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Heavy Metal Around the Globe
Pursuit – Two Singles
File this one under bands to watch.
FEATURE: Sacrilegious Crown – Culto II: Under The Blasphemous Spirits
“Raw black metal is not for everyone, of course, but its strength lies in its ambiguity.”
Pessimista – Uma saída
Through the extra time allowed on a full length, the artist really spreads their wings, taking the time to develop each feeling, each howl, each riff, each drum stroke.
Abiotic – Ikigai
Igikai is the product of a group of insanely talented musicians that craved nothing more than to craft their vision into art with palpability, with longevity, and with true passion.
ALBUM PREMIERE: Rampancy – Coming Insurrection
The album is ethereal, but also urgent.
Great Falls/ Throes – Split 7″
‘Immersive’ is probably a good adjective to describe this record as a whole, but I think I’d rather use ‘refreshing.’
The Body – I’ve Seen All I Need To See
It often feels horrifyingly nightmarish, but also warm and inclusive.
Sarin – You Can’t Go Back
You Can’t Go Back is heavy! Sometimes that means musically heavy, but throughout the entire album, it means emotionally heavy.
TRACK PREMIERE: The Scalar Process – Cosmic Flow
The Scalar Process is definitely technical death metal, but it’s as if tech death went to the gym, studied martial arts, and learned bomb making, all to better seek revenge on their high school bully.
Angelus Apatrida – Angelus Apatrida
Band - Angelus Apatrida Album - Angelus Apatrida Country of Origin - Spain Genre - Thrash Metal Release Date - February 5, 2021 Label - Century Media Records Author - Hayduke X Some metal subgenres can survive, and even thrive on atmosphere, on sounds that...
Palus Somni – Monarch Of Dark Matter
it becomes clear as the album progresses that we are confronted with an increasingly elevated level of diversion, dynamism, and ferocity.
VIDEO PREMIERE: Dayglo Mourning – Witch’s Ladder
Today, MoshPitNation is proud to premiere the new video for Witch’s Ladder from the sophomore full length Dead Star by the Atlanta stoner doom band Dayglo Mourning. With the use of sepia tones, flames, and heavy use of occult imagery, the video captures the feel of the track beautifully.
Thermohaline – Maelström
Regardless of causes, Maelström is just that: Mind bending!
Sainte Marie Des Loups – Funérailles De Fue
Sainte Marie Des Loups does an incredible job of showcasing how detestation hissing through the dusk can captivate and ravage the soul.
SCALP – Domestic Extremity
Domestic Extremity is an album that can be recommended to hardcore veterans and that-one-friend-who-isn’t-really-that-into-heavy-music alike. SCALP knows their job and they do it well.
Interview: Jackie Perez Gratz of Grayceon 1/5/21
Fresh into the new year I was able to have a brief chat with Jackie Perez Gratz of Grayceon about what releasing an album in 2020 was like, a bit of history about the band, and what all live music fans are looking forward to - being together to experience music again....
Interview: Eric Lauder of Plague Years
Detroit and thrash metal are a natural pairing. It follows that the city responsible for some of the loudest and fastest cars ever made would produce human beings with a propensity for loud and fast music.
VIDEO PREMIERE: Gravehuffer – Sights To The Sky
I’m certain that headbanging, fist pumping, and living room moshing will all ensue. Perhaps there will even be a sing along.
FULL ALBUM STREAM: Kharàce – Dakhalè
Primarily mid-paced in rhythms and riffing, predominate on Dakhalè, drawing the listener down into hypnotic contemplation.
0-NUN – The Shamanic Trilogy
First, the chaos, then the separation, then the rising away from all, from everything…from anything.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Uncertainty Principle – Stationary State
What you should take from that is that this album is exceptional, gripping, dark, and powerful.
Hayduke’s Top 50 of 2020
Take some time to explore my top 50 albums of 2020. There are some choices you’ll like. I promise.
Zebulon Kosted – A 20 Year Recording Retrospective
Through the entire history of ZK, Ghafur has walked his own path. In the eyes (ears and mind, as well) of this writer, that has served him well.
Zebulon Kosted – Torches Behind The Waterfall
A strong ambient blur brings you into a reminiscent period where for a split second you can duplicate the complexity of emotions and feelings you gave birth to while being in the center of life, light, and love.
