Tag: Earache Records

Review: “Semitae Mentis” by Spiritual Deception

Sharing a deep connection with philosophy and owing their name to a theory from the Danish philosopher Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, Italian Symphonic Blackened Technical Death Metal purveyors Spiritual Deception have long been a band as thought provoking as they are heavy. Since their inception in 2016 they have offered lyric sheets for contemplation long after

Throwback: “Cenotaph” by Bolt Thrower!

Released on 4th February 1991 via Earache Records, “War Master” is the third album from the almighty British Death Metal act Bolt Thrower. Recorded at Slaughterhouse Studios (which burnt down two weeks after the recordings were completed) with the legendary producer Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Fear Factory, Heaven Shall Burn) at the helm, this is

NEWS: Asylum Road travel in search of “Requiem”!

Courtesy of Earache Digital Distribution, the debut EP “The Fear” from Derry, Northern Ireland four piece Groove Metal outfit Asylum Road is now officially available everywhere you’d expect it to be… and some you wouldn’t. From the record we reviewed earlier this week that has great promise, the band have chosen “Requiem” for the lyric

Review: “The Fear” by Asylum Road

Hailing from Derry, Northern Ireland Asylum Road began life back in 2019, as the brain child of guitarist Dylan Kelly and vocalist Darryn McCartney, who wrote and recorded a collection of demos as they searched for musicians to help them chase the dream. A couple of years of plague, famine and pestilence passed by before

Documentary: Making “Semitae Mentis” #5 with Spiritual Deception!

It’s time to join Spiritual Deception vocalist Luca Zanlorenzi and Andrea Oriani at Blue House Studio for a behind the scenes featurette for the recording of “Semitae Mentis“. The bands debut album will be released on 9th February via Earache Records digitally and Amputated Vein Records physically after a trio of critically acclaimed EPs paved

Documentary: Making “Semitae Mentis” #4 with Spiritual Deception!

After the rehearsals, the drums and the bass, the fourth instalment of the making of documentary series to accompany the debut album after three critically acclaimed EPs from Italian Technical Death Metal purveyors Spiritual Deception can only be about the guitars. The date you need to know is 9th February which is of course when

NEWS: Spiritual Deception see primitive future?

Following an unholy trinity of EPs including the brilliance that is “Oxymoron“, Italian Technical Death Metal purveyors Spiritual Deception have finally committed to a full length album for our listening displeasure. Titled “Semitae Mentis” and featuring guest contributions by Karl Sanders of Nile and Luc Lemay of Gorguts, that will surface from the blue lagoon

Documentary: Making “Semitae Mentis” #3 with Spiritual Deception!

Bassist Billy Repalam is the man under the FBI Interrogation spotlight in the third instalment of the making of series for “Semitae Mentis” by Italian Technical Death Metal metal outfit Spiritual Deception because after drum tracking comes bass recording. Naturally. The album is the culmination of seven years worth of hard work that has seen the

NEWS: Spiritual Deception share “Beyond Perception and Matter”!

Following an unholy trinity of EPs including the brilliance that is “Oxymoron“, Italian Technical Death Metal outfit Spiritual Deception have lined up guest contributions by Karl Sanders of Nile and Luc Lemay of Gorguts for their debut album “Semitae Mentis“. Having already premiered “Thousand Lives Within” from the 9th February 2024 via Amputated Vein Records