Oct 8, 2024
0:25-14:55
INGURGITATING
OBLIVION (Berlin)
To Weave The Tapestry Of
Nought
— Meditative pauses, theatrical and
folk-influenced drama, saxophone and eerie atmosphere create breaks
in the textured, layered death. A ton to unpack.
16:07-22:03
BLOOD INCANTATION
(Denver)
The Message [Tablet I]
— Their furnace death metal cut with
instrumental twists and 70s krautrock and a splatter of Pink Floyd
that creates floating bubbles of synthy metal
candy.
22:32-27:13
RIPPED TO SHREDS
(CA)
孽鏡臺 (Visions of Sin, Mirror of
Darkness)
— Unrelenting, dense, technical with
a proggy drumming style really cool drops of melodic
atmospheric.
27:58-35:57
ESOCTRILIHUM
(France)
Lüthirkys Spasmuldis (Near Death
Experience)
— Moody psychedelic black metal
curbed by incredibly rich melodic and an alien vocalist within
ancient strands of compositions. Vast and wild.
36:25-43:31
COSMIC PUTREFACTION
(Italy)
Emerald Fires Atop The Farewell
Mountains
— The distortion, the confusion, the
texture, hauntingly lovely with dissonant vocals and
drums.
43:54-50:31
ARKONA
(Poland)
Prometeus
— Epic wailing black metal over
mountain tops and a battle scene.
51:06-53:38
UNDEATH
(NY)
Bounty Hunter
— Swirling prog guitar in
technical and imaginative musicianship and an incredibly fun
groove.
54:13-END
1349
(Norway)
Obscura
— Precise black metal with speed
energy and a tons of riffs.