Sep 11, 2019
0:25-3:29
KNOCKED LOOSE
(Kentucky)
By the Grave
— Fist-forward, direct blistering fun
beastly hardcore.
4:40-10:47
SLEEPING ANCIENT
(TX)
A Path Emerges
— Debut of black metal split apart by
organic doom and gothic post-metal.
11:21-14:14
LORD GORE
(Portland)
Million Maggot March
— Growling filthy Lord Gore haven't
released anything for 15 years, but somehow stay relevant in
muscular grind and death.
14:42-24:22
MIZMOR
(Portland)
Desert of Absurdity
— One of my favorites, because so
dynamic, so immense, so emotional and all the vocals. Love the
plaintive.
25:09-30:17
TENEBRAE IN
PERPETUUM (Italy)
Nero, oscuro concetto di
assoluto
— Italian black metal with theatrical
electronic blips making this strange and charming.
30:38-37:12
CRYPT SERMON
(Philly)
Christ is Dead
— Soaring melodic vocal and
lyric-forward dramatic heavy metal.
37:39-44:37
PA VESH EN
(Belarus)
Wastelands of Plague
— You know you always want to hear
your black metal through a wall of corpses 4 feet thick and ears
filled with blood? Well here you go.
45:33-51:55
ETERNAL STORM
(Spain)
Detachment
— A balanced approach of melodic
melancholy and death without it being cheesy or overly
dramatic.
52:24-56:20
COGNIZANCE
(UK)
Ether of the Void
— Look, dudes are hot.
56:48-END
WRVTH
(CA)
Pirouette Of Hysterics
— Band is done, but offering of
melodic black and core with expansive passages of acoustic and
atmospheric guitars.