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Heavy Metal Around the Globe
Bitter Truth – The Voice of the Unheard
The riffs are chunky and the grooves have a good momentum to them, but this kind of music is usually all about the lyrics and the emotion behind their composition and delivery.
Putrefying Cadaverment – Indiscriminate Butchery
Listening to Putrefying Cadaverment is more like actually being present for the kill.
Helzgloriam – Decapitated Mystics Of The Serpent
They have created symphonic metal which is subdued enough to accent the essential darkness of their sound, instead of overwhelming it.
Edoma – Immemorial Existence
It races forward like a thoroughbred on the hunt, but has so many interesting and unique flourishes, time changes, and unexpected twists that it is clear the band are thoughtful composers.
Call Me A Cab – Color of Law
…it’s low-fi powerviolence in the style of California bands like Despise You but done up Detroit style, with all the added filth, fury, and weirdo tech-y sounds that the Dirty D would bring to such a table.
Terminal Nation – Holocene Extinction
While the band is musically ugly, confrontational, and catastrophic, it is ultimately just the Mad Max vehicle for their message.
Gravecoven – Coughing Blood
The whole album is bleak and hopeless, yet incredibly, viscerally powerful.
Adzes – No One Wants To Speak About It
Listening might be something akin to swimming in the icy waters off the coast of Seattle, home of the artist.
Forêt Endormie – Une voile déchirée
On Une voile déchirée, this collective of talented artists find a different path to heavy.
Ôros Kaù – Imperii Templum Aries
…swirling and hypnotic, a psychedelic blend of avantgarde black metal chaos worship.
Eremit – Desert of Ghouls
Monolithic, yet with catchy riffs and foot tapping rhythms, the band treads a fine line on the release, pulling off masterfully what sounds like it could have been a yawner on paper.
Xythlia – Immortality Through Quantum Suicide
It’s ludicrous, anxious fervor that is performed with an unparalleled intensity and crafted proficiency.
0% Hate – At The Mercy Of Our Own
Staccato riffs reside alongside passages of technical proficiency all delivered with the crushing brutality of death metal.
FEATURE: Heathen Beast – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised But It Will Be Heard
the obvious answer is rage, and the band certainly rages on The Revolution Will Not Be Televised But It Will Be Heard.
Battle Dagorath – Abyss Horizons
This dismal imagery fits well into the usual black metal motif and creates a tone for the celestial void to be unleashed.
Pure Reason Revolution – Eupnea
Weaving elements of Pink Floyd, funk and stoner metal it delivers on a completely different plane than anything else out there.
Nexion – Seven Oracles
NEXION has created a multi-layered masterwork of apocalyptic proportions.
Room 101 – The Burden
It is utterly bleak, like walking into a ghost town.
The Neal Morse Band – The Great Adventour – Live in BRNO 2019
The Great Adventure takes a twist on the story as it follows it from the point of view of the Pilgrim’s son Joseph.
Ergholae Somptator – Eau Ardante
…they do set a tone for the menacing vigor of the attack, like building tension as the victim of a horror movie travels down the hall before the jump scare and horror ensues.
INTERVIEW: Johanna Sadonis of Lucifer
Schultzie talks to Johanna Sadonis from Lucifer
Lucifer – Lucifer III
…they have produced an album for those who want to rock and look good doing so.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Ysengrin – Mia Carne Sepolta & Monumentum
Take the time to really let Initiatio seep into your pores. The payoff is so worth it.
Serene Dark – Enantiodromia
Altogether, SERENE DARK represents a significant advance from the band’s previous manifestation and gives listeners a seamless, varied, and epic articulation of black metal, melodic death metal, old school death metal, and deathcore whilst focusing on a fascinating and poignant psychological exploration.
