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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.
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.
Hosts of Lord – A Chamber Above Cosmic Waters
This third full length by this new, yet prolific artist is a potent example of paying homage to past masters, while still creating something viscerally fresh in its horrifying darkness. Pay attention!
Starer – 18° Below the Horizon
The album transports me into my own mind, then leads me on an exploration of that infinite space.
Knoll – Interstice
Like all good grindcore, listening to Interstice is an abrasive journey, like sliding down a sandpaper waterslide.
TRACK PREMIERE: Aerosol Jesus – Drown
Aerosol Jesus is a sludge band, but one which recognizes the genres roots in hardcore punk and wears them proudly.
TRACK PREMIERE: Malacoda – Deadlights
Crawling Chaos has many layers that I keep discovering with every listen, much like the horror stories the songs are based on have many layers themselves.
Enforced – Kill Grid
Moshing and headbanging will ensue with each listen, of which there have been (and will continue to be) many.
The Sun and The Mirror – Dissolution to Salt and Bone
Using drone, ambient noise, doom riffs and drumming, cello, and mesmerizing vocals, the duo of Reggie Townley and Sarah Townley create a masterpiece of rich soundscapes that draw me into another world.
VIDEO PREMIERE: Plasmodium – ParaMantra
Plasmodium attacks in a fear-inducing swarm of chaotic terror.
Årabrot – Norwegian Gothic
Norwegian Gothic is an album that explores so many genres, it’s truly difficult to tack it under any one label. It’s an exploration into previously uncharted territory more than anything else
