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EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Cicada the Burrower – Herald Of Lions
if you love exploration in music, different artistic expressions, strange genre blends, and various other avant garde approaches, then this is a must listen.
Hayduke’s Top 50 of 2022
Welcome back to another edition of Hayduke's top 50. I want to remind everyone that musical taste is entirely subjective. I do not claim that these are the best releases of 2022, only that they are my favorite 50. Also note that this is a snapshot in this moment and...
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Frozen Dawn – Wanderer of Times
Band - Frozen Dawn Album - The Decline of the Enlightened Gods Country of Origin - Spain Genre - Black Metal Release Date - February 10, 2023 Label - Transcending Obscurity Records Author - Hayduke X Wanderer of Times takes a few seconds to work up to it, but...
Soulmass – Let Us Pray
Drenched in bloody violence, with horror infused pain dripping from musical wounds, Let Us Pray is a tour de force of emotional riffs, attacking rhythms, unsettling dynamics, and terrifying vocal delivery.
Glyph – The Time of Peril
Band - Glyph Album - The Time of Peril Country of Origin - United States Genre - Black Metal Release Date - January 27, 2023 Label - WereGnome Records/Fiadh Productions Author - Hayduke X The shadowy individual known as the Keeper of the Glyph is set to release...
EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Veilburner – Ruin
This one feels off-kilter, like it’s always about to tip over and crush the listener.
Barrel Bones – Shake-Rattle-Roll
…the band I most think of in comparison to Barrel Bones is one of my favorites, namely The Gaslight Anthem.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Dysgnostic – Eternal Recurrence
Like a serpent slithering forth from some dark corner, Scar Echoes crawls forth, reptilian and threatening.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Devenial Verdict – The Contemptor
Listening to these eight tracks requires a willingness to enter a harsh world, but the payoff is worth it.
TAPE TRADE REVIEW: Had – Had
…an entrancing, yet murky doomed out death metal sound, as if some horror of hell has managed to crawl forth from the sewers and is now hunting for flesh.
TRACK PREMIERE: Chest Rockwell – The Cartesian Theater
The groove entrances you, even as instruments are added, key changes happen, and the vocals embed themselves into your brainstem.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Morbid Evils – Tormented
The albums that hit you this hard are few and far between, but the Finnish trio give us another worthy entry.
INTERVIEW: Drunk MFers
…we are back and this time we are not going to make any discounts to our fuck off attitude to the shitty masses and their trends.
Ar’lyxkq’wr – Ss’uunnhl
When combining these components, you are left with a very unsettling, nauseating template to lay some vocals on.
INTERVIEW: Manos Six + The Muddy Devil
Without moonshine, nothing of these would be possible…hehehe…
Am Himmel – As Eternal As The Starless Kingdom
The sun can kill us with its deadly UV rays. Good thing our destination is The Starless Kingdom.
Xenoglyph – Spiritfraud
This is a perfect summer black metal album that doesn’t drain the light, nor does it run towards the sun. Enjoy, my fellow homo sapiens!
It’s a hell of an era for the Dayglo Abortions to deliver Hate Speech
The first three songs wrap together like fingers into a fist to strike with thought-provoking potency. If they were a single, it should have been nominated for a Juno or a Pulitzer.
Black Braid – I
If I were to have more children (I’m not), bits of the album would probably be embedded in their DNA.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Heads for the Dead – The Bloodline
Perhaps we could call this atmospheric OSDM, but the atmosphere is one of blackest horror.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Abaddon Incarnate – Hyperchaos
With veins of droning terror running throughout, The Wretched Sermon is a riff-filled manifestation of brutality.
Vital Spirit – Still As The Night, Cold As The Wind
As I sit here and listen to this masterpiece a bazillionth time, I realize I still have no idea how to write about it, but as they say, I’m willing to give it the old college try.
Drunk MFs – Dead End EP
The grooving rhythms will have you bopping your head while you wait for the bartender to pour you another. Interesting riffs keep the party going, while you find yourself singing along with Father W’s strong clear voice throughout. Dead End is a party you don’t want to miss!
Mouthful of Locusts – Human Dissonance EP
Basically take parts of those two bands, a little hardcore, a little jazz, the dissonant sensibilities of Diskord or Replicant and you might be in the right wheelhouse.
