EXCLUSIVE ALBUM STREAM: Temple of the Fuzz Witch – Red Tide
The key ingredient on this darkly majestic album is riffs.
Oceans of Slumber – Oceans of Slumber
What has been wonderful is, even though it was Cammie’s vocals that drew me in, it’s the entire package that keeps bringing me back, and making this album one of my most listened to this year, on a playlist stuffed full of black metal, death metal, and grindcore.
Xythlia – Immortality Through Quantum Suicide
The best way I can describe it (and this falls short of what it really is) is Napalm Death mixed with Cognizant.
Sparrows – Mark of the Beast: Extinction
It’s as if you had an M4 Sherman tank that could convert into an ‘82 Firebird with the push of a button.
Primitive Man – Immersion
Immersion is still an overwhelming and pummeling experience, but it’s one you might be able to share with an extreme music friend who wants to get into the band but doesn’t know where to start.
BLACK BILE – DAMNATION AS LIBERATION
DAMNATION AS LIBERATION is a brilliant rearrangement of established, even tired, tropes into an ambitious and novel style of being dark and heavy.
Riot – Rock World
If anything, look at Rockworld as an enjoyable primer for the next Riot V record. Mark Reale (R.I.P.) would be proud.
Dearth – Of Martyrdom And Polluted Faith
There is no beauty here, nor should there be. There is only a righteous simmering rage leaking out of a tightly lidded container.
FEATURE: Changeling – I/II/III
Feature article on Minneapolis RABM band Changeling featuring reviews of all three releases and an extensive conversation with the band.
Amiensus – Abreaction
With the new album Abreaction, AMIENSUS seem to take all of these seemingly disparate styles and combine them into a cohesive unity in which every element is pronounced and perfected.