heavy-metal-darkness: Scorching Tomb | Ossuary

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Scorching Tomb | Ossuary | Time To Kill Records

Release Date: October 24th, 2025

Format: CD/Digital

Genre: Death Metal/Hardcore

Country: Canada

Born in the sewers of Montreal in 2018, Scorching Tomb didn’t arrive to play nice. From the very beginning the band’s vision was simple. To combine the old school filth of death metal with the blunt force of hardcore. In a city already stacked with technical death metal royalty, Scorching Tomb carved their own trench. Led by tattoo artist and frontman Vincent PL, alongside guitarist Philippe Leblanc, the band gathered momentum fast thanks to violent riffs, crushing mosh sections and a reputation for chaotic live shows. With the later addition of bassist Miguel Lepage (ex-Blind Witness, ex-Obey The Brave) and drummer Émile Savard (Profane Order), the machine was complete. The target now is clear. To follow in Montreal’s extreme metal legacy and make the world notice.

The band’s early run of demos and splits already pointed toward where things were heading. “Ossuary,” their first full-length, is a direct strike. Across its 28 minutes, the album throws riff after riff with no downtime. Tracks like “Stalagmite Impalement” and “Sentenced To Rot” are brief, violent bursts that hit fast and vanish before you can recover, while “Skullcrush” with Devin Swank of Sanguisugabogg and “Feel The Blade” with Primal Horde add extra brutality with their guest spots. There’s no drag in the pacing as every song is built to land with maximum impact.

The guitars run wild with grinding, buzzsaw tones, the drums hammer out blasts and breakdowns in equal measure, and Vincent’s vocals sound like they’re being spat out of the sewer walls themselves. It’s the kind of sound that doesn’t let you sit still, forcing movement whether you want it or not. Hardcore punch meets death metal atmosphere, and it works.

“Ossuary” is an ugly, fast and heavy statement from a band that’s clearly ready to fight its way out of the underground. It doesn’t go long enough to lose momentum, and that’s the point—it’s designed as a slab of chaos you hit repeat on as soon as it ends. This is a solid, savage debut full-length that delivers on its promise: pure violence pressed into half an hour of music. It shows exactly why Montreal is still dangerous ground for extreme metal.

Score: 7.6