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FEATURE: Feed Them Death – Panopticism: Belong/Be Lost

Undeniably intense, Panopticism requires determination and strength, but rewards the listener who takes up the challenge. The gauntlet has been thrown down. Will you take it up?

attic – Foster

They have created a graceful creature, ready to lead you on a journey of discovery. Allow them to do so.

黒い樹海 (KUROI JUKAI) – 黒い樹海 (KUROI JUKAI)

Sheer sonic obliteration.

Wake – Devouring Ruin

They’ve taken the venom they normally spew, distilled it, and slowed it down.

Pure Wrath – The Forlorn Soldier

The EP is visceral in a way that few are. Take the time to listen to the entirety of this release.

Shadow follows you from birth, only growing longer and more inescapable (and black) as the years pass. Optimism is for those who have lost touch with reality; the curve of time becomes the cutting scythe sooner or later!

Lychgate – Also Sprach Futura

I listened to this EP about three times in a row, non-stop…unable to stop, really.

Spectral Lore & Mare Cognitum – Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine

What a ride this album has been, and what memories remain of the wonderful imagery that has been painted for you during this trip. Expect this record to stand the test of time… and be something that will live on as one of the greatest splits in recent history.

Medium – Medium

Equally capable of drawing you into a zone of thoughtful contemplation, as they are able to straight up punch you in the mouth, repeat listens reveal a quality of craftsmanship that I missed in my first listen.

Today Is the Day – No Good To Anyone

Always a visionary project, Today Is The Day shows a deep and abiding maturity on No Good To Anyone.

Interview: Kvaen

“Because the music demanded it. The album would be really bad if I decided to go full blown old-school.”

JGILBERT’S BEST OF 2019

the end ot the 10’s and the beginning of the 20’s should be taken as an opportunity to reflect on where we came from and re-evaluate where we’re going.

Wells Valley – Reconcile The Antinomy

Listening to the album straight through is a workout, both harrowing and exhausting, but the payoff is very worth it.

Symbolik – Emergence

…now, do you know that feeling when you are in a plane that accelerates on the airway in order to get the necessary boost for lift off? Yes, that one, when the G-forces bury you into the chair. Get where I’m going, right?!

Enepsigos – Wrath of Wraths

There is little respect for reason or allowance for understanding in this music. You are at the mercy of their dream, their nightmare.

VVilderness – Dark Waters

You can call it post-whatever, but honestly speaking, this is an absolute masterclass of Atmospheric Black Metal, where the calmer interludes always add to the music and do not serve as fillers.

Ploughshare – Tellurian Insurgency

Early days though it may be (relatively speaking), the project has enough of a discography to prove their chops as nightmarish innovators.

Nawaharjan – Lokabrenna

Fast forward to the present day and the Germanic black metallers have stepped it up quite a bit to give us a new offering in the form of Lokabrenna.

EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Thermohaline – Sirens

Dubbed as Thermodynamic Oceanic Black Metal, the project rolls through a vast multitude of styles, all shored up on the coral reef of black metal.

dai-ichi – dai-ichi

Unrelentingly feral, listening to dai-ichi is akin to being stalked by a predator in the wild. They haven’t caught you yet, but when they do, you already understand the savagery that will ensue.

An Isolated Mind – Self Titled

What I like about this album most, is the serene tranquility that creates a false sense of hope before creating a wave of what I could only describe as a mournful bliss.

Under the Pledge of Secrecy – Empire of Bastards

Fortunately, Under the Pledge of Secrecy have mastered the science of mixing styles of extreme metal in their proper proportions. The result is certainly explosive, but in a very good way.