Jul 27, 2022
0:25-7:43
ALTARS
(AU)
Opening the Passage
— Brendan Sloan (aka Convulsing) has
another spectacular project. Altars is chaotic and immensely death
that is raw and abrasive with lurching riffs and highly digestible.
This guy is just a winner.
8:46-13:38
TORTURIZED
(Germany)
Ecocide
— Another stunning angular death with
pools of electronic and ambient.
14:11-19:44
DEATHBRINGER
(Belarus)
Frozen Beliefs
— Flying guitar solos and spaces of
melodic atmosphere within yet another extraordinary progressive
death.
20:07-24:54
ASHENSPIRE
(Scotland)
Apathy as Arsenic Lethargy as
Lead
— Bright instrumentation of moody
saxophone and folksy violins thread through the buildup of black
metal and a standout punk, theatrical vocalist.
25:24-31:29
WAKE
(Calgary)
Swallow the Light
— I fell in love with the vocalist.
An epically throated masterpiece of an anguished vocalist
accompanied by is a beautiful storm of doom, black, and
death.
31:52-39:16
IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT
(NYC)
Chump Change
— Another brilliant, futuristic,
dystopian, horror jazz album with schizophrenic vocals and gnarly
explosive chaotic shards.
39:39-44:09
WITCHERY
(Sweden)
Crucifix and Candle
— New bassist from Entombed. Solid
thrash with a raspy vocal from these legends.
44:52-50:33
HISSING
(Seattle)
Meltdown
— Harsh, cold dissonant death with
nothing that lessens the pain.
50:56-56:15
NORTHLESS
(WI)
A Path Beyond Grief
— Mournful sludge, a tribute to who
they’ve lost in the last few years.
56:41-END
WORMROT
(Singapore)
Glass Shards
— 21 songs, one that is 11 seconds!
Lead singer’s last album, and they put it all in here in this
experimental grind.