Throne – That Who Sat Upon Him, Was Death
A new creature has arisen from the DNA of these older monsters, and it won’t be stopped!
REVIEW AND INTERVIEW: Thlipsis – Thlipsis/Θλίψις and Servants of Apathy
Band – Thlipsis Album – Thlipsis/Θλίψις EP and Servants of Apathy EP Country of Origin – Greece Genre – Black Metal Release Date – January 25, 2025 Label – FYC Records Author – Hayduke X Review On January 25, FYC...
FEATURE: Gråt Strigoi – The Prophetic Silence (Review + Interview)
This is one of those goosebump raising albums that requires a few moments of stillness to recenter yourself when it ends.
CONCERT COVERAGE: 1349, Spectral Wound, Antichrist Siege Machine, Spirit Possession
Belated coverage of the big black metal show in Grand Rapids at the end of May.
FEATURE: Hail – Transgression (review + interview)
They remain one of the freshest boundary pushers on the edge of heavy music and are worth exploring.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Construct of Lethe – I am the Lionkiller/ Labyrinthine Terror
A Kindness Dealt In Venom” is what the result should have been had that band continued to evolve, innovate, and improve.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Malconfort – Compulsion (Ecstasy)
Band – Malconfort Album – Humanism Country of Origin – UK Genre – Experimental Black Metal Release Date – July 5, 2024 Label – Transcending Obscurity Records Author – Hayduke X Today, we are streaming the opening track...
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Cranial Disorder – Compulsive Savagery
…this young Indonesian band innovates by judiciously integrating in other styles of death metal and by a driving dynamism (and of course by having waves of quality riffs).
Sentiment Dissolve – The Orwellian Dream (Review + Interview)
Precision, power, variety, creativity. What more do you want?
Tzompantli – Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force
“Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force” is a war cry against the oppressive forces of modernity and a calling forth of ancient warriors and ancient ways.