![]() ![]() Simply put, the album is filthy in all good ways possible. Triumvir Foul came out with their first demo last year, and the Oregon band has upped its game considerably with their debut self-titled full length album this year. I can’t wait for more material from this band. There are some black metal influences as well, with tremolo-picking and blackened blast beats that only perpetuate the nefarious character of the album. The abyssal gutturals add a lot to the echoed atmosphere they are going for. ![]() This time, the production is thicker, the guitars are faster, and the overall aura is heavier. Shroud of the Heretic – ‘Unorthodox Equilibrium’Īfter their brilliant first album in 2014, Shroud of the Heretic are back with another strong release of doom-laden OSDM. The songs are interwoven beautifully with each other, and the progressions are atypical yet gripping.Ħ. Unusual drumming patterns, thick & chunky riffs and guitar tones, catchy melodies and perfect murky production all conspired together to get this meaty album on the list. The band released their first EP last year, and it was interesting as well, though not to the extent of this album. First off, ignore the negative reviews it’s a solid release, and it seemed like people hopped on the hate bandwagon too early. Ghoulgotha‘s debut full-length ‘The Deathmask Cloak’is a doom-influenced death metal feast. The slight blackened influence makes the atmosphere foul (also thanks to the immaculate production) and the short span of 32 minutes passes in a jiffy while listening to it. There is a lot of Incantation-core OSDM (Old-School Death Metal) here, and the drumming is exceptional as expected. More murky and cavernous death metal can be heard here, along with some memorable riffs. Grave Ritual‘s first album ended up being one of my favourite death metal albums in recent times, and I was hyped up for the new release ‘Morbid Throne’lived up to it. The rawness in the production as well as the vocal distortions add to the sickening and wretched atmosphere it creates. Pissgrave is a “barf metal” band from Pennsylvania releasing this debut full-length album. ‘Suicide Euphoria’ is exactly its album art in aural form – filth and gore you can even smell the stench as you are listening to it. Sharp riffs are aplenty and the album is pretty interesting after a few listens for a plain old death metal album. The production is well-done as well, and the writing is a lot more composed. The band succeeds again here by sustaining the atmosphere from their demos and EP, though it did take me a few listens to appreciate ‘Charnel Passages’, unlike the previous EP which I loved immediately. ![]() Note: This list does not include EPs, demos and splits.Ĭruciamentum created a lot of buzz when they released their first EP in 2011, so ‘Charnel Passages’was much-awaited. Metal Wani writer and Underground Metal observer Prateek Kulkarni is back with his choices of the Top 10 Death Metal Albums of 2015! Expect detailed adjectives, abbreviated genre terms, and splatterdeath. ![]()
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