Aug 3, 2022
Some favorites so far this year!
0:25-5:43
ABHORIA
(CA)
The Thorn
— Rich, dark, technical American
black metal with a majesty of vocal styles and sweet, proggy
guitar.
5:44-10:54
EIGHT BELLS
(Portland)
Nadir
— Dreamy psychedelic and post-metal
in a touching mix that breaks into explosive and badass. Heavenly
female lead singer.
10:55-14:55
IMMOLATION
(NY)
Immoral Stain
— 11th badass album from a powerhouse
of death with immense lovely groove and spectular angularity and
technical guitar maneuvers.
14:55-21:07
KATHAROS
(Sweden)
I Waged War
— Metal that places an axe in the
hands of warriors, snarling and entangling vocals, majestic melodic
with just the right acerbic.
21:08-26:20
KVAEN
(Sweden)
The Fire Within Him Burns
— Another Swedish powerhouse, packed
with flying calloused fingertips and melodic glory with black flair
and anthemic thrash.
26:38-32:15
HATH (NJ)
Kenosis
— Tangled, snarling, livid,
thoughtful, emotional with a line of explosive riffs.
HUGE.
32:15-38:11
AETHEREUS
(WA)
Son of a Nameless Father
— Tight melodic death mass with
haunting psychedelic using piano and violin and noodling heavy
metal. Great album.
38:11-44:19
MESSA
(Italy)
If You Want Her To Be
Taken
— Ethereal, still and achingly
lovely, eventually crashing into sludgy and unexpected
complexity.
44:35-51:14
VIANDE
(France)
Lueurs De Cendres
— Writhing sinister creeping death
with atmospheric vocals and a slice of textural dissonance with
scalpel drums.
51:14-56:11
AEVITERNE
(NY)
Obeyance
— Drumming a harrowing pace in death
dissonance and a vivid melodic, progressive and sludge with
industrial, hardcore and electronic and a raspy black metal
vocal.
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GOLGOTHAN REMAINS
(AU)
The Malign Hordes of
Aborrence
— Australian dissonance that barks
and gurgles, bleak black and aggressive death metal with angular
drums blasting and a muddled thick rhythm.