Exocrine - Legend (2024)

Legend is Exocrine fifth album (and first one for Season of Mist, after having released albums with Unique Leader Records), and for sure it is strenghtening the French band (from Bordeaux) place among the very best tech death bands. Definitely technical, but with also songwriting skills enabling them to be as catchy as they are brutal. Legend is a worthy candidate for best technical death metal album of the year.

The BC page.

 

 

Best death metal in 2018

After my usual list of favourite grindcore releases for 2018 (HERE), this is now a list for my favourite death metal in 2018.

In alphabetical order, and you can click the name of the album to go to my review.
As usual feel free to comment, suggestions will be welcome.

Exocrine - Molten Giant

Ilsa - Corpse Fortress

Oxygen Destroyer - Bestial Manifestations of Malevolence and Death

Scorched - Ecliptic Butchery

Skeletal Remains - Devouring Mortality

Skinless - Savagery

Tomb Mold - Manor of Infinite Forms

Exocrine - Molten Giant (2018)

All the praises this album is receiving is deserved. Molten Giant, released with Unique Leader records is the third, and best album of the French Exocrine. This is high quality brutal and technical death metal, somewhere between Morbid Angel and Obscura. Not only good riffing and grooves and nice leads but also well-written memorable songs that are catchy yet brutal. Really good stuff.

The Bandcamp page.