Articles by Greg Pratt
Macabra
Blood-Nurtured Nature
PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2012
There's a resurgence of old-school death metal worship going on, and then there are bands like Macabra. This is pure American old school de...
Graveyard
The Altar of Sculpted Skulls
PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2012
It doesn't get much more obscure than this: a Spanish death metal band releasing an EP of four new songs and two old ones on a label that d...
Detrimentum
Inhuman Disgrace
PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2012
On their second full-length, this dour pack of Brits deliver brutal death metal with workmanlike precision and an obvious love for extremit...
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
Mike Fleiss and Mike Piscitelli
PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2012
This feature-length documentary came to be because Jack Osbourne, son of legendary metal crooner Ozzy Osbourne, wanted the world to see his...
On Top
Top Heavy
PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2011
Strange that this band of retro-trad goofballs ended up on a death metal label, but must be the circles they run in down in Pennsylvania. T...
Lomera
Lomera
PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2011
This is a worthy debut EP from Sydney, New South Wales based stoner/sludge band Lomera. Opener "Hail the Storm" sets the mood low and slow,...
Embalmed
Exalt the Imperial Beast
PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2011
Extreme cult black metal from Mexico is what Embalmed offer, and on Exalt the Imperial Beast, the band's first full-length since forming in...
Anal Cunt
The Old Testament
PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2011
Two CDs collecting the earliest material (both unreleased and released) from notorious noise grinders Anal Cunt's career could only mean a...