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EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Illuminated Manuscripts – Palace of Ghastly Leeches
Band - Sacrilegious Crown/Illuminated Manuscripts Album - Meditations on the Revenant Enigma Country of Origin - Italy/Estonia Genre - Raw Black Metal Release Date - August 6, 2021 Label - Xenoglossy Productions Author - Hayduke X If you know Estonia’s...
Joyous Wolf, Recharged
Joyous Wolf, Recharged By Shantelle Thornton Soulful vocals permeate the air and powerful vocals provoke the imagination; this is Joyous Wolf. The music of Joyous Wolf encompasses the listener, compelling them to sway rhythmically as the lyrics unravel into a story....
Sleep Waker – Alias
…as in a dream world, the album is a deep mix of different concepts both musically and conceptually that would seem confusing outside of dreamworld. Yet here, they make perfect sense.
Ayyur – Balkarnin
Dagon and Angra Mainyu combine on the desolate and atmospheric guitar riffs, weaving moments of dissonance in with moments of heavy pathos.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Sense Offender – Prayer Sheet
An exclusive stream of the track Prayer Sheet by Sense Offender.
Chadhel – Split
Band - Chadhel Album - Split Country of Origin - Canada Genre - Grindcore Release Date - December 1, 2021 Label - Give Praise Records Author - Hayduke X I’m a little late on this one, but it is worth the wait. I’ve been following Chadhel in particular since the...
Void Angel/Sacral – Crucible of Utopia
Band - Void Angel/Sacral Album - Crucible of Utopia Country of Origin - UK/USA Genre - Black Metal Release Date - July 3, 2021 Label - Independent Release Author - Hayduke X The Crucible of Utopia Split marks the follow up to February’s Winds From Paradise,...
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: Confused – Get Wasted
Get Wasted thrashes hard, the way crossover is supposed to, with a ton of hardcore punk attitude and energy.
Disimperium – Malefic Obliteration
The EP has the ominous intent of black metal, the thick swampiness of dissonant death metal, and the feral abrasion of grindcore.
Patty PerShayla & The Mayhaps – Cheap Diction
Full of snarling punk attitude, the album is just plain fun to listen to.
Craven Idol – Forked Tongues
No one should ever dare question the might and sheer will of Craven Idol.
Wode – Burn in Many Mirrors
At nearly forty minutes of purposeful chaos spread across six tracks, Wode present a barrier of riffs, blasts, and growls, the breaching of which presents an exceptional payoff.
Hallucination – Hallucination
The label is known for finding the congruence points of excellence and nastiness. The Hallucination demo is both excellent and nasty.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: NIL – The War Inside
Intentionally or not, the bands expose the ugly collective psyche of humanity, then spit on it with all the bile they can muster.
Grandeur – Aurea Aetas
This is fist pumping, sing-along, blackened melodic crust.
Body Void – Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth
Band - Body Void Album - Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth Country of Origin - USA Genre - Sludge Metal Release Date - April 23, 2021 Label - Prosthetic Records/Tridroid Records Author - Hayduke X Listening to Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth is like going...
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Archangel A.D. – Beacons
…the Texas quintet do so in a slow burn thrash track that is reminiscent of the classic thrash I grew up on, in terms of grit and delivery.
TRACK STREAM: Arcane Existence – Conclave
Taking full advantage of the strengths offered by each member, the band have spawned a dark, bombastic creation, rich with feeling, and full of twists and turns.
Beyond Man – Beyond Man
Raise your glass of whisky or beer to the full moon as the Norwegian Cowboys from Hell finally defile us with their and music.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Deep Cross/Khost
My hope is that more modern industrial will once again find the harrowing, ominous soul of the genre, as these two projects clearly have.
Nixil – All Knots Untied
Changing tempos and shifting time signatures, combines with a variety of vocal approaches and riffing, present a swirling vortex of chaotic prog darkness.
Decoherence – System I
‘System I’ doesn’t waste any time to turn the gravity up to a crushing atmosphere right when you press play.
Non Serviam – Le Cœur Bat
Band - Non Serviam Album - Le Cœur Bat Country of Origin - France Genre - Experimental/Electronica/Industrial/Blackened Grindcore Release Date - April 23, 2021 Label - Code666/Aural Music/Trepanation Recordings Author - Hayduke X Le Cœur Bat starts with a track...
EXCLUSIVE ALBUM STREAM: Nameless Mist – Nameless Mist
It’s the type of album that can be hard to write about objectively, because it’s really more about how it grabs me and about how it makes me feel, than it is about particular riffs, rhythms, or anything else.
