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Starving For Death – Starving For Death EP
It’s beautiful and troublesome and let’s you feel the pain of the creator.
The Drowns – Under Tension
I can’t sit still even while I write this review in my local Starbucks. This is how I know this new release is a great punk album.
Kvaen – The Funeral Pyre
A brilliant send up to the 80s seeds of the black metal genre, thrash and speed metal bands that played with that extra edge of evil, while still maintaining a modern sound.
Sjálfsmorð af Gáleysi – The Ruins of Eden
Once you let yourself be immersed within the labyrinth realms of this one man band you’ll be reminded that it is coming from one of the top provider countries when it comes to modern but relentless Black Metal.
Arcane Ritual – Witch Heart
Band - Arcane Ritual Album - Witch Heart Country of Origin - USA Genre - Doom/Gothic Metal Release Date - March 1, 2019 Label - Independent Author - Hayduke X Arcane Ritual is a duo from California in the USA who play Gothic metal. Jarek Tatarek handles all of...
Elyrean – Blacken the Sun
Think classic Sepaltura, Exodus, or Slayer.
Dementia 13 – Ways of Enclosure
Yes, Dementia 13 is most probably the current band, worldwide, that best emulates that pure, fresh sound of late 80’s and early 90’s death metal.
Wardaemonic – Acts of Repentance
Acts of Repentance exhibits an inferno which is supernatural, audibly from above, fittingly daemonic.
Aethyrick – Gnosis
While their debut Praxis was overlooked, Gnosis is certain to bring Aethyrick into the forefront of Finnish Black Metal.
Leeched – To Dull The Blades Of Your Abuse
Band - Leeched Album - To Dull The Blades Of Your Abuse Country of Origin - United Kingdom Genre - Crust/Hardcore Release Date - January 31, 2020 Label - Prosthetic Records Author - JDecker Beginning with a few seconds worth of some of the most uncomfortably...
Orgg – The Great White War
Though there are highs and lows throughout the album, moments of aggression, and moments of introspection,…
In Lingua Mortua – Salon Des Refusés
…the truth is that In Lingua Mortua sounds more like a journey to an imaginary soundtrack made by King Crimson, Emperor, Mayhem, Insahn and John Zorn all playing together in ensemble mode.
Zebulon Kosted – Never Return Again
Massive and sprawling, yet somehow tightly connected through the kinetics of the music, Never Return Again is journey through the cosmos that is equally a journey through the psyche of the listener.
Hayduke’s Top 50 of 2019
The Top 50 release of 2019 according to Hayduke X.
INTERVIEW with SHAWN KNIGHT of CHILD BITE – By JGILBERT
We caught up with Child Bite singer and graphic artist Shawn Knight a few days after the release party for their new album, Blow Off the Omens for a Moshpit Nation exclusive
Baneblade – Oblivion Death March
an enthusiastic reminder of how we dealt with fascism and demagogery the last time they tried to take over the world.
Leprous – Pitfalls
It is heartwrenching, empathy inducing, and uplifting as fuck,
Buildings – Negative Sound
an album to give a jolt of life to what’s left of these dreary November days
Cloud Rat – Pollinator
Cloud Rat’s first LP in four years is worth every bit of the wait
Vastum – Orificial Purge
support women in death metal and buy this record
The Restarts – Uprising
The trio masterfully uses a wide variety of punk rock influences in a varied yet cohesive way. The riffing is strong, whether uplifting, aggressive, or dissonant (all of which appear). The rhythm section moves things along with a solidity that builds the foundation for the message.
Killswitch Engage – Atonement
an authentic and powerful feeling which allows for the 11 skilfully crafted tracks to develop their own personality.
City of Industry – Conspire Conspire Conspire
“John Suede is wrong. He’s also the weakest link in his own band.”
Chelsea Wolfe – Birth of Violence
the grooves are as sweet as the grasses sticky with dew and as beautifully structured as the trees anticipating the toss of their crisping leaves.
