Aug 26, 2020
0:25-5:27
BEAR MACE
(Chicago)
Xenomorphic Conquest
— Mark Sugar has helped create a
chomping beast of massive riffs, snarling vocals that bely the
groove and insanely good guitar.
6:27-14:56
SILVER KNIFE
(Belgium)
Sundown
— The Belgians mix genres so
breathtakingly effortlessly, moving from one and building
to...
Aug 19, 2020
0:25-6:15
QUESTION
(Mexico)
First Fragmentation
— A slam, a swirl, tempos inhale and
exhale, grim death is elevated by a joyous soul. Moody but direct.
A winning album here.
7:35-12:32
HAVUKRUUNU
(Finland)
Kunnes Varjot Saa
— Ethnic folk-influenced spacy alien
black metal with raging guitars and evil imagery via
the...
Aug 12, 2020
0:25-7:33
WELL OF NIGHT
(Ohio)
Black Alder Sacristy
— Ohio’s repression beats musicians
into creating malevolent black metal. This debut is battering with
a splattering of beauty and hella riffs.
8:34-13:46
SEPULCHRAL CURSE
(Finland)
From Within The Bowels Of The
Earth
— The vocalist is guttural and
deranged...
Aug 5, 2020
0:25-6:23
GAEREA
(Portugal)
Null
— A stunningly produced Portugal
black metal album with crisp edges around each instrument, and even
though a lean to melodic, it remains icy and sharp.
7:24-12:04
HAAPOJA
(Finland)
Kulmapoimu
— Finnish black metal is lined with a
gravelly vocalist, pummeling pace and a mist of...