Feb 14, 2024
0:25-6:28
KNOLL
(TN)
Revile of Light
— Horns and a lethargic pace
amidst the chaos and storm makes this avant-garde horror death
grind creepier.
7:26-15:08
SOLBRUD
(Denmark)
Aske
— Somber, wretched melancholia with
beauty and organic strums and twists.
15:30-20:23
PETRIFICATION
(Portland)
Transmissions Of...
Feb 7, 2024
0:25-4:32
NECROWRETCH
(France)
Numidian Knowledge
— Alien rasped vocals in a groovy
black metal with heavy metal guitars that build into frenetic and
sinister swarms.
5:38-10:19
BAAZLVAAT
(MI)
THE DARK MATTER STARGATE
— Lowfi, proggy black metal that is
theatrical, playful and strange. Don't underestimate
this!
Jan 23, 2024
Let's start this year's metal with an extra-long show! I am including December releases as part of 2024.
0:25-6:43
ABHORIA
(CA)
Winter’s Embrace
— Ginger-viking led Abhoria with one of the hottest
vocals. Evolving textural black metal that grows within each
song. Majestic, precise and unique.
8:29-15:07
Jan 17, 2024
Dark wave show including releases in November and December, 2023.
0:25-4:15
VOLGA
(Italy)
Loneliness
4:15-7:05
DESMOND DOOM
(AU)
Here With me
7:05-10:36
CRIMNSON REVERIE
(?)
To The Shadows
10:36-12:36
CLOSED TEAR
(CA)
Never Enough
12:37-17:13
HOUSE OF HARM
(Boston)
Before the Line
17:14-20:31
KARL KAVE
(Switzerland)
Du...
Jan 8, 2024
Part 2 (of 2) of my 50 Best Albums of 2023! My #1 album is AODON (France), album - Portraits!
0:25-4:04
OLKOTH (SC),
album - At The Eye Of Chaos (Death)
song – The Resurrectionist
— Chunky drums and jagged guitars
circle meditatively, texture upon texture, dropping to beat after
surprise after glory.
5:22-11:55