Jan 25, 2023
Best Metal of 2022, Show 2, counting down to my #1 album! WIEGEDOOD (Belgium), album – There's Always Blood At The End Of The Road.
0:25-5:45
ALTARS (AU),
album – Ascetic Reflection, song – Ascetic
Reflection
— Chaotic, eclectic, excruciatingly
enjoyable death with teeth-gnashing technical. Reminds me
of...
Jan 18, 2023
0:25-8:49
PURE WRATH
(Indonesia), album – Hymn to the Woeful Hearts, song – The
Cloak of Disquiet
— A blue flame vocalist glowing his
vivid tormented brilliance. String instruments bringing delicate
beauty in stark contrast with the thickly textural black
metal.
10:07-14:55
KVAEN (Sweden),
album – The Great...
Jan 9, 2023
BEST DARK WAVE and ALBUM ART OF 2022!
0:25-3:54
THIS COLD NIGHT
(WA), album - Are We Not Immortal Yet??
A Letter to Myself
3:55-7:25
TEMPERS (NY), album
- New Meaning
Nightwalking
7:26-11:30
BEFORE AFTER AGAIN
(TN), album – After
VWS
11:31-14:46
RUBY LUSTRE
(Portland), album - Ruby Lustre EP
Amends
14:47-17:49
THE...
Dec 21, 2022
0:25-4:02
SOCIAL STATION
(D.C)
My Baltimore
4:03-7:06
CARRIEGOSS
(France)
Castle
7:06-12:47
HIDDEN HAND
(Ireland/UK)
Overcast
12:47-17:05
LEFT FOR PLEASURE
(Germany)
Eine Vase
17:06-22:22
CLERGY
(CAN)
Estranged
22:23-25:28
HEIMBERG
(France)
Isolation
25:38-29:04
MONSTERO
(Portugal)
Dots
29:05-32:31
NO
(Montreal)
The...
Dec 14, 2022
0:25-5:39
SACRILEGION
(UT)
The Hollow Blue Eyes of Yomi At
Twilight
— Muscular death and the ferocity of
black metal with the wild tempos interspersed with guitar solos and
melodies.
6:38-16:16
ELDER
(Berlin)
Coalescence
— Moody retro-leaning psychedelic,
heavy synth work, and guitar progressions that create...