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EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Veilburner – Ruin

This one feels off-kilter, like it’s always about to tip over and crush the listener.

Barrel Bones – Shake-Rattle-Roll

…the band I most think of in comparison to Barrel Bones is one of my favorites, namely The Gaslight Anthem.

EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Dysgnostic – Eternal Recurrence

Like a serpent slithering forth from some dark corner, Scar Echoes crawls forth, reptilian and threatening.

EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Devenial Verdict – The Contemptor

Listening to these eight tracks requires a willingness to enter a harsh world, but the payoff is worth it.

TAPE TRADE REVIEW: Had – Had

…an entrancing, yet murky doomed out death metal sound, as if some horror of hell has managed to crawl forth from the sewers and is now hunting for flesh.

TRACK PREMIERE: Chest Rockwell – The Cartesian Theater

The groove entrances you, even as instruments are added, key changes happen, and the vocals embed themselves into your brainstem.

EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Morbid Evils – Tormented

The albums that hit you this hard are few and far between, but the Finnish trio give us another worthy entry.

INTERVIEW: Drunk MFers

…we are back and this time we are not going to make any discounts to our fuck off attitude to the shitty masses and their trends.

Ar’lyxkq’wr – Ss’uunnhl

When combining these components, you are left with a very unsettling, nauseating template to lay some vocals on.

INTERVIEW: Manos Six + The Muddy Devil

Without moonshine, nothing of these would be possible…hehehe…

Am Himmel – As Eternal As The Starless Kingdom

The sun can kill us with its deadly UV rays. Good thing our destination is The Starless Kingdom.

Xenoglyph – Spiritfraud

This is a perfect summer black metal album that doesn’t drain the light, nor does it run towards the sun. Enjoy, my fellow homo sapiens!

It’s a hell of an era for the Dayglo Abortions to deliver Hate Speech

The first three songs wrap together like fingers into a fist to strike with thought-provoking potency. If they were a single, it should have been nominated for a Juno or a Pulitzer.

Black Braid – I

If I were to have more children (I’m not), bits of the album would probably be embedded in their DNA.

EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Heads for the Dead – The Bloodline

Perhaps we could call this atmospheric OSDM, but the atmosphere is one of blackest horror.

EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Abaddon Incarnate – Hyperchaos

With veins of droning terror running throughout, The Wretched Sermon is a riff-filled manifestation of brutality.

Vital Spirit – Still As The Night, Cold As The Wind

As I sit here and listen to this masterpiece a bazillionth time, I realize I still have no idea how to write about it, but as they say, I’m willing to give it the old college try.

The grooving rhythms will have you bopping your head while you wait for the bartender to pour you another. Interesting riffs keep the party going, while you find yourself singing along with Father W’s strong clear voice throughout. Dead End is a party you don’t want to miss!