REVIEW AND EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM – Herida Profunda/Hellbastard – Split
Exclusive double track stream featuring Herida Profunda and Hellbastard, provided by Give Praise Records.
Haken – Aquarius and Visions Re-Release
The musicianship is exquisite and the songs feature gorgeous.
Deserted Fear – Dead Shores Rising
The riffs are simple but effectively heavy. No new ground is broken here. Deserted Fear appear content to drive the in the same wheel ruts that Amon Amarth and Dark Tranquillity did 10 years ago.
The Metal Evangelist – Top 40 Metal Albums of 2016
I sifted through more than 200 albums in 2016 and I’m pleased to present my favorites.
Hayduke’s Top 50 of 2016
Hayduke’s favorite 50 albums of 2016. Mostly metal, but the number one spot is taken by anarcho-folk project Rail Yard Ghosts.
SONG OF THE WEEK: Dawnbringer – North by North
At once, both classic and modern, both dark and light, both melancholy and transcendent.
SONG OF THE WEEK: Mayhem – Life Eternal
Though their past is rife with violence, murder, suicide, Nazism, and more, they are undoubtedly one of the creators of the sound we now call black metal.
Eggs of Gomorrh – Rot Prophet
The savagery of Rot Prophet gives us much to consider. We are invited to examine the most putrid layers of depravity, presented with vileness personified, and tainted forever by chaotic filth.
Graves at Sea – The Curse That Is
The complete package is moving and feels rooted in an organic, malevolent intensity.
SONG OF THE WEEK: Night Demon – The Chalice
Check out The Chalice in all of its ritualistic glory below, and then move on and discover the rest of the EP.