There is a certain quality to Finnish death metal that is unattainable anywhere else, a certain malicious and utterly foreboding timbre, attributed to the area. Legendary groups such as Demigod, the recently reformed Convulse, Abhorrence, Depravity and Funebre all hail from the area and all were active in releasing some of the grimiest and filthiest slabs of death metal during the late 80s, at a time where the Florida death metal scene was booming with acts such as Morbid Angel and Obituary. Desolate Shrine are a new addition to the legacy of Finnish death metal. A fairly new group with only one release under their belt, their debut album, Tenebrous Towers, Desolate Shrine prove longevity to be off no factor, their music is still as grimy and disgusting as their forefathers. Currently streaming exclusively over at GunShyAssassin is a track off of the group’s upcoming LP, The Sanctum of Human Darkness(Dec. 15 via Dark Descent Records), a eight minute walk through utter and complete darkness, an audio manifestation of Poe’s The Fall of The House of Usher. Stream “The Chalice of Flesh and Bone: The Eminence of Chaos” here courtesy of GunShyAssassin, check out a eight minute preview of the upcoming album below, and pre-order it here. Continue reading »
Legendary sludge rockers Corrosion Of Conformity have just released their latest offering, an EP by the name of Megalodon. Riding on the coattails of the band’s latest, self-titled LP, which was released this February, Megalodon is a fantastic, short record and it’s just an all-around rocking good time. I try to keep my head up on Scion A/V’s releases because they put out a lot of great heavy metal releases, but this one almost slipped past me. So yeah, if you didn’t get enough CoC this year, 
