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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.

Nattverd – Styggdom

These guys are hellbent on bringing traditional malevolence to the sonic sphere, and this tome is an impressive body of work dedicated to the dark.

Thecodontion – Jurassic

The short EP is a strange, yet intriguing combination of heavy and fluidly graceful.

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...