vendredi 11 juillet 2025

Drawn And Quartered - Lord of Two Horns (2025)

Last time I reviewed a Drawn And Quartered album was thirteen years ago, and it was already their sixth album... Who would have believed then that they would turn into a k-pop band? Nah, just joking :). Of course they still play some excellent old-school US death metal! Lord of Two Horns is full of cavernous growls, ominous grooves, blast beats, vicious riffing and devilishly twisted lead guitar parts. Good to know you always can rely on bands like Drawn And Quartered to keep the underground strong! Death is forever, isn't it? Recommended.

 

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lundi 7 juillet 2025

Dephosphorus - Planetoktonos (2025)

It's great to be able to listen to a new Dephosphorus album, five years after the previous one. As you can guess, Planetoktonos continues the cosmic theme of the band, but also explore it further with some sc-fi atmospheric moments (is it guitar effects, analog synths, samples? all of that?). But don't expect some super long progressive tracks, as they always do, Dephosphorus manage to integrate this atmospheric element into short and raging songs blending black, death metal and grind. Good stuff, as expected.

 

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jeudi 3 juillet 2025

Babylon Dead - Book of the Dead (2020)

Book of the Dead (released five years ago, if you missed it, here's a new chance, don't fail to take it!) is the second album from Babylon dead (J Man and Ilinformed with various MCs : Badness, Daddy Freddy, Devilman, Irah, Jamalski, Killa P & Rider Shafique, if you're into UK hip-hop it's likely you've heard some of them already...). Their music is a kind of US hip-hop meets UK hip-hop with the production rooted in boom-bap, evoking the Wu-Tang, Mobb Deep and even Gravediggaz in its grimiest moments, while the vocals are ragga style (and excellent!). Highly recommended stuff!

 

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