Vile Creature – Cast of Static and Smoke
The plodding riffs are unrelenting. The drums hammer misery into your skull.
Northless – Last Bastion of Cowardice
Though beautiful at points, Last Bastion of Cowardice is never a comfortable listen, nor should it be. That wouldn’t be Northless.
Shrine of the Serpent/Black Urn – Split
Doom heads will be right in their element. Just don’t dive in expecting eternal happiness, for here there is none. Only bleakness awaits.
YLVA – META
some of the heaviest, darkest chords weigh into the battle for your soul
Bison – You Are Not The Ocean You Are The Patient (Review and Interview)
Bison take rage and violence and make it atmospheric and calming. They take beauty and make it viscerally deadly.