May 12, 2021
0:25-7:50
GREY AURA
(Netherlands)
El Greco in Toledo
— First a duo, now a truly wild trio.
Moody psychedelic black metal, ethnic instrumentals, a bit of
aggressive hardcore and jazz. Has a bit of Imperial Triumphant
without the death metal. The whole journey is
spectacular.
9:08-13:25
HUMAN FAILURE
(AU)
Crown on the Head of a King of
Mud
— 1-person Australian barrage of
off-center death with the best noise vocals and feedback screams.
Monstrous in this incredibly satisfying way.
13:53-19:10
VREID
(Norway)
Into the Mountains
— Best part was the use of melody.
Organic post-metal builds into an epic black metal and surprising
genre switches that I won’t name – what a blast. You can lose your
brain in it.
19:35-24:35
FEED THEM DEATH
(London)
Eulogic (Negative
Dialektik)
— Yes, feed us the weird. Snarling
sludge, mechanical grind, disturbing electronics and sometimes
plodding pace leaves you scratchy.
25:14-33:07
ORYX
(Denver)
Last Breath
— Metal heads understand the need for
meditation. Oryx uses drone, instrumentals, melodic and repetition
mixed with sludge and doom and a set of fucking hot
vocals.
33:27-39:20
ODAL
(Germany)
...um Ewiges zu schaffen
— Germanic black metal and their
drama. This is in supplication to Mother Nature with folk and heavy
metal influence.
39:42-45:49
SIGIL
(CAN)
Vessels
— Another proggy turn in black metal
that keeps it fresh with hardcore aggression.
46:52-52:58
HADIT
(Italy)
The Submission of Rage for Propulsion
Divine
— Oppressive is the gift from this
duo. Distorted, meandering, explosive and just weighty. You know,
f’n heavy.
53:24-END
MALUM
(Finland)
Devil's Creation
— Finnish vocals is a weapon in a raw
Satanic black metal with cool keyboard effects.