5 Things (Live Review) – The Sword/Ume
Actually only 3 things, but who’s counting?
5 Things (Live Review) – Napalm Death/Embalmer/From The Hellmouth/Merciless Reign
So, you drove to Cleveland to see a band coming to Grand Rapids two days later? Why, yes I did!
Lurk – Fringe
Band – Lurk Album – Fringe Country of Origin – Finland Genre – Atmospheric Sludge Metal Release Date – August 5, 2018 Label – Transcending Obscurity Records Author – Hayduke X Creatures claw out of the depths of your...
Svalbard – It’s Hard To Have Hope
May this album be the match that lights the kerosene soaked rag…
Construct of Lethe – Exiler
Band – Construct of Lethe Album – Exiler Country of Origin – USA Genre – Death Metal Release Date – June 20, 2018 Label – Everlasting Spew Records Author – Hayduke X Oppressive – weighs down or makes heavy,...
Taphos – Come Ethereal Somberness
…savagery in a complex, slow burning, almost ritualistic atmosphere.
Formicarius – Black Mass Ritual
Black Mass Ritual features a certain pomposity to it, almost upbeat, and very grand sounding, though the entire thing is undeniably subversive.
Beast in the Field/Hellmouth Split
The music speaks for itself.
Funeral Mist – Hekatomb
Those first notes hooked me and I found myself swept along, unable to fight the current, resting to preserve my strength for the moment I might break free.
Cardiac Arrest – A Parallel Dimension of Despair
…the composition of the whole is brutally vile and compellingly tight.