Afterbirth – The Time Traveler’s Dilemma
Long Island, New York’s long running Afterbirth had a re-birth 4 years ago. Guitarist, Cody Drasser was like ‘OK, let’s get this shit going and finally get our debut album out’. You see, Afterbirth...
View ArticleDyscarnate – With All Their Might
UK power trio Dyscarnate got on my radar with the 2014 reissue of their 2012 sophomore album, And So it Came to Pass, an impressive display of groove and heft that many compared to Dying Fetus- and...
View ArticleOblivion – The Path Towards…
I was a huge fan of California’s brutal tech-death band Oblivion’s 2013 debut album Called to Rise. 4 years later and the band is still intact with Ted O’Neill and Victor Dods ( ex Hacksaw to the...
View ArticleKennedy Veil, The – Imperium
It was The Kennedy Veil’s second album, 2014’s Trinity of Falsehood, which really put them on the tech-death map. It was their first album on Unique Leader records, and was a twisting, darting,...
View ArticleAlterbeast – Feast
Sacramento’s Alterbeast are bringing in the New Year with their 2nd full length release Feast. I really have to hand it to Unique Leader they waste absolutely zero time transitioning from year to year...
View ArticleInternal Bleeding – Imperium
10 years after Onwards to Mecca, one of the elder statesmen of New Yawk death metal, like Pyrexia last year, has reformed and are giving it another go on Unique Leader records. And like Pyrexia’s Feast...
View ArticleRings of Saturn – Lugal Ki En
“Aliencore” eh? That’s what the band has jokingly called their deathcore/death metal style, and after listening a few times it actually does seem to fit (and of course everyone knows we needed another...
View ArticleContinuum – The Hypothesis
So if a member of Decrepit Birth (Chase Frasier) decided to go off and have some fun with a side project, take a guess what it would sound like? And what if he recruited the guitarist from Arkaik...
View ArticleKronos – Arisen New Era
Man this is definitely the best Unique Leader release I have heard this year so far. France’s long running Kronos waste no time in beginning their technical death metal assault off the gates with the...
View ArticleGorod – A Maze of Recycled Creeds
I won’t rehash the love already shown by this site to France’s tech death masters Gorod and their prior albums. You can see our previous gushing, by myself and Jordan Itkowitz, right here. The question...
View ArticleSerial Butcher – Brute Force Lobotomy
Well slap my ass and call me Sally, Belgium’s Serial Butcher just surprised the hell right out of me with their sophomore album for Unique Leader Records, Brute Force Lobotomy. Though I had previously...
View ArticleOmnihility – Dominion of Misery
Oregon’s Omnihility burst onto the scene in 2014 with their second record (their Unique Leader debut), Deathscapes of the Subconscious , a pretty damn solid tech death offering with a heavy Origin...
View ArticleZenith Passage, The – Solipsist
Los Angeles’ The Zenith Passage debut Solipsist on presents a forty minute clinic of technical death metal. Featuring former and current members of Fallujah, Oblivion, All Shall Perish and The...
View ArticleFirst Fragment – Dasein
Unique Leader looks to be having the same sort of outlandishly good year as it had in 2014 with the likes of Ohmnihilty, Inherit Disease, Ahtme, Omaphagia, and The Zenith Passage so far, and then...
View ArticleKatalepsy – Gravenous Hour
After shifting from a gore/pure slam band into a more rounded, complete death metal band with Autopsychosis, these Russians made my 2013 year end -list in a year full of great, brutal metal. With their...
View ArticleUnmerciful – Ravenous Impulse
Kansas natives Unmerciful released their first full length album, the awesomely titled Unmercifully Beaten, way back in 2006. After picking it up and listening to it many times over, I knew this would...
View ArticleDeceptionist – Initializing Irreversible Process
Unique Leader has been one of my favorite labels for a long time, and any of their outputs are one that I know I must listen to regardless of the band, as most everything they put out generally...
View ArticleInternal Suffering – Cyclonic Void of Power
This has been a busy year for Unique leader Records with releases like First Fragment, The Zenith Passage, Inanimate Existence, Lord of War, Deceptionist, Destroying the Devoid and Carnophage. With as...
View ArticleCognitive – Deformity
It’s rare I get to have the pleasure of reviewing all the releases from an active band. Cognitive are one such band. I reviewed their ep, The Horrid Swarm and interviewed guitarist Rob Wharton...
View ArticleBeheaded – Beast Incarnate
One of the more revered names in European brutal death metal, and the primary name in Maltese death metal, Beheaded have been around since the mid 90s and have released 4 fine albums of...
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