Pathogen is a death metal band hailing from South East Asia, the Philippines. Pathogen is amongst a few metal bands in the area to attain international media coverage, making the band somewhat special.  The band plays old-school death metal with tons of catchy riffs and blast sections.  Some of their prior material, including Blasphemous Communion, are hard to come by, so I’ve chosen to share some of my thoughts on the band’s material that fans can still find at Bandcamp.  Nine Circles fans who want to discover one of Southeast Asia’s best-kept secrets will want to read further.

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