： any wild guess？ 哈哈
Tracklist：
1 October’s Monody
2 Det Ranker!
3 In Remembrance
4 Epilogue: Elene

Time Warpped！

Illdisposed - The Prestige (2008)

Illdisposed have released their new album recently and at first i was a bit disappointed with it because i thought their were indulging a bit too much in melodical passages, which is not the aim of DM IMHO! but after a few weeks i listened to it again and i completely changed my mind, actually i think this album is very good, and that melody and brutality are very well balanced together... of course it's Illdisposed so they have kept their style ...but their songs are really good with no dead time or floppy moments, and though my fav album remains Submit (and there's something rotten ...and kokaiinum and...! ^^), that one's groovy all along and seriouly kicks ass!

Illdisposed - The Prestige (2008)
Genre: Groovy DM
Tracklist:
01 Let Go
02 The Tension
03 Weak Is Your God
04 Working Class Zero
05 A Song Of Myself
06 Like Cancer
07 Love Is Tasted Bitter
08 She Knows
09 A Child Is Missing
10 The Key To My Salvation
11 ...Your Devoted Slave
12 Ich Bin Verloren In Ber

Denmark's best flavour!

Kristendom - Awakening The Chaos

Kristendom... certainly not a moniker that rings a bell in your mind i guess!lol they are from France and play Death Metal...Awakening the Chaos is their 3rd or fourth album and i think it is their best! if you like it old school or from the 90's, then you'll be on cloud nine! ah ah! it's really groovy and i reckon it's a bit in the vein of six feet under at times from that regard, however, Kristendom's music is far more elborate and entertaining, with layers of synth used here and there to strengthen the feeling of darkness. No revolution here, ...granted.., but who cares?! these lads know their trade for sure, and that's enough for me! enjoy!

Kristendom - Awakening The Chaos
Genre: Death Metal
Tracklist:
01 It's Awakening (Intro)
02 Existence
03 Failure
04 Le Souffle Animal
05 Short Life
06 Death Is Near
07 Welcome
08 Impure
09 Necrodemence
10 W.A.R.
11 Hidden Behind
12 Chaos Theory
13 No More Sunrise (Outro)

Eternal Cycles!

Discard - Carrion (2007)

Though i had plenty to do, i decided to spend my evening reinstalling and playing an old PC RPG game called Baldur's Gate (II)...it's been a while, years actually, since the last time i launched into some of the quests it contains, but nostalgia got a grip on me, and that definitely vivified my fighting spirit! The music in the game is cool, but it was definitely better once i added my own to it! ah ah! indeed i choose Discard as a soundtrack for the epic medieval battles i waged, and i must say i lost none, so this is certainly a good band for that kind of fantastic and heroic venturing! these guys are very groovy and they'll wreak havoc in your head, as a storm in a teapot!lol their chugging riffs will blow like a fresh wind over your face, ...and all of a sudden the sleepy warrior buried deep inside of you will surge and blaze forth with all his might! .... well obviously, one should not overindulge in Baldur's Gate, ...there are side effects!lol Rock on!

Discard - Carrion (2007)
Genre: Thrash Metal / Death Metal
Tracklist:
01 Bleeding Lead
02 Pulse
03 Draconian Measures
04 The True Northern Mindset
05 Bury The Sun
06 The Antagonist
07 Fiend
08 Circles Of Bonedust
09 Demonology
10 Concubine
11 Will Above Will

Dare you, bed wetting little maggot!!!

DevilDriver - The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand 2005

i was introduced to Devildriver by a friend of mine some time ago (hi Raph if you read this! ^^) and i stuck to the band since then! =D indeed these metalheads play really awesome and ballsy songs, ....hearken fan of Impious!, rush to get that one if you don't have it already! equipped with riffs and breakdowns made of steel, that awe inspiring behemoth is gonna trample whatever stand in its way, so don't stand too close to your speakers! ah ah! the music itself is very groovy and catchy, to me it's like a sort of Nu-metal or some stuff in the line of Children of Bodom (minus the keyboard) but with a more aggressive, thrash/death like influence... the whole thing is punctuated with great leads (yummie!), and you can clearly hear that these guys are having all the fun they can! enjoy!

DevilDriver - The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand 2005
Genre: Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Tracklist:
01 End Of The Line
02 Driving Down The Darkness
03 Grinfucked
04 Hold Back The Day
05 Sin And Sacrifice
06 Ripped Apart
07 Pale Horse Apocalypse
08 Just Run
09 Impending Disaster
10 Bear Witness Unto
11 Before The Hangman's Noose
12 The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand

Welcome to Headbangers Fest!

