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Heavy Metal Around the Globe
Akix – An Obscure Delirious Seance
Black and roll meets psychedelic doom to create an off kilter stew of occult magical delights.
Convocation – Ashes Coalesce
I cannot think of ANY project that so effortlessly channels real emotion in their music.
Into The Void – The Way We Are
They listen to the abnormal and love it, now they play it and revel in it.
Cavalcade – Quarantine EP
Likely the weirdest band in the state, they’re always ready to pull a surprise out of their back pocket…
Thecodontion – Supercontinent
Band - Thecodontion Album - Supercontinent Country of Origin - Italy Genre - Black/Death Metal Release Date - June 26, 2020 Label - I, Voidhanger/Repose Records Author - Hayduke X The prehistoric duo of G.E.F. (vocals/songwriting) and G.D....
Re-armed – Ignis Aeternum
You can close your eyes while listening to this album and picture standing in the rain; cold, clean refreshing, washing away the dirt of the day like the sins of the baptized.
Venomous Skeleton – Drowning In Circles
…the dead gather at the center of the underworld, where Venomous Skeleton performs as the house band.
Orphan Donor – Old Patterns
Abrasive in a cathartic way, Old Patterns picks and tears off mental scabs to allow for proper healing.
Temnein – Tales: Of Humanity And Greed
Temnein of France has brought to life a collection of folk stories, along with a few pop culture-based stories, to entertain the masses.
MARTHE – Sisters of Darkness
…pure crusty punk rock infused metallic joy.
Bleed The Water – One More Trip Around The Sun
They are a jewel and they play with energy conveying a fiery presentation that completely revels the listener making them ready to push past what could be considered inside the domain of solace.
Sandstorm – Time To Strike
Shrewdly situated and controlled impact beats summarize to a savagely dim and audaciously fierce methodology.
Mystras – Castles Conquered and Reclaimed
“So, in essence, the whole concept of Mystras is about reclaiming.”
Tia Carrera – Tried and True
What truly cements this release as an overwhelming artful culmination is the feeling behind it.
Cognizant/Bad Rites Split
Regardless of which side sounds more your style, I recommend brewing a pot of chamomile tea prior to listening. You may need it to calm your nerves.
Obnoxious Youth – Mouths Sewn Shut
This sounds like one of the best basement punk shows I never got to see,…
Rübezahl – Tempering of Northern Iron
Mighty warriors walk this land of heathen beauty, while the earth and elements hold their own battles of life, death, existence, and the void.
Slumlord Radio – Gonna Be A Riot/I Wanna Be Your Dog
…they are straightforward, no frills, downright filthy rock and roll.
Ghost Toast Shape Without Form
On the contrary, these guys are nothing more or less than prog-metal alchemists,…
Wasteland Coven – Ruined
What a monstrous statement these three songs make!
Ulcerate Interview
JGilbert interviews Ulcerate
Dearth – To Crown All Befoulment
To Crown All Befoulment strives to take the throne for unremitting nihilism and sonic annihilation of 2020 with it’s infernal, terror-inducing, and lethal combination of black metal, death metal, and bestial/war metal.
Sven Gali – 3
Astonishing twirling sounds and gusts of psych commotion envelope the splendid and absolutely shaking tracks on each through and through.
Heaven Shall Burn – Of Truth and Sacrifice
The album is heavy! Sometimes that’s in a musical sense, sometimes in an emotional sense, but mostly it’s heavy in both senses.
