May 24, 2017
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AJATTARA (Finland)
Ristinkirot
— Wretched vocals spewing Finnish is so hot. Death and folk and
Satanic.
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FULL OF HELL (MD)
The Cosmic Vein
— Explosive dynamic grindcore from the young’uns Full of Hell. This
is better than their last, which says a lot.
(7:16-14:37)
WHITE WARD (Ukraine)
Deviant Shapes
— Sax is big in this sound, with pop and electronic encasing death
and black.
(15:16-19:35)
ULSECT (Netherlands)
Unveil
— Cool album cover; and the sound is Dutch and moody and black and
creepy and angular.
(20:21-23:30)
MUTOID MAN (NYC)
Wreck and Survive
— John Santos did Mutoid’s new spectacular cover. Mutoid is the
best at bubbly AND technical.
(24:12-31:50)
ANOMIE (Azerbaijan)
Violet Girl
— Shimmering electronic black galaxy.
(32:28-39:53)
NARGAROTH (Germany)
The Agony of a Dying Phoenix
— Beautiful melody weaving through mid-tempo black metal.
(40:28-43:49)
SABBATH ASSEMBLY (TX/NYC)
Seven Sermons to the Dead
— Shining star in this sound is the vocalist – witchy, death rock,
pagan, folk, throaty and sexy.
(44:43-52:23)
EXCOMMUNION (CO)
Nemesis
— Wicked dense and evil.
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LOSS (Nashville)
All grows on tears
— I know, funeral doom is a weird one. Super slow, where are we,
what are we doing. But this is one of the best I’ve heard, tons of
surprises, lead-ups, riffs, and fuck yeah. Pain brings
pleasure.