Tag: HM-2

Review: Imperishable – Swallowing The World

Review: Imperishable – Swallowing The World

“Swallowing The World” is classic Swedish melodic death metal, where riffs are razor-sharp, hooks are aggressive, and the spirit of the old Stockholm school looms large. And for the most part, it delivers. The band out of Gothenborg don’t waste time with pretense: from the 

Review: Humanity’s End – Plague Of Cancers

Review: Humanity’s End – Plague Of Cancers

“Plague Of Cancers” pummels with buzz-saw guitar tone and groove-laden riffs, its HM-2 chainsaw buzz the core of its attack. It may tread familiar terrain, but when it hits right it still smacks like death metal born to be unleashed.

Review: Nightbearer – Defiance

Review: Nightbearer – Defiance

“Defiance” is a hammer blow wrapped in poetry, part chainsaw-death, part atmospheric lament, testifying that Nightbearer are more than just worshippers of old Swedish death—they are its sharper, angrier evolution. The album stumbles just a few times in pacing and mix, but even those stumbles are over terrains of riffs and ideas worth stumbling over.

Review: Deadnation – Following The Path Of Death

Review: Deadnation – Following The Path Of Death

Swedish death metal? Absolutely. Give me buzzsaw guitars, give me as much HM-2 as possible!

NO SHELTER show first song of new album

NO SHELTER show first song of new album

No Shelter have released the video for “Schizophrenia” from their upcoming third full-length “Remission/ Resolve”, out July 25th.

Preview: Party.San Open Air 2025

Preview: Party.San Open Air 2025

This August, Schlotheim burns again.
Bloodbath. Grave. Napalm Death. Mass Worship.
Three days of pure extremity at Party.San Open Air 2025.
No trends. No compromise. Only death.

HM2-styled death metal: Disrupted unleash new single “Coffin Breath”

HM2-styled death metal: Disrupted unleash new single “Coffin Breath”

Hailing from the dalecarlia region of Sweden, HM2-aficionado DISRUPTED (with former Katatonia drummer Daniel Liljekvist in the line-up)have announced the release of the band’s third full-length album, entitled “Stinking Death”, set to drop on January 24 via Trust No One Recordings.  Speaking about the track, the band shares: “‘Coffin Breath’ is a straight-forward death metal song 

ASINHELL release new video

ASINHELL release new video

Michael Poulsen of Volbeat, Marc Grewe (ex-Morgoth), and Morten Toft Hansen (Raunchy) formed Asinhell in 2021 to celebrate their love for brutal death metal. The rest is history: “Impii Hora” was released in 2023, the band played shows and tours, and now they celebrate the 

Review: Crawl – Altar of Disgust

Review: Crawl – Altar of Disgust

Bands churning their songs out with the trademark HM-2 sound will always win my heart. Crawl – who claim legendary death metal capital Stockholm their home – flavour their worship of classic Entombed and Dismember-style death metal with hints of crust and punk (“Enslaved in 

Review: Ontborg – Following the Steps of Damnation

Review: Ontborg – Following the Steps of Damnation

Ontborg surprised me with their latest record “Following the Steps of Damnation”: it unfolds like a frostbitten lament that slowly blooms into grim majesty and the guitars gnash with HM-2 fury (Im in love already). Ontborg weave a melodic death metal tapestry that feels both