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Wrekan – Gevurah
There is really a lot going on here, yet the eight tracks remain (mostly) within the confines of Raw Black Metal as a distinct subgenre.
Varanak – Relics of Mourning
I press play, I am transported to some warm, dark, dangerous, and welcoming place, and then some indeterminate time later, I come slowly back to this world.
Void Angel – Winds From Paradise
This release has real riffs, played well, and yet retains that rugged feeling through production choices.
Bog Wizard VS Dust Lord – Four Tales of the Strange
I think the only important thing left to say, is roll for initiative!
Grab – The Inevitable Filth of Mankind
The righteous hatred of humanity is strong, but restrained, methodical in its obliterating power.
Lamb of God – Lamb of God (Deluxe Edition)
So, the whole album, plus a few extras, all delivered with such energy and professionalism that one would almost think these guy’s had been doing this for a while…
Kardashev – The Baring of Shadows
They know what they’re doing, and they are executing their craft in the most passionate of ways.
Sulpur – Embracing Hatred and Beckoning Darkness
The ethos of black metal continues to burn its black flame with its mischief through the night sky.
Sanguisugabogg – Tortured Whole
Band - Sanguisugabogg Album - Tortured Whole Country of Origin - USA Genre - Death Metal Release Date - March 26, 2021 Label - Century Media Records Author - Hayduke X Imagine standing at the bottom of a rocky mountain, strewn with enormous fields of boulders....
Plague Weaver – Ascendant Blasphemy
Foul atmosphere and pugilistic attacks leave the listener mentally bloody, with bruised psyche, ready to relent the demands of the artists.
A Legend Remembered
Kurt Cobain’s Lasting Legacy April 5, 1994, a day that lives in infamy for all Nirvana fans. Twenty-seven years has passed since the world lost one of its most iconic rock stars. This anniversary marks just as much time passing since the tragic loss as the...
Fate DeStroyed: A Conversation with Franccesca De Struct
All right head bangers, are you ready to have all your faces melted? Hailing from the Los Angeles area, Fate DeStroyed is a female fronted metal band you do not want to miss! With lilting vocals, soul piercing screams, and lyrics that will reverberate within your...
Grale – Agitacion
One definitely feels agitated throughout each listen. Adrenaline spikes. Pulse of energy run up and down the nervous system, and then it’s over.
Hideous Gomphidius – Keepers of the Fungal Order
The sounds of synths and muffled drumming reverberate through your marrow, causing shivers unannounced.
Baest – Necro Sapiens
Band - Baest Album - Necro Sapiens Country of Origin - Denmark Genre - Death Metal Release Date - March 5, 2021 Label - Century Media Records Author - Hayduke X Every now and then, I find a unicorn. My big three genres are grindcore, black metal (taken...
Depths of Hatred – Inheritance
For fans of the metalcore genre, try this out. It may be your next thing.
Mare Cognitum – Solar Paroxysm
What is really interesting and I’m not sure if it’s just ME, but it feels and sounds really good to restart this album immediately after it finishes.
Satanize – Baphomet Altar Worship
Satanize has been terrorizing the scene since 2001 and shows no sign of slowing down their tyrannical train.
TRACK PREMIERE: Soothsayer – War of the Doves
Band - Soothsayer Album - Echoes of the Earth Country of Origin - Ireland Genre - Atmospheric Sludge/Doom Metal Release Date - April 9, 2021 Label - Transcending Obscurity Records Author - Hayduke X Today, we present War of the Doves, the massive new track from...
Mistral – Somnifer
Let this album caress your psyche. Feel the yearning and the anguish, the joy and the bittersweet sadness.
Fractal Generator – Macrocosmos
Strange riffs interweave in strange ways in a composition aimed at otherworldly atmospherics.
Revenant Marquis – Below The Landsker Line
With its melancholily enriched melodies and raw production, you don’t get a chance to warm up to the idea of utter despair, it just overtakes you and you have no choice but to submit and let the emotions take over your mind and soul.
TRACK PREMIERE: Marasmus – Necrotic Overlord
Band - Marasmus Album - Necrotic Overlord Country of Origin - USA Genre - Death Metal Release Date - March 26, 2021 Label - Transcending Obscurity Records Author - Hayduke X It is our pleasure today to unveil the title track from the upcoming Marasmus release....
VIDEO PREMIERE: Gomgoma – Suffer the Incubus
They wield their instruments like weapons, attacking the listener. Hints of 80s hardcore punk come to mind in the manner of attack.