Impious - The Killer 2002

Now that's it, the temperature gives no doubt about it, winter has stepped on our threshold and stand poise, watching and waiting for us! so as a welcome back, i opened my window, put the stereo on the sill and let a blaring hymn waft out in the air! if yours is powerful enough, it may even spread through the pane directly without having to open anything at all...press play, and everything will just be blown away!ah ah cause bare in mind Impious are some serious riffers, and still more on their latest album called Hellucinate (2004) or even Holy Murder Masquerade, released in 2007! i believe they are known to most of you as they have been (and still are!) around for quite a while...but just in case you missed these outstanding thrashers, i play them here! =D the album in itself is not outstanding, the very last one is far better in my view, but it's pretty decent and quite reminds me of The Crown / Crown of Thorns at times... a style which i appreciate much and have always been partial to... enjoy or die!

Impious - The Killer 2002
Genre: Thrash Metal....or is it more like Death!?? ah ah....Ballsy vibes for sure!
Tracklist:
01 Intro
02 Burn The Cross
03 Dead Eyes Open
04 Caught In Flesh
05 The Deathsquad
06 Sick Sex Six
07 The Hitman
08 Kill For Glory
09 Stabbed 69 Times
10 Needles Of Sin
11 Digital Devil

who wants a good thrashing!??

Killwhitneydead - Never Good Enough for You 2004

Most of the time i like it the old-school way, but Kill Whitney Dead is definitely one of those new bands that caught my attention...i hope they caught yours as well! otherwise it's time to catch up with what you've been missing! As often you get into a store and you begin to browse the new stuffs they have and there right in the middle of that shit-load of unproductive followers stand a band with either an eye-catching cover or like it's the case for this band, funny titletracks... they really retained the grindcore spirit for that! the music is also a bit special as they use plenty of sound clips from horror movies or other stuffs, and overall they are really aggressive to woman! but i think it's just for the fun of it, just like those death bands who tend to be sorta clinical in their lyrics! well the album is pretty short but it's a cool one! enjoy!

Killwhitneydead - Never Good Enough for You 2004
Genre: Death, Thrash, Metal
Tracklist:
01 Where There's Smoke
02 I Didn't Know "I Love You" Came With A Knife In The Back
03 Duct Tape & Death Threats
04 Fine & Subtle Art Of Deception, The
05 I Already Have Enough Friends
06 Like You Didn't Hear Me The First Time
07 Love Is Like A Mouth Full Of Broken Glass
08 You Like Knife Play? I Love Knife Play
09 You Will Get Exactly What You Deserve (And Not One Bullet Less)
10 Forgiveness Isn't As Much Fun As Holding A Grudge
11 Broken Hearts Don't Hurt As Much As Broken Bones
12 Bitterness Is A Beautiful Thing
13 She Didn't Look Like She Had A Disease
14 Who Said Alcohol And Handguns Don't Go Great Together?
15 It Ain't Gonna Suck Itself
16 Revenge (My Part Time Lover)
17 Nothing Says "Party" Like Her Head On A Stick

Butchers at work!

Criminal - Dead Soul 1997

Criminal comes from Chile and as you'll hear they are very remiscent of Sepultura's (in their Arise/chaos AD period) and i really love the drumming =D ...so i hope you like sepultura style!lol however Criminal are much heavier than usual thrash as they often sound more like death metal ...though the riff still follow the line of thrash metal all along... the lead parts are also catchy, and squealing! overall, let's just say that it's somewhat "classic" but VERY efficient... just like a good old Napalm Death album!! \m/(([[^^]]))\m/

Criminal - Dead Soul 1997
Genre: Trash Metal, Death Metal
Tracklist:
01 Denial
02 Scapegoat
03 Collide
04 Terror
05 Life Is Agony
06 No Salvation
07 Victimized
08 S.S.S.
09 Hijos De La Miseria
10 Slave Master
11 Nation Of Hate
12 Guilt

Old Skool Violence!

Violent Work Of Art - Automated Species 2007

i've always been partial to tekno music and though above all i prefer metal, my tastes have always been under the sway of that influence, so this time i play a band which somehow unite these two worlds that have not much in common but the energy that each of the style contains and thrive on... i'm talking here about jungle and death metal!! (sorry if i'm a bit confusing! ah ah) Violent work of art managed to come up with some cool blending between the two style mentionned above.... well i'm a die hard fan of Mindless Self Indulgence...if like me you like that band, then you can't be disappointed with this one...cause it even heavier!lol hope you enjoy having your ass wooped! \m/

Violent Work Of Art - Automated Species 2007
Genre: Insdustrial, Techno, Death Metal
Tracklist:
01 As The Sky Comes Falling Down
02 A Sad Creation
03 Deranged
04 Stains
05 Silence Is The Enemy
06 Scars
07 Requiem (For Myself)
08 Misery Loves You
09 Lord Of Flies
10 Scarecrow 2006

mentally deranged bots!