Temple of Void – Lords of Death (Review and Interview)
This is death metal played in the darkest recesses of a post-apocalyptic doom soundscape.
The Convalescence – This Is Hell
It takes you from the first moment of childhood anger to the very last breath and leads one to remember that for some, This Is Hell.
Xanthochroid – Of Erthe And Axen
Gargantuan and robust, familiar and far reaching, forward thinking, chin stroking, one of a kind.
Personalities – Loose Ends
I do think they are influenced by metal bands that I remember 20 years ago, but you can tell they definitely strive to push the sound to new levels.
Moral Void – Deprive
Moral Void is a destructive nightmare bringing to sonic life the vast disease of human society.
Pig’s Blood – Pig’s Blood
…a beast unleashed, full of abhorrent brutality and unchained rage.
Laser Flames on the Great Big News – Laser Flames on the Great Big News
This quartet sounds much bigger than four and combines the best parts of many influences into a musical ride both melancholy and triumphant.
Centenary – …Where No Lives Matter (Review and Interview)
A dark creature arises from the post-apocalyptic wastes.
Poison Blood – Poison Blood
Poison Blood has my full attention. This debut album by the North Carolina duo is raw like an open wound, dark like a moonless night, unclean like an American Civil War hospital, and vicious like a thirsty vampire.
Five of the Eyes – The Venus Transit
You have to love a talented band that believes in itself and the music that they play.