“In a year full of great death metal, this one stood out.”
FFO: Incantation, Tomb Mold
Dead Void – Volatile Forms Review
“Competent and unpredictable”
FFO: Grave Miasma, Incantation, Winter
Ensanguinate – Eldritch Anatomy Review
“A very impressive debut.”
FFO: Morbid Angel, Malevolent Creation, Schizophrenia
Auriferous Flame – The Great Mist Within Review
“A flawed but solid record from Ayloss.”
FFO: Spectral Lore, Mystras, Mare Cognitum
Agalloch – The Mantle 20th Anniversary Review
“The Mantle is brilliant, masterful, and deeply personal.”
FFO: Ulver, Gallowbraid, Fen
Mimorium – The Route of Haeresis Review
“A solid, quality piece of well-produced black metal.”
FFO: Dark Funeral, Necrophobic
Coscradh – Nahanagan Stadial Review
“They still have room to grow.”
FFO: Malthusian, Black Curse
Sedimentum – Suppuration Morphogénésiaque Review
“This is a gross, swampy record of the most depraved death metal imaginable.”
FFO: Tomb Mold, Phrenelith, Spectral Voice
Maul – Seraphic Punishment Review
“This is a fun record that supplants ingenuity with energy, dynamics, and groove.”
FFO: Wretched Inferno, Sanguisugabogg, Tombstoner
Knoll – Metempiric Review
“I’ve been Knolled.”
FFO: Full of Hell, Autolith