Articles by Jack Kelleher
Tomb Mold Sculpt Fully Dimensional Death Metal on 'Aperture of Body'
PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2022
Aperture of Body, a new three-track EP from Toronto death metal trendsetters Tomb Mold, arrives three years on from acclaimed third album P...
Sanguisugabogg Delve into the Seediest Depths of Death Metal on 'Tortured Whole'
PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2021
There has been a communal yearning among death metal bands of late for a return to the genre's seedy underbelly. Not satisfied with that, S...
Necrot's Death Metal Is Relentlessly Full-Throttle on 'Mortal'
PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2020
Necrot burst onto the scene like an artillery shell with the release of their acclaimed 2017 debut, Blood Offerings. While other bannermen...
Incantation's Old-School Death Metal Is Competent but Inconsistent on 'Sect of Vile Divinities'
PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2020
Perhaps no other band have had as profound an effect on the sound of the death metal revival than Incantation. The Johnstown, Pennsylvania,...
Atramentus Set a New Standard for Canadian Doom Metal on 'Stygian'
PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2020
When the cult of Chthe'ilist insanely dreamed of the next chapter in the band's mythos, did they ever imagine it would come from another ac...
Ulthar/Taurus Spinoff Spirit Possession Are Beholden to Their Black Metal Influences on Self-Titled LP
PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2020
Spirit Possession is the newest project featuring Ashley Spungin of Taurus on drums and synth and Steve Peacock of Ulthar on everything els...
Lantern Remain One of Death Metal's Most Forward-Thinking Bands on 'Dimensions'
PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2020
A regrettable effect of the old school death metal revival is too many bands hyperfocusing on one chapter of the genre's history, pigeonhol...
Ulthar's 'Providence' Is a Frankenstein's Monster of Extreme Metal
PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2020
Ulthar are like a Frankenstein's monster of extreme metal genres. Their 2018 debut, Cosmovore, is a witch's brew bubbling with the rotted f...
