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French death metallers Post-Mortem shared new lyrics video ‘Pure Terror’!

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A couple of days after already unveiled an official music video illustrating the single “Cryptic revelations”, Progressive Death-Metal practioners Post-Mortem just shared another glimpse from their forthcoming album with the lyrics-video of the song “Pure Terror” available right now on Youtube. 

Both songs will be featured on the band’ sophomore album called ‘The monumental pandemonium’ and planned for a worldwide release on April 29th through Great Dane Records while physical pre-orders of the album are opened now on the label’s webstore.

Long-time band founded in 1994, Post-Mortem have been active since its birth until 2008 before to get on hiatus and reunited in 2018. During the first part of their career, the French death-metallers released two EPs (‘Mystic Delights’ in 2021, followed by ‘Mankind Autopsy’ 4 years later)

In 2012, the Frenchmen decided to get back on track and bega to work on the first ever full-lenfth record of the history of the band : ‘God With Horns’, released in 2016 through Great Dane Records.

6 years later and after touring/playing on stages next to bands such as Benighted, Gojira, Crusher, Loudblast or Nostromo, Post-Mortem is about to released its second album called ‘The monumental pandemonium’, collaborating again with GD Records.

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(review) Declared Dead – Integument of Golden Luster

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Declared Dead have been active since 2014 and they are very prolific Belgian entity with this new one being already eleventh full length opus with releases of average two full lengths every year since 2016. Although there are band members names, I think this whole music is the work of only one man. This new one contains eight songs of dirty, raw thrash black metal attack, but I can also hear some sludge metal influences in the song structures. That means thundering bass, sometimes complex sometimes punkish simple drum patterns, sharp and raw guitar riffs with some melodies and solos thrown in where it fits and angry, screaming vocals reminding me somehow of eighties thrash metal bands. Songs like Fever Dream Ritual, Decimation(Blood Tithe) or Violence as Aphrodisiac are sure to win you over with their ritualistic, simple yet aggressive approach. This is a soundtrack for the end of the world. Brutal and raw, yet deep in some parts.

7/10

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(book) David G. Marwell – Mengele:Unmasking the Angel of Death

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All of you who listen metal know about Slayer´s anthem Angel of Death, ain´t that right? Well, you might know that the song is based upon life and crimes of Josef Mengele, SS doctor in concentration death camp Auschwitz who experimented upon living twins, women, men, children of all ages and later on escaped and myths and legends were created of his life, death, escape…

Well, David G. Marwell, former chief of OSI, decided to put final touch on this villain, writing a book which will unmask the myths, bring forth real man behind the fear and legends and thus help understand better the nature of true evil. This book is a documentary in two halfs or parts. First is Mengele´s childhood, student days, entering SS and Auschwitz days. Second half is escape, chase and facts about Mengele´s death, exhumation of his body and forensic investigation whether the bones are really him or is it another scam and he still lives somewhere safe. This book does not try to explain or investigate into his sanity, his deeds or his reasons behind it, it is straight cold facts but written in style of exciting fun to read thriller and it just makes you turn the page after page and reaching the conclusion. Good one.

7,5/10