EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Cicada the Burrower – Herald Of Lions
if you love exploration in music, different artistic expressions, strange genre blends, and various other avant garde approaches, then this is a must listen.
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.
Glyph – The Time of Peril
Band – Glyph Album – The Time of Peril Country of Origin – United States Genre – Black Metal Release Date – January 27, 2023 Label – WereGnome Records/Fiadh Productions Author – Hayduke X The shadowy individual known as...
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.
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.
Black Braid – I
If I were to have more children (I’m not), bits of the album would probably be embedded in their DNA.
Mouthful of Locusts – Human Dissonance EP
Basically take parts of those two bands, a little hardcore, a little jazz, the dissonant sensibilities of Diskord or Replicant and you might be in the right wheelhouse.
Jesus Wept – Psychedelic Degeneracy EP
Death metal with a grindy sound, but not the grind speed. Nasty riffs that I’m pretty sure could actually cut you if you listen too closely. A nice mid-paced groove that gets the ole noggin’ banging. What’s not to like?