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Capra – In Transmission
In Transmission is perhaps the most immediate album I’ve heard all year. I feel like I’m front row at a show and only years spent developing self control have saved my couch from being turned into kindling in a living room mosh session.
Creeping Fear – Hategod Triumph
Only thirty-six minutes long, you still feel spent when the last note fades, such is the might of this album.
Zebulon Kosted – Die Groot Korkodil Pieter Willem Botha
The reality is that it draws you into a trance with it’s droning rhythms, building tension and beauty slowly, Ghafur revealing more of this monster with each bile filled invective.
INTERVIEW: Gomgoma
Don’t do drugs. Do Bataille, instead.
Ossaert – Pelgrimsoord
So what’s the verdict? Simply put, while it languishes a bit in some places (mostly the latter half of track 3 and track 4), Pelgrimsoord seems to take the sound of Bedenhuis and capitalize on it by inserting a handful of really cool extras.
LABEL FEATURE: Sentient Ruin Laboratories
I can count on any Sentient Ruin release to be well crafted, challenging in some way, and aesthetically interesting.
TRACK STREAM: Necrogod – Bringers of Blasphemy
This entity is death metal in its purest form, angry and hungry, eager to feed.
Ringarë – Thrall of Winter’s Majesty
Thrall of Winter’s Majesty represents a unique entry in its collection of work: it is not a representation of the future of RINGARË, but is purely conceptual in its form and a reflection of times long gone.
Wrekan – Gevurah
There is really a lot going on here, yet the eight tracks remain (mostly) within the confines of Raw Black Metal as a distinct subgenre.
Varanak – Relics of Mourning
I press play, I am transported to some warm, dark, dangerous, and welcoming place, and then some indeterminate time later, I come slowly back to this world.
Void Angel – Winds From Paradise
This release has real riffs, played well, and yet retains that rugged feeling through production choices.
Bog Wizard VS Dust Lord – Four Tales of the Strange
I think the only important thing left to say, is roll for initiative!
Grab – The Inevitable Filth of Mankind
The righteous hatred of humanity is strong, but restrained, methodical in its obliterating power.
Lamb of God – Lamb of God (Deluxe Edition)
So, the whole album, plus a few extras, all delivered with such energy and professionalism that one would almost think these guy’s had been doing this for a while…
Kardashev – The Baring of Shadows
They know what they’re doing, and they are executing their craft in the most passionate of ways.
Sulpur – Embracing Hatred and Beckoning Darkness
The ethos of black metal continues to burn its black flame with its mischief through the night sky.
Sanguisugabogg – Tortured Whole
Band - Sanguisugabogg Album - Tortured Whole Country of Origin - USA Genre - Death Metal Release Date - March 26, 2021 Label - Century Media Records Author - Hayduke X Imagine standing at the bottom of a rocky mountain, strewn with enormous fields of boulders....
Plague Weaver – Ascendant Blasphemy
Foul atmosphere and pugilistic attacks leave the listener mentally bloody, with bruised psyche, ready to relent the demands of the artists.
A Legend Remembered
Kurt Cobain’s Lasting Legacy April 5, 1994, a day that lives in infamy for all Nirvana fans. Twenty-seven years has passed since the world lost one of its most iconic rock stars. This anniversary marks just as much time passing since the tragic loss as the...
Fate DeStroyed: A Conversation with Franccesca De Struct
All right head bangers, are you ready to have all your faces melted? Hailing from the Los Angeles area, Fate DeStroyed is a female fronted metal band you do not want to miss! With lilting vocals, soul piercing screams, and lyrics that will reverberate within your...
Grale – Agitacion
One definitely feels agitated throughout each listen. Adrenaline spikes. Pulse of energy run up and down the nervous system, and then it’s over.
Hideous Gomphidius – Keepers of the Fungal Order
The sounds of synths and muffled drumming reverberate through your marrow, causing shivers unannounced.
Baest – Necro Sapiens
Band - Baest Album - Necro Sapiens Country of Origin - Denmark Genre - Death Metal Release Date - March 5, 2021 Label - Century Media Records Author - Hayduke X Every now and then, I find a unicorn. My big three genres are grindcore, black metal (taken...
Depths of Hatred – Inheritance
For fans of the metalcore genre, try this out. It may be your next thing.
