Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop! Your Master Butcher is back, again, today to club you over the head with a New Album Review; a new studio release by some OGs of Death Metal, Incantation. Unholy Deification (Relapse Records), the band’s 13th full-length (or 12th studio album), dropped on August 25, 2023. Incantation are famous for darkness and doom, … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Incantation — Unholy Deification (2023) ALBUM REVIEW
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Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Horrendous — Ontological Mysteries (2023) ALBUM REVIEW
Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop! I am you host, The Saw; but you already knew that. Did you know that the Progressive Metal act, Horrendous, has dropped a new album on us? Ontological Mysterium (Season of Mist) was released on August 18, 2023. With their first new record in five years, Horrendous continues their career spanning … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Horrendous — Ontological Mysteries (2023) ALBUM REVIEW
Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Kataklysm — Goliath (2023) ALBUM REVIEW
Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop! Your Master Butcher, The Saw has another new album, from a veteran act, up on the slab today. Kataklysm released their 15th studio album, Goliath (Nuclear Blast) on August 11, 2023. These guys are one of the most consistently unwavering and uncompromising bands in Metal to this day! You know what you’re … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Kataklysm — Goliath (2023) ALBUM REVIEW
Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Crypta — Shades of Sorrow (2023) ALBUM REVIEW
Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop! Ya Girl has talked A LOT about the New Wave of Death Metal (aka, New School Death Metal). My focus, up to this point has been (mostly) American bands. But there are tons of great new bands – less than five-years since their formation – that are bashing our … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Crypta — Shades of Sorrow (2023) ALBUM REVIEW
Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Darkened — Lord of Sickness and Bile (2023) EP REVIEW
Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop. It’s Ya Girl – The Saw. And I’m passing through, checking your restraints, and making sure you know about a new EP dropped by a newer Death Metal band (albeit, with older Death Metal musicians). Darkened is a “super group” of sorts – comprised of some Heavy Metal veterans … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Darkened — Lord of Sickness and Bile (2023) EP REVIEW
Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: My Favorite Albums of 2023 (so far)
through 2023, and many of our favorite artists have released new albums that have kicked our asses. As we have discussed, coming out of the events of 2020/21, a lot of bands have dropped some of their best work; while new(er) bands have slapped us with bangers out of the gates. The last two years … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: My Favorite Albums of 2023 (so far)
Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Insomnium — Anno 1696 (2023) ALBUM REVIEW
Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop! Your Master Butcher has had another new release on repeat as of late – On February 24, 2023, Insomnium dropped Anno 1696 (Century Media), their newest studio album in a long line of excellent progressive Blackened Death Metal. It’s an epic story, told in eight parts, concerning the 17th century witch hunts … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Insomnium — Anno 1696 (2023) ALBUM REVIEW
Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Blackbraid — Blackbraid II (2023) ALBUM REVIEW
Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop! Ya Girl, The Saw, has been anticipating the brand-new release from American Black Metal newcomers, Blackbraid, and I was not disappointed. On July 7, 2023, Blackbraid II, the self-released sophomore studio album by the band (that is a follow-up to their brilliant 2022 debut) dropped. I got to see Blackbraid … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Blackbraid — Blackbraid II (2023) ALBUM REVIEW
Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Cannibal Corpse — Blood Blind (2023) SINGLE REVIEW
Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop! It’s Ya Girl, The Saw. We’ve been talking a lot, recently, about New School Death Metal and my love for the sub-genre. Logically, though, there would be no “New School” without the “Old School,” original Death Metal. And the KINGS of Death Metal, Cannibal Corpse, have recently dropped some … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Cannibal Corpse — Blood Blind (2023) SINGLE REVIEW
Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Slayer’s Classic Era — HEAVY BREAKDOWN
Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop! I am your host, The Saw. We have an (unfortunate) milestone this year – May 2, 2023 marked the ten-year anniversary of the death of Jeff Hanneman, one of the founding guitarists of Slayer. His (and his band’s) influence on the Heavy Metal genre is legendary and almost incalculable. … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Slayer’s Classic Era — HEAVY BREAKDOWN
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