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EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Vixen Maw – Cur
Though each band clearly has their own style, the whole is as cohesive as it is crushing, exquisite as it is eviscerating.
Gold Spire – Gold Spire
Gold Spire, set to release in early November, is a hodgepodge of dark and melancholic tones, chilling piano, and mystifying saxophone. The cover artwork, featuring hues found upon those soon-to-be crisping trees, was created by guitarist Påhl Sundström and is what first drew me in.
INTERVIEW: A Discussion with Forge from Norse
There needs to be moments of peace and quiet, sort of reflection, to really make the chaotic bits chaotic.
Zebulon Kosted – Under An Eternal Mirage Projected In The Sky
Under An Eternal Mirage Projected In The Sky is the best thing I’ve heard from this project. That, of course, is my subjective taste, but this release hits me hard with each listen. I love it.
Rübezahl – Remnants of Grief & Glory
The resulting atmosphere is one of fury and loss, ringing swords and weeping widows.
Sermon of Flames – I Have Seen The Light, And It Was Repulsive
If the first two tracks don’t spark your interest and you don’t willingly give in to the curiosity that will surely kill the cat, then I don’t what to tell you.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Skverna Liniya – Green Horror
Band - Skverna Liniya Album - В венке из воска ("In a Garland of Wax'') Country of Origin - Russia Genre - Progressive/Atmospheric Black Metal Release Date - October 1, 2021 Label - Casus Belli Musica/Beverina Productions Author - Hayduke X Green Horror begins...
Per Wiberg – All Is Well In The Land Of The Living, But For The Rest Of Us… Lights Out
Much of the music is catchy, but a track such as But For The Rest Of Us… shows an aptitude for engaging dissonance and deconstruction as well.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Norse – Useless
These eight tracks will get directly into your veins, addicting you to the malevolence writhing throughout.
Gexerott – Hallucinetic Violet Ignition
…Hallucinetic Violet Ignition is rich and flavorful, but you should keep some milk nearby, in case you can’t handle the heat.
Journey Into Darkness – Infinite Universe Infinite Death
Take in the chaos, the violence, and the noncognitive mayhem that is space!
Centenary – Death…The Final Frontier
Band - Centenary Album - Death...The Final Frontier Country of Origin - USA Genre - Detroit Chainsaw Metal Release Date - September 10, 2021 Label - CDN Records Author - Hayduke X The (metaphorical) chainsaw wielding maniacs from Detroit are on the loose again,...
Fawn Limbs – Darwin Falls
Music is often somewhat visual for me, but rarely is it as viscerally visual as this album.
Tiny Tim – The Boxlers: A family history written as it occurred
I find myself enthralled in the story of a family I’ve never heard of, a family who never leaves the house, but instead spends their days watching an Egyptian TV show that they can’t understand.
Isgherurd Morth – Hellrduk
There is great depth of feeling on the album that seeps through the cracks of this raging entity.
Dødsferd – Suicide and the Rest of Your Kind Will Follow Part II
Part I and Part II combine to give a visceral look at the demons whispering in Wrath’s ear.
Cicada the Burrower – Corpseflower
I’m still trying to wrap my head around it, though my heart was completely captured with the first notes of the first listen.
Replicant – Malignant Reality
If we had a rating system, 10 out of 5. We don’t, so just let this shovel you around the face and see if I’m wrong.
Baxaxaxa – Catacomb Cult
Plenty of doomy blackness that will give you the stank face and bob your head to the evil flames that seem to grow higher and higher as the album unfolds.
King Woman – Celestial Blues
From the thunderous energy of “Coil” to the chugging thwacks that accompany the heart-wrenching lyrics of “Ruse,” this album has a little something for everybody.
Impossitor – Another Day, Another Doldrum
This whole album sounds like a fast-paced summer road trip (complete with all the flat tires and sugary gas station snacks) wrapped up into 11 tunes. Turn it up, drive fast, and roll the windows down!
Dread Maw – Libations of Blood
The six tracks account for about seventeen minutes of runtime, every second of which twists and turns your psyche in delightfully disturbing ways.
Voland – Царепоклонство – Il culto degli Zar
Elements of symphony, black metal, doom metal, and folk metal blend together in dark, melodic, bombastic package of weird and interesting music.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Veilburner – In The Tomb Of Dreaming Limbo
…if you like to challenge yourself and your psyche, this release is on par with anything else released this year, at the top of the pile of the viscerally bizarre.
