Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
Artist: Blood LossCountry: USALabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: Digital demoYear: 2022 Not too long ago I was poring over the ‘Visions Of A Darker World’-demo, which came out early this January, and now for the second time this year I have the honour to say a few words…
Artist: Drawn And QuarteredCountry: USALabel: Krucyator Productions / Nameless Grave RecordsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2021 You know them. Those bands that you’re always surprised they still exist when they release a new album. Actually always good, but which somehow mysteriously…
Artist: Abysmal LordCountry: USALabel: Blackseed Productions / Serpents Head ReprisalFormats: 7″ EP, Cassette EPYear: 2020 In 2019 we at VM-Underground reviewed Abysmal Lord’s second album, ‘Exaltation Of The Infernal Cabal’ and claimed that the band was able to stand shoulder…
Artist: DaevaCountry: USALabel: 20 Buck SpinFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2022 Back in 2019, our chief-editor reviewed Daeva’s first EP, and although he appreciated the offering, it wasn’t all too special for him. Now, a few years ahead…
Artist: AdaestuoCountry: USALabel: W.T.C. ProductionsFormats: CD EPYear: 2022 Formed in 2014, this three-piece band with bandmembers living on different places on earth (Finland, Poland and the USA), surprised with their first EP in 2016 through W.T.C. Productions, which they followed…
Artist: DismaCountry: USALabel: Seed Of DoomFormats: Cassette EPYear: 2022 Apart from a few purists who continue to swear by the first demo tape, ‘Towards The Megalith’ is commonly regarded as Disma’s best effort. Some go even as far as calling…
Artist: Unholy Vampyric Slaughter SectCountry: USALabel: Crown and Throne Ltd.Formats: LPYear: 2022 Despite presenting us with a new rendition of an earlier demo in February this year, it is notable that Unholy Vampyric Slaughter Sect has drastically slowed the pace…
Artist: ExhumedCountry: USALabel: Relapse RecordsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2022 Even though you’ve just started reading this, I’m sure you’re not really curious about how this new Exhumed album sounds. After all, you already know that. Ever since the band’s…
Artist: Weregoat / Eggs Of Gomorrh Country: USA / Switzerland Label: Iron Bonehead Productions Formats: Split LP / Split Cassette EP / Split CD Year: 2022 Simultaneously with the release of Weregoat’s ‘The Devil’s Lust’ 12″ EP, Iron Bonehead Productions…
Artist: Sadistic IntentCountry: USALabel: Dark Realm Records / Iron Pegasus RecordsFormats: LPYear: 2022 In a genre loaded with underground bands and cult releases, Sadistic Intent probably takes the crown of kings of the underground. Formed as early in 1987, the…
Artist: Nile Country: USA Label: Hells Headbangers Records Formats: 12″ EP / Cassette EP Year: 2022 Although ‘Festivals Of Atonement’ was actually Nile’s second release, originally unleashed in 1995, and came before the ‘Ramses Bringer Of War’-demo from 1996, Hells…
Artist: Herculean Death Country: USA Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2022 Herculean Death is a two-piece Black Metal band from Portland, Oregon, USA, and one of the 49 (!!) currently active bands and projects (of which a lot of…
Artist: Fossilized Country: USA Label: Nuclear Winter Records Formats: Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2022 Although this 3-track EP, or demo if you like, was already made available digitally by the band last year and it also previously received…
Artist: Nile Country: USA Label: Hells Headbangers Records Formats: 7″ EP / Cassette EP Year: 2022 Before Nile took the Death Metal scene by storm with its debut album ‘Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka’ in 1998 and their sophomore album…
Artist: Perversion / Pyromancer Country: USA Label: Hells Headbangers Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2022 “Dies irae, dies illa. Solvet saeclum in favilla“. The first words in the Latin Dies Irae, the Day Of Wrath, they…
Artist: Unholy Vampyric Slaughter SectCountry: USALabel: Crown and Throne Ltd. / Livor MortisFormats: 12″ Demo / Demo tapeYear: 2022 Unholy Vampyric Slaughter Sect, often abbreviated to UVSS, was formed as a solo project by Kane in 2015 and soon found…
Artist: Universally EstrangedCountry: USALabel: Blood HarvestFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2022 Ever since I hooked up with the first release of Sweden’s most prolific underground label Blood Harvest Records, there were times when the label provoked a kind…
