COFFINS March Of Despair EP (2012)

Japan has been quietly producing some of the most punishing death metal on the planet for decades, and Coffins are the proof that gets shoved in the face of anyone who doubts it. They play like Autopsy and Celtic Frost got into a slow-motion collision inside a tomb, and nobody walked away.

March of Despair from 2012 is the EP that locks in everything the band does best, massive doom-laden riffs, vocals that sound genuinely decomposed, a pace that refuses to rush because it doesn't need to. This is death metal for people who think most death metal is too polished, too clinical, too fast. The dark aesthetic here is bludgeoning and deliberate, and that's exactly the point.

Format: Mini Album EP, CD. Country of origin: Japan. Genre: Death Metal. Released 2012.

Fans of: Autopsy, Goatlord, Witch Vomit, Anatomia, Celtic Frost.