Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop! Your Master Butcher, The Saw, is fascinated by the phenomena known as Dethklok – a fictional band, on a TV show, that is so (as they say) “on the nose” concerning all things Death Metal. Dethklok has released, Dethalbum IV, obviously their fourth studio album, on August 22, 2023 via … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Dethklok — HEAVY BREAKDOWN
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Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Exmortus — Necrophony (2023) ALBUM REVIEW
Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop! A few years ago, Your Master Butcher was at an Obituary show in NC and they had a band with them that really got my attention – Exmortus. They are stocked with excellent musicians! They’re thrashy, with amazing technicality, and savage and inspired song structures. Flash-forward to August 25, … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Exmortus — Necrophony (2023) ALBUM REVIEW
Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Grand Cadaver — Deities of Deathlike Sleep (2023) ALBUM REVIEWgrand cadaver deities of death like sleep
Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop! Ya Girl, The Saw, has a fascination with these (so-called) “super groups” in the Extreme Metal scene. You know, members from various well-known bands, joining together to form another band (you already know that one of my favorites is Bloodbath). In 2020, another “super group” formed – Grand Cadaver … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Grand Cadaver — Deities of Deathlike Sleep (2023) ALBUM REVIEWgrand cadaver deities of death like sleep
Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Incantation — Unholy Deification (2023) ALBUM REVIEW
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
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: 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
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