EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Atemporal – The Great Warding
Not only are the riffs sharp and interesting, but they are often incredibly strange, coming out of left field, but fitting incredibly well in the fabric of the album.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Ignominy – Visceral
Their patient building of terrifying atmosphere set them apart from contemporaries and make them well worth thirty-five minutes of your time.
Hayduke’s Top 50 of 2022
Welcome back to another edition of Hayduke’s top 50. I want to remind everyone that musical taste is entirely subjective. I do not claim that these are the best releases of 2022, only that they are my favorite 50. Also note that this is a snapshot in this moment...
Soulmass – Let Us Pray
Drenched in bloody violence, with horror infused pain dripping from musical wounds, Let Us Pray is a tour de force of emotional riffs, attacking rhythms, unsettling dynamics, and terrifying vocal delivery.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Veilburner – Ruin
This one feels off-kilter, like it’s always about to tip over and crush the listener.
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.
Ar’lyxkq’wr – Ss’uunnhl
When combining these components, you are left with a very unsettling, nauseating template to lay some vocals on.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: Heads for the Dead – The Bloodline
Perhaps we could call this atmospheric OSDM, but the atmosphere is one of blackest horror.