Forged in Black – Ten Years at the Forge
…comes at you…bad-to-the-bone…
Wyrm Chasm/Psychiatric Regurgitation – The Purge of Shrouded Martyrdom
Honestly, I’m glad I don’t have to choose. I can sit back and listen to both.
Defeated Sanity – The Sanguinary Impetus
…they play a fast, brutal form of Death Metal that maintains a distinct technical aspect with quick succession of riffs and blasts.
Cryptic Shift – Visitations From Enceladus
From the very opening notes, it is obvious that Cryptic Shift is about to take you far, far away from Planet Earth.
Various Artists – A Fistful MORE of Rock n’ Roll, Vol. 3
This volume might just go down as my preferred comp ever.
Soulmass – The Weakness of Virtue
There is a burning sense of ominous intent throughout the release, yet the primary emotion seems to be one of grief, fitting for a game where the primary experience is death.
Golden Ashes – In the Lugubrious Silence of Eternal Night
…and turns it into an almost panic inducing feeling.
Black Falcon – Ego Mortem Machina
They have genuine creative minds and force both resonant and threatening…
Vile Creature – Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!
Hearing it will not be enough, but if you do hear it, you will feel it.
The Cheats – Cussin, Crying N’ Carrying On
To tune in to The Cheats is to encounter more than essentially a blast of flammable gen X rage, but to observe the codification of another type of melodic craftsmanship.