Xenoglyph – Mytharc
It makes sense that music about said reality should have some edge to it, and this does. In the end, this album is magnificent and majestic, while still directed and aggressive, a pitch perfect balance and a masterful release.
Bitter Truth – The Voice of the Unheard
The riffs are chunky and the grooves have a good momentum to them, but this kind of music is usually all about the lyrics and the emotion behind their composition and delivery.
Putrefying Cadaverment – Indiscriminate Butchery
Listening to Putrefying Cadaverment is more like actually being present for the kill.
Call Me A Cab – Color of Law
…it’s low-fi powerviolence in the style of California bands like Despise You but done up Detroit style, with all the added filth, fury, and weirdo tech-y sounds that the Dirty D would bring to such a table.
Terminal Nation – Holocene Extinction
While the band is musically ugly, confrontational, and catastrophic, it is ultimately just the Mad Max vehicle for their message.
Gravecoven – Coughing Blood
The whole album is bleak and hopeless, yet incredibly, viscerally powerful.
Adzes – No One Wants To Speak About It
Listening might be something akin to swimming in the icy waters off the coast of Seattle, home of the artist.
Forêt Endormie – Une voile déchirée
On Une voile déchirée, this collective of talented artists find a different path to heavy.
Xythlia – Immortality Through Quantum Suicide
It’s ludicrous, anxious fervor that is performed with an unparalleled intensity and crafted proficiency.
0% Hate – At The Mercy Of Our Own
Staccato riffs reside alongside passages of technical proficiency all delivered with the crushing brutality of death metal.