Mar 3, 2021
0:25-3:01
KNOLL
(Memphis)
Inherent of Life
— Intense vocals line up with the
sharp knife of grind, with death breakdowns and a meditative drone.
A powerhouse, mixed by Kurt Ballou.
4:04-9:48
PARANORM
(Sweden)
The Immortal Generation
— Thrash-driven, angular death blast
with noodling guitars, reminiscent of our...
Feb 24, 2021
0:25-5:44
SPIRE
(AU)
Hymn III
— Textural black metal slowed down to
moody and reflective. The vocalist adds multiple dimensions with
low growls, high shrieks, chanting and an overall thundering
performance.
7:03-13:55
SENYAWA
(Indonesia)
Istana
— Written-up by the NYT, Senyawa is
an incredible part of the huge...
Feb 17, 2021
0:25-7:42
AD NAUSEAM
(Italy)
Inexorably Ousted Sente
— Frenetic black and pummeling,
technical death hurtling against each other, creating a universe of
density, breaking into rippling, meandering, brain melting
compositions.
8:51-12:51
EMPTINESS
(Belgium)
On n'en finit pas
— A bleak, unrefined goth mixed with
some...
Feb 3, 2021
0:25-4:17
PORTRAYAL OF GUILT
(Austin)
Masochistic Oath
— Broken shards of bleak
hardcore mixed with a demonic vocalist and grind, electronic,
melodic pop.
5:49-17:05
THE RUINS OF
BEVERAST (Germany)
The Tundra Shines
— One of my favorite metal
bands, whose 2017 album made it to my top 20 of the last 20 years.
Another...
Jan 27, 2021
0:25-8:34
GRAVE GNOSIS
(FL)
Anathema
— Orthodox Satanic band practice dark
spiritual arts in the form of sound, invoking spirits. That’s some
dedication dude.
9:49-15:03
NOVAE MILITIAE
(France)
Faithfully Reduced to
Ashes
— Look, so this released last year,
but just got released in the US by Sentient so we’ll
go...