Battle Dagorath – Abyss Horizons
This dismal imagery fits well into the usual black metal motif and creates a tone for the celestial void to be unleashed.
Room 101 – The Burden
It is utterly bleak, like walking into a ghost town.
The Neal Morse Band – The Great Adventour – Live in BRNO 2019
The Great Adventure takes a twist on the story as it follows it from the point of view of the Pilgrim’s son Joseph.
LEGACY REVIEW: Giant Squid – The Ichthyologist
With gelatinous form it escapes the grasp of a one genre categorization, and its grabbing tentacles move freely from genre to genre catching plankton particles from everywhere it moves.
Sightless Pit – Grave of a Dog
Bleak despair holds hands with cathartic release.
Death Mantra – Death Mantra
Death Mantra is further proof of the visceral nature of DSBM when it is done properly, and I am grateful to experience it.
Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze – Offerings of Flesh and Gold
…an intense, visceral journey into the darkness of modern society.
Living Gate – Deathlust
…five spiraling out of control songs that your neighbors will love…If they don’t, then turn it up until they do.
Body Void/Keeper – Split
Earlier this year, two titans of the sludge world re-arranged the structural integrity of the earth’s core by releasing this monster split.
Recorruptor – The Funeral Corridor
…if you are looking for the next titan to rise from the Murder Mitten, take a close look here.