selfmadegod records

2 min read 2022-06-14 18:50:46

Holocausto Canibal – Cuerza Ferina

I had never heard of these guys prior to this release, full disclosure; I didn’t know they existed. They’ve been around since 1999, and since

2 min read 2022-03-02 03:00:01

Not sure “supergroup” is the right word for these newcomers, but the multi-state trio of Shock Withdrawal definitely has an interesting pedigree

1 min read 2021-11-12 18:01:16

Rotpit contains members from Germany’s Revel in Flesh as well as Sweden’s Wombbath. Both bands I love, who have not issued a bad album in their

1 min read 2021-11-04 05:30:00

Last one of the week, before I head out for a long weekend. Also in the mountains, but different mountains. Kind of. We’ll lead off with Converge,

3 min read 2021-02-03 19:13:35

What, I ask myself as I embark on my fifth or sixth listen of Straight Outta Smogtown, is the point of guest vocals. Guest vocals that work best are

3 min read 2020-12-25 23:00:00

Nasum. For grindcore fans worldwide, this is a name that will live in infamy and a name that will be whispered for evermore. Between their four full

4 min read 2020-11-09 23:00:00

Of Feather and Bone This constant vortex of uncertainty, pressure, and stress is a bitch. No other way to describe it and I know this is news to

6 min read 2020-09-16 13:19:50

Using a transitional state of matter to represent ascension to a ‘higher dimensional’ existence has been so successful as a science fiction trope

7 min read 2020-08-17 10:56:34

Even the most cursory glimpse at the world-reaching news stories out of Warsaw, Poland these last several years suggest an intensifying rally shared

9 min read 2020-06-20 07:15:59

SYNCHRONY is a weekly feature focusing on relevant heavy music news, new releases, upcoming releases, as well as a week in review to help folks keep

31 min read 2020-04-13 09:15:47

OVERLOOKED RELEASES are the weight in hand and a task engaged in random order! This will be a quarterly feature in the form of a list devoted to

1 min read 2020-03-16 13:19:10

Way back in 2005, I reviewed the third album from Poland’s Trauma, Imperfect Like a God. It was a killer Polish death metal album culling from all

4 min read 2020-03-05 08:20:36

Now that records like ‘Revelations’ and ‘Zos Kia Cultus’ are a lifetime away for many younger death metal fans it bears some repeating what

18 min read 2020-03-03 07:25:22

…FROM THE TOMB is a weekly feature in the form of a list grouping albums from the current weeks new releases with short reviews for each. These

9 min read 2020-01-18 09:39:39

SYNCHRONY is a weekly feature focusing on relevant heavy music news, new releases, upcoming releases, as well as a week in review to help folks keep