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xIronSharpensIronx – Dehumanized Video Premiere
Video premiere for Dehumanized from The Tragedy of Mankind by xIronSharpensIronx
The Wolf Garden – The Yawning Abyss
Trust me people, there’s a reason why this release has caught attention from two different labels.
Drôw – When All Is Fed
The line up works very well, creating a dismal, post-apocalyptic sound, full of ominous intent.
NAV – Necrotic Voices From The Æther
One thing that really drew me in was the crunchy guitar riffs mixed with an underlying synth at times, and it makes it more dimensional, which adds to overall experience.
Vesperian Sorrow – Regenesis Creation MMXIX
This album is dark imagination writ large.
Inexorum – Moonlit Navigation
I’m going to go ahead and say it from the get go. This album is fantastic.
Morto – Subsistencia Pesimista, Explorando el concepto del vacío
Sedate drumming, melancholy and often repetitive riffing, simple chord structures are all beautifully done, and all help the purpose of the album, which is to highlight the raw pain of the vocals.
Imperial Triumphant – Alphaville
I think the payoff for letting a difficult album have the time necessary to gel with you is often worth it.
Flux Amuck – The Alternate
It’s like water skiing behind a speedboat down I-94 into Detroit. Strange, almost unfathomable, but undoubtedly a good time.
Linnéa Olsson of Maggot Heart – Interview
Schultzie interviews Linnéa Olsson of Maggot Heart.
Kaliya – Born to See, Bred to Hate, Led to Destroy
On this release, Kaliya can run you down with speed, rumble over you with power, and often does both simultaneously. Behold the brutal velocity!
THEY LEAPT FROM BURNING WINDOWS – Demo 2020
…a melodic/raw black metal duo from Anchorage, and I believe their setting is extremely important to how their music seems so effortless, when talking about how coldness and organic nature of their sound.
NEW SINGLE: Forêt Endormie – Nuages orageux
“Nuages orageux” examines that moment when the clouds have gathered and we welcome the coming storm.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Höstblod – Tusen ögon
What will be unexpected is the utter anguished beauty of Dikter om döden.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Ov Shadows – Den Eld Som Tär Och Förvrider
The album is an exceptionally intense listen, certainly in the running for the best and most visceral release in this style this year.
SWEAT – SWEAT EP
Please don’t sleep on this Album Of The Year contender from some of our most promising local talent.
Shezmu – À Travers Les Lambeaux
Dissonance and psychedelia and brutality..oh, my…
EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE: 0-NUN – Nihility Ascetics
Allow the three tracks to guide your exploration to the primal void and find what truth is to be had there.
Pattern-Seeking Animals – Prehensile Tales
It connects on all the different levels, from the group harmonies, the synth patches, and of course the bass tone.
Strike Anywhere – Nightmares of the West
Like all great punk rock, the band asks difficult questions, calling out the ills of society, but also deals with personal issues, like those we all deal with.
Maggot Heart – Mercy Machine
Their second full length, Mercy Machine is a fever dream of shattered glass mazes, mounds of heavenly trash bodies, and deep red flowers in full bloom.
Bog Wizard – From the Mire
Come for the Dungeons & Dragons. Stay for the didgeridoo.
Xenoglyph – Mytharc
It makes sense that music about said reality should have some edge to it, and this does. In the end, this album is magnificent and majestic, while still directed and aggressive, a pitch perfect balance and a masterful release.
FULL ALBUM STREAM: Derhead – Irrational I
It’s as if Derhead has distilled rage and pain, beauty and misery into a concentrated form.
