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Tiny Tim – The Boxlers: A family history written as it occurred

I find myself enthralled in the story of a family I’ve never heard of, a family who never leaves the house, but instead spends their days watching an Egyptian TV show that they can’t understand.

Isgherurd Morth – Hellrduk

There is great depth of feeling on the album that seeps through the cracks of this raging entity.

Dødsferd – Suicide and the Rest of Your Kind Will Follow Part II

Part I and Part II combine to give a visceral look at the demons whispering in Wrath’s ear.

Cicada the Burrower – Corpseflower

I’m still trying to wrap my head around it, though my heart was completely captured with the first notes of the first listen.

Replicant – Malignant Reality

If we had a rating system, 10 out of 5. We don’t, so just let this shovel you around the face and see if I’m wrong.

Baxaxaxa – Catacomb Cult

Plenty of doomy blackness that will give you the stank face and bob your head to the evil flames that seem to grow higher and higher as the album unfolds.

King Woman – Celestial Blues

From the thunderous energy of “Coil” to the chugging thwacks that accompany the heart-wrenching lyrics of “Ruse,” this album has a little something for everybody.

Impossitor – Another Day, Another Doldrum

This whole album sounds like a fast-paced summer road trip (complete with all the flat tires and sugary gas station snacks) wrapped up into 11 tunes. Turn it up, drive fast, and roll the windows down!

Dread Maw – Libations of Blood

The six tracks account for about seventeen minutes of runtime, every second of which twists and turns your psyche in delightfully disturbing ways.

Voland – Царепоклонство – Il culto degli Zar

Elements of symphony, black metal, doom metal, and folk metal blend together in dark, melodic, bombastic package of weird and interesting music.

EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Veilburner – In The Tomb Of Dreaming Limbo

…if you like to challenge yourself and your psyche, this release is on par with anything else released this year, at the top of the pile of the viscerally bizarre.

EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Illuminated Manuscripts – Palace of Ghastly Leeches

Band - Sacrilegious Crown/Illuminated Manuscripts Album - Meditations on the Revenant Enigma Country of Origin - Italy/Estonia Genre - Raw Black Metal Release Date - August 6, 2021 Label - Xenoglossy Productions Author - Hayduke X If you know Estonia’s...

Joyous Wolf, Recharged

Joyous Wolf, Recharged By Shantelle Thornton Soulful vocals permeate the air and powerful vocals provoke the imagination; this is Joyous Wolf. The music of Joyous Wolf encompasses the listener, compelling them to sway rhythmically as the lyrics unravel into a story....

Sleep Waker – Alias

…as in a dream world, the album is a deep mix of different concepts both musically and conceptually that would seem confusing outside of dreamworld. Yet here, they make perfect sense.

Ayyur – Balkarnin

Dagon and Angra Mainyu combine on the desolate and atmospheric guitar riffs, weaving moments of dissonance in with moments of heavy pathos.

EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Sense Offender – Prayer Sheet

An exclusive stream of the track Prayer Sheet by Sense Offender.

Chadhel – Split

Band - Chadhel Album - Split Country of Origin - Canada Genre - Grindcore Release Date - December 1, 2021 Label - Give Praise Records Author - Hayduke X I’m a little late on this one, but it is worth the wait. I’ve been following Chadhel in particular since the...

Void Angel/Sacral – Crucible of Utopia

Band - Void Angel/Sacral Album - Crucible of Utopia Country of Origin - UK/USA Genre - Black Metal Release Date - July 3, 2021 Label - Independent Release Author - Hayduke X The Crucible of Utopia Split marks the follow up to February’s Winds From Paradise,...