EBOLA ~ Infernal Revelation (2007)

Never has a band's name suited their brand of music as much as Poland's Ebola. Highly infectious, blackened death/grind who's ferocity can likely cause  hemorrhaging from the ears. 'Infernal Revelation' is an album packed with blistering barbarity, shortish songs that flay without mercy, with searing solo's that pour salt into the wounds.

You can get the album digitally on Bandcamp and the vinyl through Rex Diaboli Death Syndicate

Feannag ~ Throne (2023)

Thick, chunky, Scottish blackened death metal. Tempo's change dramatically with each song but your punishment remains merciless and extreme whatever the speed, although much of the album is mid to fast -paced giving Throne elements of doom/death here and there. It's a murderously brutal album without relying on layers of murk to make it sound oppressive giving the album a triumphant atmosphere as if blood has just been spilled and Feannag has done the spilling!

SLAUGHTER THE GIANT ~ Depravity (2022)

The album is called Depravity and contains various levels of it throughout, from pummelling technical influenced brutality to passages of operatic grandiose clouded by raging black metal sin. I haven't heard a band managing to marry both negative and positive emotion within the same album as successfully as Slaughter The Giant for a long time, maybe The Black Dahlia Murder influences helped. The tracks aren't overly long but because of their complexity they seem a lot longer, however, the really clever thing is how the band manages to keep the album flowing seamlessly despite the chaotic extremity.

For fans of: The Black Dahlia Murder, At The Gates, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Obscura