Jun 24, 2020
0:25-7:46
KALL
(Sweden)
Rise
— Chomping Swedish rock scraped into
ridges of black metal. Roaming guitars build psychedelic and range
in this diverse album.
8:34-14:44
NEXION
(Iceland)
The Spirit of Black Breath
— Icelandic black metal tends to be
alien, cold and wicked. This band blends in spectacular clean
vocals along with monstrous that are a surprising mix with gloomy
melodic black metal, building into epic, large Icelandic-style
melodies.
15:05-21:42
AVERSIO HUMANITATIS
(Spain)
The Weaver of Tendons
— Chilled rasp and pummeling drumming
bleed to majestic black metal with technical guitar that hints at
melody. Large album with incredible vocals.
22:04-26:49
DEARTH
(Oakland)
The Reverence of Swine
— Textured seething miserable death
with jagged tempos creating a package of dark
distortion.
27:25-34:51
VILE CREATURE
(CAN)
Apathy Took Helm!
— A 2-piece that soundtracks a
dystopian nightmare ranging from creepily sweet to droning and
desperate and bitter sludge.
35:13-38:20
VAMPIRE
(Sweden)
Rex
— This made me immediately think of
Tribulation with that retro feel and deep infatuation with imagery.
Vampire lets loose, which makes these compositions
fresh.
38:48-44:15
I'M IN A COFFIN
(Salem)
Slave to My Skin
— A vampire grieves for a lost love,
the pure sorrow and theatrics will reach deep inside of you. This
is a goth’s dream.
45:06-50:32
SODOMISERY
(Sweden)
Slave to My Skin
— Black, death and thrash with tight
technical guitars.
51:10-55:23
KRALLICE
(NYC)
Church
— Krallice and Geryon released a
split, and along with Spectral Lore + Mare Cognitum, are contenders
for best of the year. More of the stellar, abstract, mathy,
genre-bending cauldron of NYC musicianship.
55:49-END
SINISTER
(Netherlands)
Unbounded Sacrilege
— Around since the 80’s and still
snarling. Immense guitar solos and melody that do not curb the
acerbic tone.