Nov 15, 2023
0:25-7:47
CARNATION
(Belgium)
Cursed Mortality
— Carnation's 2020 album was
topnotch, and this matches it! Melodic groove, chomping and
galloping pace with incredible guitar solos.
8:56-19:22
CH'AHOM
(Germany)
Knots of Abhorrence I
— Tribal, fervent, swarming
primordial death and black. What a trip.
19:53-24:20
XOTH
(Seattle)
Sporecraft Zero
— Intricate death in a sci-fi fantasy
soundtrack, a tight blast of earworm fun.
24:51-34:17
PLAGUE RIDER
(UK)
The Refrain
— Composed yet crazed compositions,
snarls of guitar in mayhem. Close your eyes and experience
it.
34:55-38:36
ÆOLIAN
(Spain)
Dreams or Reality
— Complex, skillful guitars with a
blend of vocal styles, experimenting in the strange and the
classic.
39:19-44:09
JUST BEFORE DAWN
(Sweden)
Innocence Lost
— Beautifully headbang-worthy with
intense concepts of war, including melancholy melodic and precision
from start to finish. I of course love the melodic black metal
song.
44:48-49:39
THE RITUAL AURA
(Perth)
In the Warmth of Its Glow We
Thrived
— Disparity throughout the album with
sweet horns and full strings coupled with proggy technical death
and the hottest fucking demonic screech battling for
lead.
50:12-55:08
AUTOPSY
(CA)
Rabid Funeral
— Vintage death metal, raw and
unadorned with retro goodness including punk, thrash and attitude.
Slow becomes horror, and still brutal.
55:54-END
SUFFOCATION
(NY)
Dim Veil of Obscurity
— Another 80's-started legend with
muscles popping and a physical pace driving a fist down into our
temples.