Tumultuous Ruin – An Abscess on the Heart of the State
The vision of the world seen between the riffs is bleak, but there is strength and spine there too – enough to rise up with each cadence to move inexorably forward and fight back!
Ôros Kaù – Thanatos
Thanatos isn’t casual, and it shouldn’t be treated as such.
Bihargam – Executioner Star
Though it’s only three tracks long, and one of them is a Soundgarden cover, this EP still feels like a meaty offering.
Altari – Kröflueldar
Putting all of these experimental tendencies together, we have an album that you will return to regularly.
Body Void – Atrocity Machine
Atrocity Machine is a revelation – an evolutionary leap forward for a band that has essentially a perfect discography prior to this album.
Critical Defiance – Misconception
I hear a resurgence of the past with a spiked fist clenched on the future.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Dyssebeia – Black Swarm
The album is elegant, flowing seamlessly from traditional heavy metal riffs to djent worthy chugs to tremolo riffing to soaring melodies to…well, you get the idea.
EXCLUSIVE FULL ALBUM STREAM: Seraphic Entombment – Sickness Particles Gleam
It lives within the boundaries of the style (with some blackening, but that’s not so abnormal), but does so with a unique putrefaction that makes it stand out above the rest.
Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific
Don’t mistake their longevity for complacency: This Cannibal Corpse is still hungry. VERY hungry.
Riversleem – A Second Release By Riversleem
In just two short EPs, Riversleem has joined the ranks of some of my favorite currently active bands with a short but unrelentingly intense genre-spanning style of hardcore.