As the large majority of Heavy Bloginators are American, you may or may not know/care, but this week in the United Kingdom marks the Diamond Jubilee — celebrating 60 years of tyranny from our reptilian lord and war master Queen Elizabeth II. Festivities will occur and the blood of our enemies will be spilled upon our tracksuits as we spend 4 glorious days in a drug-fueled orgy of human sacrifice and extensive cannibalism, as is tradition. However, most importantly, it means you can start drinking at mid-day and no one will bat an eyelid. So what better to celebrate than by highlighting some of the best underground UK bands around — those bands that work tirelessly to make the UK scene a better place and help hold the standards set by the countless number of classic metal acts that were spawned here.
Flayed Disciple
From the unlikely home of Taunton, Somerset, Flayed Disciple bring the gore, in an old-school and uncompromising way. This is pure, thrash-y death metal, influenced by early Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation and Bolt Thrower and doing with all the eloquence you would expect from a band with track titles such as ‘Ejaculate While Killing‘, ‘Torsofucked‘ and, my personal favourite, ‘The Westboro Massacre‘. But it’s so well written, it’s such a tight and refined performance, that it’s impossible to dislike. If you like your death metal to transport you back directly the beginning of the 1990′s, look no further than this slab of raw and dirty death metal. For a much better review of their debut album Death Hammer, check out the Iron Sandwich series, put together by Dom Lawson of Metal Hammer magazine.
