Nov 23, 2022
0:25-12:08
EPECTASE
(France)
Confusion
— Epectase means climax, which makes
sense because this is all about a satisfying pinnacle. Doomy and
psychedelic spirals into tumultuous, breaking into joyful riffs,
black metal and more.
13:20-17:38
CRYPTAE
(Netherlands)
Salt
— My 2020 top band, releasing another
distorted and strange concoction but with a brilliant groove
threading through. Love these guys.
18:06-24:41
INCANTVM
(Italy)
Il Processo
— The instrumentation leads here with
a clarinet, violin, trumpet, saxophone that brings the theater to
black metal. Stunning.
25:29-30:00
PERSHER
(Berlin)
World Sandwiches 2
— Berlin industrial with death,
electronic and beat that is both brutal and danceable. That is
industrial.
30:31-38:33
KAMPFAR
(Norway)
Dødens aperitiff
— Three decades leads beautifully to
this moment. Vocals swing from epic to chanting to a black metal
rasp. Sludge and raw black metal with tons of
atmosphere.
38:54-46:02
FORTÍÐ
(Iceland)
Fimbulvetur
— An E.P. that whets the appetite for
more of this black and heavy metal shredding.
46:27-54:03
ARKÆON
(Denmark)
Smertens Vilje
— Eerie, creepy, murky, operatic with
oppressive and swarming effects in a true horror black
metal.
54:37-END
SKYTHALA
(TN/NJ)
At Dawn They Walk
— Chaotic and prog death with 70s
organs and eerie creating a sense of desolation in that moment of
clarity.