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Cardiac Arrest – A Parallel Dimension of Despair

…the composition of the whole is brutally vile and compellingly tight.

Délétère – De Horae Leprae

…complex riffs whose only purpose is to crawl insect-like into your brain, lay eggs, and let their larvae consume you from the inside.

Wolvhammer – The Monuments of Ash and Bone

Wolvhammer take the aggression and savagery of black metal and drag it down into the filth of sludge bile.

Imperial Triumphant – Vile Luxury

The music is also most reminiscent, to me, of free jazz, finding inspiration in many different styles of music, past and present, and then gutting them, turning them on their head, and subverting them in the most difficult ways.

Abstracter – Cinereous Incarnate

Band - Abstracter Album - Cinereous Incarnate Country of Origin - USA Genre - Blackened Doom Release Date - June 8, 2018 Label - Vendetta Records/Sentient Ruin Laboratories Author - Hayduke X Back in 2015, my ears found Wound Empire, and everything changed. I...

Atavisma – The Chthonic Rituals

…the strength is in the composition. One gets lost in it. The ritual is uncompromisingly effective.

Witchkiss – The Austere Curtains Of Our Eyes

Band - Witchkiss Album - The Austere Curtains Of Our Eyes Country of Origin - USA Genre - Doom/Sludge Metal Release Date - July 13th, 2018 Label - Argonauta Records Author - Johnny The Fox Sparse. Dirgelike. Funereal. All these adjectives and more could be used to...

Nasty Surgeons – Infectious Stench

There’s Carcass worship aplenty here though, with waves of grinding riffs, old school guitar tones, a rhythm section that gives the whole thing a little headbanging groove, and filth laden vocals that wash over you like used formaldehyde.

Arallu – Desert Battles

Arallu play a style of black metal owing a debt to the early masters, but infusing their music with traditional middle eastern instruments.

Kissin’ Dynamite – Ecstasy

Band - Kissin’ Dynamite Album - Ecstasy Country of Origin - Germany Genre - Metal Release Date - July 6, 2018 Label - Metal Blade Author - Mannerheim Blowing in with the pop metal fury of the early 1990’s, Kissin’ Dynamite fully embodies the throwback vibe that they...

1968 – Ballads of the Godless

Band - 1968 Album - Ballads of the Godless Country of Origin - UK Genre - Stoner metal Release Date - July 6, 2018 Label - HeviSike Author - Mannerheim Everything one would want to know about their style, influence, and attitude can be found in just their name; 1968....

Taphos – Demo MMXVI & 7″ EP MMXVII CD

Band - Taphos Album - Demo MMXVI & 7” EP MMXVII CD Country of Origin - Denmark Genre - Death Metal Release Date - April 6th, 2018 Label - Blood Harvest Records Author - The Great Mackintosh I have never believed in conspiracy...

Interview with Discarnatus

Interview with the mighty Discarnatus from Grand Rapids, as well as a live track captured in their rehearsal space and an earlier live set from Mulligans.

Interview with Wake

An interview with two members of Wake, as well as their live set at Cellarmen’s.

Interview with Fell Ruin

An interview with Brian Sheehan of Fell Ruin, along with a recording of their live set.

Track Debut: “Unsetting” by Lucius Fox

Local, Kalamazoo MI band, Lucius Fox has a new album coming out June 22, 2018 and we have an exclusive track before it hits the streets! Check out Unsetting, a heavy-hitting, prog-laden instrumental track, right here, and watch for the full album, "TRAPPIST-1" later...

H E X – H E X

Rage and Frustration Heavy Metal Reviews & Interviews Band - H E X Album - H E X Country of Origin - Switzerland Genre - Psych/Industrial Release Date - May 25th, 2018 Label - Hummus Records Author - Mannerheim Here comes H E X, bringing drum beats reminiscent of...

Graceon – IV

Rage and Frustration Heavy Metal Reviews & Interviews Band - Graceon Album - IV Country of Origin - USA Genre - Prog Metal Release Date - May 18th, 2018 Label - Translation Loss Author - Mannerheim Haunting melodies echoed by dark, moving arrangements are the...