“For a band that I have never listened to before this album I can safely say I have been missing out. The death metal genre in 2012 to me has grown stagnant but Auroch has shone through. Combining death, thrash, and even some groove metal into a downright death metal masterpiece that all fans of the genre will enjoy. Many, many great things to come in the future for this young band.”

“This trio play thrash riddled death metal that rages out of the cage like a blood-crazed cross between Carcass, Behemoth, Morbid Angel and Cryptopsy. If raw yet technical, dismal and twisted, extreme metal is what you need to get you thru the long months ahead then look no further my fiends! This one is a thing of beauty.”

““Lovecraftian” death metallers from Vancouver, Auroch sears into its eight song CD with a vengeance...the guys can clearly execute the breakneck time changes, crazy scales and howling like they were born into it.”

““From Forgotten Realms” effectively embodies everything one could ask for in an undeniably metal album; no quarter for anything that could even remotely take away from the mood of the album.”

“anyone who digs a non-stop brutal sound that blends the lines between black, death, and thrash, with both technical and old school leanings, should check this album out.”

“This is a band death metal fans are going to want to keep their ears and eyes on. 8/10”

“From Forgotten Worlds weight heavily with surges of Lovecraftian poetries, and while it takes influences from some of the cornerstones of the genre, it sounds nothing like its musical ancestors. Instead, it thrives on a unique formulation of the Old School and Brutal Death Metal into the creation of a stand-alone piece, possessing that of a high sense of technicality and originality. 9/10”

“This is some evil, twisted sounding music. And I gotta say I love it...One of the things I like the most about metal like this is that it is intelligent.”

“‘Talisman for Total Temporal Collapse’ shows what this band are capable of ...It’s blasting and feral and really bloody good, the bass and drums creating an impermeable barricade of snarling sound that manages to avoid the trap of merely sounding ‘brutal’. It has real feel to it and is followed up with another impressive, expressive, riffy monster in ‘Terra Akeldama’.”

“9.5/10 review of 'From Forgotten Worlds. "the three piece display a remarkably mature songwriting ability together with a highly technical musical ability, the song twisting and turning upon a pivotal archetypal DM riff, complemented by a stunning drumming performance from Zach Chandler, but at the same time demonstrating the sort of measured combination/contrast that so many death bands seem incapable of producing."”

“Auroch play death metal and they play it well. They combine some technical elements that work perfectly with the raw, yet accessible production. Songs like ‘Talisman For Total Temporal Collapse’ thunder out of your speakers and grab you like a tentacle from *Cthulhu. Guitars shred and the drums just pound away in a very satisfying blend of mayhem.”

“great debut, it shows that death is, ahem, alive and well and that the genre is not likely to cease and desist provided it keeps spawning deliciously evil works of art, such as this.”

“As From Forgotten Worlds gets things going, one thing is clear – this is going to be a heavy assed ride. Pounding drum lines work with intricate guitars and roaring vocals, showing that extreme metal is still being produced in a manner that’s going to kill your cat, haunt your mind and leave you powerless to do anything about it...I never had any idea that this level of extreme metal was being produced in Canada, but Auroch have just shown my what’s on offer over there – and it sounds damned good. ”

“Auroch happily break the mould by applying their trade effortlessly and ‘From Forgotten Worlds’ is one of the technical old school US death metal releases of recent times. For a band’s debut release, I can only salivate at the prospect of further inspirational death metal coming from these Canadians, it wipes the floor with many of their peers and that’s not normally an easy thing to do.”

“Technical, inspired, melodic, and possessing one of the most acidic dual-vocal attacks since Carcass, Auroch is metal’s latest, greatest soundtrack to metaphysical disquiet.”

“When the opening riffs of Slaves To A Flame Undying unleash themselves from your speakers, you are suddenly in a new world,”

“Vancouver metal band Auroch takes inspiration from weird fiction author H.P. Lovecraft.”

“Auroch combines black ballads, growling guitar riffs and progressive arpeggios as they draw inspiration from bands like Death and Morbid Angel.”

“I like finding new metal bands to entertain me. Canadian Auroch did that enough for me to want to interview them.”

“Auroch are a very talented and original band that combines black metal with death, thrash and power metal and if you are looking for a band that mixes these styles together, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Acolyte" "Osiris" "Black Art Ritual" and "Haunter Of Darkness". RECOMMENDED BUY. ”

“Fans who are into Morbid Angel, Death, and numerous others along this line, would highly enjoy Auroch’s performance tonight… a powerful amount of energy, causing fans to constantly mosh and head bang with metal pumping through their veins.”

“Solos fly like bats out of hell, with intricate leads and intense rhythm, and Lovecraftian lyrics. Really fucking good!”