Oct 31, 2023
Scary metal isn't just for halloween.
0:25-4:38
AFTERBIRTH
(NY)
Angels Feast On Flies
— Realism mixed with fantastical and
unbelievable, otherworldly musicianship. My best Modern Death
in 2020, and this is another achievement. Psychedelic grind, raging
and melodic pops.
5:50-11:46
BERZERKER LEGION
(Netherlands/Sweden/UK)
Eternal Void
— Frenzy of technical guitar fingers,
a pummeling of blast beats, and the grooviest of hooks. This
is literally a blast.
12:13-19:36
SULPHUR AEON
(Germany)
The Yearning Abyss Devours
Us
— Theatrical vocals in expressive
baritone vocals and a whisper of rasp coupled with ferocious death
and moody plaintive melodic black only the Germans know how to
create.
20:04-23:56
ARBORESCENCE OF
WRATH (France)
Wrath
— A debut of pummeling and incredibly
memorable earworm in a precisely constructed technical death.
No bullshit here.
24:19-26:49
GRAVESEND
(NYC)
Festering In Squalor
— Gritty yet groovy death,
atmospheric, and grind experimenting with density, aggression and
mood.
27:22-36:22
WAYFARER
(Denver)
The Cattle Thief
— Colorado goes western with twanging
twilight music lighting an expansive endless sky. Wholesome
American style mixed with desperate atmospheric black
metal.
36:52-40:30
END (NJ)
Thaw (feat. Debbie Gough of
Heriot)
— Meaty Jersey hardcore and sharp
whips of grindy rhythm creating titanic headbangs.
40:58-45:57
SEPULCHRAL CURSE
(Finland)
Onward The Legions
— Builds from lumbering to massive
intensity, the sound miserable yet satisfyingly evil and
catchy.
46:22-50:13
TERRA BUILDER
(Germany)
Abyss
— A waterfall of rapid pace and
lurching, blasting groove and riffs with a mix of sinister
doom.
50:41-END
SERAPHIC ENTOMBMENT
(AL)
Carried By Claws
— Brooding doom breaks to chomping,
primitive energetic death blasts of riffs.