Pathogen-Ashes of Eternity (2017)

Part Entombed’s metal pedal underwater gurgling guitar tone and Embalmer’s hi hat based blast beats and general production/mix. The Philippines is a hotbed of extreme metal sounds and I’m hoping there is an upgrade in recording equipment soon (or a decrease in the price of recording in the Philippines). There’s a ton of good music there that hasn’t harnessed their sound properly on a recording. Maybe I just haven’t come across it yet. Pathogen is lightning fast and have awesome riffs, but they don’t have the punch you would hear in a live setting, even when I adjust the bass and mids.
www.facebook.com/Pathogen-PH-177645992334222
E-mail: pathogenic_virulence@hotmail.com
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Review by Deron Christman (Dethrok Metal Webzine )

Draghkar –The Endless Howling Abyss (2018)

Heavy, doom-laden death metal that takes a minute to get going, but they lock right into their set of chugging doomy death/sludge reminiscent of Derketa and Evoken.Slow and churning terror with  awesomely dark and grim cover art by Karmazid.
www.facebook.com/DraghkarBand
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Review by Deron Christman
(Dethrok Metal Webzine )

Dark Managarm-Victorious March “Special Edition 10 Years of War” 2015

This is a collection of music, recorded over 10 years, by two different incarnation of French black metal horde Dark Managarm. The difference between the two album parts is, the first half has better production and songwriting than the second half, but its a great listen all the way through. Victorious March is a crusty, thrashing, stabbing attack of metal blackness that borders on death metal when with the slight use of guttural vocals. They have some fun in spots with rocking riffs that will have your cold, dead, black metal ass, up and air guitaring like a drunken jock at the corner bar, who just heard the first lick of Enter Sandman.
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Review by Deron Christman
 (Dethrok Metal Webzine )