Apr 8, 2020
0:25-6:23
WAKE
(CAN)
Mouth of Abolition
— Confident swaggering of death and
power vocals swelling, building, and raining aggression.
7:27-16:29
MAMALEEK
(SF)
We Hang Because We Must
— Immediately ordered this on vinyl.
Anonymous brothers live recorded punk-vocalized meditative chaos
culminating in colorful crescendos. Reminiscent of my #1
album last year, Witch Trail (Belgium).
16:53-20:01
IRIST
(GA)
Order of the Mind
— A blast of melodic death and sludge
and groove and fist-pumping riffs, just a delightful
album.
20:36-26:39
ROMAN RING
(Chicago)
God Narcotic
— Drummer from Warforged, guitarist
from Immortal Bird, lead singer of Through the Eyes of the Dead,
bassist from Wounds, so you know, this shit is not that talented.
Textural Death muscle with a bit of experimental and
angularity.
27:26-32:16
CHRONICLE
(Denmark)
Nocturnality
— Denmark death and heavy metal bent
to chugging groove reminiscent of early Skeletonwitch, including a
charismatic lead singer.
32:39-40:43
HECATE
(France)
Oracle atone
— French emotionally pleading black
metal howling with melancholy. The French are drama.
41:18-43:57
SKAM
(Sweden)
Shit Out of Luck
— Death metal is played in Swedish
cribs. A tight fist of death, complex and full and somehow packaged
in 2 minutes or less.
45:00-50:35
MEMBARIS
(Germany)
My Path Of Stars
— Both in duo contribute vocals in a
raw black metal with a forefront of drums and hella varied melodies
that really makes for a compelling album.
50:54-56:28
FREEWAYS
(CAN)
Dead Air
— Sweet melody and jamming guitars
create a dreamy, warm, candy of an album.
57:02-END
GNAW THEIR TONGUES
(Netherlands)
white void black wounds
— Ghoulish horror and swarming
nightmare effects to implode your brain in the most unique
ways.