(Andy Synn goes all in on the unforgettable new album from Monosphere, out Friday) If yesterday was all about turning OFF your brain and cranking UP the volume (and the violence) – check out my review of the new album from Acranius for more info on that – then today is all about getting those […]
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He is ELUCID; he speaks for the trees. The great elliptical New York rapper ELUCID recently teamed up with Swiss-born producer Sebb Bash to record the new collaborative album I Guess U Had To Be There, and it comes out on Friday. Breezly Brewin, Estee Nack, and Shabaka Hutchings make appearances. We’ve posted the early…
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Fear Factory have announced a new addition to their 2026 touring schedule: a fall headlining run dubbed the Cybernetic Domination Tour.
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Metallica expand their “Life Burns Faster” Las Vegas Sphere residency to 24 shows after overwhelming fan demand and a record-breaking ticket rush.
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Hollywood Undead have returned, the masks are still firmly back on, and they are dishing out the pain with a new track that pays tribute to the greats.
It’s called ‘1×1’ and finds the band at their bold and belligerant best. Bolstered by a sample of Slayer’s iconic ‘Raining Blood’ riff, the collective feed off the heaviness, both in tone and stature, of what they are working with and deals out some of their hardest bars in years. It’s a crushing, honest, confident and sensationally catchy display of everything that the band represents. Heart, soul and brotherhood in abundance, with a hook that will be stuck in your ears for weeks.
If you know what it’s like to make it through the darkness, you will find a piece of yourself in here.
The band had this to say about the track, stating, “This song is about resilience. People are always going to doubt you or try to bring you down, but the point is getting back up every time and reminding them you’re still here, and that you can’t be replaced.”
It’s the band’s first music since last Summer when they released ‘SAVIOR’, which sounds like this:
The band will return to the UK this Summer, playing Download Festival. They join Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses, Linkin Park, Halestorm, Architects, A Day To Remember, Feeder, The All-American Rejects, Scooter, Cavalera, Blood Incantation, Static-X and many MANY more.
It will be taking place between June 12-14 at the world-famous Donington Park. Tickets are available right now from right here.
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Mike Silver, the Montreal-born producer better known as CFCF, is following up his cult-favorite 2021 LP Memoryland with his new album L.U.V. this June. Along with today’s announcement, Silver is sharing the record’s amped-up lead single “Let’s Kill Ourselves,” a tongue-in-cheek brain-rattler featuring Touching Ice and TECHG1RLS. While Memoryland saw Silver excavate some of his…
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Monstrosity have been a death metal institution for over 30 years. They were part of the big Floridian death metal boom of the late 80s/early 90s, but were always overshadowed by the likes of Death, Morbid Angel, Deicide, and Obituary. That said, their 1992 Imperial Doom debut brought the death-thrashing thunder and introduced the world to one George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher. He and his neck left after their second album to join Cannibal Corpse, but Monstrosity soldiered on, releasing a string of good to very good albums, including their most recent, 2018s The Passage of Existence. With 2 original members remaining, the band is now rounded out with a new guitarist and vocalist. Can the infusion of fresh blood keep the Monstrosity carcass moving in the right direction for 7th album, Screams from Beneath the Surface?
For a long-time listener of the band, opener “Banished to the Skies” may cause a jolt. It’s an Amon Amarth-esque melodeath piece with a bit of an epic vibe, which is not the usual Monstrosity modality. It’s a good song with a dark, brooding mood, fluid guitar work, and moments that remind me of vintage Edge of Sanity, but it’s definitely not what I would expect from these Florida men. Things quickly revert to caveman death thrashery on “The Colossal Rage,” and the mission statement is to pummel with lead pipe savagery. New throat Ed Webb (ex-Massacre) is effectively brutal, and the riffs have touches of Cannibal Corpse and old school Deicide. It’s entirely solid, entertaining death metal and sure to get the blood moving. “The Atrophied” is even more frenetic and thrashified, with slower, more epic Viking metal segments that serve as a contrast. The solos are colorful and beautifully melodic, which makes them pop out from the caveman Viking aesthetic.
The band clearly wanted to try several different things here. Their core thrashed-up death metal sound is present, but with overlays of epic melo death and doom that add dimensions to their blue-collar thugery. “Fortunes Engraved in Blood” is an example where the band tries to bring all these elements together. It’s part Floridian death, part macho melodeath, with touches of prog in the guitar work. The fact that it works is a testament to their writing and playing. The remainder of Screams features tracks with the various elements playing a greater or lesser role, and most of them work well enough. “The Thorns” is a darker, doomy piece that feels especially sharp, and “The Dark Aura” treads the same muddy battlefield as Bolt Thrower with slower power chugs and a grinding, inevitable feeling. It’s all well done, competent death metal that tries to push the envelope creatively in small ways, but unfortunately, much of it sits in that “good but not much more” category. A few of the meaner, more violent cuts reach higher since the death-thrash approach is Monstrosity’s best weapon, and why people come to the monster yard in the first place. At just under 44 with no song feeling like filler, Screams is a pretty easy spin with plenty of raw energy. The production is crisp and clean, but wholly lacking the edge and murk I prefer in my death metal.
Ed Webb is a well-traveled, extra-seasoned death vet, and his vocals are a good anchor for what Monstrosity do here. He’s got a classically big, burly death roar and can pull out effective blackened screams when called upon, though he can feel like a standard-issue croaker at times. Guitarist Matt Barnes and new axe Justin Walker show all kinds of talent and skill, forging nasty death riffs, ragged thrash leads, and some highly impressive, nearly neo-classical solo work. Some moments take me back to the glory days of 90s James Murphy, and that’s a great thing. This is a very talented crew, and they have the ambition to go beyond the usual caveman fare, which I respect.
Screams from Beneath the Surface is a solid death metal platter with a few barn burners and some interesting twists and surprises. It likely won’t make many end-of-year lists, but Monstrosity are still alive, capable, and trying new things. Not every death metal act with 30-plus years in the game can claim the same. Worth a listen. Hail, Florida men!
Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 256 kbps mp3
Label: Metal Blade
Websites: monstrosity.us | facebook.com/monstrosityofficial | instagram.com/monstrosityflorida
Releases Worldwide: March 13th, 2026
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