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EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: NIL – The War Inside

Intentionally or not, the bands expose the ugly collective psyche of humanity, then spit on it with all the bile they can muster.

Grandeur – Aurea Aetas

This is fist pumping, sing-along, blackened melodic crust.

Body Void – Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth

Band - Body Void Album - Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth Country of Origin - USA Genre - Sludge Metal Release Date - April 23, 2021 Label - Prosthetic Records/Tridroid Records Author - Hayduke X Listening to Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth is like going...

EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Archangel A.D. – Beacons

…the Texas quintet do so in a slow burn thrash track that is reminiscent of the classic thrash I grew up on, in terms of grit and delivery.

TRACK STREAM: Arcane Existence – Conclave

Taking full advantage of the strengths offered by each member, the band have spawned a dark, bombastic creation, rich with feeling, and full of twists and turns.

Beyond Man – Beyond Man

Raise your glass of whisky or beer to the full moon as the Norwegian Cowboys from Hell finally defile us with their and music.

EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Deep Cross/Khost

My hope is that more modern industrial will once again find the harrowing, ominous soul of the genre, as these two projects clearly have.

Nixil – All Knots Untied

Changing tempos and shifting time signatures, combines with a variety of vocal approaches and riffing, present a swirling vortex of chaotic prog darkness.

Decoherence – System I

‘System I’ doesn’t waste any time to turn the gravity up to a crushing atmosphere right when you press play.

Non Serviam – Le Cœur Bat

Band - Non Serviam Album - Le Cœur Bat Country of Origin - France Genre - Experimental/Electronica/Industrial/Blackened Grindcore Release Date - April 23, 2021 Label - Code666/Aural Music/Trepanation Recordings Author - Hayduke X Le Cœur Bat starts with a track...

EXCLUSIVE ALBUM STREAM: Nameless Mist – Nameless Mist

It’s the type of album that can be hard to write about objectively, because it’s really more about how it grabs me and about how it makes me feel, than it is about particular riffs, rhythms, or anything else.

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: Dødsferd – Back to my Homeland…my last Breath…

They are a raging alarm call of black metal might, in which Wrath shows himself to be at the height of his powers, even after all of these years and all of these releases.

EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Mule Skinner – Mule Bomb/Grenadiers

There is nothing soft about either track, though there is plenty of skill displayed in the mauling they give us.

FULL ALBUM STREAM: Deathvoid – Semaphore

This demo is a truly excellent example of creating meaning and emotion within objectively difficult music.

Esoctrilihum – Dy’th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath

Those with open minds and chaos in their hearts will rejoice.

TRACK STREAM: Jenn Taiga – King of Swords

Eerie, beautiful, powerful, meditative…all of these are appropriate descriptors for this spacey third track on Lunar Nocturnes and Esoteric Incantations.

TRACK STREAM: Mosara – Majestik

This is, I would say, first and foremost stoner doom, and it has a side order of prog mixed in as well, but it also carries that aura of sludge metal (or maybe Sludge Metal is more apt).

Cryptosis – Bionic Swarm

Band - Cryptosis Album - Bionic Swarm Country of Origin - The Netherlands Genre - Progressive Thrash Metal Release Date - March 26, 2021 Label - Century Media Records Author - Hayduke X Bionic Swarm is the perfect name for this album for a couple of reasons....