Artist: CadaverousCountry: USALabel: Frozen Screams ImprintFormats: Cassete tape / CDYear: 2022 Not long after their quite unimpressive EP (demo), Cadaverous is already releasing their first full-length album. In any case, the trio from Indianapolis, Indiana doesn’t like wasting any time.…
Artist: Arise From WormsCountry: USALabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: 12″ EP, CD EPYear: 2022 I am always a bit allergic to the term ‘supergroup’, not only because it is often an exaggerated representation of reality, but even more so because it is often musically hugely disappointing. Best example…
Artist: Reveler / Necrotum Country: Romania/USA / Romania Label: Brutal Insanity Records / Morbid Chapel Records Formats: Split Tape / Split CD Year: 2022 In the ever-growing discography of Romanian Death Metal band Necrotum, we now add this split release…
Artist: Weregoat Country: USA Label: Iron Bonehead Productions Formats: 12″ EP / Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2022 Upon seeing this new EP, put in a subtle cover by Sadistik Exekution’s Rok, I had dived into my own collection.…
Artist: Blood LossCountry: USALabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: Demo CDYear: 2022 With only their 2021 demo and a 1-track promo (an Asphyx cover) under their belts, this young American squad is already coming up with a new demo, ‘Visions Of A Darker World’. This was my first introduction…
Artist: Phobophilic Country: USA Label: Prosthetic Records / Rotted Life Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2022 People who have read the reviews for Phobophilic’s split 7” EP with Sedimentum and their ‘Undimensioned Identities’ EP on our…
Artist: Father Befouled / ExaugurateCountry: USALabel: Rotted Life RecordsFormats: Split 7″ EPYear: 2021 While preparing for the review for Father Befouled’s most recent album, ‘Crowned In Veneficum’ (Everlasting Spew Records), I noticed that I had missed out on a split…
Artist: Stench Collector Country: USA Label: Redefining Darkness Records Formats: 12″ EP / Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2021 The artwork for ‘Effluviatorium Du Jour’ gives away what you’re about to get into before you even press the play…
Artist: Stench Collector Country: USA Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Single Year: 2022 After last year’s ‘Effluvatorium Du Jour’ EP, released via Redefining Darkness Records, Stench Collector returned this February with this 1-track EP The previous EP showed the band as…
Artist: Plaguefever Country: USA Label: Elvte Kvlt Recvrds Formats: 12″ / Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2021 This trio from Richmond, Virginia, USA released their debut EP late last year and was picked up not long after by Elvte…
Artist: Father BefouledCountry: USALabel: Everlasting Spew RecordsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2022 When it comes to Old School Death Metal there are hardly any bands that turned out to be more influential to the genre than Incantation. Especially…
Artist: Lore Liege Country: USA Label: Fólkvangr Records Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2022 When bands sound very much like their great examples, it always generates debate. Is it worship or copycat? Or, in some cases, even scavenging? In all styles…
Artist: ImprecationCountry: USALabel: Dark Descent RecordsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2022 Although Imprecation’s history goes all the way back to the heyday of (American) Death Metal of the early 90’s, the band has always remained a bit more in the background. An underground…
Artist: Druid LordCountry: USALabel: Hells Headbangers RecordsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2022 When Druid Lord first hit the scene around 2010 with quite a few releases in only a span of like three years, it was expected that the guys would…
Artist: Daemoniac EcstasyCountry: USALabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: Demo tapeYear: 2022 Having been quite impressed by the ‘Crescendos Of Ululation’ demo-tape from earlier this year, I now throw myself at this 1-track promo, simply christened ‘Promo MMXXII’. This promo was released in an…
Artist: Daemoniac EcstasyCountry: USALabel: Realm And RitualFormats: Demo tapeYear: 2022 What we have here is another fantasy-drive one-man act from the USA, Pennsylvania in this case. It is astonishing to realise that I am reviewing multiple American one-man acts each…
Artist: VampirblutCountry: USALabel: Self-releasedFormats: Digital demo, SingleYear: 2022 American one-man Black Metal act Vampirblut releases one demo and single/EP after another with dizzying speed. So many that even Metal-Archives is struggling to give a complete picture, various demos are circulating…
Artist: IncantationCountry: USALabel: Relapse RecordsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2022 What is dead may never die. Sometimes it feels like yesterday that Death Metal arose from the graves of the underground to take the world by storm. But of course, the…
Artist: Infester Country: USA Label: Nuclear Winter Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2022 Infester is one of the ‘hidden gems’ from the underground American Death Metal scene. They achieved a certain cult status with relatively little materialised legacy. 1992’s…
Artist: Dwellers Of The Twilight VoidCountry: USALabel: PromulgatorFormats: Demo tapeYear: 2022 This three-pieces Death Metal act from Tampa, Florida is presenting their first demo to the world, which you might’ve guessed by the title of this three-tracker. But when listening these songs, it doesn’t sound…
Artist: VampirblutCountry: USALabel: Self-releasedFormats: Digital EPYear: 2022 When I think of Black Metal Punk, my thoughts automatically turn to the Darkthrone records of a few years ago. Not all fans were equally happy with those albums, for that matter, some…
Artist: Torturer’s LobbyCountry: USALabel: PromulgatorFormats: 7″ EPYear: 2022 Death Metal has a rich history when it comes to themes and musically elaborated concepts. The most well-trodden paths are death and destruction on one side and the anti-Christian on the other.…
Artist: Corpse DesecrationCountry: USALabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: Demo CDYear: 2022 Corpse Desecration is a Cleveland, Ohio based Death Metal crew and released their first demo only a couple of days ago. Apart from their origin, no further information about the band is…
Artist: Self Execration Country: USA Label: War Ritual Records Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2022 What we have here is yet another one-man Black Metal act from America. Self Execration is the brainchild of the somewhat misogynistic character of Slutslaughterer who…
Artist: Grave Troll Country: USA Label: Narbentage Produktionen Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2023 Though having released two demo tapes in 2020 and a split tape with Drug Darkness last year, the anonymous entity of Grave Troll returns this year with…
Artist: Abysmal SpiteCountry: USALabel: Cult Of Oblivion RecordingsFormats: Demo tapeYear: 2022 With ‘Demo MMXXII’ this American Black Metal duo releases their first feat under their collective name of Abysmal Spite. On this firstling Antaeus is responsible for all the instrumentation…
Artist: Oxalate Country: USA Label: Dawnbeed Records Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2022 Originally released in 2019, American Oxalate’s ‘Infatuating Sickness’ EP now sees a re-release on cassette tape via Dutch label Dawnbreed Records. Previously, it had been released digitally by…
Artist: Tírad Dûr Country: USA Label: Night Of The Palemoon Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2022 After reviewing some of Kūka’ilimoku’s releases, a look at its spiritual father’s other projects was, of course, inevitable. Although Kūka’ilimoku is Kūwāha’ilo’s main musical vehicle,…
Artist: Human Corpse Abuse Country: USA Label: Caligari Records / Dark Descent Records / Obliteration Records / Selfmadegod Records Formats: Cassette tape / CD Year: 2022 Human Corpse Abuse is a new band hailing from, as they say themselves, the…
Artist: Moonlight Sword Country: USA Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2022 From Greensboro, North Carolina, comes Moonlight Sword, a one-man Black Metal act. Or rather, a one-woman Black Metal act. The lady in question, who calls herself Carmilla II…
Artist: Moonlight Sword Country: USA Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2022 With ‘Elven Blood’ Carmilla II Dracul returns with a follow-up to her ‘Elvenwinter’-demo, released earlier this year. The demo gave a nice first taste of the music of…
Artist: WizardkeepCountry: USALabel: Canti Eretici / Spellcaster RecordsFormats: Demo tapeYear: 2022 Not too long ago I reviewed an album by a band named Daedric Armour and I had no idea what the band name actually meant, so I turned to…
Artist: Kūka’ilimoku / Chevallier SkrogCountry: USA / SwedenLabel: Pant Y MeddygonFormats: Cassette split tapeYear: 2022 This split tape is a collaboration between US-based Kūka’ilimoku, of which I have previously reviewed some releases and Czech Chevallier Skrog, who now operate out…