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Kólga – Black Tides
Just in time for the sunshine and the summer’s warm embrace, we are given an album that will be played a lot during the scorched daze ahead.
Feed Them Death – The Malady (plus an introduction to the first single: Panopticism II)
The album is visceral and difficult to be sure, but also a brilliant Trojan horse for potential.
Protosequence – Bestiary
Band: Protosequence Album: Bestiary Country: Canada Genre: Death Metal Release Date: April 5th, 2024 Label: Lacerated Enemy Records Author: Michael Litteral Let me start by saying this album has been such a pleasure to review. I'm a huge black metal guy...
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Hekseblad – The Taste of Ash
Do not sleep on this one. I’m confident I’ll be talking about it again at the end of the year.
Decibel Magazine Tour Coverage – March 14, 2024
My views on this year’s edition of the Decibel Tour, as experienced in Detroit at the Magic Stick.
Best of February 2024
This is coming at you a little late, but enjoy some of our favorites from February 2024.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: Icosandria – A Scarlet Lunar Glow Pt. 1
“A Scarlet Lunar Glow” is a powerful statement about to be released on the world.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: Mind Prisoner – 3:33
Bleak. Dark. Hopeless. That is the “3:33 EP.”
EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE: Wounds – Ruin
The key point here is that the album is excellent, a brutal example of tech death as it should be, chock full of malevolent soul and spiteful menace.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Nuclear Tomb – Fatal Visions
Prominent bass, nasty riffs, and an overall belligerence do make Fatal Visions a memorable track.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: Wounds – The Archfiend’s Apothecary
It is clear that the band has a clear and brutal vision, that they are gifted composers, and that they are talented musicians.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: Dødsferd – Restoration of Justice
The video contains some live footage, but also scenes of violence, destruction, and civil unrest in recent years in Greece.
My Bandcamp Friday – February
My February Bandcamp Friday pick-ups.
Best of January 2024
We present to you a list of our favorites from the past month.
CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: Weakling – Dead As Dreams
Truly a masterpiece.
Hayduke’s 2023 End of Year Round-Up
My massive list, because I didn’t know how to cut it down further.
INTERVIEW + REVIEW: Vinca Difformis – Eye Witness (Single)
Its release by FYC Records & Distro is a testament to the label’s creative vision to produce heartfelt music from whichever genre it pleases.
Rz’s Top 20 of 2023
Rz presents his top 20 of 2023, plus some honorable mentions.
Interview with Erech Leleth (Narzissus, Bergfried, Summer Haze ’99, and more)
I recently had the opportunity to ask Erech Leleth some questions about his work as a musician.
LIVE MUSIC REVIEW + INTERVIEW: Body Void (with Graboids and Pillar of Light)
Why: Because Body Void whips ass, obviously, and it turns out so do Graboids and Pillar of Light
EXCLUSIVE FULL ALBUM STREAM: Engulf – The Dying Planet Weeps
My one complaint is that I wish it were about five minutes longer, but there is something to be said for an album leaving the listener wanting more.
Obroa-Skai – Science Progresses One Funeral at a Time
Science Progresses One Funeral At A Time is a terrific piece of work, haunting, cathartic, beautiful, and devastating.
Narzissus – Akt I: Wille ~ Akt II: Fall ~ Akt III: Erlösung
This release shows all the emotional power available in black metal.
Totenmesse – Fiktionlust
Fiktionlust is more concise and doesn’t have any hiccups in the tracklist
