Rage and Frustration
Heavy Metal Reviews & Interviews
Circle of Salt – Suffer the Cold
Adhering fairly tightly to the supposed rules of black metal, Circle Of Salt manage to also convincingly pull elements from other parts of the heavy metal universe and assemble them expertly.
Arallu Interview
Hayduke interviews Butchered, founding member of Jerusalem based Arallu.
Top Black Metal EPs by I.Gos
My top album of the year and top EP of 2017 is Schammasch – The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite.
Cadence Calling – Dark Sentiment
The heaviness is definitely strong in this one.
George’s Best of 2017!
This year saw a lot of releases by bands that I am already a fan of, and as such, my list this year has more in common with Rolling Stone than with, let’s say, the Quietus.
Diarchy – Here Lost We Lie
This album shows how versatile this band can be, all while sticking to a sound they’ve made as their own.
Hamferð- Támsins likam (Review and Interview)
“This is a sign of a band being in no hurry to make hollow statements but taking the time they need to create and shape their art before presenting it to the rest of the world.”
Centripetal Force – Eidetic (EP)
Will make what I predict to be an unprecedented play garnering the praise of thrashers far and wide.
Pakasteet – Pula
Then, add in the sound of someone destroying your mother’s kitchen.
Malokarpatan – Nordkarpatenland
The result, for this listener, is a dark journey of madness where you are occasionally allowed to see some moments of brightness.
Disabuse – Death Machines
This is not a new band trying to catch the sound of those glory days. This is a band that was making crossover thrash (my favorite variety) in those glory days.
Pyrolatrous – Teneral
There is so much going on with this album that it takes repeat listens to really dig in, but those repeat listens are so worth it.
Sacroscum – Drugs & Death
Sacroscum plays a mix of the filthiest crust embedded in gnarly black metal resurrected from the grave of the first wave.
All Pigs Must Die – Hostage Animal
Plain and simple, Hostage Animal rips!
Caïnan Dawn – F.O.H.A.T.
Patient is a key word here, for as much as F.O.H.A.T. is built on a foundation of chaos, they approach the topic with a great deal of patience, exploring the murky depths and twisting by-ways.
From Sacred Static to Cosmic Veil – A Review of Thantifaxath’s Void Masquerading as Matter
Black metal band Thantifaxath explore further these possibilities of black metal, cloaking themselves to remain acutely dedicated to sound over visual aesthetic. Their music serves as a portal to something both bizarre and impenetrable which disorientates the listener consistently.
George’s List Before “The List”
Rage and Frustration Heavy Metal Reviews & Interviews LIST SEASON!!! George presents to us, his List Before "The List". Soon, his List will follow. The List before the "List" is a collection of random best and worst things related to music in 2017. Best Album...
Interview with Ethan McCarthy (Primitive Man) at The New Dodge Lounge, Hamtramck
Rage and Frustration Heavy Metal Reviews & Interviews Band - Primitive Man Country of Origin - USA Venue - The New Dodge Lounge Date - October 29, 2017 Back towards the end of October, Ethan McCarthy, the singer and guitarist of Primitive Man, sat down to...
Funeral Hearse – The Fist, The Spit, The Sword EP
Fittingly, you are dealt blows of traditional and old school death metal coupled with trve kvlt black metal. Honestly.
Wojczech/Krupskaya – Split 12″
Total sonic anarchy.
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