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black metal \ cold spring \ dark ambient \ dark noise \ industrial
RMEDL/K11: Chthonian Music
Just when you think Cold Spring couldn’t possibly release anything darker than the dark he already has, he pulls something like this out. Granted, Chthonian Music is actually a reissue of an extremely limited cut from 2010 (only 50 copies exist), but that doesn’t stop it from covering your world in darkness, and this is also in spite […]
ambient metal \ Eclectika \ Gothic metal \ metal
Eclectika: Lure of Ephemeral Beauty
Here’s a lack of consistency if there ever was one. Imagine a book put together without any paper or glue and it would be before you here. Lure of Ephemeral Beauty opens with a pretty awesome keyboard romp, kind of like the Diablo II soundtrack with more military. By the way it stomps and crushes skulls, […]
black metal \ Eisenwald \ Germ \ post-black metal \ shoegaze
Germ: Grief
We’ve argued this point countless times by now. You either go classic and do it right, which is apparently impossible for some bands, or you do something new, you do something original, something that excites and confronts. If you can’t do either, we’ll be more than happy to toss scores of 1.5 and 2.5 your […]
Aenaon \ black metal \ Code666 Records \ experimental \ Greece \ jazz
Aenaon: Extance
Greek black metal has never really been ‘a thing’. Norwegian, Swedish, German, French, Finnish, and U.S. black metal have distinguished sounds and scenes but Greece is one of those countries that really never managed to create a solid metal community. There have been few distinguished bands such as Nocternity, Kawir, Thou Art Lord, Astarte, and […]
Ferrous Oxide \ hair metal \ metal \ thrash
Ferrous Oxide: Devil’s Plaything
Ferrous Oxide is the girl you take home to mom on the first date and marry the same night. Never before has there been such an unknown act with so much promise and skill in metal. Sometimes we call things a real crying shame, but this is more than that, it’s Victorian post-mortem black dress […]
experimental \ Indian \ Lather Records \ Middle Eastern \ psychedelic \ San Kazakgascar \ trance
San Kazakgascar: Drought Times EP
Bollywood, something we could probably get into around here, but sadly have yet to do it. Hey, blame all the music we’re constantly swarmed with, as well as the habit, for some of us at least, of playing too many old school games for no good reason. There’s only so much in this life one […]
hardcore \ Lody Kong \ minus head records \ nu metal \ thrash
Lody Kong: No Rules
The family name of Cavalera strikes true to many hearts of metal fans and for good reason. Bands such as the legendary Sepultura, Soulfly, and Cavalera Conspiracy have reigned well and have continued to have a strong influence in the metal community. Now Max Cavalera’s sons have formed Lody Kong, a four piece nu metal/thrash […]
black metal \ industrial metal \ vortech
Vortech: Devoid of Life
These guys, at the time of the writing of this review, have one of the goofiest Facebook header images ever. So goofy and poorly shooped it looks like a fan page you hope no one notices. Unfortunately, first impressions are usually 95% of the time correct, and it makes us open with phrases that lead […]
black metal \ Grá \ unexploded records
Grá: Necrology of the Witch EP
Traditional black metal is something very difficult to get right. Fortunately Grá from Sweden are nailing it with their latest EP entitled Necrology of the Witch. The band had previously released their Helfard EP back in 2010 and a self-titled debut full-length in 2011, which you should definitely check out. How about this one? The […]
doom metal \ II \ rites \ stoner
Rites: II
The feeling of when you discover a band and enjoy the shit out of em’ and then when you go to find more of their music and discover that they have broken up – is very similar to a cock block. Being denied that excitement is a total buzzkill and makes you give the cock-blocker […]
