Apr 10, 2019
0:25-8:53
WASTE OF SPACE
ORCHESTRA (Finland)
Wake Up The Possessor
— Listen up: members of *Oranssi
Pazuzu* dude, AND Dark Buddha Rising. It reminded me of Enemy of
the Sun on peyote with a female lead singer. Need. I. Say. Fucking.
More.
10:08-15:47
CEREMONY OF SILENCE
(Slovakia)
Arising Of No Man
— Really, we have psychedelic death
metal now? Expand the brain and then pummel it into pieces, living
the Slovakian dream. From a duo no less.
16:18-20:02
WORMWITCH
(Vancouver)
Two Wolves
— Yeah, this is the death metal that
I grew up on living in my Indian household. Distinct twists within
crusty riffy anarchistic tempo changes. The perfect
album.
20:37-25:12
HELL FIRE (Bay
area)
Masochist
— The bay area let their collective
mullet hair loose. Epic heavy metal and a lead singer that hit that
high note so well my balls stood on edge.
25:46-33:28
DEVOURER
(Sweden)
Evighetens Bila
— Wild guttural gurgling vocals with
horror effects in a chomping black metal.
33:53-42:29
MORD'A'STIGMATA
(Poland)
Spirit Into Cristal
— Industrial textured-Polish black
metal, with the beat of darkwave vocals and industrial notes and
beats, stomping back to black metal when suited.
42:49-48:15
GRAFVITNIR
(Sweden)
Throne of Blackened
Domains
— Yes, more Swedish black metal, this
time from Grafvitnir, the vocalist a standout, a screech stain
painted over blasting drum rolling over a starry medieval Swedish
sky.
49:10-55:08
SCHATTENFALL
(GER)
Misanthrop
— Germany is fully accelerating into
incredible melodic black metal, their sound interspersed with
chanting and poetry. That's what I always say, those Germans are
big ole softies.
55:45-END
TRIUMVIR FOUL
(Portland)
Urine of Abomination IV
— Shiny demon penis splattering
bile-colored urine on the album cover. YES, this is fucking metal
from a duo that chases their dense sound with roars and groans and
simpers and blows away in ash.