Dec 9, 2020
0:25-4:23
UNDERGANG
(Denmark)
Usømmelig omgang med lig
— Denmark is apparently filthy and
ugly, to spew out this slithering beast of a cavernous, deranged
death with crazed guitar solos and a sick doom twist.
5:25-9:29
CYNABARE URNE
(Finland)
Last of the Icons Alive
— Sinister occult and death also
blending black and an incredibly filthy groove. Power.
10:08-14:08
WYTCH HAZEL
(UK)
I Will Not
— Holy shit, an amazing organ-loving,
anthemic and epic 70’s style retro with a vocalist that hangs from
the rafters. This album is better than the last, and the last won
Best Retro in 2018.
14:45-19:38
DEPRAVITY
(AU)
Castrate The Perpetrators
— Technical death metal with
incredibly emotional and dynamic vocals in the style of Cattle
Decapitation. Surprising melodic infects, and the result is a
blast.
20:02-25:06
DAWNWALKER
(UK)
The Cataclysm
— A heavy dose of spectrum-sliding
vocals slicing my heart. Post-metal interrupted by a proggy death
also creates a really spectacular sound. Surprisingly
effective.
25:47-32:58
HYRGAL
(France)
Triste Sire
— French post-black drama and
turbulent ferocious black metal with a roughly textured vocalist
that breaks into spoken French. Ooo-la-la, don my beret
mofos.
33:33-41:27
EMPRESS
(CAN)
Hiraeth
— Beautiful and soulful with
incredibly passionate singing, and metal guitars that break from
post-metal into stoner sludge and bouts of black.
41:51-45:54
THE DEVIANT
(Norway)
It Has a Name
— Ex-lead singer of Gehenna within a
frosted wintry scowling Norwegian forest black metal.
46:57-53:45
RESPIRE
(CAN)
Catacombs Part II
— A massive collective including
violin, trumpet and saxophone to melt that metal heart.
53:55-END
DARKENHÖLD
(France)
Mystique de la Vouivre
— Medieval folk and epic melodic
black metal, it’s badass.