Jul 21, 2021
0:25-4:52
OPHIDIAN I
(Iceland)
Sequential Descent
— Icelandic proggy tech death breaks
into catchy riffs, cascading harmonies, heavy metal solos, and a
biting range of vocals. I asked, they are going to have more vinyl
soon.
6:14-12:07
STORMRULER (St.
Louis)
Fear the Old Blood
— 2-piece with weaponized vocals
riding alongside pummeling death and melodic black, swinging from
bleak to blistering.
12:36-20:28
FRIISK
(Germany)
Torügg bleev blot Sand
— Epic melodic sludge in a
devastating, emotional black metal and electric vocals.
21:11-29:18
CALLIOPHIS
(Germany)
The Art Of Shudder
— Germans retain that edge with their
melodic, in a slow funeral pace that is heart-wrenching, building a
larger post- and death metal.
30:15-34:01
SUIDAKRA
(Germany)
Redemption
— More perfect German death, bringing
in folk balanced with monstrous drums and riffs.
34:30-39:14
CONCILIUM
(Portugal)
Shadow Gospels
— Depressive, monochromatic raw mix
of black and death with portions of acoustic and
atmospheric.
39:34-43:22
LACERATION
(CA)
Parasomnia
— Windsor whips out wicked death
structure and tempo, fly those fists.
44:14-49:54
MYRDØD
(PA)
Submerged Within the Gelatinous
Celestial Bath
— A murky bloodied throb of black
metal playing with buzzing mechanical industrial noise.
Imperceptible melodic blinking on and off
50:33-55:04
DUNGEON SERPENT
(CAN)
Decay
— 1-person technical death with
shining melodic and distorted, medieval guitar in spectacularly
unique arrangements.
55:31-END
MESARTHIM
(AU)
Tidal Warping
— A Runner-up to my Best of 2019.
Australia creates a distant frontier of music that doesn’t show
influence. Just weirdos.