Feb 12, 2020
0:25-7:22
VANANIDR
(Sweden)
Hunter
— 3 albums in a year! Kings of
lead-up: cold sheets of mid-tempo black metal with growled vocals
and melodic groove guitar eventually bursting into frenetic. Good
stuff.
8:17-12:42
BÜTCHER
(Belgium)
Face the Bütcher
— Speeding demonic warriors, both on
the album cover and sound. Vocalist chomps and massive riffs are
bolts of fire.
13:03-17:13
SNORLAX
(AU)
Mind Ov Maggots
— Another snarling black metal
one-man project in the Australian vein of Convulsing.
17:32-22:15
COFFIN CURSE
(Chile)
Descend into Abhorrence
— Rampant, tight, gnarly speed and
thrash with lurching death in a South American
brutality.
22:50-31:20
MARRASMIELI
(Finland)
Those Who Are Long Gone
— Varied vicious and minimalist with
even accordion mixing it up.
31:46-36:40
KONVENT
(Denmark)
Ropes Pt. II
— Female band with a baritone lead
singer within a slower-tempo and thickly-downtuned
groove.
37:00-45:33
GARGANJUA
(UK)
The New Sun
— The vocals are everything, encasing
you in the beauty of their bubble of modern post-metal sound.
Seriously, take a break and listen to this whole album.
46:14-52:46
OBSIDIAN TONGUE
(Maine)
Return to the Fields of
Violet
—Haunting soaring melody, definitely
from the drama of Maine.
53:17-END
THE SPIRIT
(Germany)
The Wide Emptiness
— Evil demonic death broken into
pieces of emotional guitars and vocals, with thrash groove
riffage.