Jan 23, 2024
Let's start this year's metal with an extra-long show! I am including December releases as part of 2024.
0:25-6:43
ABHORIA
(CA)
Winter’s Embrace
— Ginger-viking led Abhoria with one of the hottest
vocals. Evolving textural black metal that grows within each
song. Majestic, precise and unique.
8:29-15:07
SOVEREIGN
(Norway)
Altered Reality
— Groove-filled charming death with hits of thrash and
heavy metal with weird melodic and galaxy guitars in a debut.
15:43-19:26
PROGENY OF SUN
(Finland)
Courier
— From squeals to death growls to black screams. The
swift perfection of both genres, the pull and push of brutal
technical and dynamic melodic.
19:58-24:15
RESIN TOMB
(AU)
Putrescence
— Venomous is just SO Australia. A desperate
high-pitched vocal in a filthy suffocating death and sinister
sludge.
24:59-29:24
LORD DYING
(Portland)
Break in the Clouds (In the Darkness
of Our Minds)
— Theatrical rock and doom, organic instrumentation,
haunting and introspective compositions building into proggy and
intricate guitars. Kurt Ballou produced.
29:56-33:35
SUBLATION
(Philly)
Like a Fire That Consumes All Before
It
— A blast of melodic tech death with majestic tremolo
black metal. Ferocious and complex, and a lot of
fun.
34:00-39:40
PHOBOCOSM
(CAN)
Revival
— Harrowing dangerous death metal. Dense swarmy guitars
with nuanced vocals and rolling drums.
40:07-46:09
BULL OF APIS BULL OF
BRONZE (CO)
Annihilation
— We all know that black metal belongs in the serial
killer mountains of Colorado.
46:32-50:54
ENGULF
(NJ)
Lunar Scourge
— Death with insane tempos and captivating melodic that
drive you in a hundred directions.
51:12-56:49
MALIST
(Russia)
Ode To The Night
— Black metal leans into atmospheric, with a bit of
cold brought in by sweeping raspy vocals.
57:15-1:05:16
DWELLING BELOW
(US)
Swallowed
— Stalking metal with tribal drums, furnace vocals and
winding guitars building the unease.
1:05:34-1:10:53
NARZISSUS
(Austria)
Vanitas/Victoria
— Folk-influenced black metal that is soulful.
1:11:22-END
SAEVUS FINIS
(Portugal)
Thou Hast Destroyed
Thyself
— Horror metal with no joy. Just anxious with
razors.