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THEY LEAPT FROM BURNING WINDOWS – Demo 2020

…a melodic/raw black metal duo from Anchorage, and I believe their setting is extremely important to how their music seems so effortless, when talking about how coldness and organic nature of their sound.

NEW SINGLE: Forêt Endormie – Nuages orageux

“Nuages orageux” examines that moment when the clouds have gathered and we welcome the coming storm.

EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Höstblod – Tusen ögon

What will be unexpected is the utter anguished beauty of Dikter om döden.

EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Ov Shadows – Den Eld Som Tär Och Förvrider

The album is an exceptionally intense listen, certainly in the running for the best and most visceral release in this style this year.

SWEAT – SWEAT EP

Please don’t sleep on this Album Of The Year contender from some of our most promising local talent.

Shezmu – À Travers Les Lambeaux

Dissonance and psychedelia and brutality..oh, my…

EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE: 0-NUN – Nihility Ascetics

Allow the three tracks to guide your exploration to the primal void and find what truth is to be had there.

Pattern-Seeking Animals – Prehensile Tales

It connects on all the different levels, from the group harmonies, the synth patches, and of course the bass tone.

Strike Anywhere – Nightmares of the West

Like all great punk rock, the band asks difficult questions, calling out the ills of society, but also deals with personal issues, like those we all deal with.

Maggot Heart – Mercy Machine

Their second full length, Mercy Machine is a fever dream of shattered glass mazes, mounds of heavenly trash bodies, and deep red flowers in full bloom.

Bog Wizard – From the Mire

Come for the Dungeons & Dragons. Stay for the didgeridoo.

Xenoglyph – Mytharc

It makes sense that music about said reality should have some edge to it, and this does. In the end, this album is magnificent and majestic, while still directed and aggressive, a pitch perfect balance and a masterful release.

FULL ALBUM STREAM: Derhead – Irrational I

It’s as if Derhead has distilled rage and pain, beauty and misery into a concentrated form.

Bitter Truth – The Voice of the Unheard

The riffs are chunky and the grooves have a good momentum to them, but this kind of music is usually all about the lyrics and the emotion behind their composition and delivery.

Putrefying Cadaverment – Indiscriminate Butchery

Listening to Putrefying Cadaverment is more like actually being present for the kill.

Helzgloriam – Decapitated Mystics Of The Serpent

They have created symphonic metal which is subdued enough to accent the essential darkness of their sound, instead of overwhelming it.

Edoma – Immemorial Existence

It races forward like a thoroughbred on the hunt, but has so many interesting and unique flourishes, time changes, and unexpected twists that it is clear the band are thoughtful composers.

Call Me A Cab – Color of Law

…it’s low-fi powerviolence in the style of California bands like Despise You but done up Detroit style, with all the added filth, fury, and weirdo tech-y sounds that the Dirty D would bring to such a table.