Apr 3, 2024
0:25-6:37
CARRION VAEL
(IN)
Savage Messiah
— In my Best of 2022, this is more
excellence. Slaughtering vocal in an explosive tech death with
undulating guitars and a raging drummer. The sweet clean
vocals add to the dynamic mix.
7:34-16:58
DÖDSRIT
(Sweden)
As Death Comes Reaping
— Playing both sides of folk-oriented
harmonizing melodic and brutal epic.
17:24-21:48
COFFINS
(Japan)
Forced Disorder
— Winding, buzzed guitars in a
stalking sludge and death, horror and groove.
22:13-29:44
VORGA
(GER)
Terminal
— Plenty of heartstrings pulled with
chilling notes in hypnotic arrangements, and cool spacy synth
creating beautiful melodies.
30:32-35:32
ULTERROR
(Finland)
Death Aegis Exhumation
— Technical proggy death and raspy
black create suffocating layers.
35:57-43:07
DECEPTION
(Norway)
Dhariyan
— Melodic death metal with theatrical
and carnivalesque elements that throw this off-kilter.
43:36-53:38
VERBERIS (New
Zealand)
Labyrinthine Privation
— Poetic singer in meditative
refrains within dynamic progressions, all of it a strange
psychedelic dream.
54:05-1:08:45
OFFERNAT
(Denmark)
Grief
— A duo creating long songs create
sumptuous melodies, torn into a chomping noisy chaos and shrieking
desperation.
1:09:18-END
VERWOED
(Netherlands)
The Child
— Tribal pace and a melancholy sullen
style perfect for grumpy brains